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June 18, 2010
In recent Get Set Films news:
We can say with all honesty that these have been very exciting times for Get Set Films.
Countdown, our comic short which so many people keep taking very seriously, screened at the 43rd (holy cow!) Houston International Film Festival and was awarded a Remi Award!. The film was also nominated for two Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Film Festival, and we just found out that it won for Best Director in Fiction. We are so, so thrilled by this honour!
Not Over Easy, our new non-dialogue-stop-animation-egg-noir short film has successfully received funding from Bravo!Fact, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation and the Newfoundland Linda Joy Award last fall. So it’s full steam ahead! Sam Pryse-Phillips and Jordan Canning have been up in Toronto since May 4, chugging away with an amazing team. Animator Mike DeCroock is making magic on a daily basis, bringing the egg characters to life.
The Best Served video for the band Pathological Lovers has been released into the world and can be watched (again and again, hopefully!) HERE.
After finishing the video, Jordan went into hibernation mode, trying to finish a feature film treatment for the drama, Eleanor. Well, the treatment is done, and now it’s onto a first draft screenplay. That marks the third feature film that Get Set is developing, and we’re very excited about all of them! This fall, Jordan will also begin adapting Jessica Grant's amazing award-winning novel, Come, Thou Tortoise.
After completing Not Over Easy, Jordan will be heading back up to Toronto to participate in the Canadian Film Centre's Director's Lab. She is very excited about all the fantastic filmmakers she's going to meet and collaborate with.
Stay tuned for more...
