Participant Application Form

Thank you for your interest in the 2026 SCGC x CFC Composer-Filmmaker Forum, presented by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) with the participation of the Canadian Film Centre (CFC).

The Forum is an intensive two-day professional development initiative designed to help emerging screen composers build the knowledge, relationships, and practical skills needed to establish sustainable careers in film, television, games, and digital media.

Participants will engage with leading Canadian screen composers, music professionals, and members of the CFC filmmaking community through panel discussions, collaborative sessions, networking opportunities, and practical career development activities.

Participation is limited, and applicants will be selected through a competitive adjudication process.

Please complete the application below. It should take approximately 10–15 minutes to complete.

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1. Full name (Required.)

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2. email address (Required.)

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3. Phone Number

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4. City/Province (Required.)

ELIGIBILITY

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5. For the purposes of this Forum, an emerging screen composer is someone actively pursuing a professional career in screen composition but not yet earning the majority of their professional income from screen composing or closely related composing activities.

Do you meet this definition? (Required.)

EXPERIENCE

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6. Approximately how many completed screen projects have you composed original music for? (Required.)

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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7. Why are you interested in participating in the SCGC x CFC Composer-Filmmaker Forum? (150 words)

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8. What are you actively doing today to build a career as a screen composer, and how do you hope this Forum will help you take the next step?
(Maximum 250 words.)

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9. What do you hope to gain from interacting with other emerging composers, experienced industry professionals, and filmmakers participating in the Forum?
(Maximum 150 words.)

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10. What is the biggest challenge currently preventing you from advancing your career as a screen composer?
(Maximum 150 words.)

COMPOSITION SUBMISSION

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11. Please provide one example of your work that best demonstrates your abilities as a composer, both musically and technically.

Your submission should:
  • Be no longer than 3 minutes
  • Represent your own original work
  • Demonstrate your current level of compositional and production ability
  • Include a streaming or downloadable link (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.)
  • If the work was written for picture, you are encouraged to include the accompanying video.
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12. DECLARATION (Required.)

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