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PAID INTERNSHIP: Audiovisual Production

Aspiring producers or production managers from Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities.
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September 27, 2025

VOICES AT RISK: AI and the Future of Dubbing

Interactive roundtable with industry leaders and AI experts, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. @Afromusée, 533 Ontario East, Montreal
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Changing the Canadian Film and Television Business.

Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation to empower the next generation of Black & underrepresented film & TV professionals.
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Festwave Institute

The Festwave Institute is a national initiative by the Fabienne Colas Foundation that supports Black and underrepresented creators in film and TV. By removing barriers to entrepreneurship, it offers training, tools, and networking to build lasting careers.
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Call for applications for 2025 Fabienne Colas Foundation’s BEING BLACK IN CANADA PROGRAM

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Paid internships offered by the Festwave Institute of the Fabienne Colas Foundation and organized by the Quebec Media Production Association (AQPM)

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July 26, 2025
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Dubbing Training: First cohort March and April 2024

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The Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Festwave Institute Launches a New Free Training Program in Fiction Screenwriting – Short Series WEB & TV for Black Screenwriters

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Dubbing Training Program: The Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Festwave Institute has successfully completed its first workshop!

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VOICES AT RISK: AI and the Future of Dubbing

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
25
Sep

THE PITCH: Six Black screenwriters pitch their web and television series projects to producers

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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PAID AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION INTERNSHIP (FRENCH ONLY)

420 hours
Intermediate
Emile Castonguay
Free
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STAGES RÉMUNÉRÉS EN PRODUCTION AUDIOVISUELLE

All Levels
Emile Castonguay
Free
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Paid internship in audiovisual production (French only)

640 hours
Beginner
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Being Black in Canada: Writing WEB & TV Series

44 hours
Intermediate
Festwave Institute
Free
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Acting Direction

16 hours
Intermediate
Festwave Institute
Free
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Production Direction for Television and Film

56 hours
Intermediate
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Free
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Production Accounting

12 hours
Intermediate
Festwave Institute
Free
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Makeup and Hairstyling for Black Characters in Film and Television

12 hours
Intermediate
Festwave Institute
Free
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Dubbing

16 hours
Intermediate
Festwave Institute
Free