TAKING THE WATERS

writer & director: Sophie Jarvis

When Edie accompanies her mother Dolly to a controversial wellness center in the Swiss Alps to seek a cure for her undiagnosed illness, she must learn to reconcile her identity as a caregiver with her longing for independence.

FEATURE FILM:

  • in development with Telefilm

  • co-production with Cinédokké Switzerland

  • supported through the Oxbelly Screenwriters Lab and the TIFF Writer’s Studio 2024

  • invited to the International Financing Forum at TIFF September 2024

MUYA

writer & director: Graydon Sheppard

A lonely gay teenager in rural Ontario dates a foreign exchange student in order to cover up his homosexuality.

FEATURE FILM:

  • in development with Telefilm

  • co-production with Switzerland

  • supported through the Cine Qua Non Lab

LANMÈ

writer & director: Eloane Venkatapen

Marine biologist Josephine reconnects with her familial island of Martinique and, as her ancestral powers awaken, she uncovers a dangerous connection between the algae she studies, the island’s volcano and her company’s harmful activities.

FEATURE FILM:

  • in early development

PRESSURE COOKER

Two outcasts and recovering addicts are embroiled in an amateur extremist plot to blow up a government building — little do they know, they’re the targets of an absurd anti-terror operation by undercover police. The true story of Canada’s most infamous case of police entrapment.

ENGLISH TV SERIES:

  • 8 X 50min

  • Based on Webby nominated podscast made with CBC

  • in development with support from Creative BC

PATERNEL

writer & director: Maxime Beauchamp

After years of exhaustion, Carlo and Louis, a determined interracial gay couple seeking to have a biological child through a surrogate mother, ultimately give up on their dream and opt for a life of adventure. For their first escapade, they decide to cross Canada, an adventure that starkly contrasts with their personalities and will test the foundations of their relationship, especially when their deep desire to start a family grows stronger with each stop.

FRENCH TV SERIES:

  • 6 X 50min

  • in pre-development with CMF and Radio-Canada (CBC)

  • co-production with Ugo Media (Mtl)