ICAN Film and Lucy TV are assembling the founding team of Calgary's first vertical drama studio — the small crew that shoots this city's first phone-first slate and decides what the studio becomes.
$14B global format · ~20 series a month in Vancouver · 0 in Calgary — that's the opening
The Last Delivery — A Lucy Original · Shot by the team you'd join
Micro-dramas — 60–90 second vertical episodes, cliffhanger to cliffhanger — are the fastest-growing format in entertainment. The platforms behind them now pay local crews to shoot entire series. Vancouver runs ~20 a month. Alberta runs none.
$150–250K
What platforms pay to produce a single series — and they increasingly shoot with local crews.
7–10 days
One full series — 50 to 80 episodes — shot in under two weeks. Small crew, tight scripts, repeat.
0 → 1
Vertical productions in Calgary today: zero. The first team to plant here owns the local ecosystem.
The global apps need trusted crews on the ground in every market — a model already running in Canada. ICAN becomes the Calgary partner that delivers finished vertical series at Alberta cost.
Federal funds already finance short-form, digital-first serialized drama — no platform partner required. Paired with Alberta's film incentives, a first slate pencils out.
Not a job board — a founding call. Pick the seat that fits, tell us what you'd do with it, and we'll talk the same day.
Directors and ADs who can move fast and shape the on-screen style of a brand-new format.
Take this seat → Seat 02OpenProducers, camera, sound, lighting and on-set crew who thrive on lean, fast shoots.
Take this seat → Seat 03OpenScreenwriters who can spin trope-driven, cliffhanger scripts — a hook every ninety seconds.
Take this seat → Seat 04OpenFast vertical editors, colour and sound for mobile-first cuts that hold a thumb hostage.
Take this seat → Seat 05OpenGrowth, social, casting and on-screen talent — the faces and the reach.
Take this seat → Seat 06OpenDeals, financing, platform partnerships and growth — the person who makes it pencil.
Take this seat →Don't see your seat? There's a seventh option on the form — tell us what we're missing.
These are founding seats, not job postings. We're a working Calgary production company stepping into a new format — the people we pick shape it with us from day one.
Claim a seatTwo minutes. No CV needed to start — just tell us what you'd bring. We reply the same day.
01 — Same day
We reply. A real person, not an autoresponder.
02 — This week
A short call, or coffee at the studio on Macleod Trail.
03 — Then
You're in the room where the first slate gets planned.
Prefer email? info@icanfilm.com
Unit 620, 5920 Macleod Trail SW, Calgary
The first team in owns the ecosystem. Tell us where you fit — or just say you're interested.
