Third Culture is thrilled to announce our first co-production! We worked with Chris Strikes of Callowgrove Entertainment Inc. to produce the CBC Short Doc. PATTY vs. PATTY is a short documentary that revisits the bizarre “Patty Wars” of February 1985, when Canadian federal food inspectors deemed the beef patties Jamaicans know and love to have …

Our hero, Nauê, is in the hospital in critical condition – Sapo and Lorena need our support now, more than ever, so they can focus on caring and advocating for him! Nauê has a rare genetic condition called IFAP syndrome. One of the biggest risks to children with IFAP is skin infection, and bacteria entering …

We are in solidarity with more than 50 Black Canadian Producers, who are calling for the implementation of a Black Screen Office to address the systemically racist barriers Black Producers face in the domestic film and television industry. The call was recently made in an open letter to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. As Black …

We have officially begun production on our feature documentary BLACK ZOMBIE! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook as we travel to Jacmel (Haiti), Stroud (UK), Los Angeles (US) and beyond to uncover the origin story of this misunderstood monster. Thank you to our partners Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates, the Hot Docs Crosscurrents Fund, the …

Third Culture will be attending the European Film Market this year as part of the Hot Docs filmmaker delegation. In addition to attending the market, Third Culture Producer, Maya Annik Bedward will be participating in inaugural DocSalon Toolbox Programme. The DocSalon Toolbox Programme is an immersive four-day experience comprising a suite of workshop modules, meetings, …

We’re going to Philadelphia! THE HAIRCUT is screening at the The BlackStar Film Festival, which runs from August 1-4th this year! The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora, showcasing films by black, brown and indigenous people from around the world. We’re also excited …

We’re excited to introduce our newest team member, Jess Stewart-Lee! She will be supporting activities at the Third Culture office this summer as we enter production on two new projects. Jess is a recent University of Toronto graduate in Cinema Studies and Diaspora & Transnational Studies. She’s a huge fan of photography, true crime, documentaries …

THE HAIRCUT continues its festival tour with screenings! See below for dates and info. September 13, 2018 –  Caribbean Tales Film Festival, Toronto November 2, 2018 – Guelph Film Festival, Guelph November 14, 2018 – Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto January 27, 2019 – ReFrame Film Festival, Peterborough February, 2019 – Pan African Film Festival, …

Our little short THE FOREIGNER is completing its festival run with an outdoor screening in Toronto on at the 2018 Christie Pits Film Festival. Come see the film in the very neighbourhood where it was filmed! Make sure to arrive early because the hill fills up fast!

Third Culture will be in Montreal this summer pitching BLACK ZOMBIE at Frontières, the Fantasia-Cannes International Co-production Market. This opportunity is courtesy of a new collaboration between Frontières and Doc Circuit Montreal. BLACK ZOMBIE was initially presented at the Doc Circuit Talent Lab in 2017.  

Our newest short THE HAIRCUT will have its theatrical premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. We are so excited to screen this film on the big screen! For screening dates and ticket info, visit the Hot Docs website.

Our feature doc BLACK ZOMBIE was recently accepted into the Breakthrough program at the DOC Institute. This program offers a select group of participants the opportunity to develop and hone their pitch materials in preparation for the 2018 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival. Learn more about the program and the participating filmmakers here.

We collaborated with filmmaker & animator Luke Mistruzzi from Powerline Films to make this psychedelic video for Toronto-based band Language Arts. The video features footage from the streets of Hamilton, the beaches of Oaxaca, and the mountains of BC — paired with found footage and projected through a giant kaleidoscope. Learn more at Canadian Beats …

Our short documentary, co-produced with Tangent Motion Pictures, screens at the 15th Annual Regent Park Film Festival. A local favourite, this festival is Toronto’s only free community film festival! Today, as Regent Park undergoes a fifteen year re-development, the Festival works to bring together the many diverse communities that exist in the neighbourhood to enjoy and …

We are officially green lit to start production on our next film THE HAIRCUT with support from CBC Short Docs. We look forward to sharing more updates as we head on this next adventure.  

The Foreigner will be premiering this Sunday, July 2nd on CBC as part of the Canadian Reflections late night lineup! Don’t miss this must-see television event of the season. More information can be found online at CBC Canadian Reflections. Also, be sure to fall in love with our new poster by the talented Sandra Dans!

THE GAZE is back in podcast form! Join filmmakers Aisha Jamal and Maya Annik Bedward for Season Two as they sit down with three Indigenous filmmakers to discuss the creative, commercial and emotional labour of making film in Canada. Listen to E1S2 with Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, director of the critically acclaimed film, Angry Inuk below. You can also subscribe to future …

The Canada Council in partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance commissioned a series of short films on the winners of the 2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Third Culture Media had the pleasure to make a film on Toronto-based visual artist, Shelagh Keeley. Directed by Maya Annik Bedward, the film is now available online and on …

Third Culture founder, Maya Annik Bedward, receives CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship. The comprehensive five-day mentorship provides insights into production, branding, acquisition, strategy, research and scheduling, from a broadcaster perspective. Through comprehensive one-on-one sessions with expert staff, Maya will learn how CBC operates behind-the-scenes, what motivates decisions behind programming, and understand how various departments interconnect by …

We are returning to NOLA! Our short documentary, A Hidden History: The Story of the New Orleans Tribune, will premier at the New Orleans Film Festival this fall! You can find a full list of programming here.

The success of THE FOREIGNER has much to do with the many supporters, who helped make it happen! Without your time, monetary and emotional support, we would not be here today. For those who generously donated to our Indiegogo fundraising campaign, your perks are on their way! Keep an eye out for them in your …

enRoute selected The Foreigner to be part of the 2016 Summer Programming for Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights worldwide. Be sure to catch the film on your next domestic or international flight!

The Foreigner will be screening this month at the Yorkton Film Festival, North America’s longest running film festival. Our short is also nominated for two Golden Sheaf Awards in the Emerging Filmmaker and Multicultural categories. See you in Saskatchewan!

We just launched The Gaze on the Toronto Radio Project (TRP)! Co-hosted by Aisha Jamal and Maya Annik Bedward, the Gaze is a monthly one hour show about race, gender and cultural representation in film. Be sure to catch us live every fourth Tuesday at 9pm. And check out some other great TRP shows including Work in Progress, a …

Our film The Foreigner won both Audience Choice Award and Best of Showcase Award last night at the WIFT showcase! It was an honour to have the film play alongside the work of such a talented group of women. Thank you to the team and membership at Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) for their continued support!

We had a lot of fun doing this interview and reminiscing about the time we made The Foreigner.  Thank you again to our incredible team for pulling off this great film! If you haven’t seen the film yet, check it out this Wednesday at the Royal for the Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) showcase. Screening starts …