The Talent Fund-supported Talent to Watch Program (formerly Micro-Budget Production Program) finances emerging content creators who are recent alumni of a partner educational institution (i.e. Concordia), active members of partner cooperatives, recent participants in a partner film festival incubator initiative, or those who have directed a short film selected by a recognized film festival. The program also provides automatic funding to projects directed by an emerging director who has previously directed a short film that has been awarded a prize by a recognized film festival.