Current Projects
The TELUS independent pilot program is pleased to be supporting the following projects. Unless otherwise indicated, for festival programming and distribution inquiries, please contact production companies directly.
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Plastic People
Award-winning science journalist Ziya Tong travels the world to investigate the infiltration of microplastics into the human body.
https://plasticpeopledoc.com/
Director: Ben Addelman
Co-Director & Science Journalist: Ziya Tong
Producers: Vanessa Dylyn, Stephen Pannicia
Impact Producer: Good Measure Productions, Sholeh alemi Fabbri
Executive Producers: Peter Raymont, Rick Smith, Steve Ord
Production Company:
Status: Available for festival programming. Distribution, contact
Co-Director & Science Journalist: Ziya Tong
Producers: Vanessa Dylyn, Stephen Pannicia
Impact Producer: Good Measure Productions, Sholeh alemi Fabbri
Executive Producers: Peter Raymont, Rick Smith, Steve Ord
Production Company:
White Pine Pictures
Status: Available for festival programming. Distribution, contact
Rainmaker Content
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Leaving Beringia
Métis/Cree filmmaker Barbara Hagar asks, did Indigenous people arrive via the Bering Strait just 13,000 years ago? Ancient sites and Knowledge Keepers are telling another story.
Director: Barbara Hager
Producer: Barbara Hager
Production Company:
Status: In production
Producer: Barbara Hager
Production Company:
Acimow Media Inc.
Status: In production
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The Good Virus
The World Health Organization warns that antibiotics are losing efficacy. Scientists hope bacteriophage viruses will stem the rising tide of superbugs.
Director & Writer: Rosvita Dransfeld
Producer: Vanessa Dylyn
Impact Producer: Sarah Margolius
Executive Producer: Rosvita Dransfeld
Production Company:
Status: In production
Producer: Vanessa Dylyn
Impact Producer: Sarah Margolius
Executive Producer: Rosvita Dransfeld
Production Company:
ID: Productions
Status: In production
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Exclusion: A Centenary of Silence
Granddaughters of Chinese immigrants reveal the human toll of an immigration policy that destroyed their families, and honour the women who paved the way for Canadian Multicultural Policy.
Director: Keira Loughran
Producer: Craig Thompson
Production Company:
Status: In production
Producer: Craig Thompson
Production Company:
Ballinran Entertainment
Status: In production
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Media Stamped
Award-winning writer and producer Nicole Stamp, helps kids 9-12 analyze media content to recognize and create factual, balanced and equitable narratives.
Director: J. J. Johnson
Producer: J. J. Johnson
Writer & Host: Nicole Stamp
Production Company:
Status: In pre-production
Producer: J. J. Johnson
Writer & Host: Nicole Stamp
Production Company:
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Status: In pre-production