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BookShort Catalogue: Profiles

 
  There are two types of BookShorts Profiles. Although they share some characteristics, the BookShort Film Profiles are easily packaged with their film counterparts to extend a viewer / reader experience.

AUTHOR, NEWS AND EVENT PROFILES
BookShorts produces feature programming profiling authors as well as book, film and new media events that celebrate literacy. Watch these vignettes by clicking on the links provided.

BOOKSHORT FILM PROFILES
Author and Director Profiles are produced on set as we make our publisher-supported short films. They may also be enjoyed as stand-alone interviews. They are listed in the section marked below, and can be viewed by clicking the links provided.

 

Licensing and Formats

All media is owned by BookShorts and available for syndication via multiple formats including DigiBeta, BetaSP, MiniDV, DVD-RW (Region 0), .AVI, .MOV . Additional versions of varying durations may also be available. For licensing inquiries contact judith@bookshorts.com

 

PROFILES: AUTHOR NEWS & EVENTS

 
 Film Genre  Book / Event
     
Profile: Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2007 - Color - News, Activism, Book Launch Interview with Author Cathy Crowe & Contributors
Profile - I've Got a Home in Gloryland CANADA - English - 08:00 - 2007 - Color - News, Book Launch Interview with Austin Clarke and Author K. Smardz-Frost

Profile: Neil Smith
CANADA - English - 03:43 - 2007 - Color - Interview, Author Bang Crunch, at Harbourfront Reading Series
Profile: Michael Connelly CANADA - English - 03:30 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author Paul Quarrington Interviews Connelly, Courtesy IFOA 2006

Profile: Gurth Pretty
CANADA - English - 02:30 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author Canadian Artisanal Cheese, at Cheese Boutique Launch Event
CANADA - English - 02:43 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author

The Five Hole Stories, with performance by The Imponderables, Comedy Troupe, Pages TINARS

Profile: Pascale Quiviger & Carol Windley CANADA - English - 02:43 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Authors Interviews with Giller Nominees in the day of the Awards, Nov 2006
CANADA - English - 04:49 - 2006 - Color - News, Event Holiday Party Event with band lead by Paul Quarrington, Gladstone, Dec 2006
CANADA - English - 06:24 - 2006 - Color - News, Event Event coverage of Film Premiere at One Minute Film Fest, w/ Fest Founder, Director Irene Duma
CANADA - English - 02:25 - 2006 - Color - News, Event Event coverage including on screen excerpt of Giller shorts, Nov 2006
CANADA - English - 01:30 - 2006 - Color - News, Event IFOA On-Stage Interview w/ Danielewski w/ Foer
CANADA - English - 02:04 - 2006 - Color - News, Event IFOA On-Stage Interview w/ Charles Berberian & Phillippe Dupuy, Host Seth
CANADA - English - 03:02 - 2006 - Color - News, Event New Media Business Alliance iLunch w/ Roland Lange, Google et al
CANADA - English - 04:35 - 2006 - Color - News, Event PEN Canada Benefit w/ Connie Rooke, Anne-Marie MacDonald, Wole Soyinka, Oct 2006
CANADA - English - 00:59 - 2006 - Color - 1ews, Event M&S 100 Year Anniversary Event, IFOA Oct 2006 w/ Doug Pepper, Avie Bennett
CANADA - English - 02:24 - 2006 - Color - News, Event BookShorts Lounge at BookExpo Canada, Toronto, June 2006
CANADA / US - English - 02:55 - 2006 - Color - News, Event BookShorts Launch in Washington, DC, May 2006

PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH BOOKSHORT FILMS
For licensing inquiries contact judith@bookshorts.com

Lesson of an Angel
Dir. Bert Kish

CANADA - English - 02:30 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author

No Limit Texas Hold'em: A Complete Guide
Angel Largay

Betting on a Shot
Dir. Bert Kish

CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Director

No Limit Texas Hold'em: A Complete Guide
Angel Largay

Making Archetypes
Dir. Irene Duma

CANADA - English - 03:20 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author

Archetypes: Social Animals in Our Midst, Mirielle Silcoff & Kagan McLeod

Making Mobile Archetypes
Dir. Irene Duma

CANADA - English - 02:16 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Director

Archetypes: Social Animals in Our Midst, Mirielle Silcoff & Kagan McLeod

Making Confessions
Dir. Bert Kish

CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2006 - Interview, Author

Confessions of a Pigrim, Sue Kenney w/ Bruce Pirrie

Deconstructing The Fighter
Dir. Mark Hesselink

CANADA - English - 07:00- 2006 - Color - Interview, Director

The Fighter, Craig Davidson

The Fighter: From Page to Screen
Dir. Mark Hesselink

CANADA - English - 03:00- 2006 - Color - Interview, Author

The Fighter, Craig Davidson

The Fighter Launch Event
Dir. Mark Hesselink

CANADA - English - 03:00- 2006 - Color - Event, News

The Fighter, Craig Davidson at Florida Jack Boxing Club

Pauline Couture
Dir. Daniel Borins
CANADA - English - 02:34 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Author ICE: Beauty Danger History, Pauline Couture
Behind the Ice
Dir. Daniel Borins
CANADA - French - 03:19 - 2005 - Color - Documentary, Animation ICE: Beauty Danger History, Pauline Couture
Making i-ROBOT Poetry
Dir. Lisa Mann w/ Curtis Wehrfritz
CANADA - English - 03:40 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author + Director i-ROBOT: Poetry by Jason Christie w/ Lisa Mann
Robots Speak
Dir. Lisa Mann w/ Curtis Wehrfritz
CANADA - English - 02:00 - 2006 - Color - Trailer, Behind the Scenes Featurette i-ROBOT: Poetry by Jason Christie
Making JPod
Prod. BookShorts w/ Writer Bruce Pirrie
CANADA - English - 02:00 - 2006 - Color - Cast Interview, Behind the Scenes Featurette JPod, Cast w/ John McNairy
Scott Griffin: Flying Adventurer
Prod . Judith Keenan
CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author My Heart is Africa: A Flying Adventure, Scott Griffin
Nate Fick: On Writing One Bullet Away
Dir. Irene Duma
CANADA / USA - English - 03:20 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel Fick
Nate Fick: On Coming Home
Dir. Irene Duma
CANADA / USA - English - 01:20 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author + Director One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel Fick w/ Irene Duma
Inspiring Stories from All of Us
Dir. Francine Zuckerman
CANADA - English - 04:30 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Cast A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories for All of Us, Paula Todd w/ Cast
Crossing Media: A Quiet Courage
Dir. Francine Zuckerman
CANADA - English - 04:30 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Director A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories for All of Us, Paula Todd w/ Francine Zuckerman
This BookShort Took Seven Decades
Dir. Irene Duma
CANADA - English - 02:40 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Director This Hour Has Seven Decades, Patrick Watson w/ Irene Duma
Patrick Watson: Historica Minutes
Dir. Irene Duma
CANADA - English - 4:20 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Author This Hour Has Seven Decades, Patrick Watson
Inside Upside
Dir. Gary Thomas
CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Author The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization, Thomas Homer-Dixon w/ Paul Quarrington
Making The Upside of Down
Dir. Gary Thomas
CANADA - English - 03:00 - 2006 - Color - Interview, Director, Cast The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization, Thomas Homer-Dixon w/ Gary Thomas, Michael McGarry
What is a BookShort: Making What Casanova Told Me
Dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly & Marco Pecota
CANADA - English - 02:40 - 2004 - Color - Interview, Author + Producer What Casanova Told Me, Susan Swan w/ Judith Keenan

Filmmakers on Film
Dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly & Marco Pecota

CANADA - English - 04:40 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Directors What Casanova Told Me, Susan Swan w/ Ed Gass-Donnelly & Marco Pecota

Our Fascination with Casanova
Dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly & Marco Pecota

CANADA - English - 02:05 - 2005 - Color - Interview, Author, Cast What Casanova Told Me, Susan Swan w/ Actor Jaymz Bee
     
     
     
     
 

COLLECTIONS DISTRIBUTED BY BOOKSHORTS

The Scotiabank Giller Prize Profiles featuring Paul Quarrington on Galveston

Originally produced for broadcast in the context of the prestigious annual Scotiabank Giller Prize live awards show, the collection of more than 50 profiles, each 3 minutes in duration, includes readings with dramatic adaptations with high profile authors such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Austin Clarke, Ann-Marie MacDonald.

The Secret Mountain Featuring "A Treasure in My Garden"

Children's Storybooks, Audio CDs and DVD Music Videos Groundbreaking and award-winning children's songs and literature - multi-media storybooks and audio CDs.

FEATURED ANIMATIONS: The Fabulous Song; Dream Songs Night Songs; Lullaby Berceuse; A Treasure in My Garden; A Duck in New York City; A Poodle in Paris by Juno award-winning Connie Kaldor all now available in Canada (English and French); A Treasure in my Garden will be released in American in 2007.

 

 
     
 

BOOKSHORTS FILM LIBRARY

JPod
By: Douglas Coupland
Pub: Random House Canada; Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK Genre: Fiction / Comedy
Writer: Bruce Pirrie
Release: January 2007

i-ROBOT Poetry
By: by Jason Christie
Pub: EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing.
Genre: Prose Poems / Animation
Dir: Lisa Mann & Curtis Wehrfritz
Writer: Link York
Release: September 2006

The Fighter
By: Craig Davidson
Pub: Penguin Canada, Norton US
Genre: Fiction / Drama
Dir: Mark Hesselink
Writer: Mona Zaidi
Release: October 2006

Angel Takes All: No Limit Texas Hold'em
By: Angel Largay
Pub: ECW Press
Genre: Poker Non-Fiction / Comedy
Dir: Bert Kish
Writer: Paul Quarrington
Release: September 2006

Archetypes
By: Mireille Silcoff
Illustrator: Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
Dir / Writer: Irene Duma
Release: October 2006

Confessions of a Pilgrim
by Sue Kenney
Pub: White Knight
Genre: Inspirational Non-Fiction / Doc
Dir: by Bert Kish
Writers: Bruce Pirrie & Sue Kenney
Release: Winter 2007

My Heart is Africa
by Scott Griffin
Pub: Thomas Allen Publishing
Genre: Travel Adventure / EPK
Trailer Dir: Craig Goodwill
Writer: Paul Quarrington
Release: March 2006

This Hour Has Seven Decades
By: Patrick Watson
Pub: McArthur & Company
Genre: Memoir / Mockumentary
Dir / Writer: Irene Duma
Release: June 2005 Worldwide Short Film Festival

ICE Beauty Danger History
By: Pauline Couture
Pub: McArthur & Company
Genre: Cultural Science / Animated Doc
Dir: Daniel Borins
Animation: Oli Goldsmith
Release: March 2005 CBC ZeD TV

A Quiet Courage
by Paula Todd
Pub: Thomas Allen Publishing
Genre: Inspirational Non-Fiction / Doc
Dir: Francine Zuckerman
Release: June 2005 TVOntario

What Casanova Told Me
By: Susan Swan
Pub: Random House Canada, Bloomsbury US, Losada Spain, also in France, Russia, Serbia, UK.
Genre: Historical Fiction / Period Drama
Dir: Ed Gass-Donnelly & Marco Pecota
Writers: Judith Thompson & Rod Gudino
Online Adaptation: Paul Quarrington & Bert Kish
Release: May 2004 Bravo!FACT Presents

 

 

 

 

 
   
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