April 13, 2020 - The 2020 Banff International Media Festival was cancelled due to the pandemic, but some activities were maintained, including the Banff International Media Festival Travel Grants for Independent Digital Producers, awarded by the Independent Production Fund (IPF). These grants are now open for the 2021 edition and [...]

March 25, 2020 - The Independent Production Fund announced today that the deadline for applications to the Cogeco TV Production Program has been extended from April 1st to Monday, May 4, 2020.  The IPF is granting this extension due to the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak in our community. All [...]

March 6, 2020 - CALLING ALL CANADIAN WEB DRAMA SERIES PRODUCERS/CREATORS! Launch Date: Friday, March 6 Deadline: Friday, April 9, 5pm EST Winners will be notified: Friday, April 30 Do you have a scripted digital drama series looking for partners, funders, platforms, distributors, strategies, brands, audiences? Do you think that [...]

August 15, 2019 (Toronto, Montreal) - Canadian productions stand out this year at Webfest Berlin with 12 series nominated in 9 categories. The majority are series supported by the IPF including: Blackout – sci-fi/horror; Detention Adventure – action/suspense;  Georges est mort – comedy, La maison des folles – drama; The Vault – sci-fi/horror; Running with Violet (season 2) – Best Returning Series. In [...]

August 8, 2019 - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will strategically partner with the Independent Production Fund (IPF) on a recently announced Development Packaging Program designed to support the development of high quality, Canadian, original, scripted short-form drama series. This collaboration will leverage resources from both organizations in order to [...]

July 10, 2019 - A new decade is a great reason to review, revise and refocus; the IPF has always prepared for the future. So, here are the news headlines: Andra Sheffer to retire from the IPF after 28 years as its founding CEO, on December 31, 2019. Jon Taylor [...]

June 21, 2019 - The Independent Production Fund announces funding for 12 scripted web series. The IPF Board of Directors has approved 2019 production financing for twelve (12) scripted short-form series. These are series which have been created for exploitation primarily on digital platforms and channels. Seven (7) of the [...]

May 14, 2019 (Toronto/Montréal) – The Independent Production Fund announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 1, 2019. The Independent Production Fund has approved production financing in the amount of $2.5 M for the following 16 companies and television series (8 English language projects and [...]

April 11, 2019 - The IPF is providing four Canadian short-form scripted series producers/creators with complimentary full registration and travel grants to attend the 2019 Banff World Media Festival, and receive mentorship while at the Festival. The participants selected are: Charlie David Avocado Toast Ontario Karen Knox Slo Pitch Ontario [...]

April 3, 2019 - (Toronto/Montreal) The Independent Production Fund and its 40-member Pre-Selection Committees have selected 20 short-form series proposals which are now eligible to advance to the next phase of the application process and apply for Production Financing. These include 14 projects in English and 6 in French. Three [...]