BookShorts Company Profile

BookShorts (http://www.bookshorts.com) is a media production, distribution and marketing company. The company has produced hundreds of minutes of original programming, including twenty short films (many acquired by, or co-produced with national TV broadcasters); hundreds of artist biographies, news features and book video trailers; an 8-episode nationally broadcast television series and five feature documentaries. BookShorts was the sole founding provider of video production services to Amazon’s BookSurge LLC in 2009-2010, producing over 115 unique video book trailers.

Distribution is a key service offering to clients and sponsors in book publishing. In addition to TV and film festivals, the company broadcasts from three websites including its flagship MovingStories.TV (www.movingstories.tv) plus communities on Facebook, ChaptersIndigo.ca, Barnes and Noble Online and many online social networks.

Consumer marketing is a growing part of the vertical scope the company embraces -- Moving Stories Film Festival was launched in 2008, to screen the company’s original properties as well as films inspired by books from filmmakers around the world. The program consists of a curated selection of shorts curated by BookShorts, and presented by literary and film festivals across North America to the public as a free or ticketed event.

Profile - Judith Keenan

Judith Keenan has had a Canadian/US career in the culture and entertainment sector for over 20 years. She founded BookShorts Inc. / BookShorts Literacy Program to produce, distribute and market film, TV and digital media with a focus on the adaptation of books to screen. Her production credits include many hours of news features, short films, a national television series, and several feature documentaries.