Filmmaker Ant Horasanli attended the 2024 NATPE Global Industry Market held in Miami, Florida. The three day event featured speakers from Paramount Pictures, Global Agency, and Netflix. Ant Horasanli was invited to participate in round table discussions with key decision-makers from companies like Blue Ant, Beyond, and Sony Pictures Classics.
Ant Horasanli was selected by Ontario Creates and the New Zealand Film Commission as one of 20 producers to participate in a co-production trade mission to Wellington, New Zealand. The initiative was the largest trade mission to New Zealand to date and involved a week-long itinerary of discussions, round tables, and one-on-one meetings with prominent […]
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.
‘Auto Aficionado’ the short-form docuseries written, directed and produced by Ant Horasanli along with the support of Ontario Creates and the Bell Fund, received an Official Selection today to screen at Bilbao Seriesland in Nov 2023. This is the 3rd Official Selection for the documentary series, as it kicks off a busy festival circuit. You […]
Filmmaker Ant Horasanli was successfully awarded a production and support grant from the Liason of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). The grant will be used towards the production of Ant’s short film ‘Hi-Jab’.
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 2023 Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film was a welcome return to the glitz and glamour the live event is known for, especially since it’s three year absence in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides the stars in attendance like Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Sean Penn, Cate Blanchett, and many […]
Ant Horasanli’s short film project ‘Hi-Jab’ has recently secured funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. The film is now fully financed and ready to begin production in the fall.
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
International sales agent Film Mode Entertainment screens Ant Horasanli’s feature film REV at the 2021 American Film Market. The screening was attended by Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, MGM, and several international distributors.
Writer, director, and producer Ant Horasanli has been awarded a Media Artists grant from the Ontario Arts Council for his short film ‘Imam’. The film will begin principal photography in 2022.
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 […]
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.
Director Ant Horasanli’s latest docu-series ‘Auto Aficionado’ has just been awarded production financing from the Bell Fund. The 10 x 10′ documentary project is set to begin production in October 2020.
The receives an Official Selection to the Miami Web Series Festival to take place on May 13, 2021.
All episodes for the first season of the critically acclaimed and award-winning short-from series ‘The Runner’ are now streaming on Vimeo on Demand. You can now purchase the entire first season or individual episodes on the platform to stream or download at home or on the go!
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.
Filmmaker Ant Horasanli 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.
Gear released in select theatres across Toronto and Ottawa. Check Tribute.ca for local times and tickets.
Toronto July 9, 2018 For immediate release. Canadian Delegation of Web Series Creators heads to New York’s Stareable Fest Producers and creators of 18 scripted short-form web series produced in Canada have been invited to participate in the official program of Stareable Fest and in a Best of Canada Showcase screening session, in New York, […]
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 his web series, Petrol, Ant Horasanli’s production company N5 Pictures announced it is 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/
