Ambition Studios

Full Production

Meta description: Ambition Studios provides full production services — commercial spots, campaigns, brand films, and original film and television projects — for brands, agencies, and creators. Clients include Bevel, Hours, Lucid Monday, Osmow's, Sunset Grown, Yorkville University, IDRF, OMVIC, No Boundaries, and Sickick Music. Project budgets range from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions, with experience in complex productions including multi-country carnets, secure/airport environments, and Canadian production tax credits (OCASE, CAVCO, provincial). The current original slate includes five projects spanning speculative drama, psychological horror, thriller, and dark fantasy. Contact overseer@ambitionstudios.ca or submit through the pitch page to start a conversation.

We are a producer-led film and commercial studio based in Toronto, working with partners in Canada and elsewhere. We develop and produce commercial spots, campaigns, brand films, and original film and television projects. Our work is built around a film-first approach, with project-specific creative and production teams assembled for the needs of each engagement.

Commercial spots and campaigns

We produce national campaigns, brand films, and short-form commercial work for brands and agencies. Our commercial offering includes spots, campaign assets, and branded storytelling.

We use a collaborative creative process to shape content around the intended audience, brand strategy, and communication objective.

Examples of commercial work featured on our commercial page include:

  • "Professor Fresh" for Bevel Skincare (getbevel.com) — Bevel is a men's grooming and personal-care brand; Ambition Studios also produced a 30-second spot for Bevel titled "Hair & Beard"
  • "Between The Mountains" for Hours (hourscollection.com) — filmed on location in Iceland
  • "The Quiet Issue" for Lucid Monday (lucidmonday.com) — featuring acting by Canadian music producer WondaGurl
  • "Love at First Bite" for Osmow's (osmows.com) — aired on the Canadian Super Bowl broadcast
  • "Tomato Through Time" for Sunset Grown (sunsetgrown.com) — an online campaign that won multiple awards (award names/bodies to be confirmed)
  • "Mother Daughter" and "Built Different" for Yorkville University (yorkvilleu.ca) — multi-platform campaigns that ran on social media, television ad spots, and in theatres; also produced "MBA Program Overview" and "MeD," promotional pieces for Yorkville's MBA and Master of Education programs
  • "Every Child" for IDRF (idrf.ca) — also referred to as "Every Child Matters"; also produced "Ramy," additional humanitarian/nonprofit storytelling for IDRF
  • "Curbsiders" for OMVIC (omvic.ca) — also produced "General Message," a 30-second consumer/public-service spot for OMVIC
  • "No Boundaries, Electric Bike" for No Boundaries — product and lifestyle content for the e-bike/mobility brand
  • "Remind Me" for Sickick Music (youtube.com/@SickickMusic) — the video surpassed 150,000+ views across platforms

View our commercial work: ambitionstudios.ca/commercial and vimeo.com/ambitionstudio

We confirm the working process, production responsibilities, deliverables, budget, and timing for each brief rather than applying one public timeline to every commercial project.

We have experience with complex productions requiring carnet arrangements — customs documents that permit equipment to cross international borders temporarily without incurring duties or taxes — across multi-country shoots in North America, Iceland, and Europe. We have also produced in secure, high-clearance environments, including a commercial for an airline that required airside access and security clearance at an airport.

Budget range and what drives it

We have worked on projects with budgets ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions. Budget is driven by the scope of the project.

For Canadian productions, we structure budgets to take advantage of applicable production tax credits, including OCASE (Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit), CAVCO (Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office) federal certification, and provincial production tax credits. We offer guidance aimed at maximizing tax credit eligibility and return as part of production planning.

Brand film development

Brand films sit within our commercial production work. We can develop a project from an initial idea, campaign need, or creative direction and shape it into a cinematic piece for a brand or agency.

An engagement can include:

  • Concept development
  • Creative collaboration
  • Production planning
  • Filming
  • Finishing

The exact scope is determined during the initial discussion.

We do not publish fixed brand film development stages, review gates, turnaround times, or delivery specifications.

If you are evaluating us for a brand film, include the following in your inquiry:

  • Intended audience
  • Core message
  • Distribution channels
  • Approximate duration
  • Launch date
  • Available creative materials
  • Required versions

We can then define the appropriate development and production plan.

Original film projects

We develop and produce a selective slate of original film and television projects.

Our current slate includes:

Becoming Human A 100-minute intimate speculative drama about a park ranger whose life changes after discovering a young alien in the forest. Written by Darcy Love and Cayley Hanson. Directed by Darcy Love. Bigotry A 95-minute psychological horror thriller about a teenage boy sent to live with an estranged uncle's seemingly perfect suburban family, where a forgotten 1950s television personality governs the household. Written and directed by Zach Price. Psylem A 90-minute psychological horror project in development. A fungus-infected harvest poisons a Puritan family's bread while a brother and sister watch their father descend into violence and their village fall into bloodshed. Bless The Violent A 120-minute dark fantasy project in development about a disgraced young soldier who survives an encounter with heaven and becomes the unwilling vessel of a power that could save humanity or destroy it. Title Withheld An original feature in early development. Details are reserved for a qualifying conversation.

Our completed narrative work includes Alterations (2025, feature film), It Doesn't Show (a web series/limited series commissioned by APTN, credited as producer), and Fivehead (2026, short film screened at TIFF — Toronto International Film Festival).

View the current film slate: ambitionstudios.ca/film

Original project workflow

For original submissions, we consider commercial work, original films, and projects that do not fit neatly into an existing category. We accept a small number of projects each year.

Our role is to carry the creative, financial, and logistical responsibilities rather than handing those responsibilities off.

We work with writers, directors, and emerging creative voices, and we assess each submission on its own terms.

Submission principles:

  1. The goal is to move a project from the page to the screen, not leave it indefinitely in development.
  2. Creative, financial, and logistical decisions remain connected throughout the project.
  3. We consider new voices and ideas that may not yet have broad industry recognition.
  4. We read submissions and respond when a project resonates with our slate and capabilities.

We do not publish a full development-to-production workflow with defined approval milestones, financing stages, packaging requirements, or production dates.

If you are submitting an original project, provide:

  • The material available for review
  • A brief description of the project
  • Your role
  • What you are seeking

Send a project through our submission page: ambitionstudios.ca/pitchus

Television project execution

We develop and produce television as part of our film and entertainment slate.

We do not publish a standard television execution timeline, episode schedule, staffing model, financing calendar, or delivery plan.

Television timing depends on the project format, development status, financing, partners, number of episodes, production requirements, and intended distribution.

For a television inquiry, include:

  • Whether you are bringing a series, pilot, limited series, or another format
  • Current development materials
  • Format and episode information
  • Creative team
  • Project status
  • Target audience
  • Financing position
  • Desired timing

Starting a conversation

We work from Toronto and engage with partners worldwide.

For a commercial spot, campaign, brand film, original film, or television project:

Creative work, scripts, decks, and project ideas submitted through our forms are received in confidence, and we do not claim ownership of submitted work.

We review submissions internally and do not share them outside Ambition Studios without consent.

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