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Edition: Pan-Asian Storyteller 2025

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Applications Open
Accepting applications until May 8, 2025

Contents

  • Overview
  • Eligibility
  • Your Idea
  • What to expect
  • How to prepare an application
  • Apply

Your Idea

  • $20,000 in funding
  • Training and mentorship
  • Distribution on TELUS Optik TV, Stream+ and STORYHIVE’s YouTube channel

We’re looking for original documentary or scripted film or series pilot projects that are set in and reflect your local community.

For scripted content, examples of eligible genres include (but are not limited to): Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance, Suspense, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Western, Musical.

Your project can be either a standalone film or a pilot episode for a series.

All projects must adhere to a G or PG rating.

The following types of formats are ineligible for the STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Storyteller Edition:

  • Music Videos

  • Animation (can include animated elements, but no fully animated projects)

  • Video games and other applications; and websites

  • Non-Canadian content

  • Slow television, or any programming genre without sound, action, or people (bird cams, yule logs, traffic cameras, etc.)

  • Audio-only content

  • Lifestyle or Reality TV

  • Talk shows

  • News or reporting (current event style coverage)

  • Promotional and advertorial content

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