FILM
Selected productions and producer credits.
NEVER BROKEN
Short Film | Drama | 18 minutes
When a young mom finds herself broke and alone and raising her 5-year-old daughter, she creates a world of make-believe in order to shield her from the pain of poverty. Well, that and she genuinely believes that how we shape our perspective is ultimately how we shape our lives. As the two navigate a world of lack through the lens of abundance, her tireless heroics are tested time and again, and we're ultimately left to question that most vulgar of terms: the "broken" home.
Starring: Christine Chatelain, Teryl Rothery, Loretta Welsh, March Acheson and Paige Phung.
Producer: Joely Collins Written by: Mary-Jo Dionne Directors: Jeff Macpherson, Mary-Jo Dionne
World Premiere: New York Shorts International Film Festival.
Selected Awards: Best Short Film - Benelux International Film Festival | Best Short Film - Lady Filmmakers Festival (Los Angeles) | Best Director - Amsterdam Short Film Festival | Best Short Film Script - Venice Shorts.
BECOMING REDWOOD
Feature Film | Coming-of-Age Drama | 98 minutes
In 1969, from the backseat of a VW van, two-year-old Redwood Forrest Hanson watched his mother leave his father for good. At this moment, Redwood, aided with the radio news of another Jack Nicklaus victory, had the beginning of a stressed induced epiphany: Beat Jack at the Masters, and his parents would reunite. Eight years later, Redwood has yet to defeat Jack. Suddenly his father is arrested and Redwood is sent to live with his estranged mother where he meets his new 'family'. Redwood's dream seems crushed forever...until Gramps reveals a secret golf tip that could help him beat the world's greatest golfer.
Starring: Scott Hylands, Jennifer Copping, Chad Willett, Derek Hamilton, Tyler Johnston and Ryan Grantham
Producers: Joely Collins, Chad Willett
Writer/Director: Jesse James Miller
Release & Distribution: Canadian theatrical release | International distribution.
Selected Awards: Best Canadian Feature - Edmonton International Film Festival | Most Popular Canadian Film - Vancouver International Film Festival | Honourable Mention Best Canadian Feature Film - Vancouver International Film Festival.
ALMOST HEAVEN
Feature Film | Romantic Comedy | 102 minutes
A Canadian television director is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. The only hitch: his ex-wife is the host. What he finds in Scotland is love in the form of a local fishing guide (called a ghillie) and the chance to repair his life and his friendship with his ex-wife.
Starring: Donal Logue, Kirsty Mitchell, Tom Conti, Joely Collins
Executive Producers: Joely Collins, Tom Cox, Sherrold Haddad, Blair Hall, Robert Whitehouse, Dan Carriere, Peter R. Simpson
Producers: Cynthia Chapman, Shel Piercy, Allan Scott Writers: Richard Beattie, Shel Piercy
Director: Shel Piercy
Distributor: Entertainment One.