Selection screening sessions Telefilm Canada sets up screenings of eligible Canadian films, in the best conditions possible, for the directors of the most important festivals. Canadian filmmakers who have a recent, eligible production may apply to receive periodic mailings of Canadian and international festival regulations and entry forms. Note that Telefilm's Call for entries site is updated to include these events. Telefilm may also subtitle that print and use it in other festivals and film weeks around the world. Canadian Pre-Selection Committee Members of this Committee are chosen yearly by the various Canadian professional film associations and federal and provincial government film agencies.
Telefilm calls the meeting, coordinates the sceenings and chairs the debates.
For example, the Academy Awards ' Foreign Language Film category allows each country to submit only one film. Canadian attendance and participation in major festivals Telefilm Canada coordinates in many ways, the promotion of Canadian films selected for showing in major world-class festivals. This may include travel grants for Canadian film directors whose films are shown the main section of major festivals.