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Featured Corp Member: Omnifilm Entertainment
Omnifilm Entertainment | Brendan Smith
Your company motto is…
Recklessly Optimistic
Tell us a bit about your company.
Since 1979, Omnifilm Entertainment has produced hundreds of hours of compelling drama, comedy, children’s programming, and factual and lifestyle series, from prime-time scripted series to one-off documentaries.
As a vertically-integrated, Vancouver-based, content company, we develop, produce, post-produce and distribute for both broadcast and digital platforms.
After over 40 years of success, Omnifilm Entertainment is one of Canada’s leading independent content companies.
How many staff members / freelancers do you employ?
Staff member count currently sits at 28 people. Freelancer count is show dependent. Freelancers we employ range from production through to post production roles.
What are you working on right now?
- Transplant Stories – 4 part Documentary
- Bush Wreck Rescue Season 2 – 10 episode Factual Series
- We’re finishing an Indie Movie and a short film.
- Various development projects.
What percentage of your work is with local vs. international clients?
Obviously with the ongoing strike we are currently skewed more to local clients. Usually we are closer to a 50/50 split working with local and international clients.
Are you a Mac/PC/Linux shop? Or all of the above?
95% Mac at Post office.
80% PC at Corp office.
What software/hardware/plugins can you not live without?
- DaVinci Resolve for dailies / conform / grading.
- Avid Media Composer for offline editorial.
- Jump Desktop for remote work.
- cineXtools for file patching
Are Dolby Atmos/Dolby Vision capabilities something you have or are looking into?
Geared up for Dolby Vision, looking into Dolby Atmos.
How long have you been a VPA corporate member?
Not long enough, we should have joined sooner.
No, I’m not paid to say this.
Is there anything else about your company that you’d like people to know about that we haven’t yet asked?
Omnifilm Entertainment began by producing natural history documentaries and award-winning short films.
Since then, we’ve grown to become an independent, full-service, content company. Our experienced and dedicated teams develop original content in both scripted and non-scripted genres and handle business affairs, accounting, production and marketing for all Omnifilm projects.
We also partner with outside producers on their projects.
Omnifilm Releasing exclusively markets our non-scripted content and works with a wide range of studios and distributors to market our scripted series.
