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Reelworld Hollywood Connector

The Reelworld Hollywood Connector Program is an ongoing initiative between the Consulate General of Canada to the United States, in Los Angeles and Reelworld Screen Institute. Held over two days, the program aims to facilitate long-lasting relationships between Canadian-based talent and LA-based producers and executives.

Selected Reelworld Alumni and Access Reelworld members get to participate in focused information sessions that cover how you build USA relationships and what you need to know when pitching to USA producers. Attendees will participate in these intimate sessions where they are able to better understand this important and necessary market.

Zaib Shaikh

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“As the Prime Minister has said, ‘Canada’s stories are shaped by our diversity and deserve to be shared with the world’. We also know that Black Filmmakers in Canada and Canadian filmmakers from other communities of colour have faced tremendous barriers in the past and that without the help of highly successful industry organizations such as Reelworld and the untiring energy of industry icons and originals such as Tonya Williams creating and leading such organizations, those stories might never have been fully told or shared”, said Zaib Shaikh, Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles. “Working with Reelworld to establish relationships between its alumni and decision-makers in Hollywood will help the current generations of diverse Canadians share their stories, even more, advance their careers exponentially, and continue building our multi-billion dollar homegrown industry.”

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Zaib Shaikh

Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles

Special thanks to the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles

Government of Canada

Upcoming Reelworld Programs & Events

#HERFRAMEMATTERS: GOING DIGITAL - Empowering Women through Web Series

1:00pm l March 30th, 2023

#HERFRAMEMATTERS: GOING DIGITAL - Empowering Women through Web Series

Webseries allow creators the ability to control their visions from beginning to end. As a result, it’s become a burgeoning field for racialized and Indigenous women to create authentic stories for their audiences. Join us for a panel with the Creator & Actor of Zarqa, Zarqa Nawaz, Actor on Gay Mean Girls Season 2, Robyn Matuto & 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominee Connie Wang of Tokens as they speak on their experience developing or working under Black, Indigenous and Women of Colors writers & directors.

Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

March 23 - 26, 2023

Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

Reelworld is proud to co-present the screening of Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja's latest documentary, To Kill a Tiger, at the 2023 Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF).

To Kill a Tiger follows Ranjit, a farmer in India, as he takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey is unprecedented.

The film is playing on Friday, March 24, at 7:45pm at the Cineplex Mississauga, and you can get 10% off your tickets using the code 10yearsofmisaff. The director will also be in attendance at the screening. Get your tickets here.

NABET Info Session #5: Hair

1:00pm l April 18th, 2023

NABET Info Session #5: Hair

Reelworld is partnering with NABET 700-M UNIFOR to provide an in-depth understanding of how to join various below-the-line departments within the screen industry. In continuation of the series of webinars, join Adriano Morassut, VP of Hair with credits including Ruby and The Well, and explore the world of Hair. This discussion will cover different roles and responsibilities that exist within the Hair Department and what a typical day on set might look like. The session will also cover the pathway to working on sets in film and television, how to get unionized, as well as information about NABET apprenticeships. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

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