Independent Production Fund (IPF) publishes “Be Discovered!” a guide to enhancing Canadian web series discoverability December 6, 2017 (Montreal/Toronto) - Be Discovered! is a how-to guide providing simple and practical tools to document content in order to be understood by search engines. Web series can be recommended by search engines [...]

Independent Production Fund (IPF) to assume production funding activities of Cogeco Program Development Fund (CPDF) and receive annual financial contributions from Cogeco Communications Inc. (Cogeco).  Montréal, Québec and Toronto, Ontario, December 4, 2017 – The Cogeco Program Development Fund (CPDF), the Independent Production Fund (IPF) and Cogeco Communications Inc. (“Cogeco”) announced [...]

June 20, 2017 - The Independent Production Fund announces funding for 15 scripted web series. The IPF Board of Directors approved funding for 15 series (10 English and 5 French) designed and produced for exploitation on digital platforms and channels.   Three of the approved projects are renewals for new episodes of [...]

May 12, 2017 - The IPF is providing three Canadian web drama series producers/creators with complementary full registration and a travel grant of up to $1500 to attend the 2017 Banff World Media Festival and receive mentorship while at the Festival. The participants selected are: Lauren Corber How to Buy [...]

April 10, 2017 - Given the perpetually increasing offer of quality productions, ‘discoverability’ remains one of the main challenges that short form series creators face. What can creators do to make sure their projects stand out from the competition? Among the options that are available to creators, they may enter [...]

April 4, 2017 - The Independent Production Fund and its 40- member Pre-Selection Committee have selected 31 projects which are now eligible to advance to Phase 2 of the application process and apply for Production financing. These include 20 projects in English and 11 in French. Five web series previously [...]

January 23, 2017 - The festival season is ramping up! Here is a list of the major Canadian and international festivals accepting entries in winter and early spring. Good luck to everyone! The Webby AwardsDeadline: January 27, 2017https://entries.webbyawards.com/#/enter HollyWeb FestivalDeadline: January 31, 2017http://www.hollywebfestival.com/enteryourseries YMA Awards of ExcellenceDeadline: February 3, 2017http://www.ymamj.org/page/1139/2017-awards-of-excellence [...]

November 17, 2016 - The Cogeco Program Development Fund announces funding decisions for the October 3, 2016 application deadline. The Cogeco Fund is pleased to congratulate the following companies on receiving development and production financing for their projects. Development Program Toronto Montreal info@ipf.ca fipinfo@ipf.ca Production Program 100 amis Comedy QC [...]