• Up to four [4] mentorship sessions with CJ ENM from March to June for eight [8] selected projects
• Mentorship sessions with TIFF Industry
• Inclusion in TIFF Talent alumni network
• After the mentorship three [3] of the scripts will be awarded
• A development prize of $10,000 CAD
• A complimentary one-year TIFF Membership
• Travel and accommodations to attend the 2025 festival
• Three additional months of mentorship from CJ ENM to further their filmmaking careers.”

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1. Applications are open to writers or writer-directors who are Korean Canadian or Korean American.
2. Applicants must provide proof of residency in Canada or the United States but do not have to be citizens or permanent residents. Applicants may also be graduate students.
3. Applicants must have at least one writing credit on a previously completed (short or feature) film.
• Applicants who have made two micro-budget ($250,000 or less per project) feature films may also be considered.
4. Only one submission per applicant will be considered.
5. Submitted scripts and application material must be in English, although the final film may be a Korean-language film.
6. In order to be considered for one of the $10,000 CAD development awards, participants must submit a first draft of their screenplay in June 2025, and agrees to submit a new draft of their screenplay by November 2025.

1. A video pitch about the submitted project, no more than two minutes in duration. The video should tell us: i. a bit about your project; ii. your creative approach/voice; and iii. why you'd like to participate in the CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund.
• Upload this file in the "Add an Online Screener" section of your project. Use the upload tool to add your video pitch.

NOTE: You will not be evaluated on the quality of the video, but on the content. This can be recorded on a cell phone.

2. A continuous one-minute clip from a previous project on which you are credited as a director or writer-director, uploaded in the “Add a trailer” section of your project. Please follow these guidelines for your clip submission:
• The clip must be no longer than one minute.
• Ensure that the clip is high resolution.
• After the project title on the video file, include in parentheses if the clip is from a short, feature, or series.
• Demo reels, trailers, and music videos will not be accepted.
• Ensure that the clip includes English subtitles if the language spoken is not English.
• Submissions of full films or episodes with time codes of a one-minute segment will not be considered.
3. The following supporting documents:
• The applicant’s filmography (project title, year, role or roles, festivals/platforms screened, and a maximum of five awards or nominations received per project) in PDF format
• The applicant’s high-resolution headshot in colour (format: .jpg; orientation: portrait; minimum resolution: 300 dpi)
4. A treatment of at least five pages but no more than 15