SUBMIT
PITCH
IGNITE
CINE⚡️SPARK
offers a production package worth more than
$17,500
to screenwriters and filmmakers from the Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands region
📩 SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN 📩
Since 2017, CineVic's CINE
SPARK production program has been supporting local artists with cash, services, and equipment toward the production of outstanding short films.
The only submission requirement is a complete screenplay, 10 pages or less. Scripts are blind judged, and the Top 5 pitch their projects in a live event at the annual Short Circuit Film Festival.
The best pitch receives a comprehensive production package to create their short film:
• $13,500 in-kind equipment rentals from CineVic
• $2,500 in-kind equipment rentals from William F. White
• $1,500 cash grant
• $100 Modo driving credits toward production van rental
• Production Insurance - 10 consecutive days of coverage ($195 value)
• One-year complimentary CineVic Production Membership ($220 value)
• Your film will premiere at the Short Circuit Film Festival!
2021 CINE
SPARK winning pitch:
Sarah Nicole Faucher
GOING HOME
*currently in production*
2020 CINESPARK winning pitch:
Ann Marie Hak
WISHING FALL
*currently in production*
2019 CINESPARK winning pitch:
LUCID
Premiered at the 2021 Short Circuit Film Festival
2018 CINESPARK winning pitch:
NORMAN
Premiered at the 2019 Short Circuit Film Festival
2017 CINESPARK winning pitch:
HER NAME IS DESTINY
Premiered at the 2018 Short Circuit Film Festival
📩 SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN 📩
Submissions Open:
September 1, 2021
Early Deadline:
November 1, 2021
Regular Deadline:
January 1, 2022
Late Deadline:
February 1, 2022
Top 5 Announcement:
April 2022
Top 5 Pitch Event:
May 2022
Please visit our FilmFreeway page for official program rules and submission information.
CineVic gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance and support of Canada Council for the Arts, Province of British Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, and the CRD Arts Development Service.
Short Circuit and CINE⚡SPARK sponsors:
