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We have a a few things that have been going on, namely for writer Duncan McDowall whose short film script, The Horse Latitudes, is part of the 7 works selected for the 12th edition of the COURS ÉCRIRE TON COURT competition.

Among those who will mentor the competitors is Woolf + Lapin writer Martin Girard.

Winners will be announced October 21st at the 39th edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma.

Jérémie Saindon’s short film Birthday is part of this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival selection.

Director Jim Donovan’s Trois Saisons is slated to open the 2010 edition of the Grand River Film Festival. Also, Jim’s MOW, The Perfect Teacher, (Megan Park, David Charvet) was one of the highest rated movies in Lifetime Movie Network’s perfect themed movies.

Kaveh Nabatian’s short film Vapor was sold (CBC and Shorts International) at TIFF. Congratulations to Kaveh as well as producer Kinesis. Also, Kaveh’s latest film project Rumba is financed to go to first draft.

Woolf + Lapin has struck a deal with LA-based Verve Talent Agency to co-represent Patrick Boivin. Welcome Adam, Bryan and Bill!

Patrick Boivin will be guest speaker at the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival 2010 (on Oct. 29th thru 31st).

Maxime Giroux’s Jo pour Jonathan, starring Vanessa Pilon, just kicked off  its international festival run, including stops at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie and Namur.

Tinywatch Productions the Next Thing?

Some of you may have seen this hilarious clip by a gang of Missouri kids called Tiny Watch Productions.

The clip in question made the headlines south of the border not only because it’s so funny (it pegs an electronics store employee against a client who seriously covets an Iphone4 without really knowing why), but also because it resulted in the firing of one of the guys from Tiny Watch Productions who happened to work at Best Buy at the time the clip went live.

Best Buy feared the clip slighted the name of a product they carried as well as their own (Best Buy is not mentioned once). But in the end Best Buy turned out to be the big loser in the media hoopla that followed. They retracted and decided to take said employee back, but said employee refused.

Serious props to him!

The most impressive thing about Tiny Watch Productions is how so perfectly DIY their stuff is. There’s of course no big studio polish behind it; it’s another story of people doing it by themselves. And getting noticed!

What’s even more unique is that they use different software available on the Internet to create their little gems. The “Iphone4 vs HTC Evo” clip for one was done using the xtranormal software. Their website says: “if you can type you can make films.” It’s true. We tried it.

They have a new clip up on their channel. For this one, they used the GoAnimate.com’s tool set. It may not be perfect, but it clearly shows what’s trending on the animation and DIY front.

Thanks to the Internet, there’s a whole generation of users out there who’ve come of age being taught that they can succeed by doing it by and for themselves. And by being smart if not altogether smart-alecky about it.

Tiny Watch has surpassed eight million clicks with their one clip.

Crazy how many eyeballs you can get using one measly computer…

Kaveh Nabatian’s Vapor in Competition @ the Toronto International Film Festival

Vapor (excerpt) from Kaveh Nabatian on Vimeo.

“Set in Mexico City over the course of a single day, this is the true story of an older man’s decision to accept his homosexuality. Told without any dialogue, this short film is a cinematic exploration of shame, catharsis, and ultimately, transcendence.

Set to the music of Bell Orchestre and Mozart’s Lacrimosa. ”

Vapor is produced by Kinesis, which also features young talent Sinclair Dubreuil.

Vapor is in competition along with two other Kinesis productions by Montreal directors Patrick Demers for Jaloux and Ky Nam Leduc for Poudre.

Vapor has also made the official selection of the Festival du nouveau cinéma.

Hats off to Kaveh and huge props to Kinesis!