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CINE⚡️SPARK
offers a production package worth more than
$20,000
to screenwriters and filmmakers from the Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands region

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*Submissions now OPEN for our 2023 program*

The CINE⚡️SPARK production program has been supporting local artists in the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands region with cash, services, and equipment toward the production of outstanding short films since 2017.

 

The only submission requirement is a complete screenplay, 10 pages or less.

Every year we award a hefty production package of cash, resources, and equipment rentals to the production of an outstanding short film script by a writer from the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands region in British Columbia, Canada.


The Top 5 entries pitch their projects at Short Circuit in May 2023, and one winner will receive the production package to create their short film, including:

• $2,500 cash grant *NEW*

• $14,000 in-kind equipment rentals from CineVic

• $2,500 in-kind equipment rentals from William F. White

• $500 Modo driving credits toward production van rental

• Production Insurance - 10 consecutive days of coverage ($225 value)

• One-year complimentary CineVic Production Membership ($220 value)

• Interview segment on Push In - The CineVic Podcast

• 50% discount on services by ScreenReaders.com – comprehensive screenplay notes from industry experts

• Your film will premiere at the Short Circuit Film Festival!


Sponsored by William F. White International Inc. Modo Car Share Co-op, and ScreenReaders. Please visit our FilmFreeway page for full program rules & guidelines.

 

2022 CINE⚡SPARK winning pitch:

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Hoo Youn Kwon
THE GIRL IN THE FOREST

2021 CINE⚡SPARK winning pitch:

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Sarah Nicole Faucher
GOING HOME

2020 CINE⚡SPARK winning pitch:

CINESPARK 2020 winner

Ann Marie Hak
WISHING FALL

2019 CINE⚡SPARK winner:

LUCID
Premiered at the 2021 Short Circuit Film Festival

2018 CINE⚡SPARK winner:

NORMAN
Premiered at the 2019 Short Circuit Film Festival

2017 CINE⚡SPARK winner:

HER NAME IS DESTINY
Premiered at the 2018 Short Circuit Film Festival

Submissions Open:
September 2, 2022

Early Deadline:
November 1, 2022

Regular Deadline:
January 1, 2023

Late Deadline:
February 1, 2023

Top 5 Reveal:
April 2023

Top 5 Pitch Event:
May 2023

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: