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📢 AMPIA Members – You're Invited to Our Annual General Meeting! 🎬
Join us for AMPIA’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 4 PM (MT) via Zoom.
This exclusive members-only meeting is your opportunity to:
✅ Reflect on the 2023/2024 fiscal year
✅ Review AMPIA’s financials and key community achievements
✅ Elect new board members to help shape AMPIA’s future
📩 To RSVP and receive your Zoom link, email: action@ampia.org
👥 Not a member yet? Join here ➡️ ampia.org/product-category/membership-levels/
We look forward to seeing you there and continuing to build Alberta’s screen industry together!
#AMPIAAGM #AlbertaFilm #FilmIndustry #CanadianScreenIndustry #JoinAMPIA
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🎬 New Program Alert for Pan-Asian Filmmakers! 🎉
TELUS STORYHIVE has just launched the Pan-Asian Storyteller Edition, a brand-new funding opportunity for new and emerging Pan-Asian filmmakers in B.C. and Alberta!
📢 Applications open TODAY!
🎥 What’s included:
✅ $20,000 in production funding
✅ Professional mentorship & training
✅ Distribution support
✅ Your chance to create a short narrative film or documentary
This program celebrates the rich and diverse stories of Pan-Asian communities across Canada, including voices from all regions of continental Asia.
💡 If you’ve got a story to tell—get your pitch ready!
🔗 Learn more: www.storyhive.com/programs/editions/edition-pan-asian-storyteller
#STORYHIVE #PanAsianStorytellerEdition #AsianCanadianStories #EmergingFilmmakers #FilmFunding #CanadianFilm #BCFilm #AlbertaFilm
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STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Storyteller Edition is offering new and emerging Asian filmmakers $20,000 in production funding to produce a 20-45 minute locally reflective documentary or scripted film or series ...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
🎬 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPENS TOMORROW!
The 2025 Rosie Awards are back—and we want to see YOUR best work!
📅 Submissions open April 2, 2025
🎯 Early Bird Deadline: April 23
📌 Final Deadline: May 23
📍 Awards Date: October 25, 2025
📍 Location: Westin Hotel Downtown Edmonton
🕑 Afternoon Show: Doors 1:30 PM | Show 2:00 PM
🕗 Evening Show: Doors 7:30 PM | Show 8:00 PM
🍴 Appetizers will be served before both shows (no plated dinner)
✨ NEW CATEGORIES FOR 2025:
• Best Production for Social Media
• Best Narrative Game
• Best Interactive Project
• Best Podcast
• Best Supporting Performance – Male or Nonbinary
• Best Supporting Performance – Female or Nonbinary
#rosieawards2025 #ampia #albertafilm #canadiancontent #callforsubmissions
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📢 The Disability Screen Office Launches First-Ever National Disability Survey for Canada’s Screen Industry 🎬♿
The Disability Screen Office (DSO) has launched a groundbreaking national survey exploring disability in the Canadian film and television industry.
🗓️ Open now until June 2025, the survey is part of a larger three-year initiative to identify and remove barriers in the screen sector — supported by Accessibility Standards Canada and the Canada Media Fund.
💬 “We’re just creating the very baseline of education and resources,” says DSO Executive Director Winnie Luk. “We don’t even know how many folks in this industry identify as being disabled.”
🎯 The survey is open to:
✔️ People with disabilities in the screen industry
✔️ Those interested in entering the industry
✔️ Industry professionals experiencing barriers (physical, mental, or learning)
✔️ Anyone with experiences working with people with disabilities
📊 The results will guide best practices, future accessibility resources, and policy recommendations.
🔗 Learn more and take the survey here: tinyurl.com/3vvwayzw
#DisabilityScreenOffice #CanadianFilm #InclusionInFilm #AccessibilityMatters #FilmIndustry #DisabilityAwareness
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The survey is just one of several initiatives as part of the Disability Screen Office’s three-year initiative to grow accessibility in the Canadian film and television industry.1 CommentsComment on Facebook
🎉 Steven Guilbeault Returns to Canada’s Cultural Portfolio as Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity 🇨🇦🎬
Steven Guilbeault has been sworn in as Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada, and Quebec Lieutenant, in the cabinet of new Prime Minister Mark Carney.
🎥 Guilbeault is no stranger to the role — he previously served as Heritage Minister from 2019 to 2021, where he:
✅ Introduced Bill C-10 to modernize the Broadcasting Act
✅ Delivered $500M in COVID-19 relief to Canada’s cultural sector
✅ Launched the Short-Term Compensation Fund, allowing productions to continue during the pandemic
📣 Canada Media Fund CEO Valerie Creighton says:
"His proven leadership and steadfast commitment to the media and cultural sectors will be crucial during this period of significant change.”
📣 The CMPA also highlighted his role in supporting thousands of jobs across the industry through key policy support during his previous term.
Guilbeault replaces Pascale St-Onge, who now serves as Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Quebec’s Economic Development Agency.
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📊 New Report: Canadian OTT Revenue Booming – But Not for Canadian Companies 🇨🇦📉📈
According to Convergence Research Group’s latest "Battle of the Couch Potato" report, Canadian OTT (over-the-top) subscription revenue hit $4.2 billion in 2024, and it’s projected to rise another 15% to $4.85 billion in 2025.
But here’s the catch: the majority of that revenue is going to non-Canadian players like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+, leaving domestic content providers behind.
📉 At the same time, traditional TV is in decline. By 2027, more than half of Canadian households (54%) are expected to be without a TV subscription.
📢 What does this mean for Canadian content creators, policy makers, and audiences?
🔗 Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/593ct259
#CanadianContent #StreamingWars #OTTRevenue #ConvergenceReport #MediaTrends #CdnFilm #BroadcastingFuture #StreamingInCanada
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Canadian OTT access revenue will continue to mostly benefit non-Canadian players, according to Convergence Research Group's latest Battle for the Canadian Couch Potato report looking at OTT and televi...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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