The 2022 Bell Media Prime Time TV Program Digital Brochure

THE BELL MEDIA PRIME TIME TV PROGRAM

EMMA MALM

CLINT MURPHY

REBECCA GRENIER

HELMANN WILHELM

SVETLANA JAKLENEC

2022

ABDUL MALIK

ABDUL MALIK

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS

Abdul Malik’s a Canadian-Pakistani screenwriter and film school dropout who spent a decade working in international labor struggle before co-writing Peace By Chocolate, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Recently, Abdul wrote on CTV’s Transplant and the feature Queen Tut. He’s developing series with companies like Shaftesbury and Lark Productions, attended TIFF’s Series Accelerator, was named a Playback 10 to Watch, and is a CFC graduate. Abdul’s a member of the Writers Guild of Canada.

Amidst chaotic land grabs reshaping North America in the year 1869, an enigmatic and unlikely Arab Muslim guide in Northern Canada is hired by the British Crown to lead five men with nothing to lose through dangerous wilderness on a mysterious mission, and soon realizes they’re being hunted by a supernatural terror from his past.

REPRESENTED BY

Jennifer Irons, META Talent Agency 647.948.8308 irons@metatalentagency.com

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EMMA MALM www.emmamalmwriter.com Emma is a Toronto-based writer from Vancouver. She wrote, directed and produced the short Pippa Eats (Toronto Indie Film Festival, Canada Shorts), produced Season 1 of the digital series Running with Violet, wrote on Seasons 2 and 3 of the CBC digital series True Dating Stories, and was a writers’ assistant for Amazon’s The Kids in the Hall. Emma holds a BA (Hons) in English from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Prime Time TV Program. In the evenings, Emma performs stand up comedy in Toronto.

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS Frustrated people-pleaser, Frankie, ventures undercover in a sting operation involving her favourite barista… who’s also working for a dangerous cocaine kingpin. With the support of two rogue cops, Joanne and Sal, Frankie gets closer to Jez, the charismatic young barista, using the cops’ intel that Jez has a crush on Frankie. But getting close to Jez proves challenging, especially when the assumption that he likes her is thrown into dispute. Did he ever really like her, or was he just being nice? Soon, the mousy, obedient girl Frankie once was fades, replaced by the rebellious woman she always wanted to be, all with fatal consequences.

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CLINT MURPHY

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS

Clint Murphy is a genre screenwriter from Toronto and a graduate of the CFC. His passion for telling diverse sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural stories transports the audience to new worlds and realities. Clint’s original sci-fi pilot, The Road Home, won the 2021 Teleplay Grand Jury Prize at the Richmond International Film Festival and placed as a semifinalist in the 2020 Austin Film Festival’s one-hour TV competition. Clint recently attached a showrunner to his latest supernatural procedural.

Raven’s One is a grounded sci-fi action drama that follows Joseph Griffith, a mild-mannered computer programmer who has his world turned upside down when he learns the life he’s been living is not what it seems. Joseph discovers he’s one of five clones created by renowned scientist Dr. Emmitt Raven, who’s now recalling Joseph and the others to destroy them to extend his life.

REPRESENTED BY

Jennifer Irons, META Talent Agency 647.948.8308 irons@metatalentagency.com

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REBECCA GRENIER

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS

www.rebeccaelizabethgrenier.com

After Wiccans outlaw the creation of new vampires, Daria, a near century-old vampire, must turn her human lover, Gwen, in secret. But the transformation ritual goes awry, ripping apart their happily ever after. With guilt in her un-beating heart and vengeance on the brain, Daria amasses a team of the undead to overthrow the Wiccans.

Soon they discover that hatred of vampires runs deep in the supernatural world and that their battle is just beginning

Rebecca is a screenwriter and graduate of the CFC Bell Media Prime Time TV Program. She was story editor on Anthony Q. Farrell’s comedy Shelved, and has worked as story coordinator in production and development. She is the recipient of the Corus Writer’s Apprentice Program and the Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Mentorship Award.

She loves exploring stories about queer characters, superheroes without capes, the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, and disconnection from community.

REPRESENTED BY

Ilana Miller The Jennifer Hollyer Agency 416.928.1425 ilana@jenniferhollyeragency.com

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HELMANN WILHELM

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS

helmann.wilhelm@gmail.com

Jasmine Chen, a winemaker with tycoon aspirations, struggles to save her estate after her husband’s death. Hoping to turn things around, Jasmine steals a rare and valuable grouse, which draws interest from the mob. When the crime is traced back to Jasmine, she bargains for her life, offering the mob a unique opportunity: rather than sell cocaine, Jasmine pitches a safer, more profitable venture through agriculture, helping to create Canada’s most dangerous wine empire.

Helmann Wilhelm is a Taiwanese Canadian screenwriter. His work has placed at the Austin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, and Nashville Film Festival, among others. His 1-hour drama, Creemore Village, was chosen for the Netflix-Banff Fellowship and Pitch Program where he was mentored by showrunner Joseph Kay. Helmann holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Prime Time TV Program.

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SVETLANA JAKLENEC

ORIGINAL SERIES SYNOPSIS

www.ledinastoryfactory.com

Dark comedy crime series following a service agency that helps cover up a crime rather than solve it. Doll, an under appreciated Crown Prosecutor recovering from a nervous breakdown, and Margo, a landscaper-mechanic-catererand-anything-else-that-pays… are two unlikely and unwilling partners in an accidental murder and in accidentally getting away with it. Sort of they might have hidden it from the police, but the word on the street spreads, and there is no shortage of female customers asking for the same service.

Svjetlana Jaklenec is an alumna of The Norman Jewison Film Program Directors’ Lab and The Bell Media Prime Time Program at the Canadian Film Centre. Her short films have screened at international festivals and garnered multiple awards and she has received development grants for her feature screenplays from Telefilm Canada, Corus Entertainment and the Harold Greenberg Fund. Svjetlana participated in the Netflix Banff Diversity of Voices Fellowship, in Sundance Collab TV Writing Lab and was awarded Switzerland’s Dremago-Ruffieux Writing Residency. In addition to wearing being a writer-director, Svjetlana has extensive experience in film and TV set decoration and production design.

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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

CFC SPECIAL THANK YOU

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WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING BURSARY SUPPORTERS

Writers Guild of Canada & Denis McGrath Bursaries Jordan Christianson Bursary Donors to the CFC Endowment Fund

APPRECIATION TO

ORIGINAL MUSIC SUPPORTED THROUGH The CFC / Slaight Family Canadian Music Fund