Doc Ignite

Doc Ignite labs are offered in communities across Canada each year.

Offering direct market intelligence and skills training, each lab provides filmmakers with professional development curriculums on such topics as audience engagement, marketing and distribution to help successfully launch their films in the marketplace.

With a focus on reaching underserved regions and communities within Canada, Doc Ignite labs aim to provide new opportunities to filmmakers across all regions of Canada and continue to help them launch sustainable documentary careers.

Past 2018-19 Labs

• SEP 14, 2018: Lunenburg Doc Fest, Lunenburg, NS – Writing for Documentary, Marketing & Positioning
• NOV 16, 2018: Weengushk Film Institute visiting Toronto, ON – Pitching and Networking
• JAN 14 & 16, 2019: All Access, Winnipeg MB – Making the Local Global (En, Fr)
• FEB 3, 2019: Available Light, Whitehorse, YK – Writing for Documentary
• FEB 5, 2019: Vancouver, BC – Distribution 101
• FEB 7, 2019: Kamloops, BC - Writing for Documentary
• MAR 16, 2019: Festival Regard, Saguenay, QC – Making the Local Global & Writing for Documentary (Fr)
• MAY 4, 2019: NorthWestFest, Edmonton AB – Writing for Documentary, Distribution 101
• MAY 6, 2019; Yellowknife, NWT – Writing for Documentary, Distribution 101