Emmy Award® winning GUIDESTONES premieres second season
Full season released July 15 on CTV Extend at CTV.ca
Full season released July 15 on CTV Extend at CTV.ca
“Promises to raise the bar for the web series genre.”
– Wired Magazine
TORONTO, ON — Black and white, colour, online binge watching and now interactive experiences. Television is changing fast and the newest member of this evolution is back for its second season. The Emmy Award®-winning series Guidestones returns on July 15, and is available on CTV EXTEND, CTV’s exclusive free-to-consumer digital hub at CTV.ca, as well as on the CTV GO app. To celebrate the launch of the new season, Guidestones invite the press to a media preview July 10 at The Royal Cinema at 7:00 p.m. EST (608 College St).
Produced by iThentic and 3o’clock.tv in association with Bell Media, the second season, GUIDESTONES: SUNFLOWER NOIR, picks up with journalism students Sandy Rai (Supinder Wraich, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) and Trevor Shale (Dan Fox, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) on the run as a result of their quest to uncover a global conspiracy.
This season, famed French actor Arnaud Binard (ID:A) joins the cast as the rogue art authenticator and action hero Brooklyn Cott. Filmed in several locations, viewers will watch and participate as Sandy and Trevor embark on an international adventure that jumps from London, Greece, France, New York and Toronto, to Kiev and Chernobyl.
Produced by iThentic and 3o’clock.tv in association with Bell Media, the second season, GUIDESTONES: SUNFLOWER NOIR, picks up with journalism students Sandy Rai (Supinder Wraich, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) and Trevor Shale (Dan Fox, DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION) on the run as a result of their quest to uncover a global conspiracy.
This season, famed French actor Arnaud Binard (ID:A) joins the cast as the rogue art authenticator and action hero Brooklyn Cott. Filmed in several locations, viewers will watch and participate as Sandy and Trevor embark on an international adventure that jumps from London, Greece, France, New York and Toronto, to Kiev and Chernobyl.
This innovative form of story telling captures viewer’s imaginations with 18 x 10-minute visually stunning episodes, encouraging the audience to engage with the storyline through a variety of clues and hidden messages. The online world surrounding this fast paced thriller appeals to its fans’ inner detective and engineers an inclusive Guidestones world.
Inspired by true events, the first season of Guidestones garnered a total of 25 awards and nominations including winning the 2013 International Digital Emmy Award® for Best Digital Program – Fiction and the 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Program and Series Produced for Digital Media. The series has also received a “Rockie” Award at the Banff World Media Festival as well as earning five nominations at the International Academy of Web Television Awards at the Consumer Electronics Show.
GUIDESTONES Season 2 is produced by iThentic/3’oclock.tv in association with Bell Media, the Independent Production Fund (IPF), the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), and the Canada Media Fund (CMF). Produced by Lisa Baylin and Jay Ferguson. The series is directed by Jay Ferguson, and written by Jay Ferguson and Jeremy Diamond (ODD JOB JACK) with Raymond Storey (Bomb Girls, The Guard) as Story Editor. Catherine Tait and Jonas Diamond serve as executive producers.
About 3 O’Clock TV
3 o’clock.tv is an entertainment production company that focuses on original, high quality, serialized content for distribution via the Internet and through mobile devices. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and led by award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer, Jay Ferguson – who has contributed as a writer, director, producer and cinematographer to over 15 feature films. His work with institutions such as The National Film Board of Canada has garnered him several awards, including the top cinematography award at the Atlantic Film Festival (Animals, 2005) and from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (Inside Time, 2008). Jay was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2005 and won top honors at various film festivals for his work on La Mule Et Les Emeraude and My Dog Vincent.
About iThentic
iThentic is a digital content company, launched in 2006, that aggregates, produces and distributes the very best video content. The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in New York City and Los Angeles and is a leading producer of web series, including International Digital Emmy, Canadian Screen Award, Digi and Rockie Award winner, Guidestones. In 2012, iThentic was named Digital Company of the Year by Playback Magazine. Smiley Guy Studios, an award winning animation and new media studio, is the operating partner of iThentic with Jonas Diamond serving as CEO and Catherine Tait as Chair of the company.
Get social
Guidestones Website: guidestones.org
Twitter: @guidestonestv
Facebook: Guidestones TV
YouTube: GUIDESTONES
Guidestones Email Subscription: guidestones.org/subscribe/
Guidestones is produced with the participation of:
The Independent Production Fund
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Canada Media Fund
Made possible with the support of:
Pizza Pizza
Coca Cola
Karbon Clothing
Sheraton Hotels
William F. White
Blackberry
Inspired by true events, the first season of Guidestones garnered a total of 25 awards and nominations including winning the 2013 International Digital Emmy Award® for Best Digital Program – Fiction and the 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Program and Series Produced for Digital Media. The series has also received a “Rockie” Award at the Banff World Media Festival as well as earning five nominations at the International Academy of Web Television Awards at the Consumer Electronics Show.
GUIDESTONES Season 2 is produced by iThentic/3’oclock.tv in association with Bell Media, the Independent Production Fund (IPF), the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), and the Canada Media Fund (CMF). Produced by Lisa Baylin and Jay Ferguson. The series is directed by Jay Ferguson, and written by Jay Ferguson and Jeremy Diamond (ODD JOB JACK) with Raymond Storey (Bomb Girls, The Guard) as Story Editor. Catherine Tait and Jonas Diamond serve as executive producers.
About 3 O’Clock TV
3 o’clock.tv is an entertainment production company that focuses on original, high quality, serialized content for distribution via the Internet and through mobile devices. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and led by award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer, Jay Ferguson – who has contributed as a writer, director, producer and cinematographer to over 15 feature films. His work with institutions such as The National Film Board of Canada has garnered him several awards, including the top cinematography award at the Atlantic Film Festival (Animals, 2005) and from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (Inside Time, 2008). Jay was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2005 and won top honors at various film festivals for his work on La Mule Et Les Emeraude and My Dog Vincent.
About iThentic
iThentic is a digital content company, launched in 2006, that aggregates, produces and distributes the very best video content. The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in New York City and Los Angeles and is a leading producer of web series, including International Digital Emmy, Canadian Screen Award, Digi and Rockie Award winner, Guidestones. In 2012, iThentic was named Digital Company of the Year by Playback Magazine. Smiley Guy Studios, an award winning animation and new media studio, is the operating partner of iThentic with Jonas Diamond serving as CEO and Catherine Tait as Chair of the company.
Get social
Guidestones Website: guidestones.org
Twitter: @guidestonestv
Facebook: Guidestones TV
YouTube: GUIDESTONES
Guidestones Email Subscription: guidestones.org/subscribe/
Guidestones is produced with the participation of:
The Independent Production Fund
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Canada Media Fund
Made possible with the support of:
Pizza Pizza
Coca Cola
Karbon Clothing
Sheraton Hotels
William F. White
Blackberry
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