In a dark, isolated home, a Chinese American teenage girl lives under the strict control of her mother, who treats punishment as care and obedience as survival. As the girl’s compulsive hair-pulling turns into a secret obsession, the tension between them builds toward a violent confrontation.
2025
The Human Under the Bed
AJ, a little monster awake past their bedtime, has found a human under their bed! But humans, it turns out, aren’t actually all that scary. The two become fast friends, and while they have very different perspectives, they may have more in common than they think.
RIFFA Red Carpet 2025
Rachel Goldstein-Couto – Bell Media
As Head of Development, Rachel Goldstein-Couto oversees the scripted and unscripted program development for CTV, Crave and the Entertainment Specialty channels of Bell Media. Rachel and her team work closely with independent production partners, writers and creatives to develop a slate of factual and scripted projects that are diverse, culturally relevant to Canadians and specific to the programming needs of the individual platforms and services.
In the last 4 years, Bell Media has commissioned a slew of originals developed by Rachel and her team, including THE TRADES, SULLIVAN’S CROSSING, THE BILLIONAIRE MURDERS and many more.
Rachel has been with Bell Media since 2000 and studied Communications at Concordia University in Montreal and Broadcasting at Seneca College in Toronto.
Cam Maitland Hollywood Suite
Cam Maitland is the Film and Content Specialist for the Canadian movie channels Hollywood Suite. A producer, writer, and filmmaker originally from Edmonton, Alberta, he received a fine arts degree in filmmaking from Simon Fraser University. Through the years, his work has developed into digging through Canadian film history for projects like The Royal Canadian Movie Podcast and writing and producing original documentary programs about film history like ‘A Year In Film’ and ‘Cinema: A-Z’. His work, on top of spotlighting classic films, also includes consulting alongside the development and acquisitions team on original films and series at Hollywood Suite.
Looking to hear pitches for scripted and narrative features, series and documentaries.
Zach Marcovici
CBC
Zach Marcovici is currently Executive in Charge of Development for CBC Drama, where he is responsible for developing high quality original drama series. Prior to joining CBC, he was Director of Development & Production at BentFrame Film & TV, overseeing a slate of female-driven TV projects for the Canadian and international market, with a focus on spotlighting LGBTQ+ and diverse stories and voices. Zach also previously worked in development and production at Back Alley Films, serving as Associate Producer on CORONER (CBC/The CW), and began his career at Vanguarde Artists Management.
Looking to hear pitches for drama series.