Apartment 11 receives three Youth Media Alliance award nominations for Interstellar Ella and Green Squad.

Best Program, Animation – Ages 6-9
Interstellar Ella

Best Program, Live Action Non-Scripted – Ages 6-9
Green Squad

Best Hosts or On-Air Personality of the Year
Green Squad

Montreal – March 12, 2025 – Interstellar Ella is a bridge series aimed at 4-7-year-olds that encourages young children to look up at the sky and wonder… The year is 3021. The place is the Milky Way, where eight-year-old Ella gleefully heads out with her friends on exciting adventures of discovery. At only eight, she already knows quite a bit about space… but there is always more to explore! With Slippy and Madhu, her besties, Ella navigates the challenges that come her way. Things may not always work out the way she plans, but Ella never lets that get in the way of interstellar fun. Interstellar Ella is a Canada-Belgium co-production produced by Apartment 11 Productions and Fabrique Fantastique in association with TVOKids, Radio-Canada, Groupe TFO, Knowledge Kids, Ketnet, WarnerMedia and is made with the financial participation of the Canada Media Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, the Belgian Tax Shelter, Screen Flanders, and co-funded by the Creative Europe Media Programme of the European Union.

Green Squad sees five passionate and environmentally-savvy young hosts challenge other motivated kids and their families to make fun, eco-friendly lifestyle changes for a healthier planet. In each episode, Green Squad members answer a call for help from one young person eager to make a positive environmental impact in their home or community. The Squad leads three different earth-friendly missions to inform and educate while showing that even though change can be tough, it can also be cool, entertaining and fun! Green Squad is produced by Apartment 11 Productions in association with TVOKids and is made with the financial participation of the Canada Media Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit.

The goal of the Youth Media Alliance (YMA) is to promote youth programming of the highest quality. For over forty years, the YMA has bestowed its Awards of Excellence for the best Canadian children’s programming content on all screens. The Awards honour the outstanding achievements from the past two years of Canadian television programming, digital content and interactive projects for youth.

Winners will be announced on May 28, 2025.