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Creative Pictures has completed filming the pilot episode of "Gentle Bend"
A quirky dramatic comedy about relationships and redemption.
Written by Norm Berketa and Allison Graham, this story follows 30-something Ben Dalton as he tries to pick-up the pieces of his shattered life, back where he once belonged.
A quirky dramatic comedy about relationships and redemption.
Written by Norm Berketa and Allison Graham, this story follows 30-something Ben Dalton as he tries to pick-up the pieces of his shattered life, back where he once belonged.
“Gentle Bend” TV Pilot
In 2007, actors and writers Norm Berketa and Allison Graham, came together to create a story based
loosely on their own experiences. It is an episodic dramatic-comedy about redemption and overcoming
obstacles, with an arcing storyline and very colorful characters.
Fast-forward ten years. In the summer of 2017, Berketa and Graham became producers and filmed the
pilot episode in Ottawa, Canada and the small town of Westport, Canada. With a cast of fifteen actors
and a small crew they filmed over six days and brought their script to life. Berketa, also an accomplished
musician, wrote the score for the episode.
Today, the pilot is being shopped to production companies, with the hopes of getting picked-up by a
streaming platform network. It’s a series designed to provoke thought and emotion, as well as to tackle
sensitive issues of the day and open the dialogue through myriad characters. Some are lovable and
some… not so much.
At the centre of the story is Ben Dalton, mid-thirties and a man whose life has completely turned upside
down. After losing his parents and finding his wife in bed with his boss, he heads back to the small town
where he grew up and couldn’t wait to leave, Gentle Bend. His now only living relative, Uncle Howard,
helps Ben get back on his feet, but after meeting some of the locals, Ben wonders if he made the right
choice in coming back.
Ben’s story is a lot like everyone’s. We all fall and have to pick ourselves back up. Starting over sucks, but
sometimes you have no other option. Berketa and Graham want nothing more than to share this story
with the world. The first season of ten episodes is written, and future seasons are planned
In 2007, actors and writers Norm Berketa and Allison Graham, came together to create a story based
loosely on their own experiences. It is an episodic dramatic-comedy about redemption and overcoming
obstacles, with an arcing storyline and very colorful characters.
Fast-forward ten years. In the summer of 2017, Berketa and Graham became producers and filmed the
pilot episode in Ottawa, Canada and the small town of Westport, Canada. With a cast of fifteen actors
and a small crew they filmed over six days and brought their script to life. Berketa, also an accomplished
musician, wrote the score for the episode.
Today, the pilot is being shopped to production companies, with the hopes of getting picked-up by a
streaming platform network. It’s a series designed to provoke thought and emotion, as well as to tackle
sensitive issues of the day and open the dialogue through myriad characters. Some are lovable and
some… not so much.
At the centre of the story is Ben Dalton, mid-thirties and a man whose life has completely turned upside
down. After losing his parents and finding his wife in bed with his boss, he heads back to the small town
where he grew up and couldn’t wait to leave, Gentle Bend. His now only living relative, Uncle Howard,
helps Ben get back on his feet, but after meeting some of the locals, Ben wonders if he made the right
choice in coming back.
Ben’s story is a lot like everyone’s. We all fall and have to pick ourselves back up. Starting over sucks, but
sometimes you have no other option. Berketa and Graham want nothing more than to share this story
with the world. The first season of ten episodes is written, and future seasons are planned
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