In collaboration with the Independent Media Arts Alliance, Reel Ideas will co-host a three-day mini-conference focused on artist advocacy, fair pay, and building an equitable arts ecosystem.
Tues, Nov 11 - 6:30PM
What’s Brewing Panel: A discussion on artist labour conditions and funding challenges, followed by a reception and mingling portion. Free and open to the public!
Wed, Nov 12 - 11:00AM
Fee Schedule & Resource Access Network Workshop: Practical guidance on compensation standards and navigating support systems. Free and designed for artists and media arts organizations!
Thu, Nov 13 - 10:00AM
Closed sessions for minicon delegates only.
All sessions aim to strengthen the skills and networks of arts administrators and cultural workers, offering tools to navigate an industry with systemic barriers while supporting underrepresented filmmakers.
11 Nov, 2025
to 13 Nov, 2025
Commons Lobby at 401 Richmond Street401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8
If you require accessibility accommodation for the What’s Brewing Panel, please click the link below.
If you require any accessibility accommodations or have questions about venue accessibility, please contact Samir at samir@reelasian.com
Reel Asian and the Writers Guild of Canada present a candid conversation on the pathways and pitfalls of building a sustainable career in screenwriting.
Feng Xia, 53, lives a modest but decent life in Montreal: She has a house and is married with two children. But she finds herself growing dissatisfied with her loveless marriage and cloistered life of obligation. After taking a conversational French class, Feng Xia finds the city has opened up to her in new ways, including curious dalliances with dating apps. There, she meets Camille, a Quebecois woman who challenges her spiritually and sexually. Their affair awakens Feng Xia’s long-buried desires during a glowing Montreal summer.
She’s been cursed. Literally. And she needs $1,000 for the hex-breaking cure. AP embarks on a sex worker’s odyssey through pre-millenium Trashtown, U.S.A., where the grass is brown and the cops are kinky. Desperate for a life reset, AP embarks on a scooter-driven adventure with her always-and-forever-tethered ex-lover Danni.
Founded in Toronto in 1997, Reel Asian is Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival and a year-round cultural organization dedicated to championing Asian and Asian diasporic artists and storytellers. What began as a grassroots film festival has grown into a national platform supporting filmmakers and audiences through screenings, education, industry initiatives, artist development, and community programming presented across Toronto, the GTA, and online across Canada.
401 Richmond Street West, The Commons (Suite 448)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8 Canada
(416) 703 – 9333
info@reelasian.com
Charitable number: 870021383RR0001
