Highball.TV is a Canadian subscription

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service, launched in 2018 by Melissa D'Agostino and Matthew Campagna. The service offers a curated selection of films, concentrating primarily on titles that have screened at various prestigious Canadian and international film festivals but have not otherwise received widespread commercial distribution, partnering with film festivals including

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The platform also features a selection of original Canadian

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and web series including Mother of All Shows, ''

The Drawer Boy ''The Drawer Boy'' is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm's two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing researc ...

'', '' Tactical Girls'', ''

Band Ladies ''Band Ladies'' is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2020 on Highball TV. The series centres on five adult women who feel restless and in need of change in their lives as they approach age 40, and decide to turn their book club int ...

'' and '' Less Than Kosher''. The service is currently available on the web, as well as apps for

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and Roku devices. Subscription rates are $7 per month, or $70 annually.

Original feature films

In 2021, HighballTV announced a $12-million slate of original feature films going into production over the following year that would feature women and BIPOC filmmakers in key creative roles.Leo Barraclough
"Streaming Platform HighballTV Invests in Films Created by Women, People of Color "
'' Variety'', August 26, 2021.

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* 2018 establishments in Canada Canadian video on demand services {{Canada-media-company-stub