August 18, 2014 - The Cogeco Program Development Fund announces funding decisions for the July 2nd, 2014 application deadline. Cogeco Fund congratulates the following companies that have received funding for the production of their projects and those who received corporate slate funding for the development of feature films. Production Program [...]

June 20, 2014 - The IPF Board of Directors approved funding for 17 scripted drama series (11 English / 6 French) designed and produced for exploitation on the web. Four of the approved projects are renewals for new episodes of successful web series and thirteen are new series to be produced [...]

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. But I’m Chris Jericho Guidestones SOS – Save Our Skins Manigances: notice rouge Projet‑M The Independent Production Fund is very [...]

March 31, 2014 - The Independent Production Fund evaluators in Toronto and Montreal reviewed the 188 applications for web series funding which were submitted this year from across Canada. Nearly 40 industry professionals, consultants and advanced media students selected a short-list of twenty-three (23) projects, including 14 proposed English-language and [...]

March 13, 2014 - During the past five years of funding Canadian dramatic web series, a body of knowledge has been developed and curated by the Independent Production Fund. The Guide to Web Series Best Practices offers state of the art know-how from producers who have successfully manoeuvred and survived [...]

December 2, 2013 - The Board of Directors of the Independent Production Fund (IPF) has renewed its commitment to support the production of web drama series. This funding program will continue indefinitely, and will be subject to review in response to the needs and expectations of this pioneering sector of [...]

July 23, 2013 - The Independent Web Series Creators of Canada (IWCC), Canada’s non-profit professional association for web series creators, is pleased to announce it will be hosting Toronto’s very own Web Series Festival: TO WebFest. This is the most recent in an explosion of such events around the world [...]

June 27, 2013 - The IPF Board of Directors approved funding for 14 scripted drama series (9 English / 5 French) designed and produced for exploitation on the web. Five of the approved projects are renewals for new episodes of successful web series and nine are new series launching next [...]

April 2, 2013 - Industry professionals, consultants and advanced media students undertook the challenge to evaluate 157 English and French applications for the IPF’s 2013 Web Drama Series Program. The following 35 projects were selected and short-listed by the Pre-Selection committee and are invited to submit complete Production Applications by [...]