NEW VOICES FILM LAB
What is the lab?
If you are a developing filmmaker who has worked on a few film sets, maybe studied film, but haven’t yet had the chance to step into key roles on set, this could be your opportunity. The New Voices Film Lab will provide developing filmmakers with the challenge to step into key leadership roles on set and, through this intensive experience, define the film professional they will become.
Frictive Pictures, in collaboration with the University of New Brunswick and Bell Fibe TV1, is producing a film lab focused on inspiring and supporting new voices in filmmaking. Eight Fredericton participants will be selected and in the lab will cycle through key roles on a film set, directing, editing, camera operating, all mentored by industry professionals as they produce eight short films. Participants will also shadow and support other key roles like Producer, Assistant Director, and Set Dec and Costume Design. This lab is designed as a studio experience, building films through a collaborative and immersive environment. The short films produced through the lab will appear as an Anthology series on Bell Fibe TV1.
There will be a call for script submissions for the eight short films separate from the lab. For more on how to submit scripts for consideration and development, see the Lab’s website linked below.
As part of the process, participants will be asked to take part in behind-the-scenes interviews, which will be included in the finished series on Bell Fibe TV1. By showing participants’ process and their experiences in the lab we hope to share the learning and development with other filmmakers in the community.
We acknowledge that film industries and communities are not always welcoming or supportive of diverse voices and many story communities are underrepresented and face obstacles. Equity, diversity and inclusion are priorities for Frictive Pictures and guide the creation of this lab and the selection of its mentors, participants and stories.
How to apply:
Interested applicants should submit
a CV detailing previous film experience and / or film education
A letter of interest that should include
your reasons for wanting to participate
how you would like to develop yourself as an artist and craftsperson through the lab
A sense of who you are as a creator and what kinds of stories are important to you.
Deadline: June 1st, 2025 midnight
interested in writing a script for the lab?
Screenwriters and storytellers: Frictive Pictures is looking for Fredericton stories for an anthology series of short films. We are looking for uniquely Fredericton or indeliably New Brunswick stories and characters all to be set in the same cafe. Eight scripts will be selected, developed and produced as an anthology film series as a part of our New Voices Film Lab working with new directors.
The completed series will be featured on Bell Fibe TV1 and the shorts will be submitted to festivals. Frictive Pictures will provide an honorarium for selected scripts for sole ownership of the one-time production rights.