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Ghost BFF is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2018 on WhoHaha. [1] Using humor to combat the stigma around mental illness, the series centres on Amy (Vanessa Matsui), a woman whose life is turned upside down when her friend Tara (Kaniehtiio Horn), who committed suicide by drug overdose three years earlier, returns as a ghost and begins to confront her about her own life choices. [2]

The series received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Web Series, Fiction and Best Lead Performance in a Digital Program or Series (Matsui). [3] The creators announced in March 2019 that a second season of the series was going into production, [3] with the season debuting on Shaftesbury Films' KindaTV channel on YouTube in 2020. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Ghost BFF creators Katie Nolan and Vanessa Matsui combat the stigma surrounding mental health through humour". Q , March 22, 2018.
  2. "Web series Ghost BFF puts the focus on mental health via two friends. And one of them is dead.". TV, eh?, March 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Babe Nation Films and Vanessa Matsui announce production on Season 2 of Ghost BFF". TV, eh?, March 14, 2019.
  4. "KindaTV | TV, eh?". www.tv-eh.com.
  5. "7 Reasons to Watch the Web Series Ghost BFF – The TV Junkies".