It’s a strong year for our UBC Film Production alumni at the Vancouver International Film Festival, with four feature length films and seven shorts being shown (including one produced by recent graduate Woojo Jeon).

Two adjunct professors, Nettie Wild and Rafi Spivak, also have films this year.

***FEATURE LENGTH FILMS***

Blood Relative
Synopsis: Director Nimisha Mukerji’s (65_RedRoses, VIFF 09) documentary follows an activist fighting to save two young adults dying from Thalassemia, a rare blood disease. Suffering stunted growth and without access to medication, they remain trapped in the bodies of children. Chronicling one man’s battle, the film exposes modern India’s broken healthcare system.

Canadian Images (Canada, 2011, 75 mins, HDCAM)
Gujarati, Hindi, English
World Premiere
Director: Nimisha Mukerji (Film Production ALUMNI)
EXEC PROD Murray Battle, Patti Poskitt, Paul Saltzman
PRODUCER/SCREENWRITER Nimisha Mukerji
COPRODUCER/CAMERA/EDITOR Mark Ratzlaff (Film Production ALUMNI)
MUSIC Schaun Tozer
PRODUCTION CO Shotglass Productions

Oct 06 06:45 pm Empire Granville 2, Oct 10 04:15 pm Empire Granville 7, Oct 12 09:15 pm Empire Granville 2

Camera Shy
Synopsis: A skewed reflection on public and private life, Mark Sawers’ black comedy features a corrupt Vancouver city councillor, the rare psychological disorder he’s been diagnosed with, and a mysterious cameraman who won’t leave him alone.

Canadian Images (Canada, 2012, 91 mins, HDCAM – NTSC)
World Premiere
Director: Mark Sawers (Film Production ALUMNI)
Cast Nicolas Wright, Lara Gilchrist, Gerard Plunkett, Hilary Jardine, C. Ernst Harth
PRODUCERS Leah Mallen, Galen Fletcher
SCREENWRITER Mark Sawers, Doug Barber
CAMERA Brian Johnson
EDITOR Cameron Glegg, Mark Sawers
MUSIC Don Macdonald
PRODUCTION CO Mark Sawers Productions

Oct 06 09:15 pm Empire Granville 5, Oct 08 03:30 pm Empire Granville 5

Crimes of Mike Recket
Synopsis: Bruce Sweeney’s (Dirty) moody mystery is a rich, moving thriller in which character psychology and suspense are seamlessly merged. Watch for very strong performances from Vancouver’s Gabrielle Rose and Nicholas Lea.

Canadian Images (Canada, 2012, 80 mins, HDCAM)
Premiere
Director: Bruce Sweeney (Film Production ALUMNI)
Cast Nicholas Lea, Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi, Paul Skrudland, Raphael Kepinski, Jillian Fargey,
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Kevin Eastwood
PRODUCERS Rafi Spivak (Adjunct Professor in UBC Film Production), Bruce Sweeney
SCREENWRITER Bruce Sweeney
CAMERA Filip Dobosz
EDITOR Rafi Spivak
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Tony Devenyi
MUSIC Dennis Burke
PRODUCTION COMPANY Bruce Sweeney

Oct 06 09:30 pm Vogue Theatre, Oct 09 03:15 pm, Vogue Theatre

In No Particular Order
Synopsis: Suspended in post-adolescence, twenty-something Sarah alternates between hedonism and ennui. Urged on by her newlywed sister, Sarah awakens to the possibility that life could be different. Directors Terry Miles (A Night For Dying Tigers, VIFF 10) and Kristine Cofsky achieve a pitch-perfect portrait of a quarter-life crisis.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 82 mins, HDCAM)
World Premiere
Directors: Terry Miles (UBC Creative Writing ALUMNI), Kristine Cofsky
Cast Kristine Cofsky, Sonja Bennett, Ben Cotton, Mike Dopud, Carmen Lavigne, Stephen Lobo
PRODUCERS Kristine Cofsky, Terry Miles
SCREEWRITER Kristine Cofsky
CAMERA Byron Lamarque (Film Poduction ALUMNI)
PRODUCTION COMPANY Lady Danger Productions / Cinemanovel Films

Oct 10 09:15 pm Empire Granville 1, Oct 11 12:15 pm Empire Granville 5

***SHORT FILMS ***

OMG
Synopsis: After a fight with her parents over her texting habit, teenage Kaylee runs away to her grandma’s. Everything is peachy until her phone dies.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 10 mins, HDCAM)
Premiere
Director: Siobhan Devine (Film Student)
Cast Gabrielle Rose, Matreya Fedor, Loretta Walsh
PRODUCERS Siobhan Devine, Roslyn Muir (UBC Creative Writing ALUMNI), Lucy MacLeod, Woojo Jeon (Film Production ALUMNI)
SCREENWRITER Roslyn Muir
CAMERA Lindsay George (Film Production ALUMNI)
EDITOR Lisa Binkley
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Clayton Flagg
MUSIC Jennifer Roworth
PRODUCTION COMPANY OMG Productions

Oct 08 06:30 pm Empire Granville 2, Oct 09 01:00 pm Pacific Cinemateque

Frost
Synopsis: A hunter’s search takes her beyond a sacred boundary, leading to a strange and terrifying discovery.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 14 mins, Digital Betacam)
Premiere Director: Jeremy Ball
Cast Emily Piggford, Oscar Hsu, Lara Daans
PRODUCTION Lauren Grant (Film Production ALUMNI)
SCREENWRITER Jeremy Ball
CAMERA Guy Godfree
EDITOR Richard Mandin
PRODUCTION DESIGNER James McAteer
MUSIC Andrew Lockington
PROD CO Canadian Film Centre

Oct 10 06:30 pm Empire Granville 2, Oct 12 01:00 pm Pacific Cinematheque

Pirandello
Synopsis: Once a star in his youth, a Bosnian actor tells of his solitary new life in Canada.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 12 mins, HDCAM)
Serbo-Croatian
Premiere
Director: Bojan Bodruzic (Film Production ALUMNI)
Cast Jasmin Geljo, Goran Slavkovic
SCREENWRITER/EDITOR/MUSIC Bojan Bodruzic
CAMERA Bojan Bodruzic, Igor Drljaca
PRODUCTION COMPANY Japanese Polka Dancing Productions

Oct 10 09:15 pm Empire Granville 4, Oct 11 03:45 pm Pacific Cinematheque

A Red Girl’s Reasoning
Synopsis: When the justice system fails the survivor of a racially motivated sexual assault, she becomes a motorcycle-riding, ass-kicking vigilante.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 10 mins, HDCAM – NTSC)
English, Cree
Premiere
Director: Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (ROGERS MULTICULTURAL PROJECT ALUMNI)
Cast Jessica Matten, Christian Sloan, Cody Lauden, Wilf Betz, Rose Stiffarm
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Erik Paulsson, Diana Wilson
PRODUCER Rose Stiffarm
SCREENWRITER Elle-Maija Tailfeathers
CAMERA Harvey Larocque
EDITOR Jeanne Slater
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Nicole Mucci
PRODUCTION COMPANY The Crazy8s Film Society

Oct 10 09:15 pm Empire Granville 4, Oct 11 03:45 pm, Pacific Cinematheque

Where Are the Dolls
Synopsis: A woman embarks on a journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 8 mins, HDCAM)
Premiere
Director: Cassandra Nicolaou
Cast Megan Follows
PRODUCER Damali Kai Little-White
SCREEWRITER Cassandra Nicolaou
CAMERA Daniel Grant
EDITOR Adam Locke-Norton (Film Production ALUMNI)
PRODUCTION DESIGN Martin Kyncl
MUSIC Morgan Doctor
PRODUCTION COMPANY Fighting Fish Pictures

Late
Synopsis: Two strangers struggle for an honest connection in a chance, and brief, encounter at a café.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2011, 9 mins, HDCAM)
Premiere
Director: Jason Goode
CAST Ben Cotton, Sarah Deakins, Lucia Frangione, Clint Bargen
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Rosie Perera, Jeff Benna, Nick Brampton, Chris Hansen
PRODUCER Dylan Jenkinson
SCREEWRITER Sarah Deakins
CAMERA Chris Dalton
EDITOR Greg Ng (Film Production Alumni)
PRODUCTION COMPANY Hope of Glory Pictures

Oct 08 09:30 pm Empire Granville 2, Oct 09 04:00 pm Pacific Cinematheque

Uninterrupted
Synopsis: There is a savage beauty in the surge of a massive migration, and a strange hope that comes from witnessing it. The journey of blood-red sockeye salmon up BC’s Adams River has repeated itself for millennia and, if left uninterrupted, will do so for centuries to come. Most intriguingly, while the migration of fish takes place year after year, the astounding patterns of dense, roiling salmon never recur. In pools and back eddies along the Adams River, thousands of salmon create a dynamic and mesmerizing spectacle. It is natural and colossal. It is moving art.

People locked in urban centres can easily forget that rivers in the wilderness exist—and that those forgotten rivers provide a heartbeat for humanity. Removed from the surge of migrations, the unknowing and uninformed actions of humankind can threaten to stop that wild heartbeat. Splitting the screen into multiple images, Uninterrupted brings the heart of the river into the heart of the city.

Canadian Images
(Canada, 2012, 5 mins, HDCAM)
Premiere
Director: Nettie Wild (Film Production Alumni and Film Production Adjunct Professor)
Cast (voices) Mary Thomas, Peter August
PRODUCER Tracey Friesen
CAMERA Mike McKinlay
EDITOR/SOUND DESIGN Michael Brockington
MUSIC Barry Truax
PRODUCTION COMPANY National Film Board of Canada

Sep 29 08:45 pm Empire Granville 5, Sep 30 10:45 am Pacific Cinematheque

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