Application Deadline: September 3

The MPPIA Short Film Award, a partnership initiative of MPPIA, Creative BC and the Whistler Film Festival, provides one British Columbian filmmaker with the opportunity to further develop his/her directing career by realizing a unique creative vision in a short film project. Applicants will be short-listed into a field of candidates who will pitch their projects at the 2015 Whistler Film Festival + Summit on December 5.

The successful candidate will receive a $15,000 cash award plus services ‘in-kind’ valued up to $100,000 from across the industry, enabling the filmmaker to complete his/her project with the guidance of experienced industry professionals and support services provided by the top supply houses in British Columbia. The completed film will have its world premiere screening at the 2016 Whistler Film Festival.