Telefilm Canada Launch Pad

Telefilm Launch Pad
Workshop your Way to the Perfect Pitch
& $10,000.00 in Development Funding!

Have you created or have an idea for an online series?

The Telefilm Launch Pad consists of both a pitching workshop and competitive pitch, where content producers can not only refine their pitching skills but also pitch their content ideas to a panel of national and international development executives for $10,000.00 in developmental funding.

Submissions for the Telefilm Launch Pad pitch are now closed.

Eligible Applicants

All Canadian companies actively involved in developing new media content that meet the following eligibility criteria are eligible:

Must be from the private sector
Must be Canadian-owned and controlled companies within the meaning of the Investment Act
Have a head office based in Canada and the company’s activities should take place in Canada
Able to demonstrate that they, or another otherwise Eligible Applicant, have initiated the project
Able to demonstrate that they exercise creative and financial control from market research and prototyping through product development, marketing and revenue reporting
The eligible applicant company must own 100% of the copyright of the product that is the subject of the application.

Click here to read further eligibility requirements.

What type training will I receive at the Telefilm Launch Pad Workshop?

The Telefilm Launch Pad Workshop will help you:

Identify the Key Components to a Good Pitch
Help Adapt your Pitch to Different Circumstances
Strengthen your Communication Skills
Improve your Storytelling Abilities
Effectively Convey the Essence of your Story

What criteria are the judges looking at during the selection process?

Comprehensibility of the pitch – How well does the individual get their idea across to the audience and judges?
Quality of subject matter – Does the subject chosen have potential to create interest from viewers?
Quality of idea – Does it heighten the level of social consciousness?
Quality of production– How well is this online series produced or other productions done by the producer?
Originality of the idea – Is there any existing online series out there similar to it?

Conditions

All finalists must be prepared to pitch their projects in person. nextMEDIA will offer a session pass which will grant the finalist’s entry to the Telefilm Launch Pad Workshop and Pitch Session. Pitchers must pay for their own transportation to nextMEDIA and accommodation.
Finalists must be prepared to sign the attached agreement with nextMEDIA.
Only applications using the official online Entry Form will be considered; please do not send additional outlines, treatments or other details. If submitting more than one project, use separate forms for each project.

Key Dates

May 1, 2007
Deadline for Entry

May 7th, 2007
Finalists are notified

June 8 – 10, 2007
nextMEDIA

June 8, 2007
Telefilm Launch Pad Workshop

June 9, 2007
Telefilm Pitch Session

Questions?

E-mail: SSheikh@achillesmedia.com

Eligible Applicants - Continued

The following types of applicants will not be eligible for support:

Applicant(s) who own less than a 100% interest in the copyright, except for co-productions with Canadian public agencies accepted by Telefilm (in which case the applicant must own a majority of the copyright) and international co-productions
Applicants who do not exercise creative and financial control from market research and prototyping through product development and marketing (“fee for service” arrangements)
Applicants who do not actively develop New Media products

Products must meet the following criteria:

Must have not less than 75 per cent of the total of all project expenditures on Canadian elements

In general, the following types of products will not be eligible for support:

Products with a specific corporate, industrial or mainly promotional focus
Products primarily intended for an interest group
Curriculum-based products
Games primarily intended for the video-arcade market
Products that are primarily linear streamed content (such as music, video, or DVD-video)
Catalogues or compilations of repurposed material, presented without benefit of new, value adding original content
Application software and system software
Products with visibly foreign subjects, themes or concerns
Projects which disguise their Canadian location except in cases where it is integral to the telling of a Canadian story