A can't-miss event
In Montreal in November 2024, the APFC has proudly held its annual convention in conjunction with the Rencontres de coproduction francophone (RCF) and CINÉMANIA. Discover the talent of the international French-language screen industry!
Meet our producers at the RCF
Nineteen of our members, coming from across Canada, have been at the Rencontres de coproduction francophone.
Toronto
Ontario
Ottawa
Ontario
Moncton
New Brunswick
Caraquet
New Brunswick
Bedford
Nova Scotia
Edmonton
Alberta
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Halifax
Novia Scotia
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Toronto
Ontario
Toronto
Ontario
Moncton
New Brunswick
Dieppe
New Brunswick
Toronto
Ontario
Whitehorse
Yukon
Ottawa
Ontario
Vancouver
British-Columbia
Toronto
Ontario
Toronto
Ontario
Dany CHIASSON
2 Coyotes Production Inc. is a Franco-Ontarian film production company founded by screenwriter, producer and director Dany Chiasson in 2007. Its mission is to produce fiction and documentary projects that have a unique perspective on universal themes.
Ottawa
Ontario
Kristel Viduka
ATO Media Inc. is an emerging francophone production company located in Ottawa that explores new forms of visual storytelling through documentary and fiction projects. We specialize in productions for television and cinema along with well creative videos for the web.
Moncton
New Brunswick
Jean-Claude Bellefeuille
We produce television and/or digital content in a range of genres such as documentaries, docudramas, magazine programs, and variety. Our informative and entertaining productions reach a large audience and meet the ever-growing needs of broadcasters.
Caraquet
New Brunswick
Renée Blanchar
We are passionate about film, television and digital media in its many forms. The author’s perspective is paramount in both our fictional and documentary work. We seek to create works with a social conscience that are both audacious and entertaining, and striking in their treatment of topics and visual portrayal. Our mission is to make films that are meaningful both for our region and for the rest of the world.
Bedford
Nova Scotia
Marcel Gallant
Imagine. Create. Deliver., this is the key mission of CONNECTIONS PRODUCTIONS. Founded in 1992, its catalogue of content includes documentaries, musical variety, sketch comedy, game shows and drama series. Based in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada, CONNECTIONS PRODUCTIONS is a company of over 25 employees who manage projects from pitch to delivery. Each year, we deliver more than ten series of all genres, representing a little over 100 hours of new programming.
Edmonton
Alberta
Corey Loranger
Calibou Films is a bilingual (French, English) production company based in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), founded by actor, animator and producer Corey Loranger.
In 2015, Corey co-founded one of Alberta’s first French-language audiovisual companies, Far West Productions, which has produced numerous corporate projects as well as the TV magazine series Sel et Diesel and the fiction web series Abigaëlle. Both series are broadcast on UNIS TV (Canada) and distributed internationally on TV5MONDE, as well as on SVOD in French-speaking Europe.
In 2023, Calibou Films was created to produce the feature film Rêver en néon. The film is currently touring several festivals (2024-25) and has already received a dozen invitations, including Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma and PÖFF Black Nights (Tallinn, Estonia). Canadian distribution is handled by Indiecan Entertainment, and broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada Télé is scheduled for 2026.
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Ania Jamila
Kavalo is a production company based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The Kavalo team is determined to produce series and movies, that shed light on powerful individual human stories, from underrepresented communities, making the invisible palpable and the unheard listened to.
Halifax
Novia Scotia
Fabien Melanson
We are a digital content production house based in Halifax, which focuses on the development and production of film and television projects (documentaries and fiction) that showcase the stories and dramas of contemporary Canada and Acadia.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Louis Paquin
We specialize in creating original French-language content for television: documentaries, variety, fiction (youth and adult) and magazine programming. With more than 800 broadcast hours to our credit, including several produced in partnership with companies from throughout Canada and France, we are opening a window on the world, by educating, informing, entertaining and inspiring our audiences.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Miguel Gauthier
We produce broadcasts in various genres, including documentaries and children’s programming. Our team is always looking for new concepts and we are enthusiastic about the idea of building partnerships with other production houses. We are not just creative: we have mastered all the financial, legal, administrative and logistical aspects of the development and production of multi-platform content.
Toronto
Ontario
David Baeta
Curiosity, collaboration and humour are at the core of Moi & Dave. We are interested in projects that take a fresh look at societal issues while educating and entertaining a diverse audience. Our creations take many forms: documentary, fiction, short and long form – platform independent.
Toronto
Ontario
Philippe Montpetit
Orbite Média develops and produces television series of all types and formats including web contents and apps. Our mission is to entertain, inspire, and educate Canadian and international audiences by producing high-quality original content.
Moncton
New Brunswick
Xavier Léger
Our passion is telling touching, entertaining stories full of humanity that promote self-awareness and the development of our societies.
Dieppe
New Brunswick
Nancy Ripeau
As a leader in the field of comedy, we have made numerous contributions to creation, production, broadcasting and promotion in the world of show business and video. We also have several documentaries and short films to our credit as screenwriter and director and/or producer, in addition to cowriting the drama series Les Newbies.
Toronto
Ontario
Anne-Marie Rocher
We mainly produce documentaries, several of which have won awards in Canada, Europe and the United States. Broadcast throughout the world, these documentaries draw sensitive and bold portraits of the brave people and communities that surround us.
Whitehorse
Yukon
Simon d’Amours
We specialize in producing unique documentaries and documentary series in Canada’s North. Our strength is finding extraordinary characters and meeting them where they are, in any conditions, to tell their stories.
Ottawa
Ontario
Marie-Pierre Gariépy
Slalom specializes in documentary series, magazine programming, youth series and adult series. Our TV content is characterized by its creativity and energy, inventiveness and feeling, emotion and bold spirit.
Vancouver
British-Columbia
Aurélien Offner
We have worked on a variety of bilingual productions across Canada and internationally. Our ultimate goal is to create videos that matter and that can be shared on multiplatform around the world.
Toronto
Ontario
Rayne Zukerman
Zazie Films produced the first Franco-Ontarian feature film, Le Divan du Monde (2009), which has been shown throughout the francophone world. It produces virtual reality and digital media projects, documentaries and, more recently, the drama series Paris Paris, an original creation that was broadcast on Unis TV.
Get to know the APFC’s representative
Carol Ann Pilon has been Executive Director of the APFC since 2016, and has worked in audiovisual production for more than 20 years. Because of her in-depth knowledge of the Canadian financing ecosystem for coproduction projects and the close relations she maintains with our members and Canadian decision-makers, she is the perfect point of contact.
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Discover the incredible creativity of Canada’s Francophonie at CINÉMANIA
APFC co-presents, with TFO, “Journée Image francophonie canadienne”
On Friday, November 8, 2024, “Journée Image francophonie canadienne” has honored Ontario, a province rich in talent and diversity.
Among the program’s highlights:
- Round-table: Regional co-production – presented by APFC
To highlight successful experiences in regional co-production, a collaborative model that brings together local talent and maximizes regional investment and expertise while strengthening local industries. - Round-table: Discoverability of French-language content in Canada – presented by APFC, FCCF and RACCORD
What strategies can be implemented to increase the discoverability of French-language productions in Canada? - Screening: Forêts urbaines by Anne-Marie Rocher (Testa Productions) followed by discussion – presented by APFC
This poignant documentary tackles the issue of urban forests and their importance in our modern cities. - Screening of Hôtel Beyrouth (Kavalo Productions) followed by a discussion – presented by the CMF and TFO
This captivating co-production plunges us into the fascinating world of a series that combines family issues and cultural diversity.
These APFC activities are supported by Global Affairs Canada, Canadia Media Fund and Ontario Creates.