BravoFACT will be sponsoring two pitch contests at upcoming film events at opposite ends of the country, with two prizes of up to $35,000.

First up is the Victoria Film Festival with a deadline for applications of Friday, January 16 at 5 ET (that’s 2 p.m. in Victoria.) Five finalists will be contacted on Friday, January 30, so they can prepare to give a 10-minute pitch on Friday, February 6.

Next is the WITF-Atlantic’s Women Making Waves Conference with a deadline of Friday, February 5 at 5 ET. Five finalists will be contacted on Friday, February 20, so they can prepare to give a pitch on Saturday, February 28. Note: female applicants only, please.

Send your applications for both Narrative shorts and Documentary shorts to Rachel.feldbloomwood@bellmedia.ca Note: demo reels are not required for these applications.

My take: if you have a script for a narrative film less than 7.5 minutes long or a treatment for a documentary shorter than 15 minutes ready to go and you live anywhere near Victoria or Halifax, you MUST apply. BravoFACT is one of the few sources in Canada for truly independent film production funds. Disclosue: I’ve received two BravoFACT awards; one for my short i luv spam and another for Scott Amos’s Scratch.