Charles Street Video

06/27/2025

Last chance to sign up🔴🔴🔴
A night for filmmakers, artists, and creatives to connect, share, and grow. Whether you’re just starting out or deep in your craft, this is your moment.

Hosted by Saint, with a special guest talk from the one and only Dukez 🎤

📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto
📅 Saturday, June 28th
⏰ 6PM – 9PM
🎟️ Spots are limited — hit the link in bio to RSVP!

Powered by | In partnership with + (Charles Street Video is funded by Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation
and Toronto Arts Council.)

06/13/2025

*NEW DATES*

📟 Intro to Producing 🦾🦋

What kind of producers are there? How do I find funding for my projects? What tasks are involved in my role? This short workshop will tackle the overwhelming, exciting and confusing work needed to produce your first project. Learn more about the details of producing from budgeting to planing to emotional support to submitting your film to festivals. You can learn the details so that you can make some crucial decisions early on in your producing journey. Investigate the skills you can build on, and the skills you plan to develop to start producing the projects you love with other filmmakers you admire.Covering how to use your script to reduce your budget and increase efficiency and production value. As well as covering resource acquisition and how to create a film “within your means”. As well as how to pick your crew and how to lead and grow your fellow crew members. By focusing on creating the best environment for artistic growth and how to allow your own crew’s creative visions come to life. How to make a film by putting your film first, by putting your crew members and their artistic development first.

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Mara Goldbloom Micomonaco is a Q***r Trans Jewish-Italian, Programmer, Director-Writer, and Co-Founder of The Kitsch Generation - based in Toronto. Their work straddles the dramedy line with a strong sense of nostalgia for all things girly-pop. Alum of Spindle Films Mentorship and Series Mania: Writers Campus 2025. Their films were screened at Inside Out, BFI Flare, TIFF Digital, Outfest, Frameline, Reelworld, NFFTY, and more. Currently, they are obsessed with all things on VHS, limoncello with prosecco, Isabella Rossellini, and the smell of jasmine.

06/12/2025

📹Directing 101 for Independent Emerging Directors 🎬

Covering how to use your script to reduce your budget and increase efficiency and production value. As well as covering resource acquisition and how to create a film “within your means”. As well as how to pick your crew and how to lead and grow your fellow crew members. By focusing on creating the best environment for artistic growth and how to allow your own crew’s creative visions come to life. How to make a film by putting your film first, by putting your crew members and their artistic development first.

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Paul-Daniel Torres is a Toronto-born filmmaker, writer, and educator whose work explores race, class, identity, and the “immigrant dream.” His award-winning films blend humour and heart, drawing from his Latine roots and deep ties to community. He also teaches guerrilla filmmaking to youth through Vibe Arts and cares for his nieces and grandmother.

06/12/2025

06/06/2025

🐚 SUMMER VIDEO CHUCK 🌞

Calling all video artists, filmmakers & creative minds! Join us for CSV’s Summer Video Chuck — a snack filled night to screen your work, connect, and celebrate all things weird, brilliant + beautiful in our community

How to Participate:
🎬 Submit at the link in our Bio
🎬 Bring a usb or Project Link ✨Optional if you didn’t submit✨
🎬 1 project per artist
🎬 Max 15 minutes
🎬 No commercials or PSAs

Questions? Contact 💌
[email protected]

Interested? Want to show your work or RSVP? Click the link in bio!

06/06/2025

*New Workshop Update*

Fundamentals Of Script Writing *Virtual*

Pt 1: Thursday, June 26⋅ 6pm – 8pm
Pt 2: Monday, June 30 ⋅ 6pm – 8pm

This workshop introduces filmmakers on the key elements to writing an effective story, both for shorts, features and television. Elements in this workshop include: vomit drafts, beat sheets, storyboarding, A, B + C stories, as well as working with story editors and co-writers. Eric will share what’s worked for him in the past, and his writing process. ✍🏼

📌Facilitated by Eric Bizzarri, an award winning Canadian director and producer based in Toronto. Eric is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Future of Film Showcase, an annual film festival based in Toronto fostering the future of emerging Canadian filmmakers, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Breakthroughs Film Festival. He is a graduate of York University with a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in Film Production with Honours.

06/05/2025

Pitch Perfect: Designing Killer Visual Decks for Film & TV ✨💻

Got a great idea for a film or series but not sure how to pitch it? Learn how to build a scroll stopping visual pitch deck with Phil maker and graphic designer on Onyeka Oduh, who’s slick deck designs have helped sell projects for Zarrar Kahn, Sasha Leigh Henry, J Stevens, and Anthony Farrell.

In this hands-on, no fluff workshop, you’ll learn how to turn your story into a visual package that grabs attention- from layout and tone to the do’s and don’ts of design. Perfect for filmmakers, producers and creatives ready to level up their pitch game. Come with an idea- leave with a visual banger.

📌This workshop is facilitated by Onyeka Oduh. An award-winning black, trans-q***r writer/director based in Toronto. Their work is in a ephemeral representation of how they see the world. Consistent themes include coming-of-age, q***rness, identity, and music as a shaper of stories and characters. They enjoy writing camping and kitschy stories that put both BIPOC, q***r and trans characters at the forefront. They have had films premiere at festivals in Canada and Europe, including Blood in The Snow film festival, Toronto Q***r Film Festival, and Tiff Next Wave film festival.

06/05/2025

Story Co-ordinating📓✨
Monday, June 9 ⋅ 4pm - 6pm

More TV writers than ever are starting as script coordinators and story coordinators. But what are these mysterious jobs, and how do you get one? This 2-hour introductory workshop for emerging TV writers will cover the process of coordinating from development through to production. The course will unpack what happens in a writers’ room, the financial side of getting started as a writer, and survival tips from an experienced coordinator. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with Final Draft screenwriting software.

📌 This workshop is facilitated by Thomas Conway. An award-winning writer, his credits include I Woke Up a Vampire (Netflix), The Beaverton (CTV), and Odd Squad (PBS). He is the creator of the scripted comedy series One Man’s Treasure (Fibe TV1), and the WGC nominated the docu-series Botanical Jungle. Thomas identifies as a person with a disability and has written about his experiences working in film and television for Playback Magazine. Thomas has extensive experience as both a script coordinator and story coordinator on numerous series, including Schitt’s Creek (CBC), Conviction (ABC), and Spun Out (CTV). He is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Radio and Television Arts program.

06/05/2025

Intro to Producing 🎬
Pt 1: Saturday, June 7 ⋅ 1pm – 3pm
Pt 2: Sunday, June 15 ⋅ 1pm – 3pm

What kind of producers are there? How do I find funding for my projects? What tasks are involved in my role? This short workshop will tackle the overwhelming, exciting and confusing work needed to produce your first project. Learn more about the details of producing from budgeting to planing to emotional support to submitting your film to festivals.

Learn the details so that you can make some crucial decisions early on in your producing journey. Investigate the skills you can build on, and the skills you plan to develop to start producing the projects you love with other filmmakers you admire.

📌 Facilitated by Mara Goldbloom Micomonaco, they are a Q***r Trans Jewish-Italian, Programmer, Director-Writer, and Co-Founder of The Kitsch Generation - based in Toronto. Their work straddles the dramedy line with a strong sense of nostalgia for all things girly-pop. Alum of Spindle Films Mentorship and Series Mania: Writers Campus 2025. Their films were screened at Inside Out, BFI Flare, TIFF Digital, Outfest, Frameline, Reelworld, NFFTY, and more. Currently, they are obsessed with all things on VHS, limoncello with prosecco, Isabella Rossellini, and the smell of jasmine.

06/05/2025

*NEW WORKSHOP UPDATE*

Fundamentals of Script Writing *Virtual*📝

Pt 1: Friday, June 26⋅6:00 – 8:00pm
Pt 2: Sunday, June 30⋅12:00 – 2:00pm

This workshop introduces filmmakers on the key elements to writing an effective story, both for shorts, features and television. Elements in this workshop include: vomit drafts, beat sheets, storyboarding, A, B + C stories, as well as working with story editors and co-writers. Eric will share what’s worked for him in the past, and his writing process.✍🏼

Facilitated by Eric Bizzarri, an award winning Canadian director and producer based in Toronto. Eric is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Future of Film Showcase, an annual film festival based in Toronto fostering the future of emerging Canadian filmmakers, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Breakthroughs Film Festival. He is a graduate of York University with a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in Film Production with Honours.

05/09/2025

🔴 Charles Street Video x Slow Rise Music presents… 🔴

“Where the Eye Meets the Ear”, a multimedia showcase guest curated by Alexandra Fol. 🎶

Inspired by Fol’s neurological condition, pitch-colour synesthesia, in which sound is perceived visually, with colours linked to specific pitches. Alexandra’ work is designed to give audiences a glimpse at her experience of the world via a mixture of chamber music, visual art, film, and poetry.

Join us May 23rd for this ethereal performance. With show times at 7:30pm & 9:00pm, make sure to grab your tickets at the link in our bio.