Category Archives: Film Screenings

Apr 03 2014
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Film Screenings, Jayne Avaunt, Music

NEW MUSIC VIDEO for JAYNE AVAUNT!

"Living Sculptures" as they were called on the set of the "Drowning in You" music video.

Living Sculptures  on the set of the “Drowning in You” music video.

I got the call from Jayne Avaunt almost two years ago about making a music video.

She said, “Girl!! I am finishing my album and I want you to direct a video!” The chosen song changed a few times and when we finally sat down to brainstorm for “Drowning in You” – 18 months later –  three things were clear: I could write any video concept I wanted, but it could not involved her singing on the beach of the ocean with a long flowing dress, and the weirder the better. Check.

Jayne Avaunt - Drowning in You Video

Jayne and I know each other from drama class circa grade 7, and of our high school graduating class of 300, probably 100 of us are working in our chosen field in the arts: exactly as planned.

Jayne came up from LA at the end of October, we shot the video in Whiterock and on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, and most of the crew at some point asked me, “how do you come up with this stuff?” I don’t know. I secluded myself on Bowen Island for awhile so maybe that did something to me?

The video was finished after New Year and Jayne released it last week!

Drum roll please! Take a look and leave a comment or liket he video on Youtube!

 

Jayne getting ready to tear out your guts!

Jayne getting ready to tear out your guts!

Mar 30 2014
beat around the bush, FARGO, Film Screenings, hannah epperson, Jayne Avaunt, Music, short films, television

Music videos, Women in the Director’s Chair, and FARGO

A lot has happened in the last month.

I returned to Vancouver from a week of meetings in Toronto, to shoot a music video within a few days of arriving, to then prep for and take a 10 day workshop as one of 8 directors in the Women in the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Story Incubation module 2.0 (where I workshopped a feature I am slated to direct), only to fly out to Calgary the day the workshop finished to begin my first ever job on a union TV show (FARGO) as none other than the flashiest of jobs…The Camera Trainee.

The music video:

Amy Belling (DOP), Hannah Epperson (Musician), Brianne Nord-Stewart

Amy Belling (DOP), Hannah Epperson (Musician), Brianne Nord-Stewart

Was a success. It is in the editing room right now. Being left to percolate as I make not very good money running batteries and cable while Calgary is determined to stay in Winter. It is a blizzard outside.

WIDC:

I didn’t really take any pictures except for this one.

The view from our farewell brunch at WIDC 2014

The view from our farewell brunch at WIDC 2014

I learned a lot. So much my mind was overflowing with information and ideas and some…feelings. Hence the needed brain break which made winter in Calgary sound very appealing. I am glad I am here though.

I do have a couple of cool bosses.

2nd Unit all the way.

Schane (1st AC) and Mark (2nd AC) - Camera Department

Schane (1st AC) and Mark (2nd AC) – Camera Department

And then on top of that, I just used my day off to whip together a video pitch and application package for my short COUGARS CRUISING, to finally get made. Here’s hoping Optik TV’s Story Hive grants are stoked on the idea of COUGARS CRUISING, an adventure dramedy that follows Una, who when diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, will stop at nothing to find her orgasm for the very first time!

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"Living Sculptures" as they were called on the set of the "Drowning in You" music video.

AND THEN…A music video I directed in Fall 2013 was released. Read all about that HERE.

Feb 11 2014
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Film Screenings, short films, Trolls

The comedic short, “Trolls” Finally available for streaming online!

TROLLS at NSI ONLINE

Well it has been a long time waiting.  My short film “Trolls”, a comedy about two young kids trying to navigate and define was “doing it” really means, is available online at the National Screen Institute Online Film Festival. Released to film festival audiences around the world in 2009, then distributed for TV and VOD broadcast ever since, “Trolls” is a film that launched me into the world as a comedic writer/director/producer/editor. I am still doing all of those things, and I am still making comedy.

The NSI Online Film Festival offers three awards to the film programmes quarterly: Best Film, Best Comedy, and the Fearless Female Director Award. “Trolls” is eligible to win all three. These are cash awards with the smallest being $500, and the largest at $2500.

Thanks to everyone who watched then, and to those who will share it now.

Head to the NSI site HERE, and watch the film for FREE! Leave a comment at the bottom of that page too!

Trolls (2009) 7 min.

Trolls (2009) 7 min.

Aug 22 2013
Film Screenings, short films, with cold tongues

Components of “With Cold Tongues” to show at Helen Belkin Satellite Gallery for SWARM

Swarm-Logo2-300x65Components of my short film in progress, With Cold Tongues, an adaptation of a Richard Van Camp short story, will be exhibited at Satellite Gallery in downtown Vancouver, as part of the exhibition, Ten Thousand Suns, curated by UBC Curatorial Studies Candidate, Jeremy Jaud.

Please mark in your calendars the SWARM opening event: September 12, 5:30-9pm!
Exhibition dates: September 13-October 26, 2013

Ten Thousand Suns is “a new group exhibition that features works in sculpture, audio, video and performance by Rebecca Belmore, Tanya Tagaq, Luke Parnell, Guadalupe Martinez, Abbas Akhavan, Jamie Look, Ali Ahadi, Erin Siddall, Carlos Colín and Brianne Nord-Stewart. These artists investigate our past and present relationships to resource extraction, the body and land.

“The exhibition brings together contemporary artists from British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Argentina, Iran and Mexico.  Exploring effacement, memory and remembering this exhibition will consider the layered interconnections of policy with respect to resource-based development projects in Canada and globally, modern technology and artistic practice.”

www.satellitegallery.ca

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Jan 22 2013
Awards, Film Screenings

“The Provider” Now viewable online with NSI Film Festival!

nsi provider grab

The Provider (2011), a horror film co written and produced by myself and Andy Thompson, and directed and edited by moi, is now available for free for your viewing pleasure through Canada’s National Screen Institute’s Online Film Festival.

My 2008 short films, Why I Bought a Bike, and Why I Fired My Secretary both screen in 2011 as part of the film festival and it is a pleasure to be selected once again.

It is also a pleasure to see Pardis Parker and Jamie Travis‘ shorts up on the site as well. If you get a chance to see Jamie’s debut feature film, For a Good Time Call… I highly recommend it! And it looks like its out on DVD soon!

Four times a year, NSI presents three awards: the A&E Short Filmmakers Award ($1,250) to the best film, Bite Comedy Award ($750) for best comedy and the Shaw Fearless Female Director Award ($2,500) for best film by a female director. Read more about the awards.

We look forward to watching all of the newly added films, and our fingers our crossed for some cash!

Thank you for the opportunity NSI you are doing an amazing job supporting emerging filmmakers.

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Nov 01 2012
Awards, Film Screenings

SEASICK WINS AT THE BLOODSHOTS SCREENING

I am happy to announce that SEASICK, which I edited and co-wrote with director, Kryshan Randel, won BEST ACTING at the Rio Theatre for the Bloodshots 48 Hour Horror Filmmaking Competition screening last night! Thank you all so much for your support and participation in this contest.

Congrats to our cast, Marsha Regis, Marina Pasques, Billy Marchenski and Gili Roskies, for earning free headshots for themselves from Wendy D.

There will be more updates coming soon. The film looked and sounded great at the screening and audience reaction was appropriately enthusiastic about the horror.

Here are the three finalists that will be considered for the $1000 grand prize:

Jury Award for Best Film: “Tender Threads” by Team Failure
In-house Audience Award for Best Film: “Chishio” by Masters of the Universe
Online Audience Award for Best Film: “Fidelium” by Borrowtime Productions

Oct 22 2012
Film Screenings, Uncategorized

Another 48 Hour Film Completed! Kryshan Randel’s SEASICK

This weekend was so crazy! I had the fortune of being the Editor and Co-writer of Kryshan Randel‘s team for the 2012 Bloodshots Canada 48 Hour Horror Filmmaking Contest!

The short film we made is called, SEASICK which you can view and share online for a limited time! Check it out on the Bloodshots website.

Please support us by voting for this film by clicking the red “VOTE” button at the right hand corner of the page and then share the link with your friends! Voting starts RIGHT NOW and ends on Monday, Oct 29 at 7pm.

Please spread the word to everyone to help by voting for our film! If we get enough votes, we will win the Audience Choice Award and be eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which is judged by George Romero, director of the Night Of the Living Dead trilogy! There are other awards too for things like: Best Film, Best Script, Best Makeup, Best Death, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and more.

I won the Bloodshots Best Film and Grand Prize Awards in 2010 with my short THE PROVIDER, and Kryshan has won more than one Grand Prize throughout the years as well!

The screening and awards info will be on Hallowe’en (Wednesday, Oct 31) at 7pm, at the Rio Theatre 1660 E. Broadway @ Commercial Drive. If you’re interested in attending tickets are sold at www.celluloidsocialclub.com

I will keep you posted on the results.

Thank you all so much for your support!

Sep 04 2012
Film Screenings

SEATTLE’s first BUMBLESHOOT played THE PROVIDER to sold out audience

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) , screened THE PROVIDER, directed by myself, and written with Andy Thompson as part of the 1 Reel Film Festival for Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music and Arts Festival, September 1-3 at Seattle Center. IT WAS A SOLD OUT EVENT!

The 1 Reel Film Festival is Bumbershoot’s celebration of cinematic brevity- continuously screening over 100 of the world’s best short films over three days. Founded in 1995, the 1 Reel Film Festival is now a Bumbershoot tradition, and is one of the nation’s best attended short format festivals in the US, drawing nearly 10,000 filmgoers, filmmakers, and industry each year. All short films will screen at SIFF Cinema in 45-90 minute packages.

Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend. North America’s largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Over 150,000 visitors from near and far spend the weekend reveling in the world of Bumbershoot. www.bumbershoot.org

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Aug 30 2012
Film Screenings, Main Page

“The Provider” to Screen at the Montreal ComicCon Horror Fest Sept 16th

The Provider is screening at the Montreal Comic Con  as part of HorrorFest in September as part of their film festival. The lineup includes all of the Canadian Films that screened with the Viscera Film Festival in July this year.

Viscera Canadian Lineup at the Montreal Comic Con HorrorFest:

Adventure Girls III
The Provider,
Undetected,
Red,
Doll Parts,
Filmmaker,
Fantasy.

Catch This selection of films:

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 3:45PM, screening room #2

BUY TICKETS

Aug 09 2012
Film Screenings, Main Page

Completely missed this! The Provider Screened in Puerto Rico!

My short film, The Provider screened in Puerto Rico last month as part of the Tenth Edition of Cinefiesta (July 22nd. To 29th. 2012). Ninety two shorts were selected amongst 1,624 submitted.
Sadly we did get the email but then it got lost! Co-Producer Andy Thompson and I wish we could have gone!

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