What We Do
TPL is an Alberta-based company that produces feature films, documentary series, commercials and corporate videos.
Our projects are developed in-house and managed from development to delivery.
TPL has proven access to Canadian federal and provincial tax-credit funding and bridge financing for co-productions with outside partners.
our Services
TPL enjoys working on big and small film and video projects. We start with a thoughtful conversation about goals and messaging. Then we map out budget and schedule, craft compelling scripts and plan every detail of the production process together.
Tangerine Productions is dedicated to bringing good ideas to life on screen.
films
In 2023/24 TPL produced Flashback, a feature documentary film about the legendary 80s nightclub that became famous in the club scene despite its unlikely location — Edmonton, Alberta.
In addition to the 91-minute feature film, the project includes a 31-minute ‘making-of’ featurette called Flash Forward, a 98-second trailer and 26-second teaser, a 12” limited-edition vinyl soundtrack record of two original disco recordings, and a variety of promotional merchandise including pins, postcards and an LED Flashback sign that mirrors the design of the iconic neon sign that hung in the entrance of the original club.
television
Peter Hays started producing live and live-to-tape current events television programs in the 1990s. As a TV executive he has produced hundreds of hours of live television in news and current affairs – most recently at the 2025 G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
Peter has developed and sold unique ideas to broadcasters in a variety of genres.
From coming up with show titles for successful series concepts such as Liography, Open Homes, Movies That Kill, and Landmarks, to mapping out production methodologies and budgets, to building production and post-production teams, to running story departments and writing and re-writing scripts of all kinds in half-hour and hour-long formats, Peter has a proven track-record of taking an idea and making a popular TV series out of it.
Commercials
TPL has a complete 4K Sony camera, lighting and audio package for producing high-quality commercials and corporate videos. We also have GoPros and drones for innovative field shooting.
We work closely with corporate clients to hone messaging and scripts, so that a company’s story is properly conveyed to its audiences via broadcast, web or SM platforms.
For bigger commercial projects TPL works closely with Calgary-based Tusk Collective, a dynamic group of production professionals with a full range of production and post-production expertise.
Production
TPL has the proven capacity to develop projects from scratch; to build budgets, assemble skilled teams and develop realistic schedules for big and small productions; to secure funding from broadcasters, private investment and government sources; to craft shooting scripts and interview question lists; to shoot all kinds of coverage; to manage post-production and story departments; and to bring an insured project to completion on time and on budget.
Our latest project
FLASHBACK
How the legendary gay nightclub became Alberta’s Studio 54
The infamous Flashback nightclub was established by owner John Reid as a celebratory haven for ‘gay people and their friends’ in the tumultuous 1980s.
From Disco to New Wave, from the Pisces bathhouse raid to the HIV epidemic – Flashback saw it all. The club changed Edmonton’s culture and put the northern Alberta Oil city on the map from L.A. to London.
Flashback’s production includes an 80’s-style re-enactment shoot that brings the club back to life; the recording of new disco music with singer D’orjay at the National Music Centre; and the restoration and resurrection of the club’s original neon sign.
‘Flashback’ is produced by Tangerine Productions Ltd. It is conceived by Peter’s younger brother and noted LGBTQ+ journalist and author Matthew Hays.
