Professional Arts/Service Organisations
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ACCT (Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television)
"A national non-profit professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in the Canadian film and television industries."
Academy is an apolitical, non-lobbying association. "Part of the Academy's mandate is to provide high-quality and creative professional development programs, as well as to heighten public awareness and increase audience attendance and appreciation of Canadian film and television productions."
- Member services
- National Apprenticeship Training Program
- Present the Genie, Gemini and Gemeaux Awards, the Academy Speaker Series, Kodak Soirees, Screening Series and industry-partnered events providing exceptional networking opportunities
- Many discounts for members
- see http://www.academy.ca/map/map.htm and http://www.academy.ca/programs/programs_resources.cfm for more details
- Typical Membership
Film professionals, executives, craftspeople and others wishing to support the Canadian film and television industry.
- Phone
514-849-7448
- academie@acct.ca
- Website
ACPQ (Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec)
Francophone association regrouping non-profit film organisations throughout Quebec that are devoted to presenting cinema d'auteur and promoting cinematographic education.
The ACPQ gathers Quebec non-commercial cinema organisations with the aim of promoting quality cinema and the promotion of cinematographic culture to the public.
- Member services
- Practical workshops
- Typical Membership
Independent, non-profit film organisations.
- Phone
n/a
- info@cinemasparalleles.qc.ca
- Website
ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio)
National union of performers working in English-language recorded media.
ACTRA negotiates collective agreements establishing minimum fees, terms and working conditions on behalf of members. In addition to the Independent Production Agreement (IPA), National Commercial Agreement, and UBCP's Master Agreement, ACTRA members are protected by agreements with national and regional radio and TV broadcasters. ACTRA also offers a number of incentive programs for lower-budget Canadian productions.
- Member services
- Many benefits including retirement funds
- Medical and dental insurance
- Their Performers' Rights Society (PRS) collects distribution fees, royalties, residuals and all other forms of compensation for performers
- Typical Membership
Dramatic actors, comedians, dancers, background performers, voice over specialists, singers, puppeteers, stunt performers, and more.
- Phone
1-800-387-3516 or 416-489-1311
- national@actra.ca
- Website
ADC (Associated Designers of Canada)
National, not-for-profit arts service organisation and professional association dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Canadian set, costume, lighting and sound designers.
Seeks to improve the status of the designing artist in the field of performing arts. Since its founding in 1965, ADC has grown and changed in response to its members' needs, and is now federally certified to represent designers across Canada (currently with limitations in the province of Quebec) and is recognized by producers and producer associations as the official negotiating body for designers in Canada.
- Member services
- Contracts
- Producer-paid accident insurance coverage and a self-directed RRSP program with a producer contribution
- Mediation and mentoring
- Limited association-paid legal consultation
- Typical Membership
- Any professional designer who has the appropriate credentials and design credits has the right to apply for membership in ADC (minimum of 3 professional productions for Professional applicants, and minimum of 1 professional production for Apprentice applicants)
- The Membership Committee meets 4 times per year at Board meetings to review membership applications.
- Phone
416-410-4209
- adc@designers.ca
- Website
ADST (Association des diffuseurs spécialisés en theatre)
Syndicate for independent and freelance producers and technicians, mainly francophone.
Union for independent and freelance producers and technicians who specialize in theatre work.
- Member services
- Negotiates collective agreements for the commission of plays
- Adaptations and translations into French
- Negotiates required licences
- Typical Membership
General performance spaces, including theatre stages.
- Phone
n/a
- Website
no website
ALAI
ALAI Canada has as its purpose to promote and protect copyright, as well as to study questions regarding the protection and the applicability of these rights.
Due to its close contacts with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), UNESCO and the European Union, ALAI is invited to share its views on projects elaborated by these organisations and among others, on the evolution of the Berne and Rome Conventions. Every second year, ALAI holds a world-wide congress, such as those of Québec in 1989 and Montebello in 1997 organised by ALAI Canada, and in the the interval years, study sessions are held, such as those of Amsterdam and Cambridge.
- Member services
- Holds conferences, seminars and congresses
- Publishes and distributes documents dealing with copyright
- Educational and training sessions on copyright issues
- Typical Membership
ALAI is made up of a multiplicity of personalities interested in copyright from over twenty countries.
- Phone
514-993-1556
- alaican@aei.ca
- Website
ANDP (Association Nationale des Doubleurs Professionels)
Association/union of professional dubbers and audio post-production companies.
ANDP represents the only authorized dubbers working in Quebec and Ontario.
- Member services
- Collective representation
- Typical Membership
Pro dubbers, audio post-production companies.
- Phone
514-803-7447
- fmartel@andp.ca
- Website
ANDPVA (Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts)
Member-driven, not-for-profit arts service organisation for the promotion and development of indigenous artists.
ANDPVA offers community and participatory arts practices that offer an alternative to mainstream institutions and practices from an Indigenous set of value and belief systems. The ANDPVA is based in Toronto, but has a growing national focus and represents over 300 active artists.
- Member services
- Runs a Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival, as well as music festivals and exhibitions (most in Toronto)
- Curatorial training program
- Artistic and cultural workshops
- Typical Membership
Indigenous artists.
- Phone
1-877-972-0871, 416-972-0871
- ahneen@andpva.com
- Website
APFTQ (Association des producteurs de Film et de Television du Québec)
Open, democratic and independent association of production companies with the mission to promote independent film and television production.
The APFTQ encourages close cooperation among industry stakeholders and guarantees that its members "uphold the highest possible standards of professionalism and production quality".
- Member services
- Consulting services on industrial relations, copyright, financing and taxation
- Negotiates collective agreements with artists' associations and technicians' unions
- Intervenes on international issues such as coproduction
- Copyright and cultural diversity
- Free information and training sessions for its members on industrial relations, financing, copyright and other topics
- Mentorships/internships
- Typical Membership
Independent film, theatre, and television production companies. Some freelancers.
- Phone
514-397-8600
- infor@apftq.qc.ca
- Website
AQTIS (Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l'image et du son)—formerly APVQ
Major trade union for the Quebec film industry.
AQTIS is the result of a merger between the Association des Professionelles et des Professionels de la vidéo du Québec (APVQ) and the Syndicat des techniciens du cinéma et de la vidéo du Québec (STCVQ). AQTIS represents more than 2,900 artists and technicians in more than one hundred different trades including set design, hair and make-up, camera, editing, production assistants, post-production, technicians, and TV production.
- Member services
- Very detailed collective agreements on labour conditions and pay
- Basic agreements
- Searchable online database of producers and technicians
- Typical Membership
Artists and technicians (set design, makeup, hair, camera, costuming) working in film and television.
- Phone
514-844-2113 or 1 888-647-0681
- info@aqtis.qc.ca
- Website
ASPR (Association of Professionals in Audio/Association des Professionelles en Audio)
Non-profit organisation created by and for industry professionals in audio.
The Association focuses on regrouping, dialogue and reflection while striving for the improvement of the sound quality offered to the general public, and for the recognition and evolution of all audio professions.
- Member services
- Continuous training (French only)
- Technical help/mutual aid
- Symposiums
- Typical Membership
Sound engineers, mixers, editors, broadcasting technicians, among others.
- Phone
514-878-9875, 514-878-9876
- info@aspraudio.org
- Website
Acteurs Associés
Group of self-represented actors working in film, television, video, and radio in Montreal.
Promotion and networking site. Members handle their own rate negotiation, as well as their work schedules.
- Member services
- Approves contracts in liaison with the UDA and ACTRA
- Can act as executive producer for radio productions
- Translation service
- Typical Membership
Self-represented, professional union actors or graduating students from recognized acting schools. Many members are fluently bilingual and can easily work in English and French. All members also belong to either ACTRA or UDA, or both.
- Phone
514-525-6218
- info@acteursassocies.com
- Website
Affaires d'Art
Non-profit, francophone organisation established to help artists develop career management skills.
Aims to inspire entrepreneurial instinct in artists to help them secure financial freedom.
- Member services
- Helps artists establish detailed career plans, marketing plans, portfolios and other promotional items
- Workshops on managing self-employment and other topics
- Typical Membership
Established, emerging, and/or self-taught comedians, actors, musicians, vocalists, circus artists, dancers, visual artists.
- Phone
514-543-7371
- info@affairesdart.org
- Website
Antitube
Antitube is a francophone association which presents multidisciplinary works and "activities which integrate both past and future images in motion" to audiences in the Quebec City region.
Antitube favours different images, images from other times and places, images from here and now that are not in the limelight, and images that are original and unexpected.
- Member services
Presenter of independent film and video works in collaboration with the Meduse art centre in Quebec City.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
418-524-2113
- antitube@meduse.org
- Website
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Arts service organisation representing both the non-profit and for-profit sectors of the industry.
"The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is a membership organisation, dedicated to bringing performing artists and audiences together in every way imaginable. The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking, professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing arts."
- Member services
- Visa assistance
- Many online resources
- Grants
- Typical Membership
Members hail from 15 countries across the globe and range from large performing arts centres in major urban cities, outdoor festivals and rural community-focused organisations to academic institutions, artists and artist managers. Members bring performances to over 2 million audience-goers each week.
- Phone
888-820-ARTS
- info@artspresenters.org
- Website
CAC (Canadian Arts Coalition)
CAC has the singular focus to lobby for increased funding through the Canada Council for the Arts in the federal budget.
The Canadian Arts Coalition will implement a lobbying and public affairs plan designed to build support for an infusion of new funding to the Canada Council. This includes: meetings with Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, public servants and key influencers; and communication strategies to build public support. The CAC is the largest consortium of artists and arts organisations ever assembled in Canada.
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Organisations interested in lobbying for increased funding of the arts in Canada.
- Phone
604-681-3535
- info@allianceforarts.com
- Website
CAPPRT (The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal)
Quasi-judicial, independent federal agency which administers the regime of professional relations contained in the Status of the Artist Act.
"The Status of the Artist Act guarantees the right of artists to join associations that can represent their professional interests and the right to bargain collectively with producers for the purpose of reaching agreement on the minimum terms and conditions under which an artist will provide services to those producers. The Act also permits producers to form associations for the purposes of bargaining and entering into scale agreements. By following the procedures specified in the Act, artists' associations may become certified by CAPPRT, granting them the exclusive right to negotiate scale agreements with producers."
- Member services
- Defines the sectors of cultural activity suitable for collective bargaining between artists' associations and producers within CAPPRT's jurisdiction
- Certifies artists' associations to represent self-employed artists working in these sectors
- Deals with complaints of unfair labour practices and other matters brought forward by artists, artists' associations or producers, and prescribes appropriate remedies for contraventions of Part II of the Act
- Typical Membership
Members of the Tribunal are appointed by the Governor in Council in consultation with the Minister of Canadian Heritage. The Tribunal has jurisdiction over self-employed artists, producers in the federal jurisdiction, artists' associations and producers' associations.
- Phone
1-800-263-ARTS
- info@capprt-tcrpap.gc.ca
- Website
CCA (Canadian Conference of the Arts)
Non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organisation.
The CCA provides "a national forum for debate on cultural policy and are the leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries."
- Member services
- 50–60 CCA Bulletins annually, containing research updates and more
- Chalmers Conference networking event
- Reduced rates for the National Policy Conference and discounts on CCA publications
- Organisational members receive: free registration for one delegate to the CCA's Chalmers Conference (valued at $150)
- Links to artist members' sites through www.ccarts.ca
- Typical Membership
Artists and cultural workers, arts organisations, labour groups, arts educators, cultural industry organisations and concerned citizens from across Canada.
- Phone
613-238-3561
- info@ccarts.ca
- Website
CCC (Creator's Copyright Coalition)
Alliance of the national associations, unions and collectives representing individual artists working primarily in the English language media in Canada.
"Our concern is to protect artists' rights in negotiations with the large media organisations with whom they sign contracts, as well as rights as artists/creators on the Internet." The CCC collaborates with and supports the work of sister organisation DAMIC (Droit d'auteur/Multimédia/Internet/Copyright) in Québec.
- Member services
- Copyright protection
- Promotion
- Workshops
- Typical Membership
Writers, musicians, songwriters, composers, artists, performers, photographers, directors, screenwriters, translators and journalists concerned about our continued ability to make a living.
- Phone
n/a
- editor@creatorscopyright.ca
- Website
CFTPA (Canadian Film and Television Production Association)
Non-profit, trade association representing almost 400 Canadian companies involved in the media content production industry.
The CFTPA manages PACC (The Producers Audiovisual Collective of Canada), a non-profit collective society for the management and distribution of royalties deriving from the sale of blank audiovisual media ("blank tape levies") and from the rental and lending of video recordings.
- Member services
- Negotiates and manages labour agreements
- National Mentorship Program for young people
- Union fee discounts for members
- Annual networking conference "Prime Time"
- Yearly state of the industry report featuring the industry's most comprehensive statistics
- Publishes GUIDE, Canada's production industry directory
- Typical Membership
Independent production companies and producers.
- Phone
1-800-656-7440 or 613-233-1444
- ottawa@cftpa.ca
- Website
CHRC (Cultural Human Resources Council)
National council whose mandate is to "initiate, coordinate and promote human resources planning, management, development and training in the cultural sector".
The CHRC manages projects addressing cultural human resource issues such as succession, training, compensation, HR management/planning, career planning and competency development.
- Member services
- Youth internships
- Competence compendiums
- Maintains CultureWorks, an online job board for artists and cultural workers
- Opportunities to network with partners in and outside the cultural sector
- Typical Membership
Artists, creators, technical staff, managers and all others engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed.
- Phone
1-866-562-1535
- info@culturalhrc.ca
- Website
COCo (Centre for Community Organisations)
Provincial, non-profit organisation that works primarily with English-speaking, bilingual, and ethno-cultural organisations to develop organisational health and promote community sector development.
COCo's mission is to promote social justice, active citizenship, democracy, and socio-economic development by supporting the development of healthy organisations and strong communities.
- Member services
- Advises on evaluation, conflict management, fundraising, board development, strategic planning, and more
- Supports community organisations through training and e-Bulletins
- Resource Centre
- Learning circles
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-849‑5599 or 1-866-552‑2626
- info@coco-net.org
- Website
CSC (Canadian Society of Cinematographers)
Non profit, "working organisation" that promotes the art and craft of cinematography for film and video professionals.
The purpose of the CSC is to promote the art and craft of cinematography and to provide tangible recognition of the common bonds that link film and video professionals. The Society is mandated to support a full agenda of training, education, and dissemination of the latest in technical and product information.
- Member services
- Corporate sponsorship program
- Annual CSC Awards Gala
- Camera Assistants Courses
- Many discounts for members at http://www.csc.ca/benefits/
- Training
- Typical Membership
Mainly DP's (directors of photography), also camera operators and assistants, and film students.
- Phone
416-266-0591
- admin@csc.ca
- Website
Co-op Vidéo de Montréal
Film production house, francophone.
A cooperative of local filmmakers producing independent film in Montreal.
- Member services
- Production help
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers.
- Phone
514-521-5541
- Website
Conseil de la Culture de la Gaspésie
Regional francophone cultural association covering all domains, and also concerned with heritage (patrimoine) issues.
The Council is funded and mandated by the government to promote and defend the interests of the cultural milieu while supporting the development and visibility of Gaspésie artists and the region's cultural products.
- Member services
- Advice on grants, portfolios, and marketing
- Professional development workshops
- Awards, galas recognizing outstanding work
- Directory of Gaspésie area artists
- List of regional art service providers under Ressources Professionelles
- Typical Membership
Individual artists and organisations.
- Phone
1-800-820-0883 ext. 229 / 418-534-4139
- falary@culturegaspesie.org
- Website
Culture Montreal
Independent non-profit organisation for anyone interested in promoting culture in all its forms as an essential element of Montreal's development.
Culture Montreal is the expert-advisor to governments, the City and the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal on issues pertaining to art and performance. It is a place for reflection, dialogue, and action aimed at the cultural community, political and business decision-making entities, and citizens.
- Member services
- Culture research and analysis
- Events, networking, guest speakers
- Discounts through CM's partners
- Participates in Journées de la Culture
- Culture Metropolis, etc.
- Typical Membership
Artists, cultural workers, and citizens.
- Phone
514-845-0303 ext. 24
- info@culturemontreal.ca
- Website
DAM
An open organisation striving for the recognition and inclusion of professional artists from ethno-cultural communities into the Montreal cultural network.
DAM's mandate is to "promote cultural diversity in the arts and culture through recognition and inclusion of all artists and cultural practitioners within professional arts networks, professional cultural organisations and the performance outlets in Montreal" and to "maintain an active and critical watch over policies and procedures that could discriminate against artistic and cultural proceedings".
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Any person who supports the mandate and objectives of D.A.M. may become a member of the organisation.
- Phone
514-280-3580
- guillaume.sirois@cum.qc.ca
- Website
DGC/QDC (Directors Guild of Canada or Quebec District Council)
National labour organisation representing key creative and logistical personnel in the film and television industries with a national office and seven district councils.
The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is made up of district councils, representing more than 3,700 members drawn from 48 different craft and occupational categories covering all areas of directing, production, editing and design of film and television programming in Canada. Members of the DGC are affiliated with the district council of their residence and are all members of the national organisation.
- Member services
- Extensive contract protection
- Premium pay, fringe benefits, Health & Welfare Plan, RSP
- Searchable directory of director members on the website
- Regional and national training
- Typical Membership
3,500 members from 47 different craft and occupational categories in seven different departments, covering all areas of motion picture production, editing and design.
- Phone
514-844-4084
- Quebec: cqgcr@cam.org or mail@dgc.ca
- Website
http://www.cqgcr.ca in Quebec or http://www.dgc.ca/
DOC (Documentary Organisation of Canada, formerly Canadian Independent Film Caucus)
National non-profit professional and advocacy organisation dedicated to supporting independent documentary filmmaking and filmmakers in Canada.
Representing over 650 directors, producers, and craftspeople in six regional chapters (Atlantic, Quebec, Toronto, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Ottawa-Gatineau), DOC is the national voice of the independent documentary filmmaker. DOC liaises with the Association des Réalisateurs et Réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) and the APFTQ.
- Member services
- Regular public screenings of members' works
- Hosts "Hot Docs": Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto, for which members receive a pass
- Year-round professional development program
- Members-online database
- Promotes increased distribution opportunities through theatrical release, television, and non-theatrical and home video markets
- Typical Membership
Over 650 directors, producers, and craftspeople, both established and emerging, from six regional chapters.
- Phone
514-484-1145
- adrineh@docorg.ca
- Website
DRCC (Directors Rights Collective of Canada)
Non-profit corporation created to distribute royalties from works distributed in Europe to Canadian film directors.
DRCC seeks to establish entitlement to collect and distribute, on behalf of its members, royalty and levy payments arising from secondary uses made in Europe of DRCC members' audiovisual works. Certain royalties and levies, or "equitable remuneration" are mandated by copyright legislation within certain countries of Europe.
- Member services
- Collects and distributes royalty and levy payments
- Typical Membership
Film directors, many members of the DGC.
- Phone
416-482-6640, ext. 237
- drcc@dgc.ca
- Website
Entreacteurs
Francophone association of independent actors who choose to work without agents.
The association makes it possible for these actors to be visible to casting agencies and to directors and producers of cinema, television, publicity, and theatre.
- Member services
- Representation
- Links to individual portfolios via Entracteur website
- Typical Membership
Independent actors, all members of the Union des Artistes and/or ACTRA.
- Phone
514-666-4949
- casting@entreacteurs.com
- Website
FCTNM/WIFT
A global network of women filmmakers comprised of some 35 Women In Film chapters worldwide.
Over 10,000 members dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film and video.
- Member services
- Privileged access and info pertaining to professional development activities
- Connection to a vast social and professional network comprised principally of women working in all facets of the film, television and new media industries
- Presents awards to outstanding female media professionals
- Typical Membership
Female directors, producers and media professionals and their supporters.
- Phone
514-842-8289
- info@fctnm.ca
- Website
FIA (International Federation of Actors)
International, independent and non-governmental organisation representing performers' associations in all continents.
Sister federation of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM). Does not represent individuals directly. (http://www.fia-actors.com/en/faq.html). "FIA's key function is the representation of its members in the international arena. Most national performers' organisations do not have access to this important sphere of activity and FIA is able to participate on behalf of its members in international forums, which deal with issues affecting the life and status of professional performers." FIA also organises broadcast professionals and helps them react to developments in new media and technologies.
- Member services
- Representation of performers and associations in international forums
- Helps secure national and local funding for live performance
- Maintains the Committee for Artists' Freedom to support performers whose rights and livelihoods are threatened as a result of war, political or religious oppression
- Collective agreeements on the use of recorded performances/intellectual property rights
- Trade union development
- Ensures distribution of essential information on issues such as developments in collective bargaining, new technologies, cultural funding and policy, intellectual property rights, taxation, social security, health and safety
- Typical Membership
Trade unions, guilds and associations of professional performers representing actors, dancers, singers, variety and circus artists and others.
- Phone
44-20-7379-0900
- info@fia-actors.com
- Website
FSAC (Film Studies Association of Canada)
National, bilingual association for students and teachers of film production and history.
Aims to "foster and advance scholarship in the history and art of film and related fields as well as to aid those teaching film and video production at Canadian colleges and universities".
- Member services
- Information sharing, colloquium
- Awards
- Calls for papers
- Typical Membership
Membership is open to: any individual teaching at a post-secondary level or engaged in graduate study or research in film and related fields; any private or public institution active in film and related fields; the interested public.
- Phone
n/a
- johnmccu@yorku.ca
- Website
Farine orpheline
Francophone group of pluridisciplinary artists committed to combining practices and resources, with a special interest in transforming industrial and urban areas.
The collective develops every project from beginning to end using a variety of media. With an approach that is both analytical and poetic, Farine Orpheline explores the archaeology of doubt, the history of the banal, the architecture of fragments, and other exact sciences.
- Member services
- Collaborations, shared equipment
- Artist spaces
- Participation in festivals
- Typical Membership
Artists from all fields.
- Phone
514-523-2243
- code306@farineorpheline.qc.ca
- Website
GCFC (Guild of Canadian Film Composers)
National guild of media composers, certified for collective bargaining under the Federal Status of the Artist Act.
In Quebec, GCFC represents media composers working only for English-language broadcasters. (Composers in Quebec working for French language broadcasters are represented by Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec [SPACQ]). Represents all media composers outside Quebec, except for composers working for the French CBC in New Brunswick.
- Member services
- Contract templates
- Mentorship program
- Professional development workshops
- Typical Membership
Composers arrangers, orchestrators, and music editors working in film and television.
- Phone
416-410-5076 / 866-657-1117
- gcfc@gcfc.ca
- Website
GIV (Groupe Intervention Video)
Artist-run, non-profit, francophone centre that acquires, distributes, exhibits, and produces independent video directed by women.
GIV's mission is to "ensure production access for women who make multimedia art" and to increase their visibility. "Video productions that (GIV) has helped develop and distribute…represent a cross section of contemporary art practices."
- Member services
- Equipment rental and consultation: multimedia work stations, screening room, offline editing rooms, transfers, production equipment
- Collaborates with other organizations to produce documentaries
- Members get 20% off on all rentals of videos by women
- Hosts artists' web pages
- Typical Membership
Women making independent multimedia art.
- Phone
514-271-5506
- giv@videotron.ca
- Website
IPIC (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada)
"Canada's pre-eminent association of professionals who specialize in intellectual property: patents for inventions, trade-marks, copyright, and industrial designs."
"IPIC is the only professional association in Canada to which nearly all patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property belong."
- Member services
- Professional IPIC designation
- Professional development seminars and conferences on cutting edge intellectual property
- patent and trade-mark courses and tutorials
- Annual membership directory
- Representation of IP professionals before Government
- "Members only" permitting online view and key word search of IPIC's professional journals, newsletters and intellectual property literature index
- Typical Membership
Patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property.
- Phone
613-234-0516
- admin@ipic.ca
- Website
Kino
Francophone cooperative of independent filmmakers and multimedia artists and Montreal branch of the international Kino network.
Kino is a laboratory for experimentation and a launching pad for all those who refuse to engage in "traditional" production.
- Member services
- Holds "Kabarets", where participants are invited to create a work in 48 hours, which is then presented to the public, often as part of film festivals
- Monthly projections
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers and multimedia artists.
- Phone
514-282-2261
- info@kino00.com
- Website
Les Films de L'Autre
Francophone collective of Montreal-based filmmakers promoting experimentation in independent film and video.
Unique in that its members are often both the director and producer of their own films, Les Films de l'Autre has produced many successful cinematic productions, both features and short films. Sponsors include SODEC and Telefilm.
- Member services
- Professional development (all workshops given in French), with many upcoming training sessions on financing and accounting for film production
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers
- Phone
514-396-2651
- fda@qc.aira.com
- Website
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
The MAI is a pluridisciplinary presenter of professional contemporary artists, with an intercultural mandate.
An independent, non-profit organisation, the MAI is comprised of a theatre, a gallery space, a café and two rehearsal rooms. "An incubator for the arts favourable to reflection and research, a space for dialogue and interchange between cultures stimulating collaboration between different partners, MAI has the mandate of supporting creation, presentation and outreach of intercultural arts for a diversified audience."
- Member services
- Residencies
- Collaborations
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-982-1812
- info@m-a-i.qc.ca
- Website
Main Film
Independent film collective, supported by CAC, CALQ, and others.
In addition to providing filmmakers with production equipment and post-production facilities, Main Film is dedicated to promoting and disseminating independent films through a variety of activities including training workshops and a Production Support Program.
- Member services
- Production equipment and post-production facilities with free orientation sessions on new equipment
- Production Support Program
- Training workshops
- Insurance Program
- Free screening space to show your films
- Free access to rentals at PRIM, Videographe and Les Films de l'Autre, and other discounts
- Typical Membership
Indie filmmakers and crews.
- Phone
514-845-7442
- info@mainfilm.qc.ca / services@mainfilm.qc.ca
- Website
Montreal Film Group
Community of filmmakers and film workers looking to share resources.
The MFG is run by Montreal filmmakers Ezra Soiferman and Val Lonergan, who saw a need for more human and humane ways to meet other active filmmakers and craved ongoing events to bring them all together. The MFG initially began as a very small group of film and TV peers who felt isolated in their own corners of the industry. It now draws over 800 local film and TV industry members from many different backgrounds.
- Member services
- Monthly round tables and How-To nights such as "Guerilla Filmmaking 101" and "An Evening With …": interviews with engaging industry personalities in front of sizeable live audiences
- Typical Membership
700 local film and TV industry members from many different backgrounds. Their positions in the field range from directors to actors, indies to broadcasters, stunt people to entertainment lawyers, and many points in-between.
- Phone
n/a
- Website
NFB (National Film Board)
Federal cultural agency for film and video, within the portfolio of the Canadian Heritage Department.
NFB is now mandated to "produce and distribute distinctive, culturally diverse, challenging and relevant audiovisual works that provide Canada and the world with a unique Canadian perspective".
- Member services
- Special support for Aboriginal documentaries, and docs by women and other minorities
- Grants, mentorships, internships (see Filmmaker Support Programs)
- Studios in many regions
- Co-production program
- Wide-range distribution, with sales offices and staff located in Montreal, New York, Los Angeles and Paris
- Many more services on their website
- Typical Membership
Supporters and fans of the NFB.
- Phone
514-283-9000 or 1-800-267-7710
- contact page
- Website
OBORO
Artist centre that favours the development of art practices locally, nationally and internationally.
OBORO wishes to contribute to a culture of peace. Its specific mandate is to support creation in various cultural practices; to encourage innovation, experimentation, the exchange of ideas and the sharing of knowledge; to set up exhibitions, residencies, publications, conferences, performances, workshops, network projects, as well as research, production and training activities.
- Member services
- "User" members have access to the New Media Lab at a special rate
- Sound Recording and Experimentation Studio
- Residencies
- Production Assistance and Presentation Program
- Typical Membership
Many types of members.
- Phone
514-844-3250
- oboro@oboro.net
- Website
Outiller - la releve artistique Montréalaise (City of Montreal)
A project initiative from the Conseil des Arts de Montreal to "improve the socio-professional integration of young artists in Montreal".
Created to support collaboration and dialogue between emerging artists and those working in culture, education and government.
- Member services
Advocacy for artists in all disciplines.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-280-3580
- Website
http://www.artsmontreal.org/artsmontreal.org_non_ssl/releve.php?lang=en
PRIM (Productions Réalisations de Montréal)
Independent, francophone film collective with on-site editing suites.
Prim's mandate as a self managed centre is to contribute to training opportunities with educational programs, and the production of media work with grant based programs and co-productions. PRIM is, therefore, a centre of human and technical resources, destined for the elaboration and creation of media work, open to the whole artistic and cultural community. PRIM's commitment is to enable the artists to assume professional status and to encourage quality improvement in independent production. It offers access to a complete array of production and post-production equipment, be it for video, audio or information technology, enabling the production of professional standard work; PRIM also offers various training programs and assistance to support the artists in their creative endeavours and productions.
- Member services
- Bursaries for training, coproductions, and production costs
- Residencies
- Film and sound studios, equipment rental
- Courses in various AVID applications
- Typical Membership
Directors, producers, film artists, etc.
- Phone
514-524-2421
- info@primcentre.org
- Website
Paraloeil
Paraloeil is a non-profit, francophone media arts centre in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
Paraloeil is mandated to diffuse cinematographic and videographic works made mainly in Quebec which fit in one of the following categories: social, political, research, youth, art and experimentation.
- Member services
- Funding
- Equipment rental
- Non-linear digital cutting/editing and video transfer services
- Typical Membership
Film artists, collectives, and production houses.
- Phone
418-725-0211
- info@paraloeil.com
- Website
QCGN (Quebec Community Groups Network)
A non-profit organisation which supports minority English language culture in Quebec.
"QCGN promotes cooperation with provincial, regional and municipal government authorities in order to support and assist the development and enhance the vitality of the English-language minority communities", with arts being among the priority sectors of involvement. Members of QCGN's Community Evaluation Committee meet with representatives from Canada Council and Canadian Heritage-IPOLC to discuss and exchange information on the growing needs of the English-speaking artistic community in Quebec.
- Member services
- Advocacy on legal issues, language issues, political and constitutional affairs
- Publishes Arts Ahead bulletin with practical information to the artistic community
- Provides useful links to information, resources, and federal and provincial government websites pertaining to Anglophone communities in Quebec
- Typical Membership
Anglophone community organisations.
- Phone
418-681-2112
- qcgn@qcgn.ca
- Website
QFTC (Quebec Film and Television Council)
Government-sponsored council mandated to promote film shooting in Montreal and Quebec.
QFTC ensures its members are well represented at major international film festivals and markets, in partnership with regional film commissions.
- Member services
- Script breakdowns and preliminary location scouting, with location photo bank
- Support for producers and directors visiting Quebec, with information on producers, crew, major studios and labs, CGI houses and other key people (financial, associations, unions, etc.)
- Co-ordination with the Quebec federal, regional and municipal governments
- Assistance in creating options tailored to individual projects
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-499-7070 or 1-866-320-3456 (FILM)
- info@qftc.ca
- Website
RAIQ (Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec or Quebec Interdisciplinary Arts Network)
The RAIQ aims to bring together artists, arts organisations and companies working in the interdisciplinary arts in Quebec to ensure representation on all levels.
"The RAIQ aims to nurture the development of its members and of different interdisciplinary practices, by initiating activities that promote research and experimentation, such as conferences, studies, training and networking events."
- Member services
- Education
- Promotion
- Typical Membership
Artists, organisations.
- Phone
514-380-3093 (office hours: Monday and Tuesday)
- raiq@studio303.ca
- Website
RFAVQ (Regroupement pour la formation en audiovisuel du Québec)
Association of audiovisual professionals, created by the APFTQ and AQTIS.
RFAVQ's mandate consists mainly in planning and coordinating continuing education designed for people working on independent audiovisual productions in Quebec.
- Member services
- Continuing education at several training centres
- Typical Membership
Audiovisual artists and technicians.
- Phone
514-397-8600
- ldemers@rfavq.qc.ca
- Website
SODEC
SODEC is a francophone Quebec government corporation overseen by the Minister of Culture and Communications. It supports the production and distribution of Quebec culture through cultural industries.
SODEC's general mandate is to provide public financial assistance for enterprises active in the following fields: book publishing, recording and variety shows, film and television production, and arts & crafts. SODEC offers a wide range of programs for the various cultural industries. Its assistance takes the form of project investments, grants, or repayable subsidies.
- Member services
Financing
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-521-5541
- info@sodec.gouv.qc.ca
- Website
Spirafilm
Cooperative of independent film and video makers and member of the Meduse art centre in Quebec City.
Spirafilm's mandate is to support the creation of original works of quality in film and video. It presents images from a wide variety of sources.
- Member services
According to membership category:
- Specialized equipment
- Administrative services
- Budget help
- Opportunities to participate in various short films
- Screenwriting help
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers
- Phone
418-523-1275
- spirafilm@meduse.org
- Website
Studio XX
Women's digital resource centre.
Aims to demystify digital technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate women's access to technology, and to create and exhibit women's new digital art.
- Member services
- Small workshops in a friendly environment, customized courses
- Technical assistance, access to computer lab
- Residencies, coproductions, collaborations
- Training bursaries
- Free admission to all Femmes Br@nchées evenings and to the Maid in Cyberspace Web Festival (les HTMlles)
- Typical Membership
Female media artists, practicing and aspiring, and supporters.
- Phone
514-845-7934
- Website
Telefilm
"Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated primarily to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, new media and music industries."
Telefilm Canada provides financial and other support to films that "reflect Canadian society, including its linguistic duality and cultural diversity" through the Film Fund, Television Fund, and the New Media fund. It reports to the Department of Canadian Heritage.
- Member services
- Ensures promotion and visibility of Canadian films at festivals and showcases
- Workshops such as "Women In the Director's Chair"
- Many grants
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-283-6363
- info@telefilm.gc.ca
- Website
Terres en Vue/Landinsights
Society for the diffusion and promotion of native culture and art. Funded by Canadian Heritage.
LANDINSIGHTS is guided by an eleven-member board with members from the Mohawk, Huron-Wendat, Abenaki, Innu and Cree nations. It is the driving force behind the First Peoples' Festival, making Montreal the nerve centre of Indigenous Creativity from the three Americas for ten days in June. LANDINSIGHTS has proven able to create a space for affirmation and recognition, in its organisational structure and its activities.
- Member services
Organises the First People's Festival, awards for best films.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-278-4040
- tev@nativelynx.qc.ca
- Website
UDA (Union des artistes)
Professional, francophone syndicate of performers.
The UDA represents more than 6,400 highly-skilled professional actors, singers (operatic and popular), dancers, variety artists, and more, who work in French television, radio, film, live theater, advertising and dubbing productions.
- Member services
- Contract negotiation
- Online press kits
- Training
- Typical Membership
Professional artists and producers
- Phone
514-288-6682
- endirect@uniondesartistes.com
- Website
Videographe
Artist run production and distribution centre for mixed media art, mainly francophone, and a partner of PRIM.
Videographe encourages innovative practices in media arts: videos of art, documentary, short films, interactive installations and new media. It supports the emerging artists as much as novice ones. Vidéographe Production facilitates access to video production, research and creation in the media arts by placing quality equipment at the disposal of the artists.
- Member services
- Production Support Program
- Training workshops
- Residencies
- PARC, laboratory for experimentation and creation in new/interactive media
- Bursaries for production, including CORPus, which aids artists wishing to create a DVD compilation of their work
- Equipment rental
- Manages distribution
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers
- Phone
514-521-2116
- production@videographe.qc.ca
- Website
YES (Youth Employment Strategy)
Governmental initiative to help young Canadians (aged 15 to 30) obtain career information, develop skills, find good jobs and stay employed.
- Member services
3 main programs:
- Skills Link, which helps young people who face more barriers to employment than others
- Summer Work Experience, which helps secondary and post-secondary students find summer jobs
- Career Focus, which helps post-secondary graduates develop advanced skills and find careers in their fields
- Also offers internships and mentorship programs for artists Youth Employment Strategy
- Typical Membership
15 to 35 year-old unemployed anglophones.
- Phone