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Farpoint Films, Super Channel sign exclusive deal

By Victoria Ahearn
January 17, 2023
Death of the Party is already in production under the deal, which involves 150 hours of unscripted and scripted television over the next year, with an option to extend.

Winnipeg-based Farpoint Films has signed an exclusive deal with Super Channel to produce 150 hours of unscripted and scripted television for the network over the next year, including series and movies.

The deal, announced Tuesday (Jan. 17), includes an option to extend for two more years at 150 hours per year, and builds on a pre-existing relationship, which saw Super Channel acquire four Farpoint Films-produced documentary and true-crime projects in 2021.

The first show under the deal is now in production — the 26 x 60-minute true crime doc series Death of the Party (pictured), about murders linked to various events, such as house parties, banquets, concerts and festivals. The second show is unscripted true crime series An Hour to Kill, which provides a look into a homicide investigation, according to a news release.

This summer, Farpoint also plans to go into production on three movies while filming another collection of documentaries and unscripted series simultaneously around the world, using the company’s in-house production and post crew.

Farpoint will develop and produce all shows in-house. Farpoint Distribution plans to take the majority of them out to market, starting at Realscreen Summit 2023, running Jan. 23 to 26 in Austin.

Farpoint Films is known for both scripted and unscripted projects, with recent titles including Lindsay MacKay’s feature The Swearing Jar and the third season of Ice Vikings, about commercial ice fishing on Lake Winnipeg.

In August, the film, television, and digital media production company signed a multi-year, first look producing deal with filmmaker Ryan Cooper’s Back to Space Productions.

In a statement about the new deal with Super Channel, Farpoint Films president Kyle Bornais said that while their shows “sell far and wide internationally … it’s nice to know it all starts at home in Canada. It just makes sense.”

Don McDonald, president and CEO of Super Channel, said Farpoint Films has “been a great partner, consistently providing entertaining and intriguing high-quality content that has become a staple of our schedule.”