imagineNATIVE Story Editor Mentorship Program (Canada)

The Story Editor Mentorship is a unique initiative offered to Indigenous Creatives in Canada.

Benefits

• The selected participants will meet virtually with imagineNATIVE Institute staff and Indigenous and non-Indigenous Story Editors to refine and build skills in critical reading, note-taking, and script feedback to provide insight and mentorship in story editing.
• The participant will have the opportunity to engage in story calls with selected projects in development while observing and participating in the process of taking notes and providing constructive feedback.
• The selected applicants will also receive travel and hotel accommodations and Industry Accreditation to the 25th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
• This is an excellent learning opportunity.

Duration

• This is a one year paid mentorship beginning in January 2024 – January 2025 with ten sessions throughout the calendar year.

Eligibility Criteria

• They encourage Indigenous Creatives in Canada looking to engage with leading experts in the art, practice and business of story editing to apply.
• You must be at least 16 years of age.
• A two shifts minimum is required.
• They accept people from all backgrounds, ethnicities and strive to make the spaces accessible for everyone.
• imagineNATIVE considers an Youth Artist as someone of any age who is less that 29.
• They are accepting submissions in all languages. However, the festival audience is primarily English-speaking and Non-English language works with dialogue must include English closed captioning to be eligible.
• They are accepting film + video works (e.g. cinematic films, music videos, web series), digital + interactive works (e.g. non-interactive digital works, interactive works such as VR, video games, choose-your-own-adventure), and audio works (e.g. soundscapes, sound art, radio plays, audiobooks, narrative podcasts, documentary podcasts).

For more information, visit imagineNATIVE.