'The Beard' Awarded Most Compelling Film at LISFF!

The Beard screened this past weekend to sold out crowds as part of the Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival!  It's always a pleasure to have The Beard screen at home, here in Toronto, but all the more when the film was awarded 'Most Compelling Film' by the festival Jury and William F. White International Inc.!

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An Exercise - 'Joe'

The beginning of something. Special thanks to Jamieson Child & Mitchell Arend for collaborating.  Enjoy!

Source: Lakeboat - A Play by David Mamet (1970) Excerpt: Scene 25, Joe's Suicide Performance by: Jamieson Child Visuals: Yaz Rabadi Post Sound: Mitchell Arend Note: Video contains course language.

Source: Lakeboat - A Play by David Mamet (1970) Excerpt: Scene 25, Joe's Suicide Performance by: Jamieson Child Visuals: Yaz Rabadi Post Sound: Mitchell Arend

Note: Video contains course language.

An Exercise in Flexing the Creative Muscle

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with some high school film students from White Oaks Secondary School (WOSS) in Oakville, Ontario.  I had attended WOSS as a student and was pretty much introduced to film/tv production through their Communications & Technologies program, which was/is taught by Dale Andrews.  It was great to see how far the program had come in the 10 years since I had graduated.  While answering questions, providing advice and speaking about my own experiences in the film industry, it became apparent that I needed to take some of my own advice and be more proactive in engaging my creativity. With that in mind, I met up with performer Jamieson Child this past weekend to shoot a small piece as a creative exercise.  My hope is to actively be more creative through the production of smaller projects in between larger ones.  Small steps, perhaps, but exciting nonetheless!  The first piece - of what will hopefully be many - will be available for viewing online later this week!  Stay tuned!