A Creative Studio & Distribution Company
CONNECTING CONTENT, CAPITAL & BRANDS TO GLOBAL MARKETS
Strategic brand architecting across production, distribution and partnership development for film, television, emerging media and creative ventures.
Canada ↔ U.S. ↔ International
Distribution · Production · Partnerships · Innovation
ABOUT TANYA KELEN, FOUNDER & CEO
Tanya Kelen is a media entrepreneur, producer and distributor with 20+ years of experience connecting content, creators, companies and global markets.
Executive Producer · Distribution · Production · Creative Venture Builder
WHAT WE DO
DISTRIBUTION & GLOBAL SALES
Positioning, packaging, buyer strategy, international sales and market development.
PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Project development, brand architecting, financing strategy, production partnerships and executive producing.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Connecting creators, producers, brands, institutions, investors and distribution partners.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Immersive media, human-led AI, ed-tech, emerging technologies and new models for creative business growth.
SELECTED WORK
Production · Distribution · Global Sales
Animation | Kids & Family | Completed Titles
TWEEN SERIES (52 x 22')
Dreamcatchers follows a group of Indigenous tweens who use their superpowers to battle evil corporations that are threatening their traditional way of life. The superheroes rely on their wit, humour and physical attributes to outsmart their nemeses. Season 1 & 2 airing on APTN.
PRESCHOOL SERIES (78 x 11')
Teepee Time is an animated preschool series about the baby steps children take as they discover the world one new adventure at a time. Airing on CBC Gem (Canada) and APTN/LUMI.
KIDS & FAMILY | PRIME TIME (26 x 22')
The Deerskins is a hilarious animated series about a native family that is forced off the reserve and into a working-class town where the predominantly white neighbours have some pretty strange notions of what native people are all about. One part Simpsons, two parts Jefferson’s, and a touch of Family Guy, The Deerskins is the perfect remedy to cure yourself of those reservation blues! Season 3 in development.
KIDS & FAMILY | ANIMATED MUSICAL FEATURE (1 x 85')
Little Sedna, Empress of the Sea is nspired by a story that Indigenous writer/director/producer Jerry Thevenet's grandmother told him as a young boy. A courageous young girl, Little Sedna, is kidnapped by an evil raven and held captive on a treacherous island. Escaping by kayak, she falls into the frigid arctic waters whereupon she magically transforms into a mermaid-like goddess (Empress of the Sea). This beautifully animated feature is a light-hearted, action-adventure musical that has won numerous awards for using comedy, metaphors and allegory to introduce children to the concept of residential schools and their impact on Indigenous people.
Docudramas & Documentaries
DOCUDRAMA (1 x 45')
Hero Dogs of 9/11 tells the remarkable true stories of 9/11 survivors and the legacies of the working dogs and handlers that saved countless lives at Ground Zero. The production pays tribute to the over 300 dogs that were part of the rescue and recovery operation. Hero Dogs of 9/11 also features the miraculous, exclusive story of the last remaining survivor who was found by dogs and pulled from the rubble 27 hours after the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ( 1 x 89') | TV MOVIE ( 1 x 54')
Have You Heard About Greg? is a deeply moving PBS documentary that follows award-winning investigative journalist Greg O'Brien after his diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer’s at age 59. Airing on PBS stations across the United States, the film shares Greg’s courageous decision to live publicly with the disease — using faith, humor, journalism, and radical honesty to help break the silence and stigma surrounding Alzheimer’s. Rather than focusing only on loss, the documentary highlights dignity, resilience, family, and the importance of human connection.
“If you’re trying to understand what it feels like to live with Alzheimer’s… then you need to see this movie!”
- Dr Lisa Genova, Neuroscientist & Author, Still Alice.
CURRENT SLATE
ORIGINALS IN DEVELOPMENT
Premium Film · TV · Animation · Scripted · Unscripted IP
NIGHT SKYE | SUPERNATURAL | DRAMEDY FEATURE
(1 x 90') IN DEVELOPMENT
MARKET POSITIONING STATEMENT:
NIGHT SKYE blends humour, heart and supernatural mystery, Night Skye is positioned as “Letterkenny meets Resident Alien meets The X-Files.”
SYNOPSIS:
When young Anishinaabe man Joseph makes his way home after growing up away from the reserve, his life takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious shape-shifting visitor crashes nearby. Skye is no ordinary visitor: she speaks the language, understands the traditions and knows the history of the people better than he does. As Joseph is drawn into the mystery of her arrival, supernatural encounters and a mystery that reaches far beyond Earth unfold, along with an unlikely friendship that begins to change them both. Funny, heartfelt and unexpected, NIGHT SKYE is a supernatural dramedy about belonging, family, culture and finding your way home.
GENRE: HOLIDAY MOVIE | FAMILY AUDIENCES | ALL AGES (1 x 95') IN DEVELOPMENT
MARKET POSITIONING STATEMENT:
IT'S COMPLICATED × THE MONEY PIT
with the warmth of SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE and the emotional heart of CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
SYNOPSIS:
BIG SANTA takes place three weeks before Christmas, when recently fired corporate striver Mark Harrison is recruited into Big Santa, a top-secret organization secretly responsible for keeping Christmas running around the world. There, he finds unexpected purpose—and falls for his witty, optimistic colleague Mandy. But on Christmas Eve, Mark discovers Big Santa’s greatest secret: Santa Claus is real, and he’s too sick to make his annual journey. With millions of children depending on Christmas morning, Mark and Mandy must rally thousands of Santas and coordinate an unprecedented global rescue mission before sunrise. When Santa reveals Mandy’s true connection to the Christmas legacy, Mark realizes this may be only the beginning.
OPEN HOUSE | TV MOVIE | ROM COM | (1 x 95') IN DEVELOPMENT
MARKET POSITIONING STATEMENT:
IT’S COMPLICATED × THE MONEY PIT with the warmth of SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE and the emotional heart of CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
SYNOPSIS:
After thirty years of marriage, Alex and Jennifer Henderson amicably divorce and put their beloved family home on the market. But when strangers begin walking through the rooms where they raised their daughter, neither can stay away. Secretly spying on prospective buyers, they soon begin disguising themselves as house hunters at their own open houses—turning the sale into an increasingly hilarious game. As every room resurrects memories of the life they built together, laughter, companionship and attraction return. Just as they realize they may still be in love, their house sells. Now they must decide whether losing their home means finally losing each other—or finding their way back.
BELIEVE - THE MAKING OF WHO IS ESTHER (A Documusical Feature Film & 10 x 6 min webisodes In Development)
DISCOVER THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC
What happens when you're told there is less than a 25% chance of survival—and you decide to believe anyway?
BELIEVE follows Randall and Linda Craig through an extraordinary nine-year journey that began with Randall's battle with leukemia and led to the creation of their original musical, Who Is Esther.
When Randall's cancer treatment stopped working, his only hope was a bone marrow transplant. The search found the only one compatible donor in the world. With less than a 25% chance of survival, Randall faced the possibility of losing everything.
At that fragile moment, he made a remarkable decision:
He would write a musical.
Together, Randall and Linda began the journey of bringing Who Is Esther to life.
Nine years later, after countless hours of writing, composing, developing and believing in the story, Who Is Esther reached its world premiere in August 2026 at the Kingston Fringe.
But the premiere was not the end.
It was the beginning of the next chapter.
Now, BELIEVE captures what happens when a story that took nine years to reach the stage has the opportunity to reach the world.
Through Randall and Linda's journey, the film explores the story behind Who Is Esther and the larger question at its heart:
What is the healing power of music?
Music can help us express what words cannot.
Sometimes, believing is where the journey begins.
