Five IPF funded web series selected for Marseille Web Fest
Toronto, June 18, 2014
Five IPF funded web series selected for Marseille Web Fest: But I’m Chris Jericho, Guidestones II, SOS: Save Our Skins, Manigances: notice rouge and Projet M.
The Independent Production Fund is very proud that five webseries which it has funded have been selected for official competition at the 2014 Marseille Web Fest including Guidestones (season 2), But I’m Chris Jericho and S.O.S. Save Our Skins from Ontario and from Quebec Projet M and Manigances: notice rouge. All of these web series have received previous awards from around the world and are available online between October 2013 and July 2014 on different platforms.
The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is the only Canadian fund to support the production of drama series created for the web. Since 2010 the IPF has invested over $5.5M in the production of 54 web series. For more information about all of the IPF webseries, check out wipwebseries.ca
But I’m Chris Jericho! (Insight Productions; butimchrisjericho.com) is a comedy series starring Chris Jericho, a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star and multi-faced performer. In this tongue-in-cheek portrayal of his life, Chris struggles to make it big as an actor. Despite being on top in the wrestling ring, Chris now clings to the bottom of the acting rung and must try to contain his frustrations in the face of absurdities in the entertainment industry, as well as the ineptitude of well-intentioned supporters.
Guidestones II (Guidestones Productions Inc.; ctv.ca/Guidestones) is a mystery thriller series inspired by true facts and involving the user in a 360 degree experience. Two journalism students discover an international plot while investigating an unresolved murder.
S.O.S. Save Our Kins (Farmhouse Productions, Duopoly Canada Inc. & Baby Cow Productions; saveourskins.com) is the tale of two hapless British geeks who wake up in New York City only to find that the entire human race has vanished. But as they explore the seemingly empty world before them, Ben and Stephen soon realize they’re not alone after all.
Manigances: notice rouge II (Productions Kebweb.tv; kebweb.tv/manigances) continues the intrigue as Jonathan Brière seeks those responsible for the death of his colleague and friend, Dan. With the help of a new team member, our hero tries to make three important witnesses talk. Who will break first? Who will die? 72 hours to find out the truth.
Projet M (Productions Babel; kebweb.tv/projet-m) is a sci-fi series in which four people must spend 1000 days in a space station orbiting the earth in order to test the feasibility of a long duration trip to one of Jupiter’s moons. Everything is going well until something happens…
About the Independent Production Fund (ipf.ca):
The IPF is a private Foundation with charitable status. It uses the revenues generated by an endowment valued at $35M as well as returns from its investments to invest in Canadian drama series. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various aspects of the industry which makes all funding decisions
About the Marseille Web Fest (marseillewebfest.org):
The Marseille Web Fest is an international festival for dramatic web series created through a partnership agreement with the LA Web Fest. Accessible to all and free of charge, this festival merges culture and the digital economy, offering two days of screenings of the best 25 high quality web series from around the world. The festival also offers a conference about web series development for broadcasting and international multimedia professionals.
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For information:
Independent Production Fund
416 977 8966
info@ipf.ca