“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe”
– Ray Bradbury
Why Science Fiction and Fantasy?
Sci-fi/fantasy film and TV have been in high demand in human culture. They bring us sobering, potential dystopian realities, they provide us excitement and escape, or they gift us with a hopeful roadmap to a better future. We love science fiction and fantasy at the movies and television.
- Ninety percent of the highest grossing movies of all time are of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, grossing over *$91,317.9 billion US (Box Office Mojo, May 9, 2019)
- In television we have an insatiable appetite for science fiction and fantasy equally: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu/Bravo!), Westworld (HBO), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Walking Dead (AMC), Stranger Things(Netflix), Who (BBC), Star Trek: Discovery (CBS), The Twilight Zone (CBS), Altered Carbon (Netflix). Of course, let’s not forget: Lost, Orphan Black, Black Mirror, Falling Skies, The Six Million Dollar Man, Quantum Leap, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Smallville, Titans, Killjoys, American Gods, Beauty and The Beast, The Expanse and … well, you get the idea. Audiences can’t get enough good sci-fi/fantasy content.
- What sells these worlds is writing, directing, and producing film and television content that’s informed by facts, data, science, and history; resulting in more engaging and more accurate storytelling complemented by visual effects.
- Our goal is to educate and entertain while providing access, mentorship, and funding avenues for filmmakers.
- Our objective is to generate these opportunities for innovative STEAM students.
- Our priority is to support inclusion and diversity in all that we do.
Who We Support
- Filmmakers (writers, directors and producers) with the connections, tools, and services they need for projects
- Students in Media Arts and Sciences
- Visual Effects Society Toronto Section
- Film Mercenaries, event hosts for emerging professionals in film, television and digital media.
- Comic Corps of Canada, an organization delivering comics and superheroes to children in hospitals.
- Raindance Toronto
- Cosplay Matsuri, an annual event hosted at the Ontario Science Centre
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