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- Moving Stories Films to announce program
line-up
- Davidson's THE GARGOYLE hits cyberspace
- Annick Press & BookShorts partner on YA Previews
- King Kiosks "Bundle for Booksellers"
- Vancouver Producers Make Films for VIWF Premiere
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Moving Stories Films Welcomes
World Wide Submissions
The world has come to the Moving Stories Film Festival,
with short film submissions coming in from all over the
globe. Impressing us with their creativity and talent are
filmmakers from Japan, USA, Australia, Italy, Netherlands,
Switzerland, UK and Denmark. We're also thrilled to have
submissions from east to west right here in Canada, including
Vancouver, the Yukon, Winnipeg, St. John's and all sorts
of places in between.
The diversity also extends to the films themselves. Drama,
comedy, action, adventure, mystery, fairy tales and even
dance interpretations of books and poems have made their
way on screen in both live action and animation.
We're pleased to have the multi-talented Paul Quarrington
as programmer for Moving Stories Films. “As an author
and filmmaker myself, I feel honoured to be involved in
the curation of the festival program", says Quarrington,
"though with so many wonderful submissions, it's been
a real challenge to whittle it down to fit our program."
In addition to Quarrington, Moving Stories Films prestigious
advisory team includes producer Robert Lantos, filmmaker
Sarah Polley, author Nino Ricci, publisher Anne Collins
and director/ animator Gary Thomas.
Visit
Moving Stories online for the final line up in August!
The Gargoyle BookShort
Unveiled
Andrew Davidson’s debut novel The Gargoyle
is just about to hit the shelves, but it has
already hit the screen in a brilliant new BookShort directed
by Bert Kish for Doubleday US.
Elegantly shot, directed and edited in Los Angeles, The
Gargoyle : Sei's Story captures one of many exotic mythical
threads woven by Davidson in the book. We meet Marianne Engel,
a mysterious sculptor of gargoyles who enters and re-enters
the life of the nameless narrator, a suicidal burn victim.
We also meet Andrew Davidson himself, as he reflects on the
story of Sei, the beautiful Japanese glassblower enmeshed
in a dilemma of love and loyalty, which he narrates for the
viewer.
Official book pub date is August 7 for release in Canada,
the US and the UK. Can’t wait and need something to
hold you over? There’s already plenty of buzz about
the book online at www.burnedbylove.com.
Check it out and submit your own burned by love experience!
The Gargoyle film is produced by BookShorts in collaboration
with the team at Doubleday, lead by John Pitts.
Annick Press Brings BookShorts
into YA
BookShorts is jazzed to have a most excellent
opportunity to turn attention to books for young adults through
our just-signed collaboration with Annick Press, purveyors of
“excellence and innovation in children’s literature.”
Annick Press has commissioned BookShorts to produce a series
of animated Book Previews for YA titles, selected for their
focus on African studies. “Kids at his age are so incredibly
screen-oriented, and voracious in their appetite for entertainment,"
says BookShorts producer Judith Keenan, “it's very savvy
of Annick to use those natural tendencies to help introduce
kids, and their retail / educational gatekeepers, to bring attention
to these titles in particular.”
With an emphasis on graphic style and super cool music, BookShorts
looks forward to shorting out with our friends at Annick and
all the young readers out there!
More about Annick Press at www.annickpress.com
Take
Advantage of the Bundle for Booksellers!
CBA and BookShorts successfully launched
the Bundle for Booksellers program at this year's BookExpo Canada.
The interactive marketing initiative combines the technology
of KING kiosks and the custom video content of MOVINGSTORIES.TV.
Our Bundle for Booksellers includes:
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MovingStories.TV video programs
featuring BookShort Films, Author Profiles, Book Preview Trailers
and Original Web Shows to highlight new and popular books
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Elegant slim Plynth Classic Kiosk
designed by King Products
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Options to customize the kiosk
to your own design
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Installation and a full year of
hosting and technical support
We're ready to deliver kiosks and content
for the upcoming Fall season; contact Judith@bookshorts.com
for details.
And the
Winner of “Make A Film On Our Dime” is ...
The creative duo of Ken Tsui and Brittany
Junek has been selected as the winner of the “Make A Film On Our
Dime” competition. Their vision for a short film adaptation of
award-winning BC author David Chariandy’s novel
Soucouyant will soon be realized into
a BookShort.
“We feel that Ken and Brittany’s interpretation
of the book will translate beautifully into a short film, reflecting
the underlying sentiments and essence of Soucouyant in a dramatic
and nuanced manner”, says BookShorts producer Judith Keenan.
Tsui, a student of Emily Carr University
in Vancouver, and Junek, an alum, will work closely with a team
of seasoned professionals to create their short film. It will
be screened at the Vancouver International Writers Festival in
October as part of the Moving Stories Film Festival
Congratulations to the dynamic duo
– we look forward to seeing your film! www.movingstoriesfilmfest.com
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About
BookShorts
BookShorts are short films adapted from books, including exclusive
behind-the-scenes features. They have screened nationally on television
specialty channels, in film and literary festivals from Vancouver
to St. John's, New York and Washington. BookShorts Literacy Program
is supported by Canadian
Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners
in the Canadian publishing community .For media catalogue, visit
www.bookshorts.com.
Judith Keenan, BookShorts Literacy
Program / BookShorts Inc.
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