Creators Corner
Welcome to Creators’ Corner!
Creators’ Corner is an ACTRA Toronto initiative to come up with new ways to make stuff!
Welcome to the community of ACTRA Toronto members who want to sharpen skills, create short films, foster features, share their abilities with others and work on other aspects of filmmaking such as scoring, editing, shooting, and producing.
We held our inaugural meeting on Zoom on June 20 to start the dialogue and members had lots to say!
We took lots of notes and thanks to the fantastic response to our Registrants Survey (over 270 of you took the time to share your ideas, questions and visions – thank you!), we are working on a map for the next steps.
An overview of ACTRA Toronto’s Agreements & Guidelines
- INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION AGREEMENT
- LOW BUDGET PRODUCTIONS: LBG & WIP
- DIGITAL SELF PROMOTION REGISTRY
- MEMBER EDUCATION COURSES
Resources
There was lot of interest expressed at the meeting in links and resources to support your creativity so we’ve added some below to get you going.
Educational Resources:
- Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television – Development programs – https://www.academy.ca/programming/
- CBC CMPA CAVCO – One Stop Business Workshop: https://www.cbc.ca/businessandrights/one-stop-workshops/
- CMPA STAR Producer Program: https://cmpa.ca/professional-development/star-producer-program/
- Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto: https://lift.ca/
- Raindance Toronto: https://raindance.org/toronto/
- Reelworld Screen Institute: https://www.reelworld.ca/programs
- Women in Film & TV Toronto: https://www.wift.com/
Funding Resources:
Public Federal Funding and Tax Credit Programs
- Canada Media Fund – https://cmf-fmc.ca/
- Telefilm Canada – https://telefilm.ca/en
- The Canada Council for the Arts – https://canadacouncil.ca/
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit – https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cavco-tax-credits/canadian-film-video-production.html
Provincial
- Ontario Creates – https://www.ontariocreates.ca/
Regional Arts Councils
- Toronto Arts Council – https://torontoartscouncil.org/home
- Ontario Arts Council – https://www.arts.on.ca/home?lang=en-ca
Private Funding
- Bell Fund – https://bellfund.ca/
- Independent Production Fund – https://ipf.ca/
- The Rogers Group of Funds – https://rogersgroupoffunds.com/
- Shaw Rocket Fund – https://rocketfund.ca/
Watch this page, as we continue to identify and create more resources and ways for you to share and connect with other ACTRA members in the the Creative Corner.
In the meantime…
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and stay tuned…
The conversation is just getting started….