Join us for a special behind-the-scenes look at Crave’s brand new original crime drama series, THE BORDERLINE, set in our own gorgeous backyard! In a quiet riverside town in the Thousand Islands, Officer Henry Roland (Stephen Amell) finds evidence linking a case of missing illegal substances to his childhood best friend, Tommy Hawley (Hamza Haq), with whom he shares a dark secret. As Henry embarks on a mission to save his friend, a ruthless British crime family, led by matriarch May Ferguson (Minnie Driver), is also on the hunt for the drugs and Tommy. We’ll be screening an episode and chatting with the show’s creator and executive producer Graeme Stewart, alongside executive producers Aaron Martin and Robert Budreau, who also serves as director on all episodes.

Director: Robert Budreau

Language: English

Runtime: 60 minutes

Content warning: mature themes

Graeme Stewart, creator/executive producer

Graeme Stewart is a writer and producer, known for Saving Hope (2012), Burden of Truth (2018) and Hudson & Rex (2019).

Robert Budreau, director/executive producer

Robert Budreau is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut with That Beautiful Somewhere (2006) and is best known for writing and directing Born to Be Blue (2015) and Stockholm (2018). Budreau received the Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Stockholm. Through his production company, Lumanity Productions, he has also produced films including Delia’s Gone (2022) and Queen of Bones (2023).

Budreau was born in London, Ontario, and raised in Ingersoll. He made a number of short films before releasing his feature debut, That Beautiful Somewhere, in 2006.His second feature film, Born to Be Blue, followed in 2015. In 2018 he released Stockholm, for which he won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards and the Directors Guild of Canada’s DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film. His fourth feature film, Delia’s Gone, entered production in 2020 and was released in 2022. Through his production firm Lumanity Productions, Budreau has also produced short and feature films by other directors.

Aaron Martin, executive producer

Bio coming soon.