About — Producer & CEO

ColeRutman

The creative lead behind BLANKBOX ENTERTAINMENT

Cole Rutman is a Canadian producer and entertainment industry manager.

A graduate of Ivey Business School at Western University, Cole has worked as an executive producer and creative director at TED conferences, and founded and scaled a mobile app through Canada's number one accelerator, DMZ Toronto.

In his creative work, he has more than six years of experience producing numerous short films, plays and documentaries. With experience running multiple commercial shoots and creative projects from start to finish, he leads BLANKBOX ENTERTAINMENT with the vision to become a major distributor of new-age content for audiences around the world.

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Filmography

He has written, directed, and produced several films, including Voices (2023), Before Us. After Us. (2024), Where We Lie (2024), BlankBox (2026), and Archival: The Hampton Inheritance (2026).

Recognition

18Film festival selections

Semi-finalistFlickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying)
Two-time finalistLA Student Film Festival
NomineeCanadian Screen Awards
Gold KeyScholastic Art & Writing Awards

His projects have accumulated 18 film festival selections. He was a semi-finalist at the Oscar-qualifying Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, a two-time finalist at the LA Student Film Festival, and a nominee for the Canadian Screen Awards. He also received a Gold Key from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

The team

Co-founder · Post-production & Operations

Ben Naroditsky

Ben Naroditsky is a co-founder of BLANKBOX ENTERTAINMENT, where he leads post-production and operations. He oversees projects end to end, from schedules and deliverables through final audio post, and co-produced BlankBox, the AI-themed short film the studio takes its name from, which reached over 25,000 views on Instagram during its campaign.

He holds a Master of Professional Communication and a BA with Distinction in Media Production, both from Toronto Metropolitan University, and an advanced diploma in Business Administration and Marketing from Seneca College. Outside the studio he serves as Director of Awards with IABC Toronto and has worked in corporate communications and design for the City of Pickering. He works in English and Russian.

Creative Specialist

Levi Considine

Levi Considine is a Toronto-based sound designer and editor whose work has reached audiences on Netflix and Apple TV+. He has worked on Spin Master's animated series Unicorn Academy and Mighty Express for Netflix and on Sago Mini Friends for Apple TV+, and created the Foley and sound design for Michael Greco's festival-selected animated short Green Grass. His sound team on Unicorn Academy was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound, Animation.

Earlier in his career he worked on the sound of Violent, the Canadian-Norwegian drama that won Best Canadian Feature at the Vancouver International Film Festival. As Creative Specialist at BLANKBOX ENTERTAINMENT, he brings that experience across animation, television and features to the company's productions, starting with the sound design of Two's a Party.

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