New Brunswick Shorts I

Saturday – November 15, 2008 – 6:00 PM
Venue: Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
Social Venue: Late Night After Party at James Joyce Pub

$9.00 adult
$8.00 student /senior (65 plus) (Tickets sold at the door only on the night of the screening). Ticket price includes entrance to Silver Wave Awards and Late Night After Party at James Joyce Pub.



Presented by:

 

The Legend Of The Footprint
Director/Writer/Producer: Martin Sabattis
Length: 5:00
Contact: msabattis@gmail.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

The Legend of the Footprint and accompanying short film unfold as an animation created by NB Aboriginal animator Martin Sabattis


 

My Selfish Life
Director/Writer/Producer: Steve Doiron
Executive Producer: Blake Stilwell
Cast: Tim Turnell, Emily Davidson, Lorraine Melanson
Length: 16:20
Contact: stevendoiron@hotmail.com
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

Unfulfilled, unsatisfied. Samantha has decided to make a major change in her life.



 

The Cleanup
Director: Pierre Huard
Writer: Dennis Poirier
Producer: Pierre Huard, Dennis Poirier
Cast: Pierre Huard, Dennis Poirier, Geoff Giffin, Pierre Alexander Huard, Miranda Wilkins, Jeff Hackett, John Heinstein
Length: 12:00
Contact: pierrehuard1@hotmail.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

An errand to pick up a briefcase turns sour and the right man for the job has to clean it up.


 

Cliffe Street
Director/Writer/Producer: Chris Giles
Length: 4:00
Contact: wildgiles@gmail.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

The film Cliffe Street simulates the last days of an apartment's life. Ultimately Cliffe Street is a colorful portrait of the life of an apartment and gives closure on Filmmaker Chris Giles' obsession with the 66 Cliffe Street demolition.


 

Vanishing Point
Director/Producer: Ralph Pritchard
Writer: Ralph and Jan Pritchard
Cast: Hubert Marcoux, Janice LeBlanc, Susanne MacDonald, Sarah Bood
Length: 2:00
Contact: ralph.pritchard@rogers.com

Format: Mini DV
Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

A family comes home for a summer vacation to find that their beloved father/grandfather doesn't know who they are.


 

Pinocchio & the Cricket
Director: Tara Wells
Writer: Tara Wells, Chenoa Anderson, Ian Crutchley, Carlo Collodi
Producer: Tara Wells, Ian Crutchley
Length: 9:20
Contact: tara@verysillymonkey.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

Pinocchio & the Cricket interweaves four interpretations of the relationship between these two well-known characters into an animated operetta in which the cricket takes on four very different roles, while an often bewildered Pinocchio struggles with his own existence.


 

Real Men Drink Their Coffee Black
Director: Josh Linton
Writer/Producer: Matthew Linton
Cast: Josh Linton, Jason Chisholm
Length: 4:00
Contact: Josh_linton@rogers.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008

Two friends take their daily break from a hard day of logging, enjoying their routine of coffee. Tensions rise when Murray's obsessive coffee making habits drive Henry to the edge. 


 

Eden
Director/Writer/Producer: BronweN
Cast: BronweN
Length: 4:32
Contact: y0ufc@unb.ca
Screening Format: Mini DV
New Maryland, New Brunswick, Canada, 2007

A young beauty is lured to a secret garden. Her lover woos her with sweets, trinkets and wine. Once the drugs in the wine take effect, he reveals his true vampire self. She awakens alone to find that her humanity has been stolen.


 

Misdirection
Director/Producer: Jeremy Robinson
Writer: Alex Brewer
Cast: Roger Moore, Meghan Loch, Josh Linton, Diane Terry, Michael Holmes-Lauder, Emily Fader
Length: 16:29
Contact: robinsonjeremy@hotmail.com
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008


A comical look at the world of "pretentious high art" theatre production seen through the eyes of a small town girl trying to make her mark on the professional stage.

 

 

Temple of the Sapphire Moon 
Director/Writer/Producer: Colin A Smart
Cast: Christopher M. Campbell, Lindsay LeGrand, Chafic Haddad, Josh Linton, Dennis Poirier, Amy Ganong
Length: 20:00
Contact: csmart@nb.sympatico.ca
Screening Format: Mini DV
Mount Hope, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008


The time: circa 1920. The place: New Brunswick's vast northern rain forests along the mighty St. John River. 

Congo Bryson Benton and his faithful side kick Sloppy Jake McGree are on the hunt for a lost ancient temple, which is said to be hidden deep with in the forest but they aren't the only ones who want to find the temple, enter the daughter of a well know archeologist and a band of cut throat thieves and you have a the setting for a thrilling and fun, joy ride rolled up in an action adventure movie. 

Who will discover the treasures of the lost temple first. Only time and luck will tell.





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