Bell Media Announces 2014 National Fellows for Banff World Media Festival

Bell Media Announces 2014 National Fellows for Banff World Media Festival


- Annual Bell Media National Fellowship program enables 13 emerging
producers, writers, and directors to attend the Banff World Media
Festival -

- Previous Fellow to be recognized with Bell Media National Fellowship
Award of Distinction -



To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/1f7qave #BellMediaFellows



TORONTO, April 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Bell Media announced today the 13
recipients of this year's Bell Media National Fellowship program who will receive full registration for the 2014 Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) and round-trip air transportation to attend the event, running June 8 - 11, 2014 in Banff, Alta. Part of the $1.8 million Bell Media TV Skills
Development Initiative, the Bell Media National Fellowship program allows emerging producers, writers, and directors to benefit
from the programming, mentorship, and pitching opportunities available
at BANFF.



"We are pleased to provide these talented up-and-comers with the
opportunity to attend the Banff World Media Festival and share their
projects with key industry leaders," said Corrie Coe, Senior
Vice-President, Independent Production. "Previous Fellows have gone on
to achieve great success and we are confident that this year's
recipients will do the same."



The 2014 #BellMediaFellows are:



-- Craig Brown
(@crugland)
o Member of and Writer for The Second City whose credits include the
critically-acclaimed productions We Can Be Heroes, The Meme-ing of
Life, and Sixteen Scandals.
-- Emma Campbell
o Writer and CEO of Hooligan Productions with two projects - WHACKED
and DROP THE NEEDLE - currently in development.
-- Anne Francis
(@anneefrancis)
o Series Producer at RTR Media whose credits include LOST AND SOLD
(HGTV), SUMMER HOME (HGTV), and MAXED OUT (W Network).
-- S. Siobhan McCarthy
(@siobhanisblyss)
o CEO and Executive Producer of blyssful PRODUCTIONS and red trike
media inc. whose production credits include comedy web series
PARKED and feature film Down Here.
-- Nimisha Mukerji
(@nimisha_mukerji)
o Producer, Director, and Founder of Shot Glass Productions,
Mukerji's debut feature 65_RedRoses was one of the first official
selections for Oprah Winfrey's Documentary Club on OWN U.S. and won
top prizes at the Hot Docs, Arizona, Omaha, and Mendocino
International Film Festivals as well as the Banff Rockie Award for
Best Canadian Program at the 2010 Banff World Television Awards.
-- Art Napoleon
o President of Mooswa Films Inc. and Producer/Host of MOOSEMEAT &
MARMALADE, a documentary series for APTN (currently in
post-production).
-- Sean Pratt
(@seandelville)
o Founder of sillywalker productions and Digital Media Coordinator at
Ilana C. Frank Films.
-- Jensenne Roculan
(@jensenne)
o Producer at Copperheart Entertainment Inc. whose credits include
the horror anthology series DARKNET (Super Channel).
-- Wayne Shipley
(@stitchmedia)
o Project Manager at Stitch Media and Producer of acclaimed web
concert series THIRD FLOOR SESSIONS.
-- Ryan Spencer
(@ryespencer)
o Founder of A Ry Productions and Writer with more than eight years
of experience in the entertainment industry.
-- Laura Toplass
(@Black_Betty11)
o Story and Development Producer at Force Four Entertainment whose
credits include BATTLE CATS (Bite TV) and SHANNON & SOPHIE (W
Network).
-- Brodie Wilkinson
(@thebrodieshow)
o Creator and Executive Producer at Noah Productions.
-- Shebli Zarghami
o Co-creator, Writer, and Executive Producer of web series AGNES &
HAROLD, an official selection of the L.A. Comedy Festival.




Selected candidates must bring a suitable-for-broadcast project to BANFF
with specific goals in mind. All projects must be Canadian and can
cover a number of genres including drama, documentary, children's,
comedy/entertainment, lifestyle, or reality. In addition to
registration and travel, the Fellowship covers admission to all
seminars, workshops, feature interviews, and screenings as well as all
official social events.



Additionally, one notable program graduate will be honoured with the Bell Media National Fellowship Award of Distinction, a prestigious award recognizing a former Fellow who has demonstrated
significant strides in their career as a result of the mentorship
program. The award will be handed out during the Rockie Awards Gala
Luncheon on Monday, June 9. The 2013 winner was Craig David Wallace,
co-creator and showrunner of the critically-acclaimed series TODD & THE
BOOK OF PURE EVIL. This year's winner will be announced in the coming
weeks.


About the Bell Media TV Skills Development Initiative

The $1.8 million Bell Media TV Skills Development Initiative is a suite
of national training programs, exclusively funded by Bell Media, which
ensure a comprehensive range of training for writers, producers,
directors, and showrunners in the Canadian television industry at
different stages of their careers. The Initiative supports the Bell Media Diverse Screenwriters Program (Writers Guild of Canada) for emerging and mid-career writers from
diverse backgrounds who intern in a writing room of a Bell Media TV
series; the Bell Media National Fellowship Program (Banff World Media Festival), which encourages professional development
in the television industry by enabling emerging producers, writers, and
directors to attend the festival and take part in mentorship
activities; the Bell Media Primetime TV Program (Canadian Film Centre), which provides series development for TV
writers; the Bell Media Producer Accelerator Lab,which provides immersive and experiential broadcast and production
experience for mid-level producers; the Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp (Canadian Film Centre), which develops showrunner knowledge and
management for TV writers; the Media Leadership Program (Women in Film and Television - Toronto), a biennial program designed
for mid to senior-level women and men who want leading-edge academic
knowledge and contemporary business and leadership skills required in
the Canadian screen-based industry; and the Business Management for Media Professionals Program (Women in Film and Television - Toronto), a certificate program
essential for emerging media professionals who want to understand the
business of film, television and interactive production.


About Bell Media

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media
creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and
inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is
Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television,
radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30
local television stations led by CTV, Canada's #1 television network;
35 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada's most-watched
specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services,
including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing
shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell
Media is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 107 licensed
radio stations in 55 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral
Out-of-Home, one of Canada's most dynamic and innovative out-of-home
advertising companies with a network of more than 9,500 advertising
faces in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia. Bell Media also operates
more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO
video streaming services, including CTV GO, TMN GO, and Bravo GO, and
owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell
Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest
communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.


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Bell Media

CONTACT:
Shannon Smithson, Bell Media, 416.384.2725 or shannon.smithson@bellmedia.ca


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