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Tuesday, June 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presidents Hall

Production Partners

Tuesday, June 11
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presidents Hall

Production Partners

Advance sign up is required via lottery, see networking page for more details. There will also be a wait line on site if any openings become available.

Production company development execs will be taking one-on-one, eight-minute pitches. Similar in format to our Speed Meeting sessions, this is your chance to pitch to production companies and studios who are looking for great ideas and partnerships.

Attendees who secured a meeting or stand by spot in advance for Production Partners should arrive at the session room 30 minutes prior to the session start time to check in with the room monitor and get processed. Showing up late for your scheduled time slot will result in losing your spot to the wait line.

If you did not secure a Production Partners spot or a stand by spot in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line will operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

Production Partners is on the Conference Centre side of the hotel. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meeting.

Featuring:

Table host

Mike Armitage

VP of Development

Great Pacific Media Inc.

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Iris Bucher

Producer, CEO

Quad Drama

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Simon Faber

Founder & Producer

Taiga Pictures

Topic Tables session: Canadian Content and the Global Audience

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James Farr

EVP, Development

Cream Productions Inc.

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Nua Finau

Co-Founder, Executive Producer and Showrunner

Tavake Ltd

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Nicole Hamilton

EVP, English Unscripted Content

Attraction

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Sonia Hosko

Vice President of Current

Cineflix Studios

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Kevin Krikst

Producer

Rhombus Media Inc

Topic Tables session: International Treaty Co-Productions

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Anton Leo

Partner & Executive Producer

Counterfeit Pictures

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Marc Leonard

Chief Content Officer

Fuse Media

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Graham Ludlow

Head of Development and Production

Incendo

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Tom Miyauchi

Head of Formats

Nippon TV

Topic Tables session: Introducing Japanese Game Show Formats to Canada

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Nafisa Murji

Director, Development

Pier 21 Films

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Nick Nantell

EVP, Head of Scripted Creative

Boat Rocker

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Desiree Single

Producer and Co-General Manager

Animiki See Digital Production Inc.

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Olivia Snyder-Spak

Director of Nonfiction Film & Series

Topic Studios

Topic Tables session: Making Your Pitch Stand Out

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Adam Steinman

Production and Development

Walt Disney Television Alternative

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Jeff Vanderwal

Vice President, Scripted

Cineflix Productions

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Jay Carolyn Wu

Head of Development

LaRue Entertainment

Topic Tables session: Development-Focused Creative Producing

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Arnie Zipursky

Executive Producer

NESHAMA Entertainment

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