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More Festivals & Broadcasts for MSF Films
February 26, 2009 · 2 Comments
Can’t hold a good film back — A Life’s Passion will be broadcast on CBC Reflections, April 12. Pavane will premiere on CBC Reflections April 5. Nagasaki Circus has been invited for inclusion in Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted Animation Festival, and Pavane continues it’s US invasion with WorldFest Houston International Film & Video Festival April 17-26, 2009. If you’re a filmmaker who toured with us, or submitted your film for consideration, drop a line and let us know about... [Read the full story]
Comedy
JPod Returns to the Screen
September 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
When we first screened JPod at SXSW, Wired Magazine took notice … I Want My Book-based Film Shorts By Todd Jatras March 12, 2007 | 2:42:03 PMCategories: SXSW07 Authors could soon begin demanding short video treatments of their latest works of fiction and non-fiction, emulating musicians in the 80’s, who quickly realized they could seriously pump sales by producing mini-films of their hottest singles for the MTV generation. The other night Bookshorts screened a 4-minute HD adaptation of Douglas Coupland’s... [Read the full story]
Drama
Pavane Featured in Master Classes
May 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Director Paul Quarrington will present his new short film, PAVANE, in person along with producer Judith Keenan, in a series of Master Classes programmed in conjunction with host festivals across the country. “It will be a wonderful way in which to get immediate feedback,” states Quarrington, whose credentials range from small to big screens, “much more personal than its broadcast on Bravo!FACT and CBC later in the year.” For more about this intriguing hybrid live-action and animated film, and details... [Read the full story]
Doc
Food, Sex, and Salmonella
September 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
What sex is to interpersonal relationships, eating is to the human-environment relationship: a consummation of humans’ connection to the living biosphere. But while sticking one’s tongue into a new and exciting environment may be an act as old as the planet, it can also lead to some nasty surprises. FOOD, SEX, AND SALMONELLA is a lively look at foodborne illnesses, David Waltner-Toews discusses food-related problems caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites, including death by ice cream mix, and rollicking tales of... [Read the full story]
Animation
Animation: Moving Stories Films Presents Range
September 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Moving Stories Films will host several animated films in this year’s program. They include: Nagasaki Circus The Cave When the Telescope Came A Letter to Colleen There are two films that include both live action and animated segments — Pavane and A Life’s Passion. Catch Pavane in the Master Class workshop series in any of Winnipeg, Calgary, or Ottawa! Read More →
Profiles
‘A Life’s Passion’ featuring James McCreath
June 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
BookShorts Preview of A Life’s Passion by James McCreath RENALDO reveals the story of James McCreath, a businessman who overcame the relentless hand of fate by translating true life into an epic novel of historical fiction, Renaldo. Reluctant prodigy from a family fortune amassed through generations; honour-bound to fulfill duties to those whose dedication kills; thwarted in love by cruel irony; persevering by his hope, passion and faith — the film focuses on some of the intense personal events of McCreath’s... [Read the full story]
Trailers
Nagasaki Circus Trailer a hint of Rachel Peters
October 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
Nagasaki Circus Supported by BravoFACT, National Film Board Animation Studio, BookShorts Inc. Now on tour with Moving Stories Films 2008 Read More →
Featured Books
National Screening Tour
Holiday TINARS Moving Stories Event a Glam Success
With a big bevvy of star artists per square foot at the Gladstone Hotel Nov 26, the Pages Books “This is Not A Reading Series” presentation of Moving Stories Films... [Read more]
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Book To Film News
i-Robot Poetry to Screen at Bucktown Arts Fest in Chicago
Bookshorts’ films continue to make their way onto the festival circuit south of the border. We are very pleased that some of our early productions are continuing to work... [Read more]
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Spotlight
Film Advisors
Judith Keenan’s 20-year career in Canada and the United States has been focused on business development in the culture and entertainment sector. She... [Read more]
An award-winning non-fiction writer and former magazine editor, Anne Collins is the publisher and vice-president of Random House Canada. Writers she publishes... [Read more]
Robert has produced some 30 films including Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominated Being Julia, Golden Globe nominated Sunshine, the Cannes Grand... [Read more]
NINO RICCI’s The Origin of Species has just won the 2008 Governor General’s Award for Fiction, his second GG! Lives of the Saints (1990) won the... [Read more]