CALL FOR TENDER - INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT SERVICES 2019-2022

Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Headquartered in Montréal, Telefilm provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry by means of four regional offices located in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal and Halifax. The Corporation acts as one of the Canadian government’s principal instruments for providing strategic leverage to the private sector, supplying the film, television and digital media industries with financial and strategic support. Telefilm’s role is to foster the production of films, television programs and cultural products that reflect Canadian society, with its linguistic duality and cultural diversity, and to encourage their dissemination at home and abroad. The Corporation’s initiatives aim to ensure the widest possible domestic and international audience for Canadian works through support for distribution, export, marketing and industry promotion at Canadian and foreign festivals, markets and other events. Event management The Event Management department helps promote Canadian audiovisual products abroad, chiefly through its program of national and international initiatives. The Corporation’s presence at international festivals and markets provides an opportunity to promote Canadian productions in cooperation with private enterprise. The Corporation operates a group stand at a few of the markets deemed most useful for the industry: South by South West (SXSW) (held in Austin, Texas, USA), MIPTV, MIPCOM and Marché du film (held in Cannes, France), MIFA (held in Annecy, France), Sunny Side of the Doc (held in La Rochelle, France) and European Film Market (EFM) (held in Berlin, Germany). The estimated value of the services is between $15,000 and $20,000. In addition to supporting the marketing and sale of Canadian content, a strong presence at these markets favours access to financing for production and coproduction projects. Mandate Telefilm Canada is seeking a Canadian service provider for the next three years to handle the international consolidated shipping of Telefilm and Telefilm-client goods (outbound from Montréal and returning to various Canadian cities) for the above events.