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).

Hamza Haq, Actor

3x Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Lead Actor, Hamza Haq is best known for his work as Bashir Hamed on the hit CTV Original drama, Transplant. On the big screen, he starred in Fawzia Mirza’s QUEEN OF MY DREAMS opposite Amrit Kaur as well as in WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN directed by Kim Albright, both films having had their premiere at SXSW.  In 2020, Hamza was honoured as Playback’s Breakout Star of the Year, and was a recipient of RBC’stop 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. He spoke at TEDxTORONTO Fall digital event series ‘Uncharted’ using his public platform to speak on issues important to him, including refugees’ rights, racial injustice, and combating stereotypes.

Raised in Ottawa, Hamza is youngest of four siblings born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents and has called Canada home since he was nine years old. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies with a minor in Law from Carleton University.

Aaron Martin, executive producer

Aaron Martin is known as a writer, executive producer and creator; his credits include Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001), Slasher (2016) and Being Erica (2009).