June 21, 2012
The Board of Directors of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund has announced its decisions for the May 1, 2012 round of applications.
The following projects received Production Grants under the Bell Fund’s Production Program:
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| Anne’s Droids Sinking Ship Entertainment Producer: Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Matthew Bishop TVO, 13 x 22 mins |
Anne'sDroids.com Sinking Ship Interactive Producer: Blair Powers |
| Anne's Droids is a science based action-adventure series that follows genius kid-scientist Anne, her assistant Nick and her droid creations: Pal, Hand and Eyes as they perform experiments in Anne's junkyard laboratory. | Anne’s Junkyard is an online and tablet gaming and educational activity destination that lets young people explore and experiment with scientific concepts in a fun, engaging and rewarding way. |
| Miaomiao Apex Media Corp. Producer: Leo Yu He New Tang Dynasty Television, 13 x 2 mins |
Learning Chinese with Miaomiao Apex Media Corp Producer: Leo Yu He |
| Four year old Miaomiao is a curious and caring Chinese Canadian girl who enjoys exploring life and learning new things together with her best friend, her dog Doudou | An iPad app where children work on their character recognition and stroke order. Miaomiao leads them to discover new experiences and places, each themed around a single Chinese language character. |
| My Top Ten GlassBOX Media Inc Executive Producer: Marcia Martin Travel+Escape, 1 x 60 mins |
Travel + Escape Top Tens GlassBOX Media Inc Producer: Raja Khanna DM Service Company: Mighty Digital |
| My Top Ten is a 1 hour special…and it’s a contest. Travel + Escape channel is searching for a Travel Star who can host their own Top Ten show. | A monthly tablet magazine app that combines touch screen features with high quality HD video for an exciting new way to engage with travel content, learn about destinations and book trips |
| The Next Step Temple Dance Productions Inc Executive Producers: David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Frank van Keeken Producer: Laurie McClarty Family Channel, 26 x 22 mins |
The Next Step Secret Location Producer: James Milward |
| The Next Step is a scripted reality tween show following the lives of a group of young dancers in an elite dance studio. The show presents the behind-the-scenes journey of the dancers, as they struggle to come together to win the annual National Dance Championships. | A mobile and online website and hub for The Next Step, the experience includes games, show and character info, UGC and a user personalized After Show that straddles TV and web – each of the 26 after show episodes begins on air and concludes on the web under the control and influence of the individual user. |
| Primeval: New World Anomaly Productions Inc Executive Producers: Gabriela Schonbach, Michael Chechik, Katie Newman, Tim Haines, Martin Wood Producer: George Horie Space, 13 x 60 mins |
Primeval: New World DMC Anomaly Productions Inc Producer: Brian Hamilton DM Service Company: Switch United, Robots and Pencils |
| Primeval: New World follows the adventures of a team of unlikely heroes who confront the baffling phenomenon of Anomalies. These glittering distortions are rips in space and time that allow creatures from the prehistoric past – and the future – to break through into our world. | The digital media components extend Primeval: New World across multiple platforms – web, mobile apps and social media. They allow users to play games, go behind the scenes, interact with the show and characters and create and share their own Primeval themed content. |
| Slugterra Slugterrainea Productions. Executive Producers: Charles Johnson, Ken Faier Producer: Asaph Fipke Family Channel, 39 x 30 mins |
Slugterra Online Nerd Corps Interactive Producer: Nancy Lees |
| Slugterra is an epic sci-fi comedy adventure set deep underground, where the ammo’s alive and only the quick survive! In this luminous, high-tech, underground world every cavern holds a new adventure, new battle and weird little slugs to be discovered. | The Slugterra Online experience offers kids exclusive information about Slugterra, and engages them deeper in this story world through online games and interactive experiences via mobile devices. |
| Vikings T5 Vikings Productions Inc. Executive Producers: John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Sherry Marsh, James Flynn, Michael Hirst, Alan Gasmer Producers: Steve Wakefield, Keith Thompson History, 9 x 52 mins |
History's Vikings T5 Vikings Productions Inc. Producer: John Weber |
| A dramatic series of the dangerous, untold, true story of the Vikings. Set in the 8th century, the story follows Ragnar Lothbrok, as he sets out on a journey of conquest. | The digital media component uses a combination of animation, video, and user-engaging interactivity to explore an important aspect of the Vikings series and the truth and myth of Viking history. |
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The following French-language projects received Production Grants under the Bell Fund’s Production Program: |
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| 19-2 saison 2 Productions 19-2 inc. Executive Producers: Luc Châtelain, Jocelyn Deschênes Producers: Sophie Pellerin, Mélanie Lamothe SRC, 10 x 60 mins |
19-2 II Productions 19-2 Inc. Producers: Luc Châtelain, Jocelyn Deschênes, Mélanie Lamothe, Sophie Pellerin DM Service Company : LVL Studio |
| The series tells the story of two patrol officers who work in the hottest part of Montreal who are confronted daily with violent scenes and misery informed by the improbable friendship between these two different and opposed personalities. | A Facebook game that has been devised to bring fans into the world of series’ characters Nick and Ben. |
| Amérikologie saison 2 Productions Pimiento Inc. Producer: Orlando Arriagada TV5, 13 x 30 mins |
Génie360 (saison 2) Atelier Rocoto Inc. Producer : Orlando Arriagada, Daniela Mujica |
| Luis Oliva takes to the road across Latin America and continues his journey in the discovery of extraordinary persons who are worried about the well-being of the members of their community. | A reference portal on intellectuals in developing continents (Latin America, Africa) who have placed their intelligence and ingenuity at the service of their communities. |
| Les argonautes Productions Pixcom Inc. Producer: Nadine Dufour Télé-Québec, 50 x 30 mins |
Les argonautes 2012.com Productions Pixcom Inc. Producer: Nadine Dufour DM Service Company: ODD1 |
| In 2162, six kids and their family travel in a space ship as they try to understand the messages they receive from a distant planet. | The digital component of Les Argonauts offers users an opportunity to explore the universe and to take part in a grand adventure made up of games of discovery and creating their own planet. |
| Les enfants de la télé (saison 3) Productions GFP Inc. Producers: Guy Villeneuve, Michel St-Cyr SRC, 26 x 60 mins |
Les enfants de la télé, saison III Production GFP Inc Producers: Guy Villeneuve, Michel Cyr DM Service Company: TOXA, Turbulent |
| Guests from the film industry, television, radio, music, live events and public personalities are reunited where they view and react to archival content of themselves. | The website will introduce an online host who will be the show’s moderator on the second screen. It will simultaneously be comprised of a web series and blog that is constantly providing new updated content as episodes air. |
| Histoire de Deejays Périphéria productions Producer: Yanick Létourneau SRC, 1 x 52 mins |
24 heures dans la vie d’un DJ Kung Fu Numerik Inc.. Producer: Ghassan Fayad |
| This documentary focuses on Quebec DJs A-Trak, Ghislain Poirier, Mistress Barbara, Kid Koala, DJ Champion and DJ Kobal to show how they have shaped the music industry. | An original web and mobile accessible documentary that immerses viewers in the resonant world of DJs. |
| Miroir… miroir Les Productions point de mire inc. Producers: Raymond Gauthier, Christine Fauteux TV5, 13 x 30 mins |
Miroir… miroir Les Productions point de mire inc. Producer: Christine Fauteux DM Service Company: Productions Version 10 |
| A documentary series that showcases different points of view and social analysis of the impact that physical beauty has on a person’s success. | A website and mobile app that complements the series and further educates users about the issues of beauty and personal success as discussed in the documentary. |
| The Pleasure of Scents Lowik Média 2008 inc. Producer: Lucie Tremblay Documentary Channel, Arte, 1 x 90 mins |
Symphonie moléculaire Lowik Média 2008 Inc. Producer: Lucie Tremblay DM Service Company: LVL Studio |
| This is a film asserts that of all the five senses the superior one is smell. It tells the story of a world-renowned sommelier, François Chartier, and how he came to write his book, Tastebuds and Molecules. | The Symphonie moléculaire website and mobile app guides users through François Chartier’s world and gives users practical tools to conduct their own experiments and taste tests in this new aromatic playground. |
| Tactik 5 Vivaclic inc. Producer: Francine Forest Télé-Québec, 120 x 30 mins |
Tactik 5 Web Vivaclic inc. Producer: Francine Forest DM Service Company: Turbulent Média |
| A documentary series that follows young athletes and tells the tales of their personal lives and relationships and their determination to compete in their sport. | An expansion of the current Tactik website as well as the Phototactik app. Phototactik is a mobile app that makes it possible to make and transform photomontages based on the sets and personalities from the TV series |
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The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce television content complemented and enhanced by excellent digital content designed for various platforms. These new media projects reflect state-of-the-art technology and are helping traditional television producers and broadcasters to discover the value added benefits of digital extensions. Since 1997, the Bell Fund has invested over $100M in over 1,000 Canadian new media projects, television programs, development grants and support for research and professional development. The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $13 M from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Development Program is supported by the interest generated by a $10M endowment resulting from BCE-CTV benefits, and contributions from Bell Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and new media industry. The Fund is administered by the Independent Production Fund. - 30 - For further information: |
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416-977-8154 www.bellfund.ca |
514-845-4418 www.fondsbell.ca |