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Regarding Sarah
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32 (возраст)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Канада
Последний визит: 26.05.2009
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| Статус: | Не женат/Не замужем | | Здесь для: | Деловых контактов | | Вероисповедание: | Не скажу | | Знак Зодиака: | Козерог | | Дети: | Не скажу | | Образование: | Не скажу | | Доход: | Не скажу |
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О себе:
Sarah is losing her memory. In a last desperate attempt to maintain control of her life, she begins to videotape
everything: from momentous events to the tiniest details of daily living. Crooked lawyers and friends over for tea are all
captured on her little digital cameras. Rapidly, this accumulation of footage becomes too much for her to handle. She
becomes obsessed with watching herself. Finally, Sarah must confront the question of whether her life still has meaning
if she can’t remember it.
Written and Directed by
Michelle Porter
Producer
Amy Belling
Gina Stockdale as Sarah
Director of Photography
Shannon Kohli
Production Designer
Peter Ochotta
Costume Designer
Heather Osborne
Key Make-up Artist
Andrea Manchur
Editor
Lauren Mainland
Sound Designer
Miguel Nunes
Elderly Friend
Joy Coghill
Dishonest Lawyer
Stephen E. Miller
Obsessive Lawyer
Tom McBeath
Grand-daughter
Nicole Porter
Michelle Porter
Director and Writer
After directing 52 episodes of the animation series Gundam Wing, and after a successful theatre career which includes Life of Galileo at the Van East Cultural Centre and Twisted Christmas at the Arts Club and Belfry Theatres, Michelle went full tilt into film. She received the “Telefilm Canada Award for the Best Western Emerging Director for a Short or Midlength Film” at the Vancouver International Film Festival for Big Shoes to Fill as well as “Best Short Film” at the Moving Pictures Festival and two Leo Awards (one for directing). Her latest film Regarding Sarah just received “The Most Memorable Film” Award at the NorthWest Film and Video Festival and has screened at numerous international film festivals. Both Big Shoes to Fill and Regarding Sarah will play on CBC’s Canadian Reflections. Michelle is a graduate of both the theatre and film programs at the University of British Columbia. As well she attended the first Berlinale Talent Campus and the 2000 Equity Master Class in direction. She is currently developing the documentary Dissolve.
Amy Belling
Producer
A UBC film and theatre graduate, Amy is both a producer and cinematographer with a slate of successful short, feature and television projects. Why the Anderson Children Didn’t Come to Dinner (2003) premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival. Sixty film festival screenings and numerous awards later, the film has aired on CBC, The Comedy Network and PBS. Subsequent shorts include Once a Fish (2005) for Citytv, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival; Regarding Sarah (2006), which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival; and The Saddest Boy in the World (2006), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival – as well as at Slamdance and Rotterdam – and for which Amy also served as director of photography. Both of the latter shorts will also air on CBC. She is the associate producer of the theatrical feature Mount Pleasant (2006). Television experience includes working as production manager and cinematographer for the first season of Bravo’s documentary series On Screen!, and the same roles on a recent documentary shoot in Haiti. Currently, Amy is developing feature documentaries – including the upcoming Dissolve, with development funding from BC Film and CBC – and dramas, as well as working on numerous projects as a director of photography.
Gina Stockdale
Lead Actor
Born in Cambridge, England, Gina moved to Canada in 1967 and settled in the Vancouver area in 1970. She took a BA at Simon Fraser University, majoring in Fine and Performing Arts and English. Favourite stage credits include the role of Mother Courage in Courage in the Park for Ruby Slippers/Public Dreams, Doris in Unity 1918 for Touchstone Theatre, Prospero in The Tempest for SFU, Irene in Alan Bennett's A Lady of Letters for These Four Walls. Gina has been working in TV and film for the past nine years. Highlights include a series regular on Hope Island and the role of Mrs. Scott in a mini series re-make of Little House on the Prairie, which aired on ABC and CBC. Gina writes, performs and has her own company: These Four Walls Theatre.
Shannon Kohli
Director of Photography
Shannon grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada to study at the University of British Columbia where she graduated with a BA in Film. While at UBC she won Best Cinematography for The Night Visitor and Big Shoes to Fill. Since completing her degree, Shannon has shot numerous short films including BlindSpot, 30 min or Free and Captured. Most recently she has directed photography on the short films Inconvenience>, Jilted, Break a Leg Rosie and Gravity Boy, as well as on the three feature films Ragnarok, 22 Hands and Of Golf and God. Shannon was the 2005 recipient of the WIFVV Kodak Excellence Award and is a cinematography member of the International Guild of Photographers, IATSE 669.
Peter Ochotta
Production Designer
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Peter Ochotta's work includes architecture, graphic design, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He holds degrees in Fine Arts and in Architecture, and is a former professor of Computer Aided-Design at the University of Waterloo. Since moving to Vancouver in 1999, he has been Art Director on independent features and Production Designer of several shorts, including The Night Visitor and Big Shoes to Fill. Peter was in the Art Department of the films Scooby Doo 2, Catwoman, Fantastic Four and the TV series Killer Instinct. He is currently working as a Set Designer on productions in Vancouver.
Lauren Mainland
Editor
Lauren Mainland is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia's film production program. As a writer, director, editor and producer, Lauren's award-winning shorts have screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Her short film Rigor Mortis (2001) aired on CBC. Lauren is pursuing editing while continuing to write and direct her own scripts.
Miguel Nunes
Sound Designer/Mixer
Miguel Nunes works in Vancouver as a sound designer, supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer. The winner of a 2003 Gemini Award, for the CBC series Da Vinci's Inquest, Nunes has built a sturdy reputation of excellence in Canada's post-production sound scene. Genie Award-nominated for his work on the feature films Emile and Last ?Night—by Carl Bessai and Don McKellar, respectively—Nunes has also been nominated for a total of eleven Leo Awards in sound editing and overall sound; and he has won three. Other recent credits include the Air Bud franchise for Keystone/Miramax and the upcoming feature An American Haunting, starring Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. Nunes also recently ventured back to his roots, composing music and sound designing an Air Jordan commercial for Nike.
Heather Osborne
Costume Designer
Heather Osborne grew up in Toronto and moved to Halifax in 1998 where she earned a BFA in textiles at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Moving across Canada to Vancouver, she obtained a certificate in Costuming for Theatre and Film from Capilano College. Heather has worked on several short films including Fallen by director Allison Beda. Regarding Sarah is her first credit as Costume Designer. Since then, Heather acted as costume designer on the theatrical feature film Mount Pleasant. Heather is currently pursuing a career in costumes as a dyer/ager and a textile artist.
Andrea Manchur
Make-Up Artist
A professional make-up artist for eleven years, Andrea Manchur is a graduate of the highly acclaimed Blanche Macdonald Institute. Andrea's expertise is widespread: film and TV, special effects, fashion runway, commercial print and bridal. Andrea began with a coveted position at CBC where she headed make-up for the shows CBC Sportsline, Hockey Night in Canada and Broadcast 1. From there she ventured into the world of film. A member of IATSE 891, Andrea has worked on numerous feature films, MOW's and popular TV series': X-Men 3, The Santa Clause 2, Scary Movie 3, DaVinci's Inquest, Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, The L-Word, Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight. While Andrea's primary focus is film and TV, she does freelance work for music videos, commercial print and her private celebrity clientele.
Festival Screening History:
Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal, QC., Canada
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, Sudbury, ON., Canada
Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, AB., Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
33rd Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA
Moving Pictures 2007: Canadian Films on Tour, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria, B.C., Canada
International Festival of Short Films on Culture, Jaipur, India
NFB – FAP screening, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, California, USA
Washington, DC Independent Film Festival, USA
Women in Film Festival B.C., Vancouver, Canada
The Best of the Northwest: Festival Tour 2007, Canada & USA
East Lansing Film Festival, Michigan, USA
Florida Film Festival, Florida, USA
Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Philadelphia Film Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
Media Net’s Edges Film Festival, Victoria, B.C., Canada
San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
WorldFest Independent Film Festival, Houston, Texas, USA
Celluloid Social Club, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Jacksonville Film Festival, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Leo Awards Film Festival, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Nantucket Film Festival, Nantucket, MA, USA
Michigan Womyn's Music and Film Festival, Ohio, USA
Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
International Bunker Film Festival, Ventimiglia, Italy
Vladivostok International Film Festival “Pacific Meridian”, Vladivostok, Russia
Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Queensland, Australia
Awards:
“Best Short Narrative” at the Crossroads Film Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
“Most Memorable Film” at the 33rd Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA
“Best Film” at the Women in Film Festival B.C., Vancouver, Canada
“People’s Choice Award” at the Women in Film Festival B.C., Vancouver, Canada
“Best Editing” at the San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, San Francisco, CA., USA
“Best Cinematography” at the WorldFest Independent Film Festival, Houston, Texas, USA
Winner of six Leo Awards, B.C.’s film and television awards, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Best Short, Directing, Writing, Production Design, Editing & Lead Female Performer
Nominated for eight Leo Awards, B.C.’s film and television awards, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Best Short, Directing, Writing, Cinematography, Production Design, Make-up, Editing & Lead Female Performer
“Audience Award for Best Short” at the Jacksonville Film Festival, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
“Jury Award” at the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
33rd Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA – November 2006
Award-winner MOST MEMORABLE film:
“This is a smartly exquisite film about memory loss, of the kind that comes creeping with age. Sarah, our forgetful heroine, opts for the video medium as a visual prosthetic, a substitute for flagging recall, recording every moment as life becomes indistinguishable from its NTSC counterpart. Not a praise of Alzheimer's but more a heroic acceptance, Porter's bright and innovative examination is memorable in every way.”— Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley
“REGARDING SARAH, Michelle Porter's unforgettable fictive short, is about a technological salve for time. As her memory recedes, the eponymous Sarah surrounds herself with countless camcorders, recording her every waking moment. Porter's great revelation is taht the real pleasure is to be found in the lived moments, not in the retrieval of zeroes and ones, even if living doesn't last.” – Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, B.C., Canada – Sept. 2006
Sarah (Gina Stockdale) is a woman in the later years of her life. Her husband has passed away a number of years back and she is grasping for companionship in every way that she can. One day her life changes for the better when her son buys her a video camera and she begins to record her daily interactions with her friends and buisness associates, and other day-to-day activities. However, it isn't long before she becomes obsessed with filming everything from multiple angles and with multiple cameras, and the resulting footage that she must edit down to a daily highlight tape becomes too much for her to handle. Quickly, as she becomes more and more obsessed with rewatching every aspect of her life, she begins to question what the purpose of her life is if she can't remember the meaning without being reminded by a prerecorded video tape.
Regarding Sarah, screening as part of the Eccentric Orbits collections of short films at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, is writer/director Michelle Porter's take on memory loss and Alzheimer's in the older segment of our population. Shot on MiniDV and complete with a full-on Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track, this is an interesting piece of cinema treading along the same lines as The Truman Show and EdTV. Where it differs from those Hollywood productions is that it asks questions about life and memory. Does a life have meaning and purpose if the only way you can remember it is through photographs or full motion video? Is remembering that life worth the sacrifice of shooting every last conversation for further analysis? Do you really truly have a life at all if you're too busy revisiting it to live it to the fullest? All these questions are brought up in this interesting 13-minute feature.
Michelle Porter, whose previous shorts include Insight and Big Shoes to Fill has directed a thought-provoking piece of work that is highlighted by its strong performance by lead actress Gina Stockdale, whose work here is subdued with a certain elegance. But yet, it is still very real and has a down-to-earth quality that will remind each potential viewer of their own grandparents. Thematically strong, well acted, and well written, Regarding Sarah is a strong example of why a strong idea need not only be told in a feature length film but can also be told in a short as well.
By Mark McLeod, MovieContests.com reviewer
Producer: Amy Belling Year: 2006
Distributor: N/A Film Type: Short
Writer: Michelle Porter
Shooting Format: dv
Screening Format: Digibeta
Composer: Bach Color: color
Agent: N/A Running Time: 14
Production Company: Compact Films Copyright Date: 2006
Website: http://www.compactfilms.com
Email and Contact info: info@compactfilms.com
Cast: Gina Stockdale, Stephen E. Miller, Joy Coghill
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