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Vanessa Loewen Meghan Duffy

Animiki See Digital Vanessa Loewen Black Watch Entertainment Meghan Duffy Production Inc. Manager of Production Established in 2010 President 204.688.7259 Established in 2008 Cell: [email protected] [email protected] Black Watch Entertainment is Current Projects: Black and White; Animiki See Digital Production Current Projects: Fit First Season 3; a service production company Cause for a Cure; The Good Cop produces Aboriginal television 1491 specializing in television Past Projects: Direct; The and digital media content Past Projects: Cashing In; Breaking production and creative Taking of Marty; Meghan’s Meal of the including interactive and New Beats; Fit First; Aboriginal Day producing. Meghan Duffy, Morning alternative multiplatform Live; Tiga Talk! president of Black Watch content. They create content Entertainment, has worked on through domestic and shows such as Dragon’s Den, international co-production Entertainment Tonight , treaties and partnerships. CTV Morning Live and Breakfast Animiki See is a leading Television. Meghan Duffy provider of Aboriginal content works as a creative producer for television, the Internet and and television host bringing other alternative content delivery great content to the Canadian network services. television scene. 211- 323 Portage Avenue Tel: 204.899.2599 Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C1 Fax: 204.221.4750 Tel: 204.926.3128 ext 1 Fax: 204.989.2349 TF: 877.733.0999 TTY: 888.371.7659 aninikisee.ca

75 Production Companies

Dino Schiavone

BlinkWorks Media Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky Bright Eyes and Ears Films Dino Schiavone Established in 2003 Producers Inc. (BEEF Inc.) Producer / Director 204.293.4164 Established in 1986 Tel: BlinkWorks is an innovative, Current Projects: Indie Game: The [email protected] award-winning production Movie, feature documentary Bright Eyes and Ears Films company that makes feature Past Projects: Grow Dammit!, TV Inc. (BEEF Inc.) produces films, TV series and new media series; Digital Dad, TV series high-quality documentaries, projects. Awards: Sundance Film Festival docu-drama, corporate and Winner for Best Editing in World educational videos. With 25 years Tel: 204.995.4915 Documentary Cinema; Sheffield Doc / experience in film, video and Fest Special Honour Youth Jury Award; television production, BEEF Inc. [email protected] Best Pitch WestDoc Conference; NSI blink-works.com has produced award-winning Short Film Winner youth programming to extreme indiegamethemovie.com arctic filming, from overseas productions in war zones to exotic vacation destinations. 1121 Ave. Winnipeg, MB R2X 0K6 Tel: 204.582.3700 Fax: 204.257.0131

76 Production Companies

Phyllis Laing Larry Giesbrecht

Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. Phyllis Laing CLG Communications Inc. Larry Giesbrecht Established in 1994 President and Producer Established in 1991 President, Executive Producer Tel: 204.956.2777 x 103 larry@clgcommunications Established in 1994, Buffalo [email protected] CLG Communications Inc. is a Current Projects: Spirit Shadows, Gal Pictures develops and Liz Jarvis Winnipeg-based independent documentary; Hockey on Horseback, produces diverse theatrical and Producer film and television production documentary; Fire in the Sky, television projects by creating Tel: 204.956.2777 x 104 company that was created in documentary series collaborative relationships with [email protected] 1991 with a vision to entertain Past Projects: Children who creative talent and building Jean du Toit audiences worldwide with moving work, documentary; Heart of the successful co-production Head of Business Affairs, Producer and diverse stories. Working City, documentary series; Aged to partnerships. Their team includes Tel: 204.956.2777 x 105 with a creative and innovative Perfection, documentary [email protected] experienced producers and team with decades of combined Awards: Canadian Association staff with expertise in business Current Projects: ’s experience, CLG has taken their of Broadcasters: Documentary affairs, accounting and tax Séances, feature; Ciudades Diesertas storytelling to five continents, Gold; AMPIA Awards; Al Jazeera (Deserted Cities), feature; All The International Documentary Film credit administration. Buffalo Wrong Reasons, feature and sells programming in Festival: Finalist Gal producers have completed numerous countries worldwide. over twenty feature films, Past Projects: Keyhole, feature; As a global and domestic Less Than Kind, TV Series; Mad Ship, ten television dramas, eight feature; The Stone Angel, feature; High producer of content, CLG documentaries and over 50 hours Life, feature creates, develops, produces and of television series. co-produces for domestic and Awards: 4 including international markets. 333-70 Arthur Street Best Comedy Program or Series (Less than Kind, 2010); Fipresci Prize at the Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7 Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes 122 Charing Cross Crescent Tel: 204.956.2777 Film Festival (Amreeka, 2009); Best Winnipeg, MB R2N 1N5 Fax: 204.956.7999 Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto Tel: 204.253.5126 International Film Festival (My [email protected] Winnipeg, 2007) clgcommunications.ca buffalogalpictures.com

77 Production Companies

Noah Decter-Jackson Clinton Skibitzky

Complex Games Inc. Noah Decter-Jackson DACAPO Productions Inc Clinton Skibitzky Established in 2002 President / Project Lead Established in 1998 President Tel: 204.997.4260 Tel: 204.956.2867 x 221 Complex Games Inc. is Manitoba’s [email protected] DACAPO is a creative production [email protected] premiere interactive & game Current Projects: Heartland: The company that creates original Current Projects: Supa Strikas development studio. We build Social Game, Battle Bears Royale, Guns , casts and records voices Season 3 (service work), Santa engaging interactive experiences & Ammo: Point of Impact - Reloaded for animation and live action, Apprentice 2 (co-producer, animated for Creative Firms and the World’s Past Projects: Battle Bears -1, One provides sound effects, and feature), Lanfeust Quest (co-producer, Largest Brands. Ocean Online, MEGA Bloks: First offers mixing and audio post animated series), Tayo the Little Bus 2 Builders, Corona Find Your Beach (service work). Specializing in mobile games services. Additionally, we are Mosaic Maker, Air Traffic Commander co-producers and production Past Projects: Princess Season 2, development we have produced original music with Frantic Films, highly successful and award- partners on film and television Noonbory and the Super Seven, voices, winning interactive applications productions. music, SFX post with Cookie Jar; Kung Fu Dino Posse, voices with Cookie and games for household names 516 Hargrave Street like Sony, Corona Beverages, the Jar; The Green Squad, voices with Winnipeg MB R3A 0X8 CBC, and Sharp. Gaumont-Alphanim; Till Debt Do Us Tel: 204.956.2867 Part, music with Frantic Films; Guinea In 2010, we received the Canada Pig, music with Frantic Films New Media Award for Best dacapo.ca Awards: SOCAN award for Music Online Game for One Ocean Composition (2010); AAW Award for Online, a project we produced in Music for Communications (2011) conjunction with Merit Motion Pictures and Tactica. 201–545 Hervo St. Winnipeg, MB R3T 5S8 Tel: 204.417.9482 complexgames.com

78 Production Companies

Kyle Irving Lisa Meeches John Barnard

Eagle Vision Lisa Meeches Farpoint Films Inc. / Kyle Bornais Established in 2000 President Micro Bus Pictures Principal / Producer [email protected] Established in 2000 [email protected] Eagle Vision Inc. is one of Kyle Irving John Barnard Canada’s leading Aboriginal- Vice President, Production Farpoint Films / Micro Bus Principal / Director owned production companies [email protected] Pictures develops, produces, and [email protected] that produces exceptional, Current Projects: Aboriginal Peoples services television and theatrical Current Projects: The Medicine Line, award-winning television and Choice Music Awards (2006 – 2011); film projects on a national documentary series (2013); The film content for the Canadian We Were Children (2012); and international level. Our Sheepdogs Have At It, documentary and international marketplace. Strange Love (2013) services include award-winning feature (2012); X-Rayted, documentary series (2012) Past Projects: Elijah, MOW (2007); producing, directing and writing Tel: 204.772.0368 Walk All Over Me, feature film (2007); for film and television. Farpoint Past Projects: The Book of Vaudeville, Fax: 204.772.0360 The Sharing Circle, documentary also houses a full service post- documentary (2011); We’re the series (1991-2008); Capote, feature Weakerthans; We’re from Winnipeg, production facility. [email protected] film (2005); Tipi Tales Seasons 1-3, documentary feature (2010); Lost eaglevision.ca children’s series 202-1335 Erin Street Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull’s Grave, documentary (2009); House Party, Awards: 2 Gemini Awards (Elijah, Winnipeg, MB R3E 2S7 2009); Canadian Association of series comedy (2009); Wild Cherry, Broadcasters Blue Ribbon Award (The Tel: 204.222.3755 feature film (2009) Sharing Circle, 2003); Oscars: Five Fax: 204.772.0045 Awards: Hugo Television Award; nominations, one win (Capote, 2005) Accolade Awards: Four-time winner; [email protected] Gemini Nomination farpointfilms.com microbuspictures.com

79 Production Companies

Chris McIvor Jeff Peeler Jamie Brown

Frank Digital Chris McIvor Frantic Films Jamie Brown Established in 2013 CEO Established in 1997 CEO & Executive Producer [email protected] [email protected] The commercial production divisions Since its inception in 1997, Shawn Watson of both Frantic Films and MidCanada Jeff Peeler President / Executive Producer Frantic Films has developed Vice President, Scripted Programming Production Services Inc. have joined [email protected] a reputation for creating Tel: 204.949.0070 x 322 together to create Frank Digital–a outstanding programming for a [email protected] full service digital production facility Donalee Jones global audience. In addition to Current Projects: Pitchin’ In (Season that produces award winning film, Producer their success in North America, 4, Food Network); The 13th Man television, corporate and commercial [email protected] Frantic Films’ award-winning (documentary for TSN); Winnipeg projects. Frank is Manitoba’s most Current Projects: WindCity -Web series, features, documentaries, Comedy Festival (CBC) comprehensive fully HD production Series , Hunting Season Past Projects: Todd and The Book of house with more than 10,000 square commercials and branded Past Projects: Cambrian Credit Union Pure Evil; The Wrath of Grapes: The Don feet of audio and video post facilities content have been seen in more – The Unfee 2012, Candian Centre for than 130 countries worldwide. Cherry Story Part 2; Fuelled by Passion: and creative services including web Child Protection – Every Minute Counts The Return of the Jets; Princess; Til design and multimedia. PSA, Manitoba Public Insurance – 300-70 Arthur Street Debt Do Us Part Services include: Fourteen HD / SD Famous Last Words, SAFE Work –Spot Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7 Awards: WGC Awards: Best TV Comedy edit suites, colour timing, captioning, the Zombie Manitoba, Great Tastes of (Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil, 2012); Manitoba (Season 23) Tel: 204.949.0070 down-conversion, descriptive video, Houston Television Awards: Special visual effects / animation, duplication Awards: Signature Award, ‘TV 100% Fax: 204.949.0050 Achievement in Editing & Directing and multi-format transfer and a 5.1 Made in Manitoba’ - Cambrian Credit (Todd And The Book of Pure Evil, 2012) Dolby Certified Digital Mixing and Union The Unfee; SILVER Summit [email protected] 12 Gemini Awards including Best Print Master facility. Creative Award, ‘Television Spot $5,000 franticfilms.com to $25,000’ – Dufresne Furniture & Ensemble Performance in a Comedy 509 Century Street Appliances Dallin; SILVER Summit : @Franticfilms1 Series (Todd And The Book of Pure Evil, 2011) Winnipeg, MB R3H 0L8 Creative Award, ‘Financial Television’ – Facebook: facebook.com/pages/ Cambrian Credit Union The Unfee Frantic-Films/129740380471309 Tel: 204.772.0368 [email protected]

80 Production Companies

Raymond Friesen

Handcraft Creative Raymond Friesen Impact Studios Established in 2007 Director Established in 2001 [email protected] Handcraft Creative is a Current Projects: Brandt; Social Impact Studios is a dynamic collaborative studio that focuses Instants; Asper Alumni Association production company, specializing on all things video, a medium Past Projects: New Media Manitoba in creating unique engaging we personally feel is amazing! Showcase; Canadian Museum for media solutions, designed Since opening our doors we’ve Human Rights; Siloam Mission; Video to fit specifically with each worked on everything from Edit for iOS; Portraits: Ward Imrie customer. What makes Impact motion graphics to commercials Studios unique is the passion, to documentary films. No matter professionalism and skill set what the project, we feel that our team members bring to great video is about carefully each project. crafting the details to tell your story in the best way possible. 475 Panet Rd. Winnipeg, MB R3C 2W7 Tel: 204.480.7510 Tel: 204.338.8279 [email protected] [email protected] handcraftcreative.com impactstudios.tv Twitter: @wearehandcraft

81 Production Companies

Brendon Ian Sawatzky Dimerman Ernie Nathaniel

Inferno Pictures Ian Dimerman Interlace Media Inc. Ernie Nathaniel Established in 2003 Producer Established in 1992 Principle, Producer [email protected] [email protected] Inferno Pictures is a film, Brendon Sawatzky Interlace Media started Current Projects: Church of the Rock, television and digital media Producer video production in 1992 weekly program (since 1996) production company. Their [email protected] and has became an Apple Past Projects: various industrials; goal is to work with like-minded Current Projects: Mr. Hockey, VAR, specializing in the video Hear the Music, DVD concert video production partners to create MOW; Hunting Season, feature film; production industry. As an Awards: Bronze Summit Award for innovative and audience-friendly Euphoria, feature film authorized representative Editing (Hear the Music) media productions and Past Projects: Goon, feature film; of Apple, Adobe, AVID, AJA, services for Canadian and Hidden World of the Harem, television Blackmagic, G-Technology, ATTO, international markets. docudrama; CBC Short Shots 1 & 2, KinoFlo and ToolsOnAIr, Interlace television specials; House Party, six- Media has created custom In 2012 Inferno Pictures co- episode sitcom; Whiteout, feature film produced the movie of the week software / hardware for Shaw Awards: Best Canadian First Feature Mr. Hockey detailing hockey Cable headends based upon the Film at the Toronto International Film Macintosh platform. Services legend Gordie Howe, and co- Festival (Inertia) produced the supernatural include editing and closed thriller Hunting Season, while captioning services, outputting in also completing post production SD and HD formats. on the feature drama Euphoria. Tel: 204.925.2330 416 Oxford Street Fax: 204.261.6806 Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J8 interlace.ca Tel: 204.230.5589 Fax: 204.488.3921 [email protected] infernopictures.com

82 Production Companies

Jason Olin

Jason Olin Productions Jason Olin Julijette Inc. Juliette Hagopian Established in 2009 President Established in 2004 Principal Executive [email protected] [email protected] Film and television production Juliette Hagopian, a Canadian Jaimz Asmundsdon company. Does not accept producer based in Winnipeg, Associate Producer unsolicited material. provides production services to [email protected] innovative filmmakers. Current Projects: My Awkward Sexual Tel: 204.955.6133 Adventure; The Divide; Holiday Switch 310.963.2488 1232 Chevrier Boulevard Past Projects: The Capture of the Winnipeg, MB R3T 1Y7 Green River Killer; A Family Lost Tel: 204.415.3883 Fax: 204.415.3889 julijette.com

83 Production Companies

Tina Keeper Charles Konowal

Kistikan Pictures Konofilms Ltd. Charles Konowal, CSC Established in 2012 Producer Producer [email protected] Charles Konowal, CSC (Konofilms Cell: 204.782.5939 Kistikan Pictures is a company Current Projects: Season 4 of Cashing Ltd.) is first known as an award Current Projects: Arctic Defenders, created by Tina Keeper and In; REDress Project winning cinematographer with feature documentary; Chasing a Song, to produce years of experience in both drama feature documentary; Confessions of a Aboriginal documentary, and documentary production Tattoo Addict, television series dramatic feature, short film but during those years he also Past Projects: The Defender; Fat and television. Mentorship in directed and produced numerous Chance, feature documentary; Leo both creative and technical documentary films. His first Mol In Light and Shadow; A Glimmer Of development is also a key independent producer credit Hope; Mark Twain’s America, a 3D IMAX production element for the vision of Kistikan was with the NFB on the award Pictures. Tina entered as a winning production The Defender, Awards: Blizzard Award: Best producer on season 3 of Cashing directed by Stephen Low. He also Documentary Program (Fat Chance); produced and photographed Blizzard Award: Best Documentary; In, and among other things, Tina Program (Leo Mol In Light and Keeper is currently producing a the NFB Prairie Studio’s first Shadow); Peabody Award (Fat Chance) short documentary on the prolific feature length documentary Fat work of Metis artist Jaime Black. Chance, which went on to win a Peabody Award. 333-70 Arthur Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 3C9 81 Claremont Ave. Winnipeg, MB R2H 1W1 Tel: 204.415.8414 Fax: 204.956.7999 Tel: 204.237.5649 [email protected] konofilms.ca

84 Production Companies

Barry Lank Louis Paquin

Lank/Beach Productions Inc. Luanne Lank Les Productions Rivard networks including SCN, CTV, Vision Established in 1983 Producer Established in 1995 TV, Radio-Canada, TVA, TFO, Canal Tel: 204.955.8640 D, RDI, ARTV, Historia, TV5, APTN and Lank/Beach is an award-winning [email protected] La force de Rivard est dans Knowledge. production company dedicated Barry Lank, CSC la création de productions to producing high quality Director / Cinematographer télévisuelles de qualité: 354 Marion Street documentaries, television series Tel: 204.955.8641 documentaires, variétés et séries. Winnipeg, MB R2H 0V3 / commercials and corporate [email protected] Ces productions comprennent Tel: 204.233.0694 work. They are one of four Current Projects: Canadian Museum plusieurs collaborations avec Fax: 204.231.4010 Canadian companies to have a for Human Rights promotional video; des producteurs de Montréal, Toronto, Québec, Moncton et de la [email protected] standing offer with the Federal music series (in development); technology series (in development) France. Travaillant dans les deux productionsrivard.com government. Lank/Beach also langues officielles, Rivard crée des provides production services and Past Projects: The Whistling Lawyer, Louis Paquin émissions en différents formats, Producer equipment for other production documentary; Rosh Hashanah – The Day of Judgment, documentary; Parks de la vidéo régulière à la haute Tel: 204.233.0694 x 116 companies. Canada promotional videos; Sabrina’s définition, pour une gamme de Current projects: Histoire d’un séjour, Law, documentary; Department of télédiffuseurs comprenant SCN, Tel: 204.452.9422 documentary; Pour un soir seulement VI, National Defense recruitment videos Vision TV, Radio-Canada, TVA, TFO, variety series; Viens voir ici!, [email protected] Awards: Nominated for Best Canal D, RDI, ARTV, Historia, TV5, magazine series APTN et Knowledge. lankbeach.com Documentary Cinematography by Past Projects: La ruée vers l’or, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Rivard’s core strength lies in creating documentary series; Marguerite: hier (2011); Houston International Film quality television productions – et aujourd’hui, 2 x 60 min; Pour un soir Festival: Special Jury Award; New York documentaries, variety shows, and seulement 1-V, variety series; Destination Festival: World Metal television series. These productions Nor’Ouest II, 8 x 60 min; Destination include several collaborations Nor’Ouest I, 8x60 min with companies from Montreal, Awards: 3 Prix Gémeaux nominations Toronto, Quebec, Moncton and (La ruée vers l’or, 2011); Prix Gémeaux- France. Operating in both official Best Direction Documentary Series languages, the company produces (Destination Nor’Ouest II, 2009); Female programming in formats ranging Eye Film Festival: Best Short Film Award from regular video to high definition (Ben voyons, Camille!, 2009) television for a variety of television

85 Production Companies

Charles Clément Merit Jensen Carr

Media RendezVous Inc. Charles Clément Merit Motion Pictures Merit Jensen Carr Established in 2007 President Established in 1988 President / Executive Producer [email protected] Media RendezVous Inc. is a full- Current Projects: Planet Echo, 2012 Smart. Fun! Merit Motion Alexa Rosentreter service bilingual multiplatform National Aboriginal Day Concert & Pictures is an award-winning General Manager / production company based Solstice Series, Dr. Greenie’s Mad Lab production company specializing Interactive Media Producer in Winnipeg. Founded in 2007, iOS App, On the Edge: The Road to the in blue-chip documentaries and [email protected] Media RendezVous has worked in Memorial Cup. factual entertainment, dedicated Katherina Dueck many genres including children’s, Past Projects: 2010 National to challenging the way you look at Development Manager documentary, music & variety Aboriginal Day Concert & Solstice life. Merit develops and produces [email protected] and sports, with a focus on Series, One with Nature, 2010 television, feature film and Current Projects: Surviving :) Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, This the Teenage Brain, documentary; producing innovative content for is Turtle Island, Money for Healing. transmedia projects on a viewers around the world. national and international Smarty Plants, documentary; Born to Cheat, documentary Média RendezVous Inc. est une level for broadcasters including: National Geographic Past Projects: Conspiracy Rising, maison de production bilingue documentary (2010); One Ocean, 4 multiplateforme située à International, Discovery’s Science Channel, ZDF, CBC, CTV, Bravo!, x 1 hour series (2010); One Ocean Winnipeg. La compagnie réalise Interactive, transmedia website (2010); des émissions de genres variés, TVO and Global Television. TutuMUCH, theatrical documentary (2010); Recreating Eden, gardening y compris des documentaires, 248 Princess Street émissions pour enfants, variétés biography series (2003-2008) Winnipeg, MB R3B 1M2 et sports. Notre objectif est Awards: Jackson Hole Wildlife Film de produire des émissions Tel: 204.775.4092 Festival: Best Interactive / New Media innovatrices pour les acheteurs Program (One Ocean Interactive, 2011); et les téléspectateurs partout [email protected] Chicago International Children’s Film dans le monde. meritmotionpictures.com Festival: Best Documentary Feature Film (Adult Jury) (TuTuMUCH, 2011); Tel: 204.803.0767 Twitter: @MMP_Inc Banff TV Festival: nominated Best New Media Program (One Ocean [email protected] Interactive, 2011) mediarendezvous.com

86 Production Companies

Wayne Sheldon Damon Surzyshyn

MidCanada Production Wayne Sheldon Nomad Production Damon Surzyshyn Services Inc. President Established in 2001 Owner Established in 1977 [email protected] [email protected] Adeline Elias Nomad Production is a full- Current Projects: Pursuit of Speed, Since 1977, MidCanada CFO service Winnipeg-based Documentary; Winnipeg Sports Car Production Services Inc. has been [email protected] independent production Club, Video package; Canada’s 50 Best a leader in Canada’s film and Kelly Dodds company that creates dynamic Managed Companies, Corporate video television industry, and has been Rentals & Crew Manager and exciting commercials, Past Projects: WCB commercial spots; producing and servicing award- [email protected] corporate videos, documentaries MLCC commercial spots; Commit winning film, television, corporate Current Projects: Cangene, Conviron, and industrial videos. to Kids - Canadian Centre for Child Red River Co-op, Canadian Curling Protection; ArtSayers, APTN / Canada and commercial projects. Their Council for the Arts 16,000 square foot facility Association, Hunting Season Tel: 204.471.4495 includes production rentals and Past Projects: We Were Children, nomad-production.ca crews, audio and video post, and Recording Roots, Imperfect Justice, full creative services. American Girl, Christmas Heart, Mr. Hockey, The Curse of Chucky 509 Century Street Winnipeg, MB R3H 0L8 Tel: 204.772.0368 Fax: 204.772.0360 midcan.com

87 Production Companies

Jeff Newman FILMS FILMS

Nüman Films Jeff Newman Opus Visual Effects Phyllis Laing Established in 2000 President / Producer / Director Established in 2010 CEO [email protected] Tel: 204.956.2777 x 103 Nüman Films is a Gemini Award Jocelyn Mitchell Opus is a leading visual effects [email protected] winning production company that Producer / Production Manager company with cutting-edge Mike Shand produces compelling, original, [email protected] software to suit your needs. With President / VFX Supervisor and entertaining documentary Current Projects: Seven-Minute over a decade of experience, Tel: 204.956.2777 x 116 and lifestyle programming for Suppers (Cooking Series); Geekopolis the Opus team has been [email protected] the international and national (Documentary Series); instrumental in the realization of Current Projects: Bella Sara, marketplace. Past Projects: White Noise: The Sound numerous CG effects in projects Animated Feature Nüman Films has built a of Hockey in Winnipeg, documentary; ranging from large Hollywood Call To Arms: The Story of the Royal reputation for delivering productions to independent Albert, documentary; Hockey Brawl: films and TV miniseries. Whether exceptional programming with Battle on Thin Ice, documentary engaging stories, captivating across the street or across the Awards: Gemini Award Winner for world, we take the time to work characters, and a unique Best Sports Program or Series (Hockey perspective. We have worked alongside with our clients from Brawl: Battle on Thin Ice); Nominated start to completion, ensuring with a variety of partners and for Best Arts / Culture Documentary at broadcasters including CTV, CBC, the Yorkton Short Film &Video Festival elegant solutions to any visual Discovery, National Geographic, (Hockey Brawl: Battle on Thin Ice) effects challenge that may arise. Bravo!, , History, MTS, Slice, 333 - 70 Arthur Street APTN, and OLN. Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7 427 Rue Des Meurons opusvfx.com Winnipeg, MB R2H 2P3 Tel: 204.942.5851 Fax: 204.942.6307 numanfilms.com

88 Production Companies

Nicholas Kim Todd Hirst Khal Shariff

Original Pictures Inc. Kim Todd Project Whitecard Inc Khal Shariff Established in 2000 President Established in 2006 CEO [email protected] [email protected] Original Pictures partners with Nicholas Hirst Project Whitecard Inc. is Current Projects: Project Moonwalk: writers and creators to develop CEO a company specializing in A Lunar Adventure; Starlite: The and produce stories for big and [email protected] high-fidelity technologies for NASA-themed MMO; Canadian Space small screens that fascinate Chloe Labella education, training and culture. Agency’s Trajectories and enthrall audiences. Original Executive Assistant PWC’s dedicated crew of creatives Past Projects: Canadian Space Pictures also provides services [email protected] is led by Khal Shariff and Agency’s Robomatique; Breaking to major studios to produce the includes 3D developers, game Ground: Careers in Construction; Current Projects: The Curse of Chucky, programmers, and educators. best on-screen value per dollar. American Girl project DVD / VOD Northern Lights Project @ Banff Project Whitecard’s past Centre; Chateau-Cherbourg It’s head office is in Winnipeg and movies; What’s Your News, half-hour achievements include Robomath Augmented Reality it has an office in Toronto. pre-school series; Hoods, one-hour drama series for the Canadian Space Agency, Awards: Gold Medal recipient for 602 - 191 Lombard Avenue reaching over 1 million students, the 2011 “Serious Play Awards”; Past Projects: Untitled American and Breaking Ground, a First Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X1 Girl Project, feature film; Wrong Turn Nations construction industry Khal Shariff, PWC’s CEO, was a2011 4: Bloody Beginnings, feature film; Finalist “Entrepreneur of the Year” Tel: 204.940.3310 Beethoven Saves Christmas, feature game. Most notably, Project 2012 Digital Media Learning film;Cubicle Land, web series and Whitecard and its partner Wisdom Competition Winner; TEDx originalpicturesinc.com interactive web project; Falcon Beach, Tools are developing the official Winnipeg Speaker television series NASA Multiplayer Game, Starlite, expected in 2013. Awards: Original Pictures’ productions have been nominated for 30 Gemini 200-135 Innovation Drive Awards, and have won seven. Winnipeg, MB R3T 6A8 Tel: 204.269.0718 1.855.269.0718 [email protected] projectwhitecard.com

89 Production Companies

Rebecca Gibson Ashley Hirt Joanne Levy

Red Czarina Productions Ashley Hirt Scorpio Productions Inc. Joanne Levy Established in 2012 Producer Established in 1988 Executive Producer / Producer [email protected] [email protected] Red Czarina Productions is a Rebecca Gibson Joanne Levy is an executive Current Projects: Kahneetah Mow-wi- new Winnipeg-based production Producer and consultant with extensive nay-i-kay-chik (Ones who are good at company with a mandate to [email protected] experience in the broadcast and competing); Kathy Knowles: A Life in create film, theatre and new Rebecca Sandulak production industry since 1988. Books; Arctic Mosque media projects. Founded by Producer As head of Convergent Content Past Projects: Mardi Gras: Feast Rebecca Sandulak, Rebecca [email protected] at Buffalo Gal Pictures, Joanne Before Fast (2010); Silent Bombs: All Gibson, Ashley Hirt and Danishka Current Projects: H&G (feature film); works to diversify the company’s for the Motherland (2009) Esterhazy, the company focuses Chopin’s Heart (short film) production slate for television Awards: Yorkton Film Festival: Four on female-driven projects of the and multiplatform distribution. awards including Best of Festival highest artistic calibre. Previously, Joanne worked as a TV (Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland, journalist, independent producer 2010); Saskatchewan Showcase: Best Documentary Social / Political (Silent [email protected] and communications consultant. Bombs: All for the Motherland, 2009); RedCzarina.com For 10 years, she worked as Gemini Award: Commissioning Editor a senior broadcast executive (Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows, Twitter: @redczarina responsible for commissioning 1999) original, independently produced Canadian programs for Craig Media and APTN. PO Box 128 Balmoral, MB R0C 0H0 Tel: 204.955.4455

90 Production Companies

Scott Leary

Scotfree Productions Scott Leary spectra productions Byrnes Benoit Established in 1998 Producer Established in 1979 Producer / Director [email protected] Current Projects: Sightings: UFOs Scotfree Productions was spectra is a full service in Manitoba; The Time is Now / C’est established in 1998 and is production house that offers le temps d’agir; CT Transit Operators’ an independent production clients HD production services Orientation company that believes in making from concept to location Past Projects: Winnipeg Comfort commercially viable projects production, to post-production Foods; Yearbooks: The Schools that while maintaining the creative and distribution. spectra’s in- Grew Winnipeg; People Who Care / Les vision. From commercials and house production team brings gens de Coeur over 90 combined years of corporate videos to dramas and experience to each presentation, feature length documentaries, no and engages trusted freelance project is too small or too large creative and technical talent to to have Scotfree Productions round out their team to match attached. Services offered by the project at hand. Scotfree Productions include producing, directing, writing, Tel: 204.452.9832 editing and shooting. [email protected] 2 Holborn Place spectra-productions.com Winnipeg, MB R2N 3M4 Tel: 204.955.8493

91 Production Companies

Al Rae

Story Ark Productions Al Rae Strata Studios Bryan Verot Established in 2009 Producer / Writer Established in 2008 Co-founder, Director, Producer Tel: 204.997.8118 Founded by award-winning Current Productions: Life’s Hurdles, Strata Studios is a Winnipeg [email protected] comedy writer (Little Mosque, television special based production company that Brad Crawford Monsoon House) and producer Past Productions: Storytellers; Turtle has international experience Co-founder, Director, Editor Al Rae, Story Ark creates comedy, Island Too; Best of the West working in film, television and Tel: 204.291.7719 [email protected] documentary and dramatic Awards: AMPIA Awards Nominations: for large corporate clients. From Best Musical-Variety (Turtle Island Too, concept to completion, Strata Current Projects: 100 Yen: The programming for the planet Japanese Arcade Experience, feature Earth, that reflects diversity Best of the West, 2011) covers the entirety of any project in-house, professionally and length documentary; Dairy Farmers of and promotes tolerance. Manitoba, promotional cooking show; efficiently using the latest in RED EL DIRTE - The Joe Doerksen Story, Tel: 204.390.2828 4K technology. feature length documentary [email protected] Past Projects: Cluster Music Festival; stratastudios.com Canada Cup Gaming; Hot Thespian Action; Winnipeg Harvest; Mega Moves, Season 3 Awards: Audience Favorite Award (The Sushi Chronicles, Short Film); Audience Favorite Award, Best Actor Award (Haven, Short Film)

92 Production Companies

Jesse Green Jeff Thiessen

StrongFront A/V Jesse Green Sunburst Productions Ltd. Jeff Thiessen Productions Inc. President & CEO Established in 1999 Producer 204.509.7942 Established in 1999 Cell: [email protected] [email protected] Sunburst Productions is a StrongFront AV is an audio-visual Current Projects: Catch the Dream Canadian-owned company company that has been producing (2012 / 2013), Arbor Live Season 3 committed to the creation of award-winning productions from (2012), Breaking New Beats (2012) high-quality programming coast-to-coast for the industrial, Past Projects: REDdress (2012); Arbor that achieves world standards broadcast and music markets Live Seasons 1 & 2 (2009 – 2010); of excellence. Headed by Jeff since 1999. Honey Girl- Billy Joe Green (2011); Thiessen, an industry veteran with more than 25 years We are proud to support the growth Above Me – Domenica (2009); Sharing Circle (1993 – 2008) broadcast and production and development of the arts experience, Sunburst has a community and business sector by Awards: 7th Annual Smart Award, Smart Partners / Province of Manitoba proven track record in creating providing customized, creative and dramatic and documentary innovative audio-visual products. (2008); Best Aboriginal Television Program, Canadian Aboriginal Music television programming with Our offering is to provide friendly, Award (2006); Ross Charles Award, international scope and broad affordable, high quality production Banff Centre for the Arts / APTN (1999) audience appeal. Founded services to our ever- growing clientele in 1999, the company is base. We specialize in broadcast experienced at leveraging the production / service & educational, talents and capabilities of the training and corporate video. Canadian film industry. 300-112 Market Avenue 1111 Chevrier Boulevard Winnipeg, MB R3B 0P4 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1Y2 Tel: 204.772.6500 Tel: 204.949.3328 T.F.: 888.892.8915 Fax: 204.949.3340 Fax: 888.607.9044 [email protected] strongfront.tv sunburstproductions.ca Skype: strongfront.tv

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Kevin Glasier Jeff Skinner

Tactica Interactive Kevin Glasier Two Lagoons Jeff Skinner Established in 2003 Interactive Producer Entertainment Inc. Head of Production 204.291.3456 [email protected] Established in 2007 Tel: Tactica collaborates with Angela Heck [email protected] producers and broadcasters to Director, Business Development / Two Lagoons has been Current Projects: Cowboy Dreams create award-winning cross- Producer established since 2007 Past Projects: Black Field, Taken in platform digital media including [email protected] to advantageously combine Broad Daylight websites, mobile apps, video Vergil Kanne proven producer expertise, Awards: Women in Film Festival: Best games, and social media. We Technical Director / established industry contacts, Feature Drama, Best Performance deliver engaging interactive Interactive Producer seasoned filmmaking (Black Field, 2011); Female Eye Film [email protected] digital media experiences, professionals and revenue- Festival: Best Canadian Feature (Black build audiences and online Current Projects: Million Dollar generating government- Field 2010) communities, create new revenue Neighbourhood Facebook Challenge; guaranteed incentives to SEED Interactive; X-Rayted Interactive streams based on your show assist in producing theatrical content, and help you budget, Past Projects: One Ocean Interactive; feature films. In addition to pitch, and access funding Tiga Talk Interactive Story; Verdict developing and creating Interactive Web Series & tax credits. in-house film productions, Awards: Canadian New Media Award: Get a world-class product while Two Lagoons is able to act as Best Web-based Game Canadian New a service producer on films maximizing your investment by Media Awards (2011); Gemini Award working with Tactica in Manitoba! Nomination: Best Cross-Platform in Manitoba and as Canadian Project Academy of Canadian Cinema partner on viable co-productions. 333-70 Arthur Street & Television (2010); Rockie Award Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7 Nomination: Best Cross-Platform 502-62 Albert Street Project; Banff World Media Festival Winnipeg, MB R3B 1E9 Tel: 204.223.1750 (2011) Tel: 204.957.0061 tactica.ca Fax: 204.897.0197

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Maybelle Pacak

Visual Productions Darlene Mulligan Velocity Films Maybelle Pacak Established in 1984 Producer CEO & Executive Producer [email protected] Velocity Films is an innovative [email protected] Visual Productions is a fully Current Projects: Keepers of the production company that equipped High Definition (HD) Stories, Parks Canada; Our People – develops and produces theatrical digital video production facility Our Land – Our Vision, Keeyask Cree and television content to located in the heart of Winnipeg. Nations; Reduce Your Risk, Cancer Care captivate audiences worldwide. Along with sister company Manitoba (17 languages) Founder, Maybelle Pacak, has Chikâk Communications, their Past Projects: 100 years Connecting commissioned and developed highly creative team has been Canadians; What Do You Do When You hundreds of hours of film and producing award-winning Go Aaaaachoo?, Manitoba Government; television projects including Future Happens, University of feature films, movies-of-the- commercial, corporate and Manitoba; Water Quality Series, Agri- educational programming since Food Canada; numerous 30 Second TV week, lifestyle, documentaries 1984. Visual Productions creates spots for MPI & Manitoba Government and children’s series. Velocity Films possess strategic alliances and manages all aspects of Awards: 2 CAMA Awards, including production including concept Best of Show (Audiences (Canola with domestic and international development, script writing, Council: Japan Market Story, 2011); broadcasters and distributors, filming, editing, sound design, Yorkton International Film Festival: and collaborates with world- motion graphics, animation, Winner Educational (Celebrate the class creative talent to produce interactive DVD, web movies, as Dream - The Story of Aboriginal Head original, high-quality and well as uploads to the Internet. Start); Blizzard Awards: Winner compelling film, television and Educational (JCR The Sharing Circle new media projects. 316 St. Mary’s Road PHASE - Preventing Harassment and Winnipeg, MB R2H 1J8 Abuse through Successful Education) Tel: 204.415.9532 Fax: 204.415.9471 Tel: 204.233.5020 [email protected] visual.pro velocityfilms.ca

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Vonnie Von Helmolt

vonnie VON HELMOLT film Vonnie Von Helmolt Established in 1991 President [email protected] vonnie VON HELMOLT film is Current Projects: TuTuMUCH, When you’re an internationally recognized feature documentary producer of theatrical features, Past Projects: Ballet High, TV in production, television movies, series and documentary; Ballet Girls, 3-part documentaries. Awards include mini-series; Tale of the Magic Flute, so are we. television special; Dracula: Pages from an Emmy and Grand Prix from Xerox provides all the products, a Virgin’s Diary feature film festivals worldwide. The company support, supplies and services that focuses on projects based on or Awards: International Emmy (Dracula: you need for short term document featuring the performing arts, Pages from a Virgin’s Diary); China production. literature and comedy. They also International Children’s Film Festival: Special fi lm industry pricing partner with award-winning Best Documentary (TuTuMUCH); includes: Chicago International Children’s ‡ a wide range of high-quality companies and creators to bring Film Festival: Best Documentary unique and universally appealing black & white and colour (TuTuMUCH) technology with copy/print/fax/ projects to screens and living scan functionality rooms across Canada and ‡ Xerox supplies elsewhere. (paper, toner, staples, etc.) ‡ reliable service 225 Symington Road ‡ coast-to-coast and onsite/offsite Winnipeg, MB R2C 5J7 delivery, installation and removal Tel: 204.222.6153 ‡ fully trained staff (optional) Cell: 204.229.9879 Special Event Services Fax: 204.224.9513 ‡ Western Canada: 905-672-4759 ‡ Ontario: 905-672-4758 ‡ Quebec and Maritimes: 514-939-8105 ‡ 1-800-275-9376

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