The CFTPA has awarded Paperny Films president David Paperny the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Van-based prodco has six new and returning series on the slate this year, including the follow-up to The Week the Women Went, the initial season of which was a ratings winner for the CBC.

Since launching in 1994, Paperny Films has produced more than 25 television series and 20 documentaries, and has been nominated for over 60 awards, including an Academy Award in 1994 for the doc The Broadcast Tapes of Doctor Peter.