congratulations to our cohorts!!!

That’s a wrap on the QEPC Mentorship Program & Business Accelerator for Diverse OLMC Producers!

What an incredible journey it’s been. Over the past months, we’ve had the privilege of witnessing incredible ideas evolve into strong, market-ready projects; guided by the generosity, the expertise, and the unwavering spirit of our program leaders, mentors, and QEPC community.

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing mentors, who so generously shared their time, insight, and lived experience to help guide our mentees every step of the way. Your impact will be felt far beyond this program.

We are deeply grateful to our financing partners, Canada Media Fund and SODEC, for their continued belief in English-language and diverse OLMC producers, and to the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) for sponsoring an incredible prize (1 x pass to Prime Time 2026 in Ottawa) and opening doors to even more opportunities ahead

A massive shout-out to the tireless dedication and care of our program managers, Debra Kouri and Stacey Tenenbaum. This program simply would not be what it is without your leadership, vision, and behind-the-scenes magic.

We can't forget to thank Catherine Moreau and the Independent Production Fund, Benoit Hotte and Ariane Giroux-Dallaire from SODEC, Michel Iacono, and Sergeo Kirby for joining us at our final workshop and helping us close out the program on such a strong note. Gigantic thank you to ACTRA Montreal and Anna Sikorski for allowing us to hold our session in their gorgeous space!

And finally, to our mentees: you are now off into the world with sharpened insight, stronger networks, and exciting projects that we cannot wait to see come to life. We couldn’t be prouder of you!