Twelve projects have been selected for the Independent Production Fund (IPF) and Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) 2024 Short Form Series Production Program.

The chosen projects are receiving nearly $3 million in total in combined funding from IPF and CMF. The series were selected by a jury and eligible candidates consisted of the 33 projects that were funded via the Short Form Series Development Program earlier this year.

Eight of the selected series are in English while the remaining four are in French.

Four of the English-language projects hail from Ontario, including the comedies Aced It (erAced Productions), written by Hools Kay Wyder and Ashley Comeau and produced by Charlie David and Natasha Advani Thangkhiew; Confession Queens (Archipelago Productions), written by Aditi Raina and Cass Cervi and produced by Maeve Kern, Jana Stackhouse and Nicholas Ewart; and Half-fishing (Dr. Bruno Productions), written by Lisa Benedetto and produced by Benedetto and Trevor Christie.

Rounding out the Ontario selections is the adult animation Gone to Hell (Banger Films), written by Brian Peco and produced by Peco and Craig Mailman.

Two projects are B.C.-based: the comedy One Baby, Please! (Dunya Media), written by Mostafa Shaker and Adrian Neblett and produced by Shyam Valera; and the dramedy and fantasy project This Side of the Grave, (Curious Cat Productions) written by Catharine Parke with Kimberley Wakefield and Ruth Lawrence producing.

Rounding out the English-language series are Alberta-based drama and mystery/thriller Eyes in the Woods, (Numera Films) written by Alanna Schwartz and Morgan Ermter and produced by Griffin Cork, Kenya Weaver and Cayley Ermter; and P.E.I. drama and mystery/thriller Sea Salt (Westgate Pictures). Logan Fulford is the writer for Sea Salt while Céleste McNiven is the producer.

The French-language series are all based in Quebec and include the drama Casse-toi (Roméo & Fils), written by Raphaël Massicotte and produced by Jacinthe Robert, Martin Henri and Francis Corbeil-Savage; and the comedy-drama Échouées (Amalga Créations Médias), written by Manal Drissi and Gabrielle Lisa Collard and produced by André Dupuy, Marie-Alexandra Forget and Justine Landreville.

The other Quebec-based projects are the comedy and mystery/thriller Le confort du diable (La 115e), written by Ariel Poupart and Alexis Roberge and produced by Kélyna N. Lauzier; and the drama and mystery/thriller Mukbang (Babel Films). Fanie Demeule and Kevin T. Landry are the writers for the project while Philippe-A. Allard, Marco Frascarelli and Mathieu Paiement are the producers.

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