EXCLUSIVE: Florence Longpré, a multi-hyphenate broadly thought to be one of the crucial distinctive voices in Canadian tv, has signed with Curate for administration after successful the Viewers Award at Sequence Mania 2025 for her newest collection, Empathy (Empathie).
Empathy, a psychological dramedy set inside a safe psychiatric institute, lately premiered on Crave. The present bears the mix of darkish humor and emotional depth for which Longpré’s work is thought.
An actress, author, and creator, Longpré first broke out in Québec along with her efficiency within the comedy collection Like-moi!, earlier than pivoting towards creating for tv. Her breakout collection Can You Hear Me? (M’entends-tu?) is offered on Netflix worldwide, and her subsequent collection Audrey’s Again (Audrey est income) offered in a number of territories.
Presently creating her first English-language tv undertaking, Longpré’s work has additionally earned honors at Canneseries and the Rockie Awards. She continues to be represented in Québec by Agence Corinne Giguère.
Based in 2021 by movie and TV lit supervisor Britton Rizzio, Curate’s focus is on creators in movie, tv and books. Different notable purchasers embrace Jac Schaeffer (Agatha: Coven of Chaos), Katie O’Brien (The Z-Suite), Sarah Lampert (Ginny & Georgia), Smriti Mundhra (Indian Matchmaking, Muslim Matchmaking), Cody Heller (Jury Obligation), Oren Uziel (The Misplaced Metropolis, Spider-Man Noir), Emily Carmichael (Jurassic World: Dominion), Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), Fernanda Eguiarte (La Flor Más Bella), Laura Eason (Three Ladies), and Heidi Schreck (What the Structure Means to Me).
The signing bolsters Curate’s worldwide roster, with Longpré becoming a member of a rising an inventory of Canadian expertise that features Daniel Grou (Lupin, Three Pines), Clara Altimas (Workplace Movers, Kim’s Comfort), and Ariane Louis-Seize (Humanist Vampire Looking for Consenting Suicidal Particular person).
