As a bit of a backgrounder for those who don’t know, our current show, Tights and Fights: Ashes was funding by the inaugural year of the Independent Production Fund’s Web Series Fund.
When they offered the program for a second year, we put in our application and held our breath.
Honestly, we weren’t convinced that we would make it through this year. We went in an entirely new direction from our plans with Tights and Fights: Ashes. Our proposed series, John McFetridge’s The Box, is what we think of as a prestige project – we want it to noticed and win awards… and, oh yeah, make some money. While with Tights and Fights: Ashes, our over riding goal was to create a giant amount of content. And oh yeah, make money. We’re still working on that part.
And so we were very relieved to see that we had at least made it into round two of the application process. We were happy to see some very talented people that we know make it as well, and saddened to see some equally talented creators not get the nod. It is hard when you’re competing against friends for the same money.
Anyway, for those who are interested, here’s the results!
http://www.ipf.ca/IPF/releases/Webseries_Finalists-1-March-2011.pdf
