AWARDS + PRESS

********CANADIANA HAS SURPASSED 100,000 YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS********

July 2024: We’ve hit a huge milestone: 100K YouTube subscribers!!! Thank you to all our fans for continuing to support this series. We promise we’ll be back with more episodes (after a brief hiatus as our editors balance some other exciting projects!) — stay tuned!

CBC NEWFOUNDLAND MORNING - Canadiana - MARCH 13, 2024

It's a whale of a story! Ashley Brook talks to CBC Newfoundland Morning’s David Newell about Canadiana’s latest episode: a robbery that happened in Red Bay, Labrador - in the 16th century!

CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINEE 2024

Our editing team has received a Canadian Screen Award nomination!!! Congrats to all the nominees!

CANADIANA’S ‘CAMELS COME FROM CANADA’ HEADS TO VIENNA - FEBRUARY 2024

One of our older short docs, ‘Camels Come From Canada,’ is now screening in Vienna, Austria as part of a new exhibition at Weltmuseum Wien. ‘On the Backs of Camels’ is running now until January 2025. Check out the link below for more information about the exhibition, which we’re thrilled to be a part of!

CANADIANA WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES AT RIO WEBFEST - NOVEMBER 2023

The award for Best International Documentary Series went to Canadiana Season 3 at Rio WebFest!

CANADIANA WINS FOR BEST DIRECTING AT NZ WEBFEST - NOVEMBER 2023

Best Directing in an International Factual Series went to Canadiana Season 3 at this year’s NZ WebFest! It was such an honour to be recognized amongst so many high-quality series. Co-directors Kyle Cucco & Ashley Brook were called to accept the award virtually, as the event takes place each year in Auckland, New Zealand. Brook was also invited to be a guest panelist in the international documentary session during the festival.

ROCKIE AWARD NOMINEE 2023

Canadiana Season 3 received a nomination from Banff World Media Festival in the Best Short Form Non-Fiction category! This is BEYOND exciting for us! What an honour to be recognized among the top television + digital series around the world. Congrats to all the nominees for the 2023 Rockie Awards!

CANADIANA WINS AT MELBOURNE WEBFEST - NOVEMBER 2023

Once again, Canadiana Season 3 has been recognized for its unique brand of visual storytelling — the team took the award for Best Special Effects at Melbourne WebFest!

MORE NOMINATIONS FOR CANADIANA - OCTOBER 2023

We’ve recently learned that Canadiana S3 has been nominated by both NZ Web Fest and Minnesota Web Fest for Best Web Series in the Documentary / International Factual category! NZ WebFest has also nominated the Canadiana team for Best Directing and Best Editing!

The Minnesota festival takes place October 2-10, 2023, while New Zealand’s is happening in early November, 2023.

CANADIANA S3 RECOGNIZED FOR VISUAL EFFECTS PROWESS - SEPTEMBER 2023

Canadiana Season 3 received the 2023 award for Best Visual Effects in a digital series. Below, the series creators and editor David Schmidt pictured at T.O. Webfest in September!

CANADIANA ADDS MORE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS + AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR 2023

Canadiana Season 3 will be an Official Selection at:

• T.O. WebFest in Toronto, Canada,

• Stareable WebFest in Los Angeles, USA,

• Minnesota WebFest in Duluth, USA,

• NZ WebFest in Auckland, New Zealand,

• Rio WebFest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

• Melbourne Webfest in Melbourne, Australia,

• and Bilbao Seriesland in Bilbao, Spain.

All are members of the Web Series World Cup.

At T.O. Webfest, Canadiana will screen on Tuesday September 19th at 11:40am (more info on the festival website).

Award selections for most fall festivals are still ongoing, but we’ve heard that at T.O. WebFest, Canadiana will be a 3x nominee! We received nods for Best Documentary Series, Best Toronto Series, and Best Visual Effects (full list if nominees here).

More details and screening info. to come!

CCE AWARDS: CANADIANA WINS AGAIN! - MAY 25, 2023

The Canadiana S3 editing + animation team of David Schmidt, Kyle Cucco and Ashley Brook took home the award for Best Editing in Web Series / Digital Content! Thank you to the Canadian Cinema Editors Association for this wonderful honour.

CANADIANA RECEIVES 2 NOMINATIONS AND TAKES HOME THE ‘BEST IN EDITING’ CRAFT AWARD FROM STAREABLE FEST L.A. 2023

Canadiana is recognized amongst top international talent, winning Best in Editing at the Stareable award show on April 30th, 2023. Our series producer was also recognized as one of the nominees for the AMC Networks’ Female Creators Award.

CANADIANA IS NOMINATED FOR A CCE AWARD - APRIL 17, 2023

Canadiana received its third nomination from the Canadian Cinema Editors Association for Best Editing in Web Series / Digital Content! The team is thrilled to be recognized by and among the best of the best editors in Canada.

CANADIANA TO SCREEN AT STAREABLE FEST L.A. 2023

Canadiana is an official selection at Stareable Fest L.A. 2023! Catch the screening on April 29th at the Rose Room, Venice, CA at 12:00pm.

Apartment613 - Canadiana documentary series tells a uniquely Ottawan Cold War story - NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Canadiana documentary series takes an entertaining look at some of Canada’s lesser-known historical episodes. It’s not just a dry recitation of names and dates, but a headlong dive into specific stories where narrator Adam Bunch guides us using onsite video at historic locations.

CBC OTTAWA MORNING - Canadiana - JULY 26, 2022

From pirates to spies, this documentary web series takes a closer look at fascinating moments in Canadian history.

GLOBAL NEWS MORNING KINGSTON - JULY 19, 2022

Global News THE MORNING SHOW ON CKWS’s Bill Welychka chats with host of the 'Canadiana' web-series, Adam Bunch

GLOBAL NEWS MORNING TORONTO - JULY 14, 2022

'Canadiana' is an award-winning documentary web series bringing Canadian history to life. It follows host Adam Bunch as he criss-crosses the country in search of the most incredible tales in Canadian history. Carolyn MacKenzie and Jeff McArthur also go head-to-head in a Canadian history battle.

CANADA NOW - JULY 11, 2022

Canadiana host Adam Bunch speaks with Jeff Sammut, host of “Canada Now” on Sirius XM.

CTV NEWS CHANNEL - Relearning Canadian History - JULY 10, 2022

Adam Bunch interview with Angie Seth on the CTV News Channel.

THE CREATIVE IMBALANCE PODCAST - The Making of Canadiana featuring Adam Bunch - JULY 7, 2022

A dive into a series that tells us the Canadian history that they can not teach you in school! From murderous pirates of the east coast, witch craft, sex scandals that changed the political climate and much more. Host Adam Bunch shares a behind the scenes look at the incredible series Canadiana as they launch into their 3rd season.

POV MAGAZINE - Canadiana Returns with the Nation’s Swashbuckling History - JUNE 30, 2022

Interview with Ashley Brook and Kyle Cucco of the Canadiana team by Pat Mullen of POV, Canada’s Documentary Magazine, about Season 3.

CBC METRO MORNING - JUNE 28, 2022

Host of CBC Radio's Metro Morning, Ismaila Alfa interviews host Adam Bunch on the day of the Season 3 premiere.

HISTORY SLAM PODCAST 219: Canadiana & Historical Storytelling on the Web - JUNE 23, 2022

Historian Sean Graham talks to Adam Bunch and Kyle Cucco about the delays to season 3 caused by Covid (3:27), how topics are picked for the show (12:07), and the benefits of filming on location (17:40). They also chat about the partnership this season with Parks Canada (24:09), the two-part season premiere on piracy in Canada (30:40), and the audience for Canadian history online (39:08).

THE SHOWGRAM WITH DAVID COOPER - JUNE 15, 2022

Host Adam Bunch on the upcoming third season of Canadiana, a documentary series about the history they didn’t teach you in high school.

CANADIANA SEASON 3, EPISODE 1 WILL LAUNCH ON JUNE 28, 2021 — JUST IN TIME FOR CANADA DAY!

Below: Canadiana creators — filmmakers Kyle Cucco + Ashley Brook and the series host, Adam Bunch — pictured at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, one of the many Parks Canada National Historic Sites to be featured in our upcoming season three!

CANADIANA IS FINANCED FOR A THIRD SEASON

Canadiana Season 3 is coming soon! Thanks to the financial participation of The Bell Fund, The Canada Media Fund, The Government of Canada, and Parks Canada. All episodes stream free at youtube.com/canadiana.

Official press release here.

CANADIANA IS NOMINATED FOR A 2020 CSA AWARD!

Canadiana received a nomination today from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction! What an incredible honour — looking forward to celebrating with all the amazing digital media nominees at the Canadian Screen Awards 2020.

CANADIANA WINS THE IWCC CANADIAN SPOTLIGHT AWARD!

Canadiana took home the IWCC CANADIAN SPOTLIGHT award at T.O. Webfest 2019! Thank you to the Independent Web Creators of Canada, T.O. Webfest, and its jurors!

BREAKFAST TELEVISION FEATURES CANADIANA! – JULY 2, 2019

Hope everyone had a Happy Canada Day! Canadiana host Adam Bunch appeared on Breakfast Television in Toronto today, and quizzed the hosts on their Canadian history!

CANADIANA IS A GOLDEN SHEAF WINNER!

Canadiana has earned the prestigious Golden Sheaf Award for Best Research! Thank you to Yorkton Film Festival and its jurors for the incredible honour.

CCE AWARD FOR BEST EDITING!

Our team had the pleasure of attending the 2019 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards Ceremony in Toronto, where we took home the award for Best Editing in a Live Action Web Series!

PODCAST GUESTS!

Canadiana is featured on Face2Face with David Peck, episode 441! Thanks for having us!

YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING & GOLDEN SHEAF NOMINATIONS!

Canadiana is an official selection at Yorkton Film Festival 2019, where we’re also nominated for the prestigious Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary Series and Best Research! Yorkton is North America’s longest running film festival — established in Saskatchewan in 1947! See the full list of nominees here.

Canadiana GUESTS on ELMNT FM – APRIL 4, 2019

Producer Ashley Brook and host Adam Bunch were delighted to be interviewed on David Moses’ one hour segment “Moment of Truth” — broadcast live on ELMNT FM in Toronto and Ottawa. You can listen to the segment online here.

Canadiana FEATURED on NEWSTALK 1010 – MARCH 30, 2019

Host Adam Bunch and producer Ashley Brook sit down with Ted Woloshyn at 2:30pm today! Thanks for featuring us CFRB AM / iHeartRADIO!

SIRIUSXM CANADA TALKS (CH 167) MARCH 21, 2019

Canadiana host Adam Bunch and producer/co-creator Ashley Brook are invited to chat with SiriusXM host Jeff Sammut on his segment “Canada Now,” live at 12:30pm today!

GLOBAL NEWS MORNING SHOW MARCH 20, 2019

Canadiana host Adam Bunch and producer/co-creator Ashley Brook were invited to appear on The Morning Show in Toronto, where they talked about the Canadiana series and quizzed the Global News hosts with some Canadian trivia.

2X Nominee at t.o. webfest 2019

Official selections were just announced and Canadiana is nominated for Best Documentary & Lifestyle, and also for the coveted Achievement Award: IWCC Canadian Spotlight! See the full list of nominees here. We look forward to attending in July!

2X Nominee at STAREABLE fest 2019

Canadiana is nominated for Best Non-Fiction and Best Editing at Stareable Fest 2019. The festival takes place this July in Brooklyn, NYC. See the full list of selections and nominees here.

SICILY WEB FEST!

We’re excited to share that Canadiana is an early selection for Sicily Web Fest 2019!

CCE AWARD NOMINEE 2019

Canadiana is nominated — for a second year running — by the Canadian Cinema Editors association! View the full list of nominees here.

2X NOMINEE AT NYC WEB FEST 2018

Canadiana is nominated for Best Documentary and Outstanding Achievement in Editing at NYC Web Fest 2018!

PRESS: INTERVIEW WITH WE ARE MOVING STORIES

Canadiana Creator/Producer Ashley Brook sits down with We Are Moving Stories to talk about the series.

NYC WEB FEST OFFICIAL SELECTION 2018

Canadiana is an official selection at NYC Web Fest 2018!

NSI OFFICIAL SELECTION 2018

Canadiana’s recent short “The Love Triangle That Brought Down Quebec” is an official selection at the NSI Online Short Film Festival 2018.

CANADIANA SIGNS EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DEAL

The Canadiana web series was picked up by McIntyre Media, Canada's leading distributor of educational and curriculum content. Visit their website to learn more about how Canadiana can be used in the classroom.