Goodbye and Good Luck, Roy Hayter!

 VFS's Film Production graduation ceremonies are always a treat, never mind a great opportunity to network with tomorrow's filmmakers. Today, the 141 class held theirs (Vancity Theatre in downtown Vancouver). Great, innovative stuff from the students in that group. I've been to three of these now over the past year, and the films just keep getting better and better! It was also Roy Hayter's last day, and he left the graduating class with a...

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From Dream to Reality: Shooting "Reinventing Leonard"

Another milestone hit and reason to celebrate: After seven months of development, re-writes and pre-production, Christian Antonio Mejia Acosta, Annie Klein and I got down to business yesterday and began day one of production on "Double-Booked"! The first film in a series called Reinventing Leonard, "Double-Booked" is the story of a 63-year old curmudgeon and book fanatic forced by circumstances to confront the modern world. With...

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That Home Stretch Kind of Feeling

In February of 2005, I spontaneously decided to interview my grandmother. We had just played three games of crib and she'd skunked me without mercy, all five feet, two inches of her. Of course she apologized each time as we drank tea and ate shortbreak in her Coquitlam apartment, in one of many magical moments I enjoyed with her. She was 87.  None of us knew she'd get sick and be gone one short month later. Lynn Sternberger & Evan Elberson...

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