2010 Recipients
Round Five: Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund
Eligible projects were considered by the Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund Selection Committee, which included Lynne Carter, Production Executive-Factual Content, Canwest Media Inc.; Sean Farnel, Director of Programming, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; and Aynsley Vogel, Head of Creative - Factual, Paperny Films. Six completion grants totalling $182,000 were awarded to the following projects:
AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE
Producer: Lucie Lambert
Directors: Stéphane Thibault, Isabelle Lavigne
Production Company: Les films du tricycle
An observational portrait of a family of belly dancers in a working-class district of Cairo by award-winning filmmakers Stéphane Thibault and Isabelle Lavigne.
BEAUTY DAY
Producers: Michael McMahon, Kevin McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin
Director: Jay Cheel
Production Company: Primitive Entertainment
A very funny and moving personal history of one-time cable television star Ralph Zavadil, St. Catherine's own Cap'n Video.
CUDA
Producer and Director: Jeremy Torrie
Production Company: High Definition Pictures Inc.
A Canadian soldier faces trials and tribulations when attempting to restore the classic muscle car of his deceased platoon buddy.
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE
Producer: Boris Ivanov
Director: Julia Ivanova
Production Company: Family Portrait Productions Inc.
Olga Nenya is raising 16 black children in Ukraine, where 99.9% of the population is white.
RECESSIONIZE! FOR FUN AND PROFIT!
Producer and Director: Jamie Kastner
Production Company: Cave 7 Productions Inc.
Jamie Kastner is our host for an international survey of inspirational and instructional tales from people finding creative ways to weather the economic storm.
RON HYNES - MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS
Producers: Terry Greenlaw, Jordan Canning
Director: William D. MacGillivray
Production Company: Primitive Thunder Productions Ltd. (Picture Plant Ltd.)
A visceral profile of iconic singer-songwriter Ron Hynes, said to have provided the soundtrack for a generation of Newfoundlanders.
Round Five: Canwest-Hot Docs Development Fund
Eligible projects were considered by the Canwest-Hot Docs Development Fund Selection Committee, which included Ric Bienstock, Producer/Director/Writer, Associated Producers Ltd.; Sean Farnel, Director of Programming, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and Samantha Linton, Director, Factual Content, Canwest Media Inc. Six no-interest loans totalling $69,000 were awarded to the following projects:
THE ART OF AFFLICTION
Producer: Mary Barroll
Production Company: Mbmedia Productions Inc.
An exploration of the historical connections between art and illness.
A HISTORY OF BATTLE FATIGUE
Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Alan Zweig
Director: Alan Zweig
Production Company: Primitive Entertainment
A point-of-view essay on post traumatic stress disorder as something we do to our own soldiers.
LOST HIGHWAY
Producers and Directors: Derreck Roemer and Neil Graham
Production Company: Insurgent Projects Inc.
The stories of people living and working along a once prosperous but now desolate stretch of Ontario's Highway 7.
PAINTING BY NUMBER$
Producer: Jeannette Loakman
Director: Brenda Kovrig
Production Company: Chaser Films
An exploration of the world of corporate art.
RISE UP
Producer: Deborah Parks
Director: Shelley Saywell
Production Company: Bishari Films
Follows Lorraine Segato's efforts to organize a concert featuring homeless performers.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRES
Producer: Ed Barreveld
Director: Rama Rau
Production Company: Storyline Entertainment
A look inside the lives of actual millionaires living in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.
