Make Your Pitch Deadline: March 28, 2014!

Make Your Pitch, the Government of Ontario and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), are pleased to be bringing back the Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch high school competition.

The competition challenges students in grades 9 to 12 to pitch their business ideas in a two-minute video to be voted on by the public and expert judges. Finalists will receive a trip to Toronto (including transportation and hotel for the finalists and chaperones) to present their ideas in front of a judging panel at OCE’s Discovery Conference and Trade Show on May 12-13. Six winners will then be selected and will be presented with a reserved entry into Summer Company to develop their business idea (worth up to $3,000).

This year’s competition is run by OCE on behalf of the Government of Ontario and presents an exciting opportunity for high school students to learn about the benefits of a career in entrepreneurship and of starting their own business. Student participants will also receive expert guidance on pitching a business proposal.

 www.makeyourpitch.ca

New Ways of Discovering Canadian Talent

DEADLINE: Nov 24, 2013. As part of its New Ways of Discovering Canadian Talent Campaign, Telefilm Canada is pleased to share the news about the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest. Create a 30 second Doritos commercial and you could win $1M (US) & the chance to work on Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron! http://www2.telefilm.gc.ca/email/canadiantalent2013/doritos/index.php

Originally published on November 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM.

Call for Young Artists

Announcing an exciting opportunity for youth to express their creativity, win prizes and have their videos digitally projected on city hall, Kitchener. Open to youth, ages 12-25. Winners will get cash prizes. Finalists will get great exposure, the videos will be projected on 'The Cube' atop Kitchener City Hall using state-of-the-art Christie Digital projectors.Submission deadline: June 14, 2013  

www.kitchener.ca/youthvideocomp


Republished on May 22, 2013 at 3:02pm

Know a young filmmaker? Here's a way to get them involved!

Know of a young entrepreneur? Know a young filmmaker? Get them to work together in this project..

 

For Eligibility & Guidelines, visit www.makeyourpitch.ca. For updates and announcements from The Brampton SBEC visit www.brampton-business.com or Brian Baker at brian.baker@brampton.ca or 905.874.2632. Deadline for video submissions applications is May 3, 2013. Follow their tweets: @BramptonEcoDev & #MakeYourPitch.

Originally published on April 16, 2013, 12:14 PM

Republished on April 29, 2013 at 1:50 PM

CALL FOR YOUTH FILM-MAKERS & DOCUMENTARIANS

EAST is calling for youth between the ages of 15 to 19 who are interested in videography for the EAST Documentary Collective!

Presented by Scarborough Arts, EAST is a project creating a buzz and attracting attention from aspiring young musicians, new media journalists and youth interested in getting into the arts and entertainment industry. EAST is made up of three components: Project Management Collective, Music Collective and Documentary Collective.

EAST Documentary Collective is a collaborative project where members will learn how to use a DSLR
camera for videography, storyboard, and shoot and edit documentaries and music videos. The EAST Documentary Collective will be covering topics involved in the pre-production, production and post-production of film-making. Basic equipment is provided. The new collective commences in April 2013 and will run until August 2013.

REGISTER
To register or for more information, contact EAST Coordinator, Jen D. Fabico at (416) 698-7322 or east@scarborougharts.com
Deadline to register is April 10, 2013 - midnight

Follow EAST on Twitter at @EAST_Collective or ‘like’ us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EastCollective to check out our EAST updates and progress.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Brampton Indie Arts Festival

ENDS THIS WEEK!
Dear Emerging Artists,

The City of Brampton is now accepting submissions from artists for potential programming opportunities.

For an example of an upcoming event, please see below.

If you are an artist from any of the following disciplines:

-          Performing (theatre, opera, dance etc.)

-          Music (singer, songwriter, performer etc.)

-          Visual (painting, sculpting etc.)

-          Ethnic/Cultural (language, folk culture etc.)

-          Media Arts (publishing, radio, television, films, videos, photography etc.)

-          Literary (creative writing, poetry, poetry, prose etc.)

We would like to hear from you.

Please fill out the attached artist submission form found here:

http://www.brampton.ca/en/Arts-Culture-Tourism/Festivals-and-Events/Pages/Artist-Submission-Form.aspx

For any hardcopy communication, please direct it to:

Attn: Events Unit

1 Theatre Lane

Brampton, Ontario

L6V 0A3

Canada

Please note that only those submissions under consideration will be contacted.

If you have any questions, please direct them to: indie@brampton.ca

Example of an upcoming event:

ü  Brampton Independent Arts Festival (BIAF) 2012 http://www.brampton.ca/sites/Rose-Theatre/en/Events-And-Tickets/Pages/BIAF.aspx

Thursday, October 4 and Friday, October 5, 2012 at the Rose Theatre Brampton (deadline for submissions is August 24, 2012)

Thank you very much and we look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Originally published on June 5th, 2012 at 10:38 am.
Republished on June 11, 2012 at 4:16 pm, June 18, 2012 at 2:47 pm, June 23, 2012 at 2:32 PM, July 04, 2012 at 1:01pm, July 12, 2012 at 3:19pm, July 19, 2012 at 2:40PM, July 26, 2012 at 1:26PM, July 31, 2012 at 4:04PM, Aug 09, 2012 at 11:35AM, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:03PM, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:21AM

CALL FOR PRODUCTION/CREW!

Peel Panto Players have an excellent 2012-2013 season and are still looking for Directors and Producers for all the shows in the upcoming season, see www.peelplayers.com for the seasons details. If you’re interested, please email peelpantoplayers@yahoo.ca or leave a message at 905-791-7478.

Originally published on July 12, 2012 on 3:16PM
Reublished on July 19, 2012 at 2:18PM

BLACK HISTORY MONTH OPENING CEREMONY

Feb 2, 6-9 pm at University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, L5L 1C6. Kaneff Centre (Rm 137). The Black History Month Committee strives to introduce new innovative ideas. This year’s event will feature the film “Color Me”, which is a documentary filmed in Brampton, spoken word artists, and guest speakers from the African and Afro-Caribbean communities. The director and student actor in the film will be attending the opening ceremony event. There will be a Q&A session at the end, and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to all members of the community. Tayo Sofela (bhm.ecasa@gmail.com) (6478307441)