Cinema / Cinéma
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Opportunities / Opportunités
Find Opportunities; including links to external Toolboxes and Bulletin Boards, and discover presenters, service providers and tools according to your discipline.
Trouvez des opportunités, y compris des liens vers des boîtes à outils et des babillards externes, et découvrez des diffuseurs, des services et des outils en fonction de votre discipline.
View representative councils and associations for Cinema:
- IMAA
The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) is a member-driven non-profit national organization working to advance and strengthen the media arts community in Canada. Representing over 100 independent film, video, audio, and new media production, distribution, and exhibition organizations in all parts of the country, the IMAA serves over 16,000 independent media artists and cultural workers. - L’AQTIS 514 AIEST
The Quebec Association of Image and Sound Technicians is an organization that represents, defends, and supports the interests of those in audiovisual production. - RÉALS Québec
The Association des Réalisateurs et Réalisatrices du Québec is an association defending the interests and the professional, economic, cultural, social and moral rights of those working in film, performing, and recording arts.
View external toolboxes for Cinema:
- CISF
The Canadian Independent Screen Fund (CISF) provides support specifically for Black and People of Color (BPOC) filmmakers to promote equity and representation in the industry. - IMAASource
IMAASource is a searchable collection of resources and tools for media artists & practitioners - Montreal Film Group
The Montreal Film Group brings together those in the film and TV industry to promote community and learning, along with holding networking events.
Discover networks and communities specific to Cinema:
- BLACK on BLACK FILMS
BLACK on BLACK FILMS is a Montreal film collective made up of directors, producers, screenwriters of Afro-descendant origins working to promote and develop an Afro-centric cinematographic corpus in Quebec. - Cinema Politica
Cinema Politica is a Montreal-based media arts, non-profit network made up of the local and campus community. They screen independent political film and video by Canadian and international artists throughout Canada and abroad.
Discover research centres for Cinema:
- Global Emergent Media Lab
As part of Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, the Global Emergent Media (GEM) Lab is a research platform centered on the critical study of global new media. The GEM Lab is open to graduate students, faculty, and other researchers and practitioners. - VCR Concordia
VCR Concordia contains the Concordia Digital Image & Slide Collection : The collection currently holds over 30,000 high resolution digital images that can be downloaded and used for educational and research purposes, including subjects of artifacts, paintings, photographs, ceramics, fibre works, drawing, sculpture, architecture, performance and contemporary art. VCR Concordia also contains the Moving Image Collection comprised of over 41,000 titles dating from 1895 to the current year. Lastly, VCR Concordia contains the CWAHI : a collaborative endeavour that fosters and circulates scholarly research into women’s contributions to the cultural and material history of Canada.
The CWAI contains the Women Artist Database and Documentation Centre - Media Queer
The goal of the Queer Media Database Canada-Québec Project is to maintain a dynamic online catalogue of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Canadian film, video and digital works. This is a bilingual online research and curatorial tool provides free access to researchers, students, artists, academics, curators, cinephiles, critics, and community members. - Artlist
Artlist provides royalty-free music licensing and sound effects for video, film and Youtube.
Discover production centres for Cinema:
- Technology Sandbox
The Technology Sandbox is a community space for learning by doing,making, playing, and sharing knowledge with one another. - Le Grand Costumier
Le Grand Costumier has a collection of more than 100,000 pieces available to media productions and the performing arts. - Map of all Fab Labs in province
This list of digital fabrication laboratories located around Quebec is user and community generated and maintained. - échoFAB
echoFab is a prototype of a neighborhood community digital workshop. - List of Fab Labs in the world
This list of digital fabrication laboratories located around the world is user and community generated and maintained. - Concordia Next Generation University: Digital Art
The Digital Arts initiative aims to be part-think tank, part-incubator, and part-networker, with research centres that make space for creative collaboration and experimentation.
Discover magazines related to Cinema:
- Nouvelles Vues (Founded by MHSoC MA student Bruno Cornellier)
Nouvelles views is a bilingual open-access scholarly journal devoted to the practices, theories and history of cinema in Quebec. It was founded by a MA student, Bruno Cornellier, from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. - Offscreen (online film journal)
Offscreen is a Montreal-based, online film journal that covers film festivals, retrospectives, film forums, and both popular and more academic events. - Synoptique (online film journal)
Synoptique: An Online Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies is a double-blind peer-review, open access journal, housed in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.
Creation & Dissemination
Producing your work
Coworking Spaces
- Le 402’s espace créatif
This space is a collaborative work environment with available photo studios.
Technical labs and production centers
- OBORO’s new media lab
This is a link to a New Media Lab’s reservation form and is catered to anyone in film, audio, and media presentation. - PRIM
PRIM is an artist-run centre that has post-production facilities for sound and image, a music mixing studio, VR shooting equipment and workstations. - Vidéographe
The digital labs are accessible to Vidéographe’s members, and also to people who have a valid membership with PRIM, Main Film, GIV, SPIRA, Paraloeil, Eastern Bloc, FCTNM and Bande Sonimage.
Tool and equipment rentals
- CineGround
CineGround strives to provide innovative and cutting-edge digital cinema solutions, from shoot to post. - LOU-CAM
Camera and film production equipment rental. - MainFilm
Main Film is an artist-run center which aims to support independent filmmakers in defining their artistic voices and cinematic vision by helping them develop and hone into their practice. As such, they offer artists access to a wide range of professional and reliable equipment at very affordable rates. - PRIM
PRIM's filming equipment is at your disposal to carry out all your film or video projects from HD to 4K, classic or ambisonic sound recording, and virtual reality.
Templates
- Airtable Location scouting
A flexible and customizable Airtable template that helps you track of all data you need to make a decision on the best locations to shoot in, the contact information of the property owners, the contracts, etc. You can view this same sheet on-the-go on you mobile phone. - Airtable Video Production Template
This Airtable digital video product template keeps your entire video production team organized and on task from pre-production to post-production. The different tables and views his template enables each member of your team to see exactly what is important to them. For example, tracking your equipment and its condition, looking at production schedule dates and locations of shoots and many more.
Networking & Project Management
View resources and tools to increase visibility for yourself and your creative practice, to help you manage your time and your projects, and to help you make connections within the Montreal cultural milieu.
Film festivals
- FilmFreeway
Browse thousands of the world's top film festivals and creative contests. Add your project once, select your favorite festivals, and click to submit. Festivals review your work privately and notify you when you're selected.
Funding & Financial Literacy
View resources and tools to help you manage your finances, generate revenue and find financial support for your creative practice.
Managing your finances
Copyrights, publishing and intellectual property
- Copyrights resources for Cinema
This resource is available only in French.
Waivers and contracts
- CISF’s resources
This source provides multiple applications and forms prepared by the Canadian Independent Screen Fund.
Funding your practice
Funding bodies and programs
- Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund aims to foster, promote and finance Canadian content, across all audiovisual platforms, and help share it with the world.
