June 21, 2018 - Seventeen (17) scripted short-form series designed and produced for exploitation on digital platforms and channels have been approved for funding by the Board of Directors of the IPF. Eleven (11) are in English and 6 are in French. Three of the approved projects are renewals for [...]

May 18, 2018 - From the 2017 crop of web series funded by the Independent Production Fund, Sylvain the Magnificent is now available on the Télé-Québec website. All eight episodes can be viewed starting today. Sylvain the Magnificent tells the story of Sylvain, known as the Magnificent, a well-known Quebec [...]

May 10, 2018 (Toronto/Montréal) – The Independent Production Fund announces funding decisions for the Cogeco TV Production Program deadline on April 3, 2018. The Independent Production Fund is pleased to congratulate the following companies on receiving production financing for their projects, which includes a total of 15 projects (7 English [...]

May 9, 2018 - The IPF is providing three Canadian web drama series producers/creators with complimentary full registration and travel grants of $1500 to attend the 2018 Banff World Media Festival, and receive mentorship while at the Festival. The participants selected are: Adam Brown Haunters ON Katie Uhlmann My Roommate’s [...]

April 16, 2018 - 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 [...]

April 5, 2018 - The Independent Production Fund and its 40-member Pre-Selection Committee have selected 30 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 10 in French. Four web series previously funded by [...]

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 [...]

November 21, 2017 - The Cogeco Fund congratulates the companies that received financial assistance for the production of their television series and for the development of their web series in 2017. Television Production Program – Application deadline: April 1, 2017: PROJETS ENTREPRISES DE PRODUCTION DIFFUSEURS Alertes - saison 3 Productions [...]

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 [...]