Know your budget precisely and what your production schedule will be. In the last five years, it has become clear that the most effective way to achieve your goal is to not only have the appropriate domestic and foreign broadcasters clearly in mind, but to have created a dialogue and relationship with the broadcasting execs at these companies who will work with you to develop the content of your film so it is a shoe-in for funding and an airdate commitment. This comment does not preclude of course the possibility of going out on your own, raising the financing, producing your film, and trusting your instincts that you will deliver a film broadcasters will want anyway. The specific strands are Roots, Voices, Stories, The World. Offices are in Toronto, Victoria B.C., and Nova Scotia.
Documentaries are our stock and trade.
We rarely deal direct with indie producers unknown to us. We ask that you ally with companies with whom we already do business. Watch our programming, find out about our subject matter,our umbrella groups and remember that everything is negotiable. He hears about 50 pitches when he attends. Discovery Canada receives about 1,000 submissions per year and from these selects approximately 12.