Focus on Features: The Future of Filmmaking in Ontario aims to understand the underlying factors that shape the professional and life experiences of film directors, producers, writers, and other industry stakeholders. We will gather information through our survey and a series of interviews. Our findings will be made into a series of documentary digests of personal reflections of film directors, producers, and writers at various stages in their careers. We will also publish a report on our survey results, which will be available for download on this website in Fall 2018.

The project is partnership between the Directors Guild of Canada – National and Ontario – (DGC), the Producers Roundtable of Ontario (PRO), Writer’s Guild of Canada (WGC), and researchers at Ryerson University.

By exploring the career paths of established film directors, producers, writers, and the obstacles facing these three groups of emerging professionals, the study lays the groundwork for establishing the best practices for growing the next generation of successful film directors, producers, and writers.