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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Aspire Africa Book and Periodical Publishing | Other 4 Sep 2019 | | ||
Association of Professional Futurists - APF Think Tanks, Consulting | Other 23 Apr 2020 | | ||
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | Other 22 Sep 2019 | | ||
AWE Company Ltd. uxtech, martech, IT Services, Software Development | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 26 Jun 2018 | | ||
Backstage Capital Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | Other 25 Apr 2018 | | ||
Battleverse entertainment, Games, Entertainment Providers | Not capitalistic Not partnership Event 12 Oct 2018 | | ||
Bellabeat healthtech, Wellness and Fitness Services | Other 27 Mar 2017 | | ||
Big Bad Boo Studios entertainment, Animation and Post-production | Other 27 Nov 2020 | | ||
Blakes fintech | Other 16 Mar 2017 | | ||
Bloomberg News Online Audio and Video Media | Other 23 Sep 2017 | |