Monday, February 21, 2011
NSI Drama Prize Boot Camp Begins
Screenwriter of HENRY, and Vancouverite Gillian Bennett, starts the 2011 NSI Drama Prize Boot Camp along with three other winners from Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Meathead
MEATHEAD (3 min.) was screened at Vancouver's Celluloid Social Club this past Wednesday, February 9, 2011.It was one of two films screened from Steve Rosenberg's film school, Pull Focus.
Co-Directed by Ali Rashti and Russell Bennett.
MEATHEAD is set in the future when one man's quest for meat gives him more trouble than he expected.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Crazy8s 2011 Finalist
Based on Andrew Templeton's short script FUNNY BUSINESS, director Russell Bennett, actress/producer Gillian Bennett and Templeton pitched in front of the live Crazy8s jury on Saturday, January 29, 2011.
Based on a five-minute pitch, Vancouver's Crazy8s Film Festival selected the FUNNY BUSINESS team as one of 13 finalists. The team is now working on the script to submit to the jury on February 21. If chosen as one of the six winners, FUNNY BUSINESS will go to camera on March 28, with $800 and the support from Crazy8s, and be screened on April 9, 2011 at the Vogue Theatre.
To get to the live pitch stage, the Bennett's and Templeton had to apply with a five-minute video pitch. Their video pitch was chosen as the #1 pitch from a field of over 100 video pitches.
Based on a five-minute pitch, Vancouver's Crazy8s Film Festival selected the FUNNY BUSINESS team as one of 13 finalists. The team is now working on the script to submit to the jury on February 21. If chosen as one of the six winners, FUNNY BUSINESS will go to camera on March 28, with $800 and the support from Crazy8s, and be screened on April 9, 2011 at the Vogue Theatre.
To get to the live pitch stage, the Bennett's and Templeton had to apply with a five-minute video pitch. Their video pitch was chosen as the #1 pitch from a field of over 100 video pitches.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Big Smoke's NEW LOGO
Adrian Cunningham created Big Smoke Productions' new logo.
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/adrian-cunningham/21/593/b58
Adrian's fabulous design incorporates the elements of a volcano's threatening wrath and the aftermath, to conjure the image of stories erupting and disrupting.
Check it out on our new website, www.bigsmokeproductions.com
NSI Drama Prize - WINNER 2011
While the official press release has yet to be released, the National Screen Institute called me last week with the fantastic news that our newest film, "HENRY" has won the 2011 Drama Prize.
This means that we will receive $10,000 in cash, $30,000 in in-kind services, and Boot Camp training in Winnipeg to make "HENRY." This is a miracle. This is an open door, after so many doors have closed on us. It is stupendous.
"HENRY" is a short film written by Gillian Bennett, based on her short story of the same name, about a woman who thinks she's given birth to a cockroach. Inspired by her best friend's fears of motherhood and by Kafka's "Metamorphosis", Gillian wrote a short psychological thriller about the isolation and alienation of being a new mother.
We are proud of the NSI for having the courage and creative foresight to green-light such a complex, mature and dark story.
This means that we will receive $10,000 in cash, $30,000 in in-kind services, and Boot Camp training in Winnipeg to make "HENRY." This is a miracle. This is an open door, after so many doors have closed on us. It is stupendous.
"HENRY" is a short film written by Gillian Bennett, based on her short story of the same name, about a woman who thinks she's given birth to a cockroach. Inspired by her best friend's fears of motherhood and by Kafka's "Metamorphosis", Gillian wrote a short psychological thriller about the isolation and alienation of being a new mother.
We are proud of the NSI for having the courage and creative foresight to green-light such a complex, mature and dark story.
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