About the program

The BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media: Producers Edition (BANFF Spark) is a program designed to address the systemic gap in gender equality and representation by providing market access, training, and networking opportunities to help build more Canadian women-owned businesses.

The BANFF Spark program asks: How would the industry change with more women in ownership positions? How would the world’s media, and indeed the world, change?

By providing Canadian women entrepreneurs with customized workshops, networking, and market access opportunities and resources, BANFF Spark: Producers Edition will help support Canadian women-owned businesses to advance both domestically, and across the global media industry.

Since the program began in 2019, BANFF Spark has already provided opportunities for more than 200 women entrepreneurs. The program is open to all candidates and is designed to empower women of colour, Indigenous women, women with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ women, and non-binary individuals.

BANFF Spark: Producers Edition provides a gateway to the global film and television industry through the Banff World Media Festival's (BANFF) renowned conference and marketplace. Attendance at BANFF will provide participants with unparallelled access to the Canadian and international industry, giving them a platform to pitch their projects, gain insight into the key issues and trends affecting the industry today, and network with senior decision-makers with the power to move their projects, and careers, forward.

Learn more about program Eligibility and Submission Guidelines.