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Shaftesbury Films is a film and television production company founded by Christina Jennings and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1987, Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and multiple platforms, with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide. Recent productions include Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures for HBO Canada, based on the Giller-prize winning book by Dr. Vincent Lam; two seasons of The Listener for CTV and Fox International Channels; and five seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for Citytv and UKTV’s Alibi. Shaftesbury also produced a variety of award-winning programming, including the global hit series Life with Derek and the movie follow-up to the series, Vacation with Derek. Shaftesbury’s newest series, Good Dog, is a half-hour comedy created, written and directed by Ken Finkleman (The Newsroom) that premiered on HBO Canada in 2011. Shaftesbury’s divisions include Shaftesbury Factual, which is focused on non-fiction storytelling across a broad spectrum of genres; Smokebomb Entertainment, the company’s digital media division responsible for the development and production of original online series and companion web experiences for Shaftesbury’s slate of properties; and Shaftesbury Sales Company, which manages international sales and distribution for the company’s content.[1]
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[edit] Television
The company's television series projects have included:
- 11 Cameras
- Aaron Stone
- The Atwood Stories
- Baxter
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
- Connor Undercover
- Dark Oracle
- Good Dog
- The Jane Show
- Life with Derek
- The Listener
- Murdoch Mysteries
- Overruled!
- ReGenesis
- The Shields Stories
[edit] Film
Television films produced by Shaftesbury have included:
- External Affairs, an adaptation of Timothy Findley's play The Stillborn Lover
- Michael Ignatieff's novel Scar Tissue
- Hemingway vs. Callaghan, an adaptation of Morley Callaghan's That Summer in Paris
- Torso, a dramatization of the murder trial of Evelyn Dick
- Terry, a biopic of Terry Fox
- six Joanne Kilbourn mysteries, based on the novels by Gail Bowen
- Eight Days To Live
- In God's Country
- Mount Pleasant
- The Good Times Are Killing Me
- Skyrunners
Cinema films have included:
- Swann, based on the novel by Carol Shields,
- Conquest
- Painted Angels
- Camilla
- Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
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