Seven Sunny Days
Matchstick Productions, the leader in action sport filmmaking, chronicles the foremost skiers in the world as they search for deep snow, big kickers, and the experience of a lifetime with their latest film "Seven Sunny Days: Short stories from a long winter" .
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Powder Magazine coverage of the premiere
"The Whistler Jump segment proves to be one of the best freestyle jumping sessions caught on film" - Powder Magazine
Brand Upon the Brain
Director Guy Maddin's latest film, and his first shot in the U.S., was shot entirely on Super 8mm and transfered to HDCam for the Toronto premiere which featured live orchestra music, foley artists, and vocalists.
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Official Brand Upon the Brain website
"What Maddin and Super 8 recreate for us is the vertiginous impotence of dream -a tingling anaesthetic " -onsuper8.org
Into the Wild
Flash-back scenes for the film were shot on Super 8mm and scanned uncompressed 1920x1080 to drive for the project.
"Into the Wild represents Penn's most assured and affecting work yet as director and screenwriter..." -Rolling Stone
Made in China
Filmmaker John Helde sets out to understand his father Tom's remarkable childhood as a white American growing up in 1930's China.
Photographs, home movies, interviews and a journey to China reveal an unusual American experience that had nearly been forgotten.
"Helde takes a refreshing approach to the subject of home, homeland, the powerful imprint of childhood, and the peculiar wonder of discovering your parents were once children, too." - Belinda Acosta, The Austin Chronicle
Outsourced
Writer/Director John Jeffcoat's feature film debut and indie hit, "Outsourced",is being currently being developed for television. Jeffcoat and co-writer George Wing are busily writing scripts for a planned television version of the film, under development for NBC. Ken Kwapis ("The Office"), who approached them after seeing the film and enjoying it, is attached to direct the pilot.
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"Focused"
Shane McConkey and Miles Daisher in Norway, Photo by Loic Jean-Albert
In it's third season on the RUSH HD network, 2007 Emmy nominated "Focused" follows the top players in action sports as they circle the globe, chasing exotic adventure and pushing the limits.
" When the drop count ends it’s just you, your fear, and the film crew. The world is rushing around you but for that moment in time you….. And the camera……. have to be focused." ( -show open)