Canada’s Producers to Watch, Pitching at Series Mania Folk Horror, a Teen Drama and High-Fashion Parable Plus Tales of Second Chance Relocation 

Hosted by Telefilm Canada, the Showcase highlights the energetic drive for diversity in North America’s  co-production powerhouse 

By John Hopewell

John Hopewell

Chief International Correspondent

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11 Canadian producers will pitch six digital short form or web series at the 2026 Series Mania Forum’s Canada’s Producers to Watch. The showcase of emerging talent says much about Canadian TV at large, underscoring the energetic drive for diversity in multifaceted forms, the energies informing Canadian TV – seven of the producers, notably, are women – as well as concerns shaping a significant part of upscale series being made in and indeed outside Canada. 

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