April 22, 2020 – The IPF Board of Directors has approved financing for twenty (20) scripted short-form series as part of the 2020 development packaging program. These are series which are being developed for exploitation primarily on digital platforms and channels. Thirteen (13) of the approved series are in English and seven (7) are in French.

The IPF and CMF are providing a combined investment of roughly $600,000 for these projects and will also provide consultation, training and advisory services to producers.

The Development Packaging Program is designed to support the development of high quality, Canadian, original, scripted short-form series. This program leverages resources from both organizations in order to encourage more positive outcomes in the development of this booming format.

One hundred and sixty-four (164) projects were submitted from across Canada – 128 English language, 36 French language. Applications were received from 8 provinces and 1 territory. 50+ evaluators analysed and rated the projects providing a wide range of perspectives.

Evaluators looked for originality, quality of written creative materials, the experience of story editor or development executives and their commitment to the project, and overall potential for success.

Both new talents and experienced digital production companies are represented with a wide range of genres for both children and adult demographics, including comedy, drama, suspense, music, animation and even horror!

IPF Chair Charles Ohayon commented: “Sincerest thanks to our jury, the IPF staff and our board for their dedication and hard work selecting these incredible projects. We look forward to seeing these amazing concepts come to life!”

The following productions are the recipients of the IPF 2020 development packaging program:

Aller simple, Inch’Allah Comedy, Drama Productions KOTV Inc. Language: French Producer: Mélanie Viau Writer: Manal Drissi Script Editor / Development Executive: Sarah Pellerin Québec

Bœuf haché Comedy Zone3 Language: French Producer: Frédérique Traversy Writer: Yannick de Martino Script Editor / Development Executive: Marc Brunet Québec

Chroniques post apocalyptiques d’une enfant sage Drama PiroloMedia Language: French Producer: Laurent Everaerts Writer: Elisabeth Locas Script Editor / Development Executive: Pierre-Yves Bernard Québec

Confinées Comedy, Mystery/Suspense Productions Pixcom Inc. Language: French Producer: Marie-Eve Pelletier Writer: Camille Mongeau, Émile Lavoie Script Editor / Development Executive: Charles Lafortune Québec

DM 4 Revenge Drama LaRue Productions Inc. Language: English Producer: Matt King Creators / Writers: Matt King & Melinda Shankar Story Editor: Brooks Gray Ontario

Elle et lui Comedy, Drama Productions Bien Joué Language: French Producer: François Robidoux-Descary, Gabriel Bergeron Writer: Erika Mathieu Script Editor / Development Executive: Jean Pelletier Québec

Fuis moi je te suis Comedy, Mystery/Suspense Echo Media Language: French Producer: Sarah Chatelain, Luc Chatelain Writer: Sandrine Viger Beaulieu, Charles-Alex Durand Script Editor / Development Executive: Stephanie Pages Québec

Get Up, Aisha Drama, Comedy The Aisha Collective Language: English Producer: Mary Bredin Writers: Nisha Khan, Rabiya Mansoor, Marushka Almeida Development Executive: Lisa Baylin Ontario

King de la molle Comedy Koze Productions Inc. Language: French Producer: Vincent Chabot, Patrick St-Martin Writer: Samuel Violette, Félix Labbé-Chabot, Guillaume Lacelle Script Editor: Benoit Chartier Development Executive: Guillaume Lacelle Québec

Less Than Kosher Comedy, Musical Filmcoop Inc. Language: English Producers: Emily Andrews Producer/Writers: Shaina Silver-Baird, Michael Goldlist Story Editor: Kat Sandler Ontario

LongStory: Web Series Youth, Animation Sticky Brain Studios Inc. Language: English Producers: Sasha Boersma, Ted Brunt Producer / Writer: Miriam Verbug Writer: Heather Jackson Story Editor: Jeannette Paule Ontario

Loved Ones Comedy, Drama Language: English LoCo Motion Pictures Producer: Lauren Corber Writer: Joseph Hinds Story Editor: Aidan O’Loughlin, Wendy Litner Ontario

No Sleep Mystery/Thriller, Horror Envoi Entertainment Language: English Producer: Barclay J Maude Producer/Writer: Francesco Loschiavo Writer: Carolyn Saunders Story Editors: Colin Geddes, Katarina Geddes Ontario

Sophie and the Exorcist Comedy, Horror Beta Force Carbon Ltd. Language: English Producers & Writers: Anna Cooley, David Hiatt, Braden Brickner Story Editor: Karen Walton Alberta

The Bunker Drama, Comedy Childish Pictures Ltd. Language: English Producer & Writer: Jeff Detsky Story Editor: Duana Taha Ontario

The Last Avenue Drama Hootalinqua Motion Pictures Inc. Language: English Producer: Max Fraser Writers: Peter Jickling, Brendan Preston Story Editor: Graham Kay Yukon

The Morning After Drama Fae Pictures Inc. Language: English Producer: Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Shant Joshi Writer: Tricia Hagoriles Story Editor: Sara Peters Ontario

Topline Drama Shaftesbury Digital III Inc. Language: English Producers: Scott Garvie, Christina Jennings Writer: Romeo Candido Development Execs: Paige Haight & Paige Murray Ontario

virgins! Comedy, Drama Miskeen Media Inc. Language: English Producer: Fonna Seidu Creator / Writer: Aden Abebe Story Editor: Lu Asfaha Ontario

Zarqa Comedy FUNdamentalist Films Inc. Language: English Producer / Writer: Zarqa Nawaz Story Editor: Claire Ross Dunn Saskatchewan