The Hotlist

The Hotlist

What's Happening in Northern Ontario Film, TV and Digital Media

Updated: July 21, 2025

In Production

The Pond

Feature

Production Company
The Pond Production Inc.

Sudbury

Prep
Start: Jul 02, 2025
End: Jul 18, 2025

Principal
Start: Jul 21, 2025
End: Aug 10, 2025

Producer
Thomas Michael

Line Producer
Hayden Baptiste

Director(s)
Jeff Renfroe

Last Moon

Feature

Production Company
Other Animal Entertainment
 

North Bay

Principal
Start: Jul 14, 2025
End: Aug 08, 2025

Producer
Ryan Keller

Director
Brandon Cox

Executive Producer(s)
Derek Diorio
David Straiton
Jonathan Hlibka

Current Crew/Production Needs:
1st Assistant Director

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
lastmoonoffice@gmail.com

Upcoming

TREES

Web Series

Production Company
Motion Arc Studios

Sudbury

Prep
Start: Jul 11, 2025
End: Jul 25, 2025

Principal
Start: Jul 26, 2025
End: Jul 29, 2025

Producers
Emily Fraser
Mathieu Seguin
Staci Duhaime
Rizzo Jeppesen
Petra Taylor
Isabella Scola-Lawryshyn
Alexandre Fishbein-Ouimette

Directors
Emily Fraser
Staci Duhaime
Isabella Scola-Lawryshyn

Current Crew/Production Needs:
*Note that these are unpaid positions, but we will feed you and ensure the days are manageable, safe and above all, FUN*

  • 1st AD
  • 2nd AD
  • Set PA
  • Camera Assistant/DIT
  • Gaffer
  • Key Grip
  • Second Unit DOP
  • Key Makeup
  • Props/Set Dec
  • Art Director

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
treesproduction2025@gmail.com

Guide to Female Creatures

Web Series

Production Company
Indifferent Honest Productions

North Bay

Prep
Start: Sep 08, 2025
End: Sep 21, 2025

Principal
Start: Sep 22, 2025
End: Oct 03, 2025

Producer
Stevie Lyons

Director
Stevie Lyons

Iron Sights

Feature

Production Company
Bad Elk Productions


Prep
Start: Nov 17, 2025
End: Dec 19, 2025

Principal
Start: Jan 12, 2026
End: Feb 13, 2026

Producer(s)

Mark Pettit & Sari Miettinen

Current Crew Needs:

  • Producer
  • Executive Producer
  • Line Producer

Contact for Crew Inquiries: badelkproductions@gmail.com

Potential & Rumours

Stripped

Feature

Production Company
Archdale Pictures Inc.

North Bay

Producer(s)
Kim Barr, Tiffany Swears

Director
Kim Barr

Current Crew/Production Needs:
Currently collecting CVs for Heads of Departments

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries:
archdalepictures@gmail.com

The Faltered Dreamer

Feature

Production Company
Independent

Greater Sudbury
Fall 2025

Producers
Emerson Bardales
Matthew Poitras

Director
Emerson Bardales

Executive Producer
Emerson Bardales

Dirty

Feature

Production Company
Let's Get Dirty LTD

Northern Ontario
Q1 or Q2 2026

Producer(s)
Matt Schichter, Ariel Yang

Director
Devon Graye

Executive Producer
Maddy Falle

Prism

Short Film

Production Company
Manticore Films Inc.

Greater Sudbury
Summer/Fall 2025

Producer
Kyle Vine & Manton Harding

Director(s)
Lawrence Van Beek

Current Crew/Production Needs:
Carpenters
Grips
Camera Team
Sound Recordists
DIT
Production Assistants
Production Manager

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
manticorefilmsinc@gmail.com

Still Echoes

Short Film

Production Name
Still Echoes

Sudbury
Summer/Fall 2025

Producers
Dustin Moore and Richard Barlow

Director
Dustin Moore

Executive Producer
Dustin Moore

Office Email
office@moorefilmandsound.com

The Sharing Game

Feature

Production Company
Rusty Halo Productions

Sault Ste. Marie

Producer(s)
Rebeka Herron

Director
Rebeka Herron

Director of Photography (DOP)
Parth Pandey

Wrapped

Scratch House

Feature

Production Company
Anova Pictures Canada Inc.

North Bay

Prep
Start: Apr 21, 2025
End: May 16, 2025

Principal
Start: Jun 11, 2025
End: Jul 06, 2025

Producer
Justin Kelly

Production Manager
Robert Fisher

Director
Cybill Lui

The Grounds

TV Series

Production Company
Low Bar Productions / Moore Film and Sound

Greater Sudbury

Prep
Start: Mar 01, 2025
End: Apr 30, 2025

Principal
Start: Jun 13, 2025
End: Jun 16, 2025

Producers
Richard Barlow
Dustin Moore
Erin Medakovic

Director
Richard Barlow

The Squirrel Diaries

Short Film

Production Company
Motion Arc Studios Ltd.

Greater Sudbury

Prep
Start: May 07, 2025
End: Jun 13, 2025

Principal
Start: Jun 14, 2025
End: Jun 16, 2025

Producer
Kyle Vine

Director
KJ Carter

Executive Producer
Mathieu Seguin

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
scriptfesttmseason2@gmail.com

Flip and Switch

Web Series

Production Company
Sketchy Neurons

Parry Sound

Prep
Start: Apr 10, 2025
End: May 01, 2025

Principal
Start: May 02, 2025
End: May 22, 2025

Producer
Ben Sainsbury

Director
Dave Clement

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
ben@sketchyneurons.com

Nightstands

Short Film

Production Company
SCRIPTFESTtm Season 2

Sudbury

Prep
Start: Apr 01, 2025
End: May 02, 2025

Principal
Start: May 03, 2025
End: May 05, 2025

Producer
Mathieu Séguin

Executive Producer
Brendan Burke

Director
Emily Fraser

Contact for Crew/Production Inquiries
scriptfesttmseason2@gmail.com

 

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