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• 10 x 11 minutes  
• Production Co.: Detention Adventure Productions Inc. 
• Producers: Lauren Corber, Karen Moore, Ryan West
• Writers: Carmen Albano 
• Director: Joe Kicak
• Platform/Broadcaster: CBC
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario 

Legend has it that Alexander Graham Bell’s secret laboratory containing mysterious treasures is hidden beneath the school, and the entrance is somewhere in the old library – now used as the detention room. Three nerds: Raign, Joy, and Hulk have to do what they’ve never done before – get in trouble so they can search the detention room for the hidden entrance. The problem: Detention is the perpetual home of Brett, the school bully that’s always picking on them. The four must overcome their differences and use science to navigate mysterious tunnels and open hidden passages in search of fame, fortune, and friendship while trying to discover the fabled lost laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell.

• 6 x 4-5 minutes
• Production Co.: Carousel Pictures
• Producers: Tyler Levine, Patrice Theroux, Bruno Lyra, Katelyn Cursio
• Writers: Renuka Jeyaplan
• Director: Renuka Jeyapalan, Joyce Wong, Jessie Gabe
• Platform/Broadcaster: Globe & Mail First Person homepage
• Location of Principal Photography: Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

An anthology of personal, real-life stories adapted from 30 years of Globe and Mail essays. Curating the most popular written submissions, the series concentrates on the most poignant, personal and visceral, from dramatic to comedic.

• 6 x 10 minutes 
• Production Co.: Old Soul Productions
• Producers: Julian De Zotti, Jonas Diamond, Lisa Baylin
• Writer: Julian De Zotti and Karen Knox
• Director: Julian De Zotti, Weyni Mengesha, Sara St Onge, Molly McGlynn
• Platform/Broadcaster: Universal Music Canada, Snackable TV & iFestivus
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

A dramedy anthology series that follows a diverse cast of characters whose lives and relationships are interconnected by the music that has soundtracked their lives and songs that are forever associated with important life milestones serving as the springboard for each story. 

• 10 x 5-7 minutes 
• Production Co.: Hospital Pictures Ltd.
• Producer: Adam G. Reid
• Writers: Adam G. Reid
• Director: Adam G. Reid
• Platform/Broadcaster: iFestivus
• Location of Principal Photography: Vancouver, British Columbia
• Location of Prod. Co.: Vancouver, British Columbia

A comedic web series about the broken, deluded, narcissistic, addicted, and loveable actors who play TVs most respected doctors, dispensing miracle cures with gleaming smiles and spotless white coats. Beneath their heavy makeup is a mix of high school politics, power trips and drunk dicks. In the center of this petri dish of dysfunction is the highly intelligent, overly capable, Charlie Nelson, who is here by mistake. She’s a med school dropout who fell into acting (she was discovered saving someone’s life) and now, instead of being a doctor, she plays one on TV. 

• 10 x 10 minutes 
• Production Co.: Fertilifun2 Productions Inc.
• Producers: Lauren Corber, Wendy Litner
• Writer: Wendy Litner
• Director: Adriana Maggs
• Platform/Broadcaster: CBC 
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

Thirty-something couple Jane and Charlie have long given up on having a baby the fun way. They have also given up on having a baby the medically invasive way too. But while they lack the genetic components to make a child, they refuse to give up on being parents together. 

Season two of How to Buy a Baby finds Jane and Charlie in the throes of adoption, a process steeped in paperwork, parenting classes, home inspections and difficult decisions about just how far they are willing to go to become parents.

• 9 x 9 minutes 
• Production Co.: EBNERDS Multimedia Entertainment Inc.
• Producers: Cassandra Ebner, Irma Leong, Trevor Addie, Chris Webb, Jason Fischer, Kimani Ray Smith
• Writers:  Cassandra Ebner
• Director: Trevor Addie
• Platform/Broadcaster: lifexpseries.com, Vimeo on Demand, youtube.com/user/cancinemaworks
• Location of Principal Photography: Maple Ridge, British Columbia
• Location of Prod. Co.: Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Fired from a mundane bookstore job, Angela falls into a Virtual Reality Beta testing job.  It’s the exact adventure this non-gamer needs as she becomes a viral sensation joke, but is determined to become a VR hero instead.

• 8 x 6 minutes
• Production Co.: Touchpoint Films
• Producers: Kevin Saffer, Stephanie Hooker, Mike Peterson, Sylvia Brach, Sheiny Satanove
• Writers:  Antony Hall, Calwyn Shurgold
• Directors: Matt Eastman
• Platform/Broadcaster: Bell Media
• Location of Principal Photography: Calgary, Alberta
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario, Calgary, Alberta

Whyte Wyne & Young Riesling are Toronto hip hop artists one viral hit away from fame and riches. But when Riesling’s father suffers a stroke back in his small hometown of Coaldale, Alberta, he must return home to manage the family’s Chinese restaurant – Ming’s Garden. Whyte tags along and they bring their 6ix swagger to turn this sleepy rural town into a proper hub for achieving their hip-hop goals. Will these unflappable millennials compromise their artistic destinies and friendship under the pressure of running a real family business? Or can this new setting provide the game-changing inspiration they need to finally take their rap careers to the next level?

• 11 x 15 minutes 
• Production Co.: Running With Violet S2 Inc.
• Producers: Marie-Claire Marcotte, Rebecca Davey, Justin Kelly
• Writers: Rebecca Davey, Marie-Claire Marcotte
• Directors: Joyce Wong
• Platform/Broadcaster: Running With Violet YouTube page
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

A serialized dramedy about two women and a toddler who find themselves descending further and further into their rogue of small town crime while protecting each other and wide-eyed young Violet.  

• 10 x 5-7 minutes 
• Production Co.: Bobby F. Productions Inc.
• Producers: Evan M. Landry, Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz
• Writers: Evan M. Landry Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz
• Directors: Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz
• Platform/Broadcaster: iFestivus
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

Classic odd couple.  Predictable Phil, at 4’5” tall, must adapt to life with obnoxious Kevin who is stuck in his house under house arrest. Kevin’s carefree attitude and hedonistic activities clash starkly with Phil’s buttoned-up existence, although he reluctantly loosens up and gets caught up in Kevin’s hijinks as the two rediscover their friendship.

• 10 x 15 minutes
• Production Co.:  LaRue Productions Inc.
• Producers:  Andrew Ferguson, Matt King, Tyler Metcalf
• Writer:  Brooks Gray, Morgan Waters
• Director: (TBD)
• Platform/Broadcaster:  CBC
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

After season 4 ended with thermonuclear war, Gayl is left to pick up the pieces. Luckily, the world is only three-quarters destroyed by the fallout and even more luckily, Rootopia and the surrounding Orillia region have been transformed into a tropical paradise (due to war-induced climate change). Sure, about 90% of humanity has been wiped out, but the survivors find themselves in a technologically advanced paradise so Gayl opens an all-inclusive resort, and tries to adjust to his undeserved happiness, but can he?

• 9 x 14 minutes
• Production Co.: A LoCo Motion Pictures Production, in association with Natalie Novak Films
• Producers: Natalie Novak, Lauren Corber, Leah Cameron, Julien Wagner
• Writers: Leah Cameron
• Director: Leah Cameron
• Platform/Broadcaster: LaRue Digital
• Location of Principal Photography: Toronto, Ontario
• Location of Prod. Co.: Toronto, Ontario

Dunyasha McDougald, 15, struggles to fit in at her new high school. Bookish, opinionated and fond of going to nuclear disarmament marches she’s not exactly possessed of traits that make teenage girls cool. Matters are only made worse when her father, Ian, a card carrying Communist, decides to run in the upcoming election. Whether he’s offering her friends rides in his rusty Soviet army vehicle or getting them to silk-screen signs for his campaign, the results are always the same – Dunyasha is embarrassed and convinced she will never fit in.