Sprout This!

Dir. Brian G. Smith / Canada / 4:00 / Fiction / Treasure Island

The mother of Swedish auteur “Lars” has some strict criteria around the making of a film in her sprout store. Can Lars and adult film star Frankie Bombs from Peterborough pull it off?

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Sprout ABOUT THE FILM: Adult Film star Frankie Bombs clashes with Swedish auteur ‘Lars’ on the set of ‘Sprout This!’; an organic Canadian porn film. This ‘Making of’ mockumentary involves some nudity,bad language and luscious “health food”. Shot in beautiful HD on location at ‘Toronto Sprouts’, Canada’s premier organic urban sprout farm. This film won first prize in the coveted ‘69 hour film challenge’ at the 9th annual ‘Darryl’s Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival’, a Toronto favourite featuring short comedy films about sex.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Brian Smith is a TV producer, writer and director specializing in comedy. An award-winning alumnus of Toronto’s ‘The Second City’, Brian has created television, theatre and multi-media in Canada and the Caribbean. His mockumentary films have been broadcast on television throughout the world and won awards at several international festivals. He is owner/director of YouandMedia.com, a creative production company in Toronto. He also teaches Improv for stage and camera at the Second City Training Centre.

ABOUT THE INSPIRATION: Treasure Island meets Shake Hands with the Devil meets The Story of O… that’s how the seeds of this short were sown. The result is a twisted comic sprouting of an adventure classic, a modern memoir and a love story. Sprout this indeed!