Michael Cowan, previously of UK outfit Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment, has set up shop with a fresh venture offering sales, distribution and minimum guarantees, Blue Eyes Film.
Projects on Blue Eyes Film’s sales slate include two features from Ray Burdis: completed comedy Miss The Kiss, starring John Hannah, Martin Kemp, Sadie Frost and Patsy Kensit, plus heist feature The Last Tandem In Paris, with Laëtitia Eïdo, Will Young and Michelle Collins attached to star, with shooting to commence in May in Belgium, Paris and London.
Further pick-ups include international sales, excluding Canada, on Darrell Dennis’s Canadian indigenous teenage...
Projects on Blue Eyes Film’s sales slate include two features from Ray Burdis: completed comedy Miss The Kiss, starring John Hannah, Martin Kemp, Sadie Frost and Patsy Kensit, plus heist feature The Last Tandem In Paris, with Laëtitia Eïdo, Will Young and Michelle Collins attached to star, with shooting to commence in May in Belgium, Paris and London.
Further pick-ups include international sales, excluding Canada, on Darrell Dennis’s Canadian indigenous teenage...
- 2/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
New Canadian podcast spotlights Indigenous actors turning the tide on representation in the industry
Meaningful representation of Indigenous Peoples on screen has exploded in the last few years but there’s still work to do. High profile stories about fraudulent claims to Indigenous identity can leave the harmful impression that there aren’t many accomplished or talented genuinely Indigenous artists. Of course that’s far from the truth. Actors and Ancestors is a brand new podcast that aims to create a space for Indigenous actors to tell their own stories on their own terms, push back against old stereotypes, and inspire positive change in the broader film and TV industry.
Actors and Ancestors launches on November 26th, 2023. Guided by the show’s creator and host, Rocky Cree actor, Joel D. Montgrand, every episode of Actors and Ancestors features a screen-based Indigenous actor with a story to tell. Montgrand aims to center joy and laughter while not shying away from difficult topics. His guests dive...
Actors and Ancestors launches on November 26th, 2023. Guided by the show’s creator and host, Rocky Cree actor, Joel D. Montgrand, every episode of Actors and Ancestors features a screen-based Indigenous actor with a story to tell. Montgrand aims to center joy and laughter while not shying away from difficult topics. His guests dive...
- 11/24/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on Darrell Dennis’s coming-of-age Indigenous romance Sweet Summer Pow Wow. The feature will shoot on location in Duncan, BC on Vancouver Island through to the end of August 2023.
The film follows a young Indigenous couple as they get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the so-called Pow-Wow circuit, the trail of traditional summer gatherings of Indigenous people across Canada and the United States.
Tatyana Rose Baptiste (In The blink of an Eye) and TIFF 2022 Rising Star Joshua Odjick play the young lovers.
The cast also features Tanis Parenteau (Gossip Girl), Lisa Ravensbergen (The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story), Joel Montgrand (Beans) and The Last Of Us veteran actor Graham Greene.
Sweet Summer Pow Wow marks First Nations actor, writer, director and comedian Dennis’s second feature after...
The film follows a young Indigenous couple as they get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the so-called Pow-Wow circuit, the trail of traditional summer gatherings of Indigenous people across Canada and the United States.
Tatyana Rose Baptiste (In The blink of an Eye) and TIFF 2022 Rising Star Joshua Odjick play the young lovers.
The cast also features Tanis Parenteau (Gossip Girl), Lisa Ravensbergen (The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story), Joel Montgrand (Beans) and The Last Of Us veteran actor Graham Greene.
Sweet Summer Pow Wow marks First Nations actor, writer, director and comedian Dennis’s second feature after...
- 8/10/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on Darrell Dennis’ heist comedy The Great Salish Heist. The film will shoot through the early fall on location in Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Pic follows a down-on-his-luck First Nations archeologist seeking redemption. Darrell Dennis leads as Steve, who teams up with a group of misfits from the Rez to break into a museum and reclaim sacred artifacts that rightfully belong to their people.
Also starring are Oscar nominee Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves), Tricia Helfer (Lucifer), Ashley Callingbull (Blackstone), and Craig Lauzon (Royal Canadian Air Farce). Harold C. Joe, whose Indigenous archeological and cultural work inspired the film, plays the role of Steve’s mentor Auggie.
In addition to starring as Steve in the project, Dennis also directs and wrote the screenplay based on a story by Sophie Underwood and Joe.
The film is being produced by Harold C. Joe and Leslie D. Bland of Orca Cove Media,...
Pic follows a down-on-his-luck First Nations archeologist seeking redemption. Darrell Dennis leads as Steve, who teams up with a group of misfits from the Rez to break into a museum and reclaim sacred artifacts that rightfully belong to their people.
Also starring are Oscar nominee Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves), Tricia Helfer (Lucifer), Ashley Callingbull (Blackstone), and Craig Lauzon (Royal Canadian Air Farce). Harold C. Joe, whose Indigenous archeological and cultural work inspired the film, plays the role of Steve’s mentor Auggie.
In addition to starring as Steve in the project, Dennis also directs and wrote the screenplay based on a story by Sophie Underwood and Joe.
The film is being produced by Harold C. Joe and Leslie D. Bland of Orca Cove Media,...
- 9/23/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Advisory committee assessing projects to be revealed after decisions for all programmes announced.
Telefilm Canada is supporting six Indigenous projects through the Indigenous Stream submitted under the Theatrical Documentary Program and the Production Program.
The organisation, which appointed Francesca Accinelli to serve as interim executive and CEO when Christa Dickenson steps down on September 10, has made a total commitment of more than C3m (Usd 2.3m).
Telefilm Canada allocates C4m (USD3.1m) annually to creators from Canada’s Indigenous communities, with the remainder reserved for Indigenous projects applied through the Talent to Watch Program and the Development Program.
Projects...
Telefilm Canada is supporting six Indigenous projects through the Indigenous Stream submitted under the Theatrical Documentary Program and the Production Program.
The organisation, which appointed Francesca Accinelli to serve as interim executive and CEO when Christa Dickenson steps down on September 10, has made a total commitment of more than C3m (Usd 2.3m).
Telefilm Canada allocates C4m (USD3.1m) annually to creators from Canada’s Indigenous communities, with the remainder reserved for Indigenous projects applied through the Talent to Watch Program and the Development Program.
Projects...
- 7/22/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stand Up & Pitch, the 10th annual comedy competition held during the famed Just For Laughs festival in Montreal that aims to discover new comedic talent, has announced this year’s victors.
Stand Up & Pitch consists of three categories: ‘Beyond The Box'; a CBC Comedy-sponsored category honoring Canadian talent; and ‘From Set To Screen’, which assesses works intended for distributions on TV, Ott, and Svod services. Winners -- who will receive an all-expense-paid trip to next year’s Stand Up & Pitch competition, including travel and lodging -- were chosen by comedy exec judges from Adult Swim, Amazon Studios, Comedy Central, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, Snap, and more.
In Beyond The Box, James Made and Jana Peck (pictured above) were victorious for their Madge & Peck series about grown-up life. In the CBC Comedy Pitch Program category, Nthenya Ndunda and Siobhan Baird won for Domesticate Me, a TV comedy series about unemployment. And finally,...
Stand Up & Pitch consists of three categories: ‘Beyond The Box'; a CBC Comedy-sponsored category honoring Canadian talent; and ‘From Set To Screen’, which assesses works intended for distributions on TV, Ott, and Svod services. Winners -- who will receive an all-expense-paid trip to next year’s Stand Up & Pitch competition, including travel and lodging -- were chosen by comedy exec judges from Adult Swim, Amazon Studios, Comedy Central, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, Snap, and more.
In Beyond The Box, James Made and Jana Peck (pictured above) were victorious for their Madge & Peck series about grown-up life. In the CBC Comedy Pitch Program category, Nthenya Ndunda and Siobhan Baird won for Domesticate Me, a TV comedy series about unemployment. And finally,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Subjects range from prison inmate story to supernatural tale.
Telefilm Canada said on Thursday (July 5) it is investing more Cad $3m (Usd 2.2m) in four Indigenous feature films with directors, writers and producers from seven Indigenous nations.
“Telefilm Canada is committed to supporting creative storytelling that puts diversity at the forefront as we work to achieve a financing portfolio that better represents Canada,” said Jean-Claude Mahé, acting executive director of Telefilm Canada.
“As part of our commitment to the Indigenous community, not only have we increased our financial commitment but have also put into place a jury-led decision-making process, facilitated...
Telefilm Canada said on Thursday (July 5) it is investing more Cad $3m (Usd 2.2m) in four Indigenous feature films with directors, writers and producers from seven Indigenous nations.
“Telefilm Canada is committed to supporting creative storytelling that puts diversity at the forefront as we work to achieve a financing portfolio that better represents Canada,” said Jean-Claude Mahé, acting executive director of Telefilm Canada.
“As part of our commitment to the Indigenous community, not only have we increased our financial commitment but have also put into place a jury-led decision-making process, facilitated...
- 7/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews on Friday, February 20 for Tales Of An Urban Indian, the second play of the 2008-2009 Public Lab season. Written and performed by Darrell Dennis (from the Shuswap nation) and directed by Herbie Barnes (from the Ojibway nation), Tales Of An Urban Indian will run through Sunday, March 15 with an official press opening on Sunday, March 1. Tales Of An Urban Indian is a part of The Public Theater?s Native Theater Initiative made possible through the generous support from The Ford Foundation. Tickets are $10 for all performances and are on-sale now.
- 2/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting and creative team today for Tales Of An Urban Indian, the second play of the 2008-2009 Public Lab season. Written and performed by Darrell Dennis (from the Shuswap nation) and directed by Herbie Barnes (from the Ojibway nation), Tales Of An Urban Indian will begin performances on Friday, February 20 and run through Sunday, March 15. Tales Of An Urban Indian is a part of The Public Theater's Native Theater Initiative made possible through the generous support from The Ford Foundation. Tickets are $10 for all performances and are on-sale now.
- 2/3/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) is pleased to announce the 2009 Public Lab season line-up, featuring new works by Darrell Dennis, Ra?l Castillo, Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman, and Suzan-Lori Parks. Public Lab's second season, which began with the LAByrinth Theater Company's production of Philip Roth in Khartoum by David Bar Katz in December, will continue on February 20 with the U.S. premiere of Tales of an Urban Indian, a result of The Public Theater's Native Theater Initiative. The Public Lab season will also include the world premiere of Knives and Other Sharp Objects, the New York premiere of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and a world premiere by The Public Theater's Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks. Tickets, priced at $10, go on-sale on Friday, January 30. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported Public Lab with one of the largest grants ever received by The Public Theater.
- 1/21/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
NEW YORK -- The Sundance Institute will workshop 13 projects at its January Screenwriters Lab, steered by a who's who of indie writers, including artistic director Scott Frank, Paul Attanasio, Kasi Lemmons, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal and Doug Wright.
Towelhead author Alicia Erian, whose novel was adapted for Alan Ball's upcoming Nothing Is Private, is developing a script about an American who faces repercussions after helping a Salvadoran immigrant in Hammer and Anvil.
The other projects include Liu Hao's Beijing romance Addicted to Love; John Magary's family drama "Blood Abundance, or the Half-Life of Antoinette"; Ryan Knighton's autobiographical blindness drama Cockeyed; and Hadar Friedlich's Israeli profile Hannah M.
Patrick Vala-Haynes' father-son drama The Henchman; Moon Molson's crime drama Meadowlandz; Daniel Casey's Polish-American boxing story Poletown; and Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa and Karen Sztajnberg's Brazilian coming-of-age drama Quotas also made the cut.
Rounding out the list are Liza Johnson's portrait of a military mother, Return; Hicham Ayouch's Moroccan Muslim drama Samba Do Maazouuz; Frank Budgen's adult U.K. fairy tale, Shockheaded Peter; and Darrell Dennis' study of a Native American woman in Canada, Tales of an Urban Indian.
Other Screenwriters Lab advisers include Rodrigo Garcia, Dan Kleinman, Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Malia Scotch Marmo, Christopher McQuarrie, Walter Mosley, Tom Rickman, Howard Rodman, Susan Shilliday, Zachary Sklar, Dana Stevens, Thomas Vinterberg and Tyger Williams.
Towelhead author Alicia Erian, whose novel was adapted for Alan Ball's upcoming Nothing Is Private, is developing a script about an American who faces repercussions after helping a Salvadoran immigrant in Hammer and Anvil.
The other projects include Liu Hao's Beijing romance Addicted to Love; John Magary's family drama "Blood Abundance, or the Half-Life of Antoinette"; Ryan Knighton's autobiographical blindness drama Cockeyed; and Hadar Friedlich's Israeli profile Hannah M.
Patrick Vala-Haynes' father-son drama The Henchman; Moon Molson's crime drama Meadowlandz; Daniel Casey's Polish-American boxing story Poletown; and Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa and Karen Sztajnberg's Brazilian coming-of-age drama Quotas also made the cut.
Rounding out the list are Liza Johnson's portrait of a military mother, Return; Hicham Ayouch's Moroccan Muslim drama Samba Do Maazouuz; Frank Budgen's adult U.K. fairy tale, Shockheaded Peter; and Darrell Dennis' study of a Native American woman in Canada, Tales of an Urban Indian.
Other Screenwriters Lab advisers include Rodrigo Garcia, Dan Kleinman, Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Malia Scotch Marmo, Christopher McQuarrie, Walter Mosley, Tom Rickman, Howard Rodman, Susan Shilliday, Zachary Sklar, Dana Stevens, Thomas Vinterberg and Tyger Williams.
- 12/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Water them, nourish them, provide sunlight and show em your love and they will produce yummy results. This is what the folks at Sundance Institute do year in and year out and before the circus comes to town in mid January there are 13 folks that will pack their bags for a working-vacation reserved to the new talents. I've got my ear to the ground and follow the trades so only a few of these names actually ring a bell, but for the most part these are unknowns and these film projects mean zilch: that is until the day the premiere at a major film festival and gain tons of accolades. The annual January Screenwriters Lab, (January 11-16, 2008) is a five-day writer’s workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk-taking.
- 12/13/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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