MARK MONTEFIORE | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
President of New Metric Media, Mark Montefiore was named The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Generation Under 35 (’14) and Playback’s Top Ten to Watch ('12). Montefiore executive produces the multiple Canadian Screen Award winning CraveTV original comedy series Letterkenny and What Would Sal do? and CityTv's flagship original drama series, Bad Blood (starring Kim Coates of Sons of Anarchy, Anthony Lapaglia of Without a Trace, Paul Sorvino of Goodfellas, and Enrico Colantoni of Flashpoint). Montefiore also produced the Whistler Film Fest and Toronto Film Festival Film Circuit Audience Choice winning feature film, Cas & Dylan, starring Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus) and Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and directed by Jason Priestley (90210). Mark is a graduate of the CFC’s Producers Lab, the Berlinale Talent Campus, and the Schulich School of Business. Recently, Mark conceived of and negotiated a landmark global partnership with Bell Media to produce over forty additional episodes of Letterkenny in the next three years.
CAROLINE HABIB | VP DEVELOPMENT
In her extensive distribution and international sales career as former Acquisitions & Sales Director at Toronto's Mongrel Media, Caroline has helped bring films such as Take this Waltz, Menashe, Maudie and Brooklyn to Canadian and international audiences. She was recently a member of the imagineNATIVE Board of Directors and serves on the Humber College (Film & Television Program) Advisory Board Committee. She previously worked for Seville Pictures, Maximum Films Intl and Planet in Focus Intl Film Festival. Caroline was selected as one of Hollywood Reporter’s “20 up-and-coming Canadians under 35” for 2013 as well as one of the 2014 “Sales & Distribution Future Leaders” by Screen International. She earned a B.A. in Film Studies and Art History at the University of Montreal and completed a graduate diploma in Arts Management at HEC.
KARA HAFLIDSON | PRODUCER
Haflidson brings over 10 years of industry experience to her new position, most recently as Manager, DHX Television Ltd. Before DHX, Haflidson was a Production Executive at Bell Media where she oversaw the development and production of original comedic and factual series across their conventional and specialty channels; her slate included CraveTV’s LETTERKENNY, HBO Canada’s SPORTS ON FIRE and CTV’s CORNER GAS: THE MOVIE.
ALEX LALONDE |
VP OPERATIONS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Bringing over 25 years of career experience in Film, Television and Digital Media, Alex is Currently VP of Business Affairs and Operations at New Metric Media (Letterkenny, Bad Blood, What Would Sal Do?). Previously, Alex held the position of COO at Digital Howard, producing the cutting edge AR/VR Adventure game Terracosm and winning back to back Canadian Screen Awards for Wynonna Earp Interactive seasons one and two. Alex spent 5 years in the role of Executive in Charge of Production for First Generation Films; also acting as Head of Business Affairs and Executive Producer on several films including LIFE, REGRESSION, RED LIGHTS and THE WHISTLEBLOWER. Other organizations on her resume include the Secret Location, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Telefilm Canada, the CMF and the Motion Picture Bond Company. Alex is active in supporting emerging talent by acting as a mentor with Schulich’s Adopt and Executive MBA program and is in her 4th term as an active member of WIFT-Toronto Board of Directors and chair of the WIFT-Toronto Foundation Board of Directors.