Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: CBC

Close Encounters

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Close Encounters are small group meetings with commissioning editors and media executives who either commission programs from independent producers outside their own territories or provide significant funding.

Session Producer: Bronwen Eadie, Hot Docs/WCSFP (Canada)

Moderator: Aaron Hancox, Markham Street Films (Canada)

CBC DocsCBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. Through our mandate to inform, enlighten and entertain, we play a central role in strengthening Canadian culture. As Canada’s trusted news source, we offer a uniquely Canadian perspective on news, current affairs and world affairs. Our distinctively homegrown entertainment programming draws audiences from across the country. Deeply rooted in communities, CBC/Radio-Canada offers diverse content in English, French and eight Indigenous languages. We also deliver content in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi and Tagalog, as well as both official languages, through Radio Canada International (RCI). We are leading the transformation to meet the needs of Canadians in a digital world.

Session Participants

Lesley Birchard

Executive in Charge of Production, The Nature of ThingsCanadian Broadcasting Corporation

Moderator

Aaron Hancox

VP, UnscriptedMarkham Street Films Inc.

Speakers

Susan Dando

Executive in Charge of ProductionCBC

Registered attendees

Alan Goldman

Producer/DirectorBlue Plate Productions

Adl

Alphonse de la Puente

ProducerSomadrome Films

Claudia Zenkert

Managing DirectorSEETREE GmbH