TORONTO – The Independent Production Fund (IPF) is investing close to $2 million in 16 new English and French-language scripted drama series designed and produced for exploitation on web platforms and channels.
Five of the approved projects are renewals for new episodes of successful web series previously funded by the IPF, and 11 are new series to be produced in 2016. The full list of projects is available here.
The selected projects represent a range of genres including comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, thriller, drama, animation, and musical for different target demographics and distribution platforms, and have been created by new digital production companies as well as established television production companies from across Canada.
“The IPF recognizes the unique opportunities that this funding program provides to new and established Canadian producers of dramatic digital series and we are so pleased to see the success stories that have been made possible – and others that will be made possible, with the support of the IPF”, said IPF chair Charles Ohayon, in the news release.
This is the seventh year that the IPF has undertaken this unique funding program which is designed to encourage Canada’s competitive creative and business skills in the digital story-telling world and the marketing and exploitation of Canadian linear digital productions to global audiences.
