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 [...]

February 18, 2019 - Calling All Canadian Web Drama Series Producers/Creators! Do you have a scripted digital drama series looking for partners, funders, platforms, distributors, strategies, brands, audiences? Do you think that you could benefit professionally by attending the Banff World Media Festival? The IPF (ipf.ca) has partnered with BANFF [...]

Discoverability in the Context of Funding the Canadian Screen Media Industry is a pan-Canadian workshop series designed to raise awareness among executives about the challenges of discoverability and provide them with solutions for implementing audience development strategies. OCTOBER 11, 2018 – Magnify Digital, in partnership with the Canada Media Fund [...]

July 23, 2018 - Canadian web series were winners at the inaugural Stareable Fest Awards Ceremony on Sunday night in New York. Eleven Canadian web series were selected to participate in the official competition. In addition, a Best of Canada special screening session was curated and featured seven additional out-of-competition [...]

Toronto July 9, 2018 - Producers and creators of 18 scripted short-form web series produced in Canada have been invited to participate in the official program of Stareable Fest and in a Best of Canada Showcase screening session, in New York, July 20-22. Stareable.com which is the largest community of web [...]