The 15 participants all have projects they are seeking to move forward with at the 2025 Hot Docs festival.
Guilbeault had previously served as Heritage Minister from 2019 to 2021.
The companies are also exploring dubbing the series in three other European languages.
Among the Deal Maker selections are projects from Intuitive Pictures, Kannon Films and Uninterrupted Canada.
Sophie Bédard Marcotte’s I Lost Sight of the Language and Julien Elie’s Shifting Baselines are both screening in competition.
The feature documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is directed by Joynt and Julietta Singh.
The former BBC Studios exec will lead Boat Rocker’s distribution of scripted and feature doc content across the U.S. and Latin America.
The series was greenlit by APTN, Citytv Saskatchewan and TFO for a 9 x 22-minute third season in September 2024.
Panels in the Toronto fest’s industry component will tackle topics ranging from funding to location scouting.
The series stars Sarah Drew and Canadian actor Peter Mooney.
The second annual BSO Symposium is set for April 1 in Toronto.