Public Pitching with Rebecca Gibson (In Partnership with FTM and GIFF)

Date: June 13, 2026 (1:00 PM – 3:30 PM)
Location: 245 McDermoat Ave – 2nd Floor
Registration Fee:
General Public: $25.00
DOC MB Members: $20.00
Winnipeg Film Group Members: $20.00

Pitch Workshop Overview:

Film Training Manitoba (FTM) and the Gimli International Film Festival (GIFF) are proud to present a special professional development training session designed to support emerging filmmakers preparing applications for the RBC $15,000 Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition.

Led by acclaimed film industry veteran Rebecca Gibson, this hands-on workshop will guide participants through the key elements of developing a strong pitch package and confidently presenting a short film project in a public pitching environment

This session will provide practical insight into what makes an effective pitch, how to clearly communicate a creative vision, and strategies for engaging industry juries and audiences, refining applications, presenting with confidence, and positioning their projects for success within competitive funding and festival opportunities.

This session is ideal for emerging filmmakers interested in strengthening their storytelling, presentation, and industry pitching skills while preparing submissions for the RBC Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition (Deadline for application June 15th). This session is recommended for applicants but not compulsory.

About the instructor:

Rebecca Gibson, O.M. (Co-Owner of Eagle Vision, CEO of Live From Winnipeg, Producer, Writer, Director, Series Creator, and Showrunner). Following graduation from the New York Film Academy, a CFTPA International Internship took Rebecca Gibson to Los Angeles at the start of her film career. She discovered her passion for indie filmmaking and quickly worked her way from a volunteer production assistant/craft services gig on a Canadian Film Centre feature to production managing the feature film HEATER, which premiered at Sundance. She became one of Manitoba’s top casting directors for a short period before returning to her first love, acting. Acting credits include her ACTRA Award-winning role in THE PINKERTONS (Netflix), her Blizzard Award-winning role in the film that launched THE MURDOCH MYSTERIES, and the Lifetime hit THE WOMAN WITH THE RED LIPSTICK.

With her former production company, the woman-led collective Red Czarina Entertainment, Rebecca co-wrote and produced the award-winning feature film H&G. Through Red Czarina, Rebecca wrote, produced, and directed the documentary DAPHNE KOROL: THE DRAMA QUEEN OF WINNIPEG, a tribute to her first mentor.

Mentorship has been fundamental to Rebecca’s career. She has worked with the CMPA, ACTRA, WIFT Toronto, WIDC, GEMS Vancouver, among several other organizations as a mentor. As a partner of Eagle Vision, Rebecca has devoted her time to mentorship, helping many emerging filmmakers, craftspeople, and technicians with their first and ongoing opportunities. Rebecca founded Orange Daisy Project, a social action campaign supporting mental health for teen girls, providing mentorships, online resources, and a best-selling mental health workbook, which she co-wrote.

Rebecca was honoured nationally as a CAMH Difference Maker and was ACTRA Manitoba’s 2018 Woman of the Year. In 2025, Rebecca was named to the Order of Manitoba.

Selected projects include the International Emmy Award-winning PBS/Crave/APTN doc BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON (story editor, executive producer), the feature films DEANER ’89 (executive producer), DIASPORA (producer), FINALITY OF DUSK, (story editor, producer), the Banff Rockie-nominated TRUE STORY PART ONE (story editor, executive producer), and TRUE STORY PART TWO (co-writer, executive producer). She was the co-showrunner, executive producer, and a writer and director on Snapchat’s hit first Canadian original series, RECLAIM(ED), also nominated for a Banff Rockie, and was the director (and mentor director) and executive producer of the comedy series DJ BURNT BANNOCK. Rebecca recently served as co-showrunner and executive producer of the fifth season of the factual series Taken, for which she has previously been nominated for three CSAs and has won several other international honours.

Currently, Rebecca is executive producing and writing on Eagle Vision’s first animated series, which she co-created, in co-production with Sinking Ship Entertainment, for CBC, APTN, Knowledge Kids, Telus, and TFO. With her new company, Live From Winnipeg, she is in development on several comedy, drama, series, feature, factual, and narrative projects, including In The Margins, a YA series with Siung Studio, New Zealand.

Cancellation Policy

• Participants must cancel up to 4 full business days prior to the course start date to receive an 80% refund.
• No refund will be given to participants who cancel within 4 full business days before the course start date, or if they do not attend the course.
• Film Training Manitoba reserves the right to cancel, or postpone, any course where a minimum registration level has not been met. Participants registered for a course that is canceled will receive a full refund.