The 2025 Breakthrough 2.0 Development Lab is underway! Please meet this year’s cohort: Mylene Augustene*, Deydra Baptiste, Karen Chapman, Kamika Bianca Guerra-Walker*, Sarah Jones, Azra Rashid*, Weiye Su*, Stefan Supplice, and Ty Tufts. The program will begin in January and culminate in pitches during Hot Docs 2025. Two projects will be awarded a cash development award of $20,000 sponsored by Rogers Group of Funds and a development deal with CBC. 

The 2025 Breakthrough 2.0 Development Lab is led by facilitators Maya Annik Bedward and Yasmine Mathurin. Special thanks to Stella Isaac for coordinating things behind the scenes. 

The Breakthrough 2.0 Development Lab is made possible through the support of sponsors Ontario Creates, Rogers Group of Funds, and CBC, as well as program partners Black Screen Office and Canadian Independent Screen Fund.

*Indicates participants selected by our program partner BSO.