Aquarian Entertainment makes distinctly Canadian film and television about people who refuse to make themselves smaller. Our protagonists are the ones the screen usually sidelines — queer, older, gender-diverse, from unconventional backgrounds — and we put them at the centre with full appetite, defiance, and complication. The stories live in heightened realities grounded in emotional truth: dark comedies, psychological thrillers, and character-driven dramas where the fight to be fully yourself is the story..

We’re building something bigger than any single project. Aquarian was founded to put these stories at the centre of Canadian screen culture, starting with the work of founder Peter Salvatore Petralia and growing, over the next decade, into a home for many artists whose perspectives have been waiting for a production company willing to build around them.

Based in Nanaimo, BC, and drawing on twenty years of international production experience across four continents, Aquarian develops stories that are personal in origin but global in reach — through fully Canadian productions and co-productions with partners in the US, UK, and Europe.

Aquarian Entertainment is based on the stolen homelands of the Snuneymuxw First Nations. We are committed to being in solidarity with Indigenous Sovereignties on their own terms.