our mission is to accelerate FINANCIALLY sustainable growth in the film & television industry
everything surrounding the “making” of the art, we frame.
We are a team of senior partners specializing in business affairs, co-production, physical production, and the finances that hold it all together.
PLEASE SIT DOWN
PLEASE SIT DOWN
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OUR INDUSTRY IS IN AN EXTREME CONTRACTION. Less projects are getting greenlights. Buyers want to spend less and are becoming more risk averse. Maintaining overhead is unsustainable. The economic environment is brutal and the unrealistic expectations of what it costs to produce content is real.
DESPITE ALL OF THESE HEADWINDS THE DEMAND FOR CONTENT PERSISTS…SO HOW DO WE DO IT…
the opportunity is to rethink…everything
We see the extreme contraction within our industry as an opportunity to work differently. Our senior team works with Domestic and International clients, excelling in finance, business affairs, and physical production. Our flexible talent model assembles a unique team for each project stage. We scope to navigate complexity and volume with expertise assigned only when you need it and only when the workflow demands it. Whether it is full production or modelling jurisdictions the FRAME model minimizes the total budget impact. We are committed to leveraging every soft cent to put more on screen and protecting budgets to keep (and grow) more money in house with our clients.
OUR COLLECTIVE SUPERPOWERS
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We are experts that have run every single number, explored every angle, across all jurisdictions, and uncovered every cent of soft money to put more art on screen.
production & co-production modelling
development & full scope production services
business affairs & tax credit admin
post services: producing, delivery, and accounting
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We embrace change with a flexible talent model that gives access to our Exec team and our extensive networks matching talent to task to get all jobs done only when you need us.
corporate structuring & tax planning
distribution, collections, and residual management
treasury management & corporate accounting
budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and corporate facilities
WHO WE ARE
UNAPOLOGETICALLY REALISTIC. TRES OPTIMISTIC. TOTALLY UNBORING.
Working with us means access to an exec team structured uniquely to each project workflow with senior expertise, resilience, and levity through every stage of production.
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ALEX LALONDE
FOUNDER & PARTNER
CEO & PRODUCER
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MATT VITTIGLIO
PARTNER
CFO & CPA
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GINA VANNI
PARTNER
SVP, FINANCE & BA
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Nicholas Nyhof
ASSOCIATE
PRODUCER
WORK WE HAVE FRAMED
We see the opportunity with FRAME to build a leaner model to put more on screen. Here is a small taste of our collective work.
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Everything's Going to Be Great Dir: Jon S. Baird, eOne/Lionsgate / The Desperate Hour Dir: Phillip Noyce, Boies Schiller Ent/Limelight / Regression Dir: Alejandro Amenábar, Mod Productions, First Generation Films / LIFE Dir: Anton Corbijn, First Generation Films, Seesaw / The Whistleblower Dir: Larissa Kondraki, First Generation Films / The Lesser Blessed Dir: Anita Doron, First Generation Films / Red Lights Dir: Rodrigo Cortés, Nostromo Pictures, First Generation Films
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Currently in production North of North Season 2 CBC Netflix APTN Northwood Entertainment Red Marrow Media/ Legacy Lounge (The Black Legacy Awards) CBC Project 10 Bay Mills Studios / Snow Kings Visitor Media CBC Documentary Limited Series
Previous Projects Hawkeye Toronto shoot Marvel & Disney+ / Secret Invasion Toronto shoot Marvel & Disney+ / Letterkenny Crave TV/hulu / The Handmaid's Tale MGM/hulu / Vikings MGM/HISTORY Channel / A Series of Unfortunate Events Netflix / Penny Dreadful Showtime / The Tudors Showtime Sony / Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood 9 Story Eny/PBS Kids / Degrassi: The Next Generation Epitome Pictures/Nickelodeon / Bad Blood New Metric Media, Sphere Media, Rogers Media, Netflix / The Lake S2 AMAZE, Amazon Prime Canada
LET’S TALK
BUDGETING . LOCATION PACKAGES . PRE-PRODUCTION . FINANCIAL MODELING . CO-PRODUCTION STRUCTURE . SOFT MONEY . FUNDING APPLICATIONS . BUSINESS AFFAIRS . TAX CREDITS . PRODUCTION SERVICES . POST PRODUCING . POST ACCOUNTING . LEGAL DELIVERY . CORPORATE ACCOUNTING . TREASURY MANAGEMENT . DISTRIBUTION COLLECTIONS . RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT . TAX PLANNING . CORPORATE STRUCTURING .