Boasting an extensive and diverse slate of projects from creators across Canada, BGPD focuses on nurturing and developing both feature films as well as scripted and unscripted television series from concept to script to pitch.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SLATE
FEATURES
RUMOURS
Co-production with Walking Down Broadway Ltd.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music
THE BLUE CASTLE
When Valency receives a fatal medical diagnosis from her doctor, she determines to defy her oppressive mother and live life to the fullest. Based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery.
Co-production with Breakthrough Entertainment Inc https://www.breakthroughentertainment.com/
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Eleanore Lindo, Janet McLean
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music
THE EVENING CHORUS
James, an RAF airman imprisoned in a German POW camp, turns to birdwatching to escape the relentless oppression while his wife, Rose, falls into a passionate love affair with a Canadian soldier and James' sister Enid loses her home and her lover in the London blitz. Three lives intertwined by nature, love and loss. Based on the novel by Helen Humphries.
Co-production with Alkaia FIlms
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Helen Humphries (novelist), Adrienne Mitchell (director), Dennis Foon (screenwriter)
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music, Ontario Media Development Corporation
THE FRUIT MACHINE
A young civil servant becomes unwittingly involved in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's controversial 1960s fruit machine project intended to identify subjects' sexual orientation.
Co-production wtih Blue Prairie Productions Limited
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Brian Drader (playwright), Liz Janzen (screenwriter) Tim Murphy (story editor)
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music
THE LION IN WINNIPEG
In October 1900, Winston Churchill is 25 years old… and very much in love. Unfortunately, his intended, Pamela Plowden, is also being sought after by the cream of the Empire’s eligible bachelors. Winston needs an edge. He believes that a speaking tour in North America to promote his book on his South African adventures is just the ticket: surely fortune and fame await.
Co-production with Copperheart Entertainment http://www.copperheart.ca/
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Larry Bambrick
Supported by: Telefilm Canada
TELEVISION
BAGGAGE OF THREE
In the vibrant city of Toronto, three millennial Black women navigate through the trials of life, love, and f-boys.
Genre: Comedy, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: HIlda Afrakoma (creator), Eva Thomas (story editor)
Supported by: Bell Media Development Slate Fund
BASH
When a floundering 1970s-era female hockey team led by two down on their luck friends introduces fighting into their games, the league – and the women – find new energy and purpose.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Alice Moran (creator)
Supported by: Canada Media Fund
HAUS OF CONTRALATA
Genre: Drama, Scripted, Limited Series
Co-production with 10109229 Manitoba Ltd.
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Anjali Sandhu (creator)
Supported by: Canada Media Fund
HIDE AND SEEK
When the remains of a 13-year-old missing girl are discovered at the bottom of a quarry, new questions about her deadly fate emerge, forcing successful politician Veda Carver to reconcile her past as well as her own role in her sister’s disappearance.
Genre: Drama, Scripted, Thriller
Status: In development
Creative Talent: Drew Carnwath, Tom Cavanagh
LATESLIP
An unconventional art teacher contends with the new hyper-PC administration at his Toronto private high school.
Genre: Comedy, Scripted
Status: In developmnent
Creative Talent: Veronika Gribanova (creator), Alyson Feltes (consultant)
Supported by: Bell Media Development Slate Fund
WINNIPEG STREETS
When a family of Syrian refugees opens a café in the West End of Winnipeg, they quickly find themselves the centre of an eclectic makeshift community of cultures.
Co-production with Snow Angel Films Inc.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In developmnent
Creative Talent: Nilufer Rahman
Supported by: Canada Media Fund, Manitoba Film and Music
WITH KISTIKAN PICTURES INC
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Tina Keeper
FEATURES
LUMINOUS
Co-production with JJNeepinFilms Inc.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In developmnent
Creative Talent: JJ Neepin
TELEVISION
ACTING GOOD
*** RECENTLY PICKED UP FOR PRODUCTION BY BELL MEDIA INC. FOR CTV COMEDY ***
*** FILMING SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN SPRING, 2022 ***
A comedic look at the lives and relationships of a bunch of neechies living up north on a fly-in reserve.
Genre: Comedy, Scripted
Status: In developmnent
Creative Talent: Amber-Sekowan Daniels, Eric Toth, Pat Thornton, Paul Rabliauskas
Supported by: Canada Media Fund, Manitoba Film and Music
THE REDS
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Tina Keeper, Vanessa Loewen
Supported by: Canada Media Fund, Bell Media Inc.
STRAWBERRY MOON
Exploring themes of matriarchy, intergenerational trauma, reconciliation, identity, family and resilience (particularly of Indigenous women) Strawberry Moon explores the meaningful, often fraught bonds between mothers and daughters.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Developmnent
Creative Talent: Amber-Sekowan Daniels
Supported by: Canada Media Fund