• An East Vancouver animation studio is embarking on a journey with one of the smartest families on the planet. Nerd Corps is hard at work with world-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, his daughter (and author) Lucy Hawking, and Pure Grass Films to develop a new television series based on the Hawkings’ George Greenby book series for children. Nerd Corps — which has found global success with Slugterra and Monster High — will develop and produce 26 half-hour episodes.
It’s fitting that Cruel & Unusual — the first BC-shot full-length flick from CFC Features — will have its Canadian premiere in Vancouver. The supernatural puzzle film is the big-screen debut of homegrown director/writer Merlin Dervisevic and stars David Richmond-Peck (Orphan Black), Michael Eklund (The Call), Richard Harmon (Continuum), Michelle Harrison (Wild Roses), and newcomer Bernadette Saquibal. Vancity Theatre May 24 and June 7.
The winners of Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society’s 8 X 10 contest will screen their work at The Cinematheque on May 28. Their challenge: to re-imagine eight lines of provided dialogue from a Canadian movie in an original 10-minute film (in this case, Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter). This year’s teams — led by Jason Karman, Christopher O’Brien, and Blair Dykes — received only two weeks to create their mini masterpieces.
The Whistler Film Festival is now accepting submissions for its 14th edition, which runs December 3-7. Peruse the guidelines at WhistlerFilmFestival.com.
