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Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec Canada. Founded in 1989, Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Recent productions include Played, a 1 hour police drama series for CTV and Bomb Girls, a series that followed the lives of women working in a munitions factory during WWII for Global Television. Starring Meg Tilly the series won the Outstanding Drama award at the 2013 Gracie Awards and was nominated for the prestigious Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival. Back Alley also produced the Movie of the Week, Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy , which won the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie or Mini-Series. Back Alley's other credits include three seasons of the award winning Durham County, which has sold to over 100 countries internationally; the women’s erotica series, Bliss; the hip hop series Drop the Beat and Straight Up with Sarah Polley.
Played
Bomb Girls & Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (MOW)
Durham County
Bliss
Drop the Beat
Straight Up
Lawn and Order
Talk 19
Talk 16
Canadian Screen Awards
Best Dramatic Miniseries or TV Movie - Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Jodi Balfour
Best Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series - Ali Liebert
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Achievement in Makeup - Eva Coudouloux, Katerina Chovanec
Best Photography in a Dramatic Series - Eric Cayla
Leo Awards
Best Supporting Performance by a Male, Television Movie - Antonio Cupo
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Television Movie/Miniseries
Best Production Design, Television Movie/Miniseries - Aidan Leroux
Best Picture Editing, Television Movie/Miniseries - Tad Seaborn
Best Sound Editing, Television Movie/Miniseries - Peter Lopata, Jill Purdy
Canadian Screen Awards
Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction - Played: Interference
Leo Award Nominations
Best Supporting Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Agam Darshi
Best Guest Performance by a Male, Dramatic Series - Serge Houde
Best Guest Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Camille Sullivan
Best Guest Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Kacey Rohl
Canadian Screen Awards
Best Costume Design - Debra Hanson
Best Achievement in Casting - Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comeford
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Meg Tilly
Best Achievement in Casting - Eva Coudouloux, Katerina Chovanec
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - Eric Cayla
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Production Design Television Series - Aidan Leroux
Leo Award Nominations
Best Supporting Performance by a Male, Dramatic Series - Brett Dier
Canadian Screen Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Meg Tilly
Best Costume Design - Joanne Hansen
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series - Aidan Leroux
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction - Bomb Girls Interactive
Rockie Award Nomination
Continuing Series Programs, Scripted
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Production Design Television Series - Aidan Leroux
Gemini Awards
Best Achievement in Casting - Marissa Richmond, Libby Goldstein, Andrea Kenyon, Suzanne Smith, Randi Wells
Gemini Award Nominations
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series - Charles Biname
Best Sound in a Dramatic Series - Steve Moore, Alex Bullick, Yann Cleary, Christian Cooke, Andrea Higgins, Jill Purdy, Marilee Yorston
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Lead Dramatic Role - Hugh Dillon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series - Michael Nardone
Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series - Benedicte Decary
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Winner of a Gold 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
2011 Monte-Carlo TV Festival Awards
Nominated for 5 awards including: Outstanding International Producers (Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas), Outstanding Actor (Hugh Dillon, Michael Nardone) and Outstanding Actress (Hélène Joy, Laurence Leboeuf).
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Nominated for a 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
Interactive Media 2010 Award
Best in Class - Television in recognition of Durham County - Season 3 Website www.durhamcounty.ca
WGC Screenwriting Award
Script for "Distance, Hunting and Home", written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik, was chosen as a finalist
Gemini Awards
Best Achievement in Main Title Design - Kevin Chandoo
Best Achievement in Make-Up - Eva Coudouloux and Adrien Morot
Gemini Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series - Adrienne Mitchell
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Helene Joy
Best Achievement in Casting - Andrea Kenyon, Wendy O'Brien, Marissa Richmond, and Randi Wells
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Winner of 2010 Golden Nymph Award
Outstanding Actress- Michelle Forbes (Drama TV Series)
Monte-Carlo Television Festival Nominations
Outstanding Actor – Hugh Dillon (Drama TV Series)
Outstanding International Producer – Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Laurie Finstad Knizhnik and Michael Prupas (Drama TV Series)
Directors Guild of Canada Award Winners
Best Direction- TV Series - Adrienne Mitchell
Best Production Design- TV Series - Donna Noonan
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominee
Best Picture Editing- TV Series
EMPixx Awards
Platinum Award for Best National Cable Program in the Entertainment Category
WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival
Winner of the Platinum Award - Best TV Series – Drama
Winner of 5 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
Winner of 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Best Editing – Dramatic Series and Direction – Television Series
Winner of CFTPA Indie Award for Best Dramatic Series
Nominated for 7 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Costume Design and Best Achievement in Casting.
Nominated for 2 Director’s Guild of Canada Awards for Team Television Series – Drama and Production Design – Television Series
Nominated for the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Nominated for 2 ACTRA Montreal Awards for Outstanding Female Performance and Outstanding Male Performance
Nominated for 2 Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series and Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series.
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Sound in a Dramatic Series.
Canadian Gemini Nominations for Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design, Best Picture Editing, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series.
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Writers Guild of Canada Award
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Direction
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Youth Actor
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Lawn and Order
Chicago Film Festival - Silver Plaque for Humour
San Francisco Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Florida Film Festival Best Documentary Grand Jury Prize
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