For immediate release. Canadian streamer IndieStream has just released the premiere episode of ‘The Runner‘ across all of its channels including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Google Play and its official YouTube channel IndieStream will release the entire first season of the hit crime series on the platform ahead of the upcoming second season. […]
For immediate release. Ontario Creates through its IDM Fund has awarded N5 Pictures with funding support for the second season of the short-form digital series ‘The Runner‘. The Runner Season 2 is scheduled to begin production in the fall of 2024.
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has awarded the second season of the critically acclaimed series ‘The Runner’ with production financing. The crime thriller from N5 Pictures Inc. will be shot in Ontario and is set to begin principal photography in the Fall of 2024.
The official teaser/trailer for the second season of the critically acclaimed series ‘The Runner’ has just been released on YouTube.com/@indiestream. IndieStream will be distributing the both seasons of the series across all of its OTT platforms in Canada. You can see the trailer directly below.
Season 2 of the award-winning series ‘The Runner’ has just secured additional development financing through Ontario Creates. The critically acclaimed hit series is expected to return in 2024 with an all new trailer highlighting the direction for the second season. Stay tuned the therunner.ca and official social media channels for the latest news on The […]
Canadian OTT platform IndieStream has picked up the Canadian rights for season 1 and season 2 of ‘The Runner’. Both the first season and upcoming second season of the award-winning short-form series will be launched on the platform. to Canadian audiences. IndieStream is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google Play, Android TV and the […]
The Runner has been Nominated for ‘Best International Circuit’ at the 2023 Seoul Webfest (Kwebfest). Read more about it in the official festival website: http://www.seoulwebfest.com/2023-nominations.html
The Runner has received a ‘Best Actor’ nomination at the 2023 Seoul Webfest (Kwebfest) for the dearly departed star Tyler Blake Smith. Read more about it in the official festival website: http://www.seoulwebfest.com/2023-nominations.html
The Runner has been nominated for two awards at the 2021 New Jersey Web Festival including nominations for ‘Best Actor in a Drama’ for star Tyler Blake Smith and ‘Best Supporting Dramatic Performance’ for Ukranian actor Gregory Hlady. The event will take place on September 16, 2021.
Nominations for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards were announced and N5 Picture’s digital series The Runner produced with the support of the Bell Fund earned a nomination for series creator and director Ant Horasanli in the category of ‘Best Director, Web Program or Series.’ A link to the nomination can be found here: https://www.academy.ca/2021/ant-horasanli/ You […]
Running October 5 thru November 17 2020, this is the first virtual market N5 Pictures will be attending. Despite the challenges and lack of personal connection, N5 is set to meet with a multitude of key executives and pitch an exciting slate of projects going to camera in 2021.
The Runner received a nomination for ‘best Drama Series’ at the Santa Monica Webfest to take place on June 5, 2020.
The Runner has received two award nominations for the upcoming Die Seriale Festival to take place in Germany on June 3, 2020.
The receives an Official Selection to the Miami Web Series Festival to take place on May 13, 2021.
The Runner won BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at die Seriale 2020 and was also nominated for ‘Best Series’. The festival took place from June 3-8, 2020 in Giessen, Germany. To learn more and see all official selections, click here.
The Runner has been chosen as an Official Selection at the 2019 Baltimore Next Media Web Fest to take place on October 31, 2019.
MIPCOM 2019 is a wrap. Scripted series boom still in full swing but not so much for new entrants. Kids and Young Adult series are a big area of demand.
Producer Ant Horasanli discusses the new Canadian digital series The Runner on The Breakdown with Allison Dore & Jay Brody on Canada Talks Sirius XM.
Catch the King Poster of ‘The Runner Series Premiere’ on TTC buses running the Yonge line in downtown Toronto. The Pattison ad campaign will be running for an entire month along with a social media push to welcome the launch of the series on Vimeo on Demand.
The Runner has been chosen as an Official Selection at the 2019 Rio Web Fest to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 15, 2019.
The short-form digital series ‘The Runner’ has received three nominations including: ‘Best Action/Adventure’, ‘Best Editing’ and ‘Best FX’ at the 2019 Bilbao Seriesland festival to take place on October 21, 2019 in Bilbao, Spain.
N5 Pictures attended the Marche Du Film at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The company was presenting it’s latest completed feature films and digital series like The Runner.
The Runner has been selected as an Official Selection at the 2019 UK Web Fest to take place on October 19th in London, England.
Bell Fund distributes $4.1M across 23 digital projects Gearshift Films’ Gay Mean Girls, N5 Pictures’ The Runner and Attraction Images’ Fourchette were among the recipients in the inaugural round of the Short-Form Digital Series (Fiction) Program. By Jordan Pinto June 29, 2018 Read more: http://playbackonline.ca/2018/06/29/bell-fund-distributes-4-1m-across-23-digital-projects/#ixzz5KmYSJvXD
N5 Pictures signed a deal with Canadian distribution upstart Mocean Releasing Inc. The deal is for a new original digital series entitled The Runner. The project is expected to go to camera late 2018 early 2019.
Director Ant Horasanli was invited as a special guest and industry expert to speak at BAM 2017 about the strategies of building an audience for a web series. As a member of the Canadian delegation, he also met with other Colombian filmmakers, attended conferences and panels, and screened some of the latest in Colombian films, […]
With the success of it’s web series, Petrol, N5 Pictures Inc. is proud to announce that they are now an official member of the Independent Web Creators of Canada (IWCC_CIWC). “We’re excited to join this community of web content creators.” Learn more about the IWCC_CIWC at: http://www.iwcc-ciwc.org/
