Production think-tank, accelerator & training for emerging digital & interactive creators, entrepreneurs & companies.
About CFC Media Lab
The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) is an internationally acclaimed digital media think tank and award-winning production facility. It provides a unique research, training and production environment for digital media content developers and practitioners, as well as acceleration programs and services for digital entertainment start-ups and related SMEs. Program participants have emerged as leaders in the world of digital media, producing groundbreaking projects and innovative, sustainable companies for the digital and virtual age. CFC Media Lab is funded in part by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. www.cfccreates.com.
The Fifth Wave Initiative is a year-round program offered by CFC Media Lab and its partners to support the growth and development of women entrepreneurs in the digital media sector in southern Ontario. All participants in Fifth Wave Initiative must first apply to join Fifth Wave Connect, a prerequisite for eligibility for Fifth Wave Labs and Fifth Wave Outreach.
Fifth Wave Labs is a nonresidential four-month intensive bootcamp-style program for 10 companies per cohort each year through 2023. Sessions are customized to capitalize on the expertise of diverse world-class faculty, mentors, advisors, partners and staff. Fifth Wave companies receive bespoke coaching in business development, market, sales, strategy, partner development, business modeling, financing, planning for scale, staffing, company culture and wellness, and/or various forms of fundraising. All programming is delivered through a feminist lens, focusing on topics such as community impact, ecosystem mapping and engagement, thoughtful disruption and unintended consequences.
digital media training, research and production think-tank environment, focus on interactive content, interactive narratives, interactive storytelling, business acceleration, prototyping, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and startups
Programs : Canadian Film Centre
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Flipside XR entertainment, Games, Media Production | Not capitalistic Partnership Event 6 Apr 2023 8 Feb 2023 | | | |
Arts Council England Non-profit Organizations | Other 15 Mar 2023 28 Feb 2023 | | | |
Entrepreneur Media Publishing | Other 11 Feb 2023 | | ||
Transmedia Zone entertainment, Media Production | Other 9 Feb 2023 | | ||
Pitch Better martech, Research Services | Other 8 Feb 2023 8 Feb 2023 | | | |
Cointelegraph Online Audio and Video Media | Other 7 Feb 2023 | | ||
Toronto Star | Other 19 Oct 2022 | | ||
TechCrunch IT Services, Software Development | Not capitalistic Partnership Event 14 Oct 2022 | | ||
Business Insider India Online Audio and Video Media | Other 28 Sep 2022 | | ||
Verdict IT Services, IT Services and IT Consulting | Other 7 Sep 2022 | |