Films
Project Vitals
Status: Completed 2011
Writer: Mark Slutsky
Director: Mark Slutsky
Producers: Aisling Chin-Yee, John Christou
Sorry, Rabbi
Sorry, Rabbi is a short comedy directed by Mark Slutsky. Starring: Jessica Paré and Jacob Tierney. After a fight with his girlfriend Josh finds himself confronted by a group of angry Hasidic Jews. To be released in Fall 2011, produced with support from CALQ and BravoFact.
Project Vitals
Status: Completed 2010
Nominated for a Genie Award
Writer: Jeff Barnaby
Director: Jeff Barnaby
Producer: John Christou
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A short film set in a dystopian future where Natives undergo gruesome surgery to fit into the dominant white culture. Released in Fall 2010, produced with support from SODEC and BravoFact.
Project Vitals
Status: Completed 2009
Writer: Karina Garcia Casanova
Director: Karina Garcia Casanova
Producers: Karina Garcia Casanova & John Christou
Les Grands Penseurs
An animated documentary about life’s big philosophical questions as understood by pre-school children: Where do we come from? What is the meaning of life? What is art? What is love? The children’s surprising answers are then interpreted and illustrated by a ?ood of playful hand drawn animations. Released, summer 2009. Produced in association with TV5
Project Vitals
Status: In Production
Directors: Juliet Lammers and Lorraine Price
Producers: Aisling Chin-Yee, John Christou
Last Woman Standing
This feature documentary follows Ariane Fortin and Mary Spencer – two world champion Canadian boxers and former friends – who must fight each other for a chance to win gold at the 2012 Olympics. In Production with the support of CBC’s documentary, Canada Media Fund, Rogers Documentary Fund, Cable Network Fund and Tax Credits.
Project Vitals
Status: In Development
Writer: Jeff Barnaby
Director: Jeff Barnaby
Producer:John Christou
Blood Quantum
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indian inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Traylor, the local tribal law enforcement, armed with nothing but a samurai sword, a hangover, and a six-pack, must protect his pregnant girlfriend, pothead father, and drunken reserve riff raff from the hordes of walking white corpses infesting the streets of Red Crow. In development with Telefilm Canada, the Harold Greenberg Fund, SODEC & APTN
Project Vitals
Status: In Development
Writer: Mark Slutsky
Director: Mark Slutsky
Producers: Aisling Chin-Yee, John Christou
Breaking the Band
A feature comedy about a young music exec who moves into a hip downtown loft only to discover the worst band in the world practices in the loft below him. In development with Telefilm.
