Harlow Creative, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, and CBC announced today that production is currently underway in Toronto and Montreal on the new CBC Gem youth family drama Near or Far (8x12). Based on the original story by Wattpad author Emma Szalai (“Until I Met You,” “Maybe Perfect”), written and created by Duana Taha (SurrealEstate, Degrassi), and directed by Vanessa Magic (True Dating Stories, The Future Above Us) and Duana Taha, the original series will continue production until early November and is slated to launch Spring 2024 on CBC Gem.
Sisters Lauren (Fanar Zak, Rabbit Hole) and Sadie (Chloe Avakian, Locke & Key) Mostafa are closer than most siblings. Not only because they’re twins, but also because they belong to one of the only immigrant families in their bucolic lakefront Ontario town, necessitating a hive mind for code-switching, managing their high-strung parents, and keeping a lid on the details of their teenage lives. But for the first time in 18 years, the twins are going their separate ways, though vow to remain as close as ever as they venture down opposite paths. However, their time apart begins to reveal cracks in their family tree and realizations that their memories of shared moments bear no resemblance to one another, igniting a match that sees the twins keeping secrets, hiding truths, and careening towards an irreparable betrayal.
Alongside Avakian and Zak, Near or Far boasts an all-Canadian cast of incredible emerging and established talent, including Brendon Kienhong Tremblay (Alert: Missing Persons Unit), Addison Holley (Annedroids), Christine Sahely (The Expanse), Soroush Saeidi (Transplant), Kalista Wilson (Transplant), and Tommie-Amber Pirie (Michael: Every Day).
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