MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival and Canadian broadcaster CTV are teaming again to host the CTV Canadian Documart. This is an annual competition offering development funding to the top three documentary pitches.

UCTV has donated C$100,000 in support of the contest. Funding of C$50,000 will be provided for the first place winner, $30,000 for second place and $20,000 for third. Pitching and judging will take place at Banff 2006 in Canada from 11 to 14 June 2006.

Canadian docuemntary filmmkaer Jeff New man who won the award in 2004 says, As an emerging independent producer, the CTV Documart was a tremendous opportunity. When you're starting out, selling your ideas can be the toughest hurdle to overcome. Having the opportunity to present my idea to such a large and influential group of broadcasters and commissioning editors was a privilege. Winning the event eventually lead to a broadcast license, and was huge overall boost to my career. The direct result was a completed film that I'm very proud of."