2023
CBC Gem
A six-part doc series that explores some of the most riveting viral videos of our time through the eyes of the people who captured them.
There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace looks at the transformation of a much-loved Toronto landmark, the Honest Ed's block, through the stories of its community members who are forced to relocate when it is sold to a developer. The film chronicles the evolution of their lives as they reconcile their history with the future, all while facing the biggest housing crisis the country has ever seen.
2021
6 x 1 hour docseries
Food Network Canada
Afrim Pristine, the world’s youngest Maitre Fromagier, travels the globe, exploring the most iconic cheese locations and hidden gems to get a deeper look at one of the world’s greatest and most beloved foods.
Documentary (2019) 2x 1hr
Directors: Robert Lang, Sally Blake, Denis Delestrac
Prod: Kensington Communications, Films à Cinq
Broadcast: TVO, Arte France
Filmed in China, Peru, Canada, the U.S., London, Dubai, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Shadow of Gold reveals the impact of gold mining and the gold trade on our economy, environment and conflicts.
Ageism is the only truly universal bias. So why do we so rarely talk about it. A new documentary is opening this cultural can of worms. Across the globe, powerful movements are tackling this profound social problem. Golden captures this revolution aiming to reshape the experience the beauty of growing old.
Documentary Feature, (2018)
Director: Nadine Pequeneza
Prod: Hitplay productions
Broadcast: TVO, CBC
Road to Mercy documents Canada’s journey into the furthest ethical frontier – a place where doctors are allowed to take a life and where society must decide on the circumstances under which they can. Through the stories of patients who seek medical aid in dying and the committed physicians who agree to help them, Road to Mercy chronicles Canada’s first legal doctor assisted deaths and reveals the moral and ethical quandaries at the heart of medical aid in dying.
Documentary Feature (2018)
Director: Nadine Pequeneza
Prod: Hitplay productions
Broadcast: TVO
The Invisible Heart tracks the birth of one of the fastest growing social innovations in modern history: social impact bonds. An unorthodox marriage between government services and private-sector investments, this burgeoning financial model promises to solve society’s most complex problems, from crime to homelessness—but is it delivering? Set in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K, this compelling documentary follows the unlikely people banding together to battle social inequality.
Documentary (2018) 1 hour
Director: Barry Stevens
Prod: Matter of Fact Media
Broadcast: TVO
Undercover Jihadi follows Counter-Terrorism expert Mubin Shaikh, on his mission to stop the radicalization of Muslim youth. Driven by a desire to come to terms with his own complicated past as a Muslim Canadian and a sense of personal duty to Islam, Shaikh travels to the UK, Canada, the U.S., Germany and France to battle against the radicalization of youth at risk.
factual/documentary (2018) 1 hr, ep 5 - Albert Speer
Cineflix productions
Visiting the places where elite Nazi leaders grew up and the sites of their worst atrocities, James Ellis, a dedicated young historian, explores the defining moments which transformed everyday Germans into mass murderers.
Documentary (2008) 1 hr
Director: Scott Harper
Prod: Sunday Night Entertainment
Broadcast: CTV
LOST ADVENTURES OF CHILDHOOD is an exploration of the 21st century childhood from which free, unsupervised play has all but vanished.
