Tricia Helfer (pictured) and JT Hodges star in the MOW for CTV and Hallmark Channel in the U.S.
The 14 fellowship recipients will attend the Banff World Media Festival in June and must bring a Canadian project suitable for broadcast to the festival.
The bets are on the latest films by Micheline Lanctot, Carole Laure, Francois Delisle, Yves-Christian Fournier and a 3D film from Jean-Francois Pouliot and Francois Brisson.
Melanie Farrell, Elizabeth Klinck, Tamara Shannon and Bianca Williamson (pictured) are newly elected directors.
Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams and newcomer Evan Bird join the critique of Hollywood’s celebrity-obsessed culture, to start shooting in Toronto and Los Angeles in July.
TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey and international programmer Dimitri Eipides said in a conference call the 10 yet-to-be-selected films will be contemporary works.
The production is part of a multi-picture deal between the Vancouver-based indie and California-based The Cartel.
Exec producer Karen Powell (pictured), a partner in Vancouver-based Perfect Circle Productions, will be program advisor in the organization’s feature film development launch pad initiative.