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GIFTS on Screen Web Cinema Drama Showcase

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lets Vegetate
(5:25 min) 2005
by Chantel Reid, Robyn Sheppard, Rebecca Nyutu, Iqbal Ishani

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

Veggies get stressed too.But a dose of Ayurvedic wisdom never hurts!

Loop Trail
(6:25 min) 2005
by Cathleen Thom, Elijah Vanaver, Brad Pylypow

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

Three kids arrive at a summer camp and all but discover the wonderful world of sex, drugs and laundry, or would have, if they hadn't been trapped in time.

Stalemates
(3:20 min) 2005
by Lindsay Allen, Elizabeth Ayre, Tenzin Sperl, Gabriel Padilla

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

"Stalemates" is filmed in B&W; and colour, is a romantic comedy using film clichés to illustrate the classic feelings, tensions, and games played between two people with a strong common attraction.

Mystic Dreamer
(11:00 min) 2004
by Kimberly Alexander, Michael Lycett, Latif Bains, Stephanie Hutchings

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

When a boy encounters a strange man in the woods, he is granted the power to enter other peoples dreams.

The Race
(4:28 min) 2004
by Paloma Amato, Kay Reghabi, Kiarash Reghabi, Kylen Deporter

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

A black and white comedy about three contestants in a race. Two contestants are fighting over a girl, while the other keeps a steady pace.

The Potion
(5:40 min) 2004
by Simon Posluns, Jeremy Dupont-Mattar, Dominic Dobrzensky, Evan Chan

Focus: Advanced Drama

A beautiful girl, just out of love, tries to woo her ex-boyfriend back through the use of a magical potion in this romantic comedy.

The Briefcase
(4:38 min) 2004
by Jesse Werk, Tenzen Sperl, Michael Angelo Cereno, William Wilczak

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

A chain of events that follows after a CIA agent's briefcase is switched with that of a civilian.

Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in the Early Teen Production category at EyeLens 2006.

Writer's Block
(4:40 min) 2002
by Emily Payne, Ella Sharp Morton, Jacob Wiebe, Martin A. Russell

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

A tortured author, starved of ideas, suffers alone in a darkened room. Unable to decide upon a story, he agonizes over his lack of creativity.

She Waits
(4:00 min) 2000
by Carly Vanderbasch, Amanda Letang, Caitlin Croteau, Vanessa Jones

Focus: Advanced Drama

A metaphorical journey into the mind of a young woman waiting in anxiety.
Winner of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design and nominated for Cinematography at EyeLens 2001. Screened at Toronto International Teen Movie Festival and the Vancouver Island Film, Video & New Media Festival in Victoria, BC.

Fairy Gothmother
(1:00 min) 2000
by Amanda Letang, Caitlin Croteau, Simon Harris, Vanessa Jones

Focus: Advanced Drama

A young girl's transformation from sweet to Goth.

Winner of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and nominated for Acting at EyeLens 2001. Screened at the Vancouver Island Film, Video & New Media Festival.

Assimamorphosis
(2:45 min) 1999
by Eli Brennan, Alani Klein, Marlon Hickey, Alix Hick

Focus: Advanced Drama

An exploration in the juxtaposition of man's natural self & the rigid standards imposed by modern media society as presented in the form of a mythological creature versus a faceless coprorate identity.

Awarded 2nd Place for Senior Secondary Dramatic at the Cascadia Festival of Moving Images in Vancouver, BC. Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama at EyeLens 2000. Also screened at the Greenlight Youth Film & Video Festival in Vancouver, BC and the Canadian Annual International Film Festiva.

Lemon
(3:10 min) 1998
by Adam Jones, Kevin Willingham

Focus: Dramatic Video Production

Charlie Chaplin style silent video, Damsel in Distress etc...with a twist.

Received 3rd Best Youth Entry and 3rd Best Youth Scenario at the Canadian International Film and Video Festival. It was also awarded Best Comedy at EyeLens 1999.

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drama   doc   animation   super 8 film   action & heists   faux flicks   head smadged   you are here   resilience

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