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Independent Production Fund
IPF invests nearly $2M across 14 web series
Projects in the final funding stage include Whiskaye Films’ White Ninja (pictured) and Vahana Films’ Dhaliwal ’15.
IPF shortlist: 27 web series projects make the cut
Sixteen English- and 11 French-language projects are in the running for financing from the Independent Production Fund. (Shortlisted project Mutha pictured.)
Jonathan Williams short film returns as a web series
CBC comedy portal Punchline has commissioned Riftworld Chronicles, which it is coproducing with First Love Films and Sienna Films. (Co-star Erin Karpluk pictured.)
Blog: The broadcaster is dead. Long live the broadcaster!
While French media cos are intent on making a splash in the digital space, writes Jay Ferguson, Canada stole the show at the Marseille Web Fest awards.
IPF announces web series funding shortlist
A total of 23 projects were shortlisted after evaluators in Toronto and Montreal reviewed 188 applications.
IPF publishes guide for web series producers
From raising money to meal catering, the Independent Production Fund’s Guide to Web Series Best Practices covers the ins and outs of online production. (Parked pictured)
IPF renews web series funding ‘indefinitely’
The outlook is good for web series producers eyeing coin from the Independent Production Fund, as its board of directors renews its commitment to funding the medium.
Insight Productions rolls out web comedy for Shaw Media
TV wrestler Chris Jericho stars in the online-only comedy, But I’m Chris Jericho, as he struggles to become an actor.
Funders launch framework for int’l digital coproductions
Five Canadian funding bodies have pacted on a framework to address challenges producers have in structuring digital media copros.
Five web series get second seasons thanks to IPF
A total of 14 projects are splitting $1.6 million, the Independent Production Fund said Thursday.
CRTC certifies Telefilm Canada’s $5 million private donation fund
The regulatory blessing opens the way for major carriers to contribute to the proposed $5 million Canadian content investment fund as a condition of license.
IPF and Cogeco commit to expanded funding mandates
Over the next three years, the IPF will make web series funding a focus after a two-year experimental program, while the Cogeco Fund will continue to fund Canadian television drama series as part of a broadened mandate.
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