BLACK WOMEN FILM! CANADA LAUNCHES ‘ELEVATE’ 
A NEW SERIES OF HANDS-ON MASTERCLASSES & WORKSHOPS FOR BLACK FEMALE IDENTIFIED FILMMAKERS & MEDIA ARTISTS, LEAD BY INCREDIBLE INDUSTRY LEADERS .

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT...

Black Women Film! Canada’s unique approach to programming ensures the participants receive direct hands-on experience and training from featured presenters who are experts in the field. You can expect to walk away with a broadened support network of collaborators and direct skills to apply as filmmakers, producers and directors to your work! Workshops and masterclasses are highly subsidized to ensure greater accessibility to industry level training.

SIGN UP FOR OUR IMMERSIVE VR, CINEMATOGRAPHY & SCRIPT WRITING MASTER CLASS SERIES STARTING JANUARY 10, 2020!

Black Women Film is so excited to launch into 2020 with our second annual ELEVATE MASTER CLASS SERIES for Black women identified filmmakers, artists and content creators!

It will include:

VR FILMMAKING CAMP - a multi-weekend with Dames Making Games at Toronto Media Arts Centre (Jan 10 - 19) https://vr-film-camp-blackwomenfilm2020.eventbrite.ca

ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY with Hire Higher, William F. Whites and Netflix to offer a 4 Day workshop for Black Women Cinematographers. Program launches May 15th with the full workshop taking place Thursday May 26th through to Sunday May 29th.

SCREENWRITERS RETREAT with Gillian Muller & Motion

(Feb 22 - 23) Location & Sign Up to be posted in new year.

Thanks to support from the Ontario Arts & Canada Arts Council we are able to offer all workshops at a highly subsidized rate. Our workshops are one of a kind connecting you with a life long supportive network, indepth hands on training and inspiration for your upcoming projects.

Best gift you can give yourself for the holidays ;-)

First come first served & space is limited - so sign up TODAY!

CREATE YOUR FIRST VR FILM: Black Women Film! Canada is excited to be partnering with Dames Making Games to offer our second

VR FILM CAMP 
mulit-weekend workshop as a part of the 2020 Elevate Master Class Series!

This exciting VR intensive program is aimed at introducing a small group of participants to the process of creating interactive virtual reality experiences using 360-degree volumetric video. In small groups or on their own, participants will complete an original interactive narrative short that can be experienced on an HMD (e.g., Oculus Quest or Rift), smart phone or desktop computer.

Over the course of one weekend, filmmakers dive into creating interactive virtual reality experiences
using volumetric video. Participants will learn about the VR landscape (hardware, software and
distribution), design basics, interactive narrative design vs. linear storytelling, and get hands-on with
their own projects.

DATES

• Friday, January 10, 6-9pm
• Saturday, January 11, 10am-5pm

• Sunday, January 12, 10am-5pm

• Open Studio – January 13-17, 10am-6pm

• Saturday, January 18, 10am-5pm
• Sunday, January 19, 10am-8pm

FORMAT

This program will take place over 10 days, with intensive workshops and hands-on practice focused
on the initial weekend. It will include :

- Three hands-on workshops and guest panel with ample break/demo times 
- A lab day with close assistance by mentors will allow participants to get hands-on with
their projects very quickly and in a collaborative, low-pressure, and highly supportive learning
environment. Participants may access DMG workspace and equipment (by reservation) as well as a
production studio within TMAC during the week between workshops. A Slack channel will be set up to
ensure participants have ready access to help between sessions.
- A final exhibition and gathering to share work with Black Women Film alum at the end of the program

LOCATION

DMG’s classroom and studio spaces at the Toronto Media Arts Centre (32 Lisgar Street, Toronto).

PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY : At least 15 minutes prior to start for registration.

PLEASE NOTE

The 2020 Masterclass series is open to filmmakers and media artists who are Black women identified of the Canadian African diaspora.  

About Dames Making Games (Dmg.to)

Dames Making Games (DMG) is a not-for-profit videogame arts organization that creates space for marginalized creators to make, play and critique videogames within a cultural context.

PAST MASTERCLASSES:

Director's Master Class with Amma Asante, hosted by TIFF