Monday, July 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto

Academy Members Only*

*Members may bring a guest

The Academy is proud to be co-presenting the Toronto screening on July 14 of WEIRDOS (2017 Canadian Screen Award winner), with short films MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES (2019 Canadian Screen Award winner) and YOUR MOTHER AND I.

Prism Prize is proud to be co-presenters of the July 10th Open Roof Festival’s screening of Max Minghella’s stylish directorial debut, Teen Spirit, starring Elle Fanning!

Academy Talks: In the Room with Feature Film Distributors
Presented by Boat Rocker Media

Our panel discusses the future of feature film distribution in Canada: tips and tricks to pitching and selling your next project, what distributors are looking for, how to find the sales agent for your project, and much more.

After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), and hardcore brown belt Anna (Imogen Poots), Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time in his life. Audacious and offbeat, The Art of Self-Defense is an original dark comedy that takes toxic masculinity to absurd extremes.

Monday, June 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Academy Members Only*
*Members may bring a guest

Our panel discusses how best to identify and maximize these opportunities for collaboration, including advice on: business affairs, taking advantage of international and interprovincial tax credits, and nurturing these international relationships in service and treaty co-productions.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Free for Academy Members, $30 for Non-Members

Academy Talks: In the Room will put you in the room with high level development executives across all genres and platforms. This series of conversations will provide strategies to sell your work locally and internationally, including tips and tricks for pitching to production companies, broadcasters, and distributors, and advice to determine which platform your work is best suited to. The inaugural session will feature development executives discussing pitching interactive and linear projects to OTT media services and selling your work digitally.