Jan 1, 2025
Newsmaker of the Year: Luke Fandrich
Dec 8, 2024
Monarch Documentary Wins 14 Festival Awards
Without being able to properly respond to each individual message this week, let me just say thank you one last time to everyone who made this experience unforgettable. Thank you to the cast and crew, to all the audiences and supporters, to the producing team, festival organizers, promoters, and on and on and on. I'm incredibly proud of what we all achieved.
With the international film festival tour for my documentary Your Cinema Needs You concluding this month it's finally hitting just how much happened this year. More here.
A special shout out to the Monarch Theatre and to everyone in Medicine Hat, Alberta too. If we weren't already feeling the hometown love throughout all of this, the documentary was once again a front page story this week. It's been an ending right out of a Christmas special.New irons are in the fire for 2025. Stay tuned.
Dec 1, 2024
International Film Festival Tour Concludes
Nov 30, 2024
Next Steps, Milestones, and the Documentary
Nov 8, 2024
Your Cinema Needs You in Australia
Oct 17, 2024
International Film Festival Tour Expands to 25+ Cities
Aug 7, 2024
Another Best Documentary Win For the Monarch Movie
Jul 15, 2024
Your Cinema Needs You: RIFFA Nomination
Jul 12, 2024
Hometown Series & Documentary on CKUA Radio
This morning my interview with Grant Stovel on Alberta Morning went live on CKUA Radio.
We had a great chat about my Hometown Series currently on display in the Tumbleweed Project Space at the Esplanade in downtown Medicine Hat, and about my documentary on the Monarch Theatre, Your Cinema Needs You. You can listen to the interview embedded below. My thanks again to Grant Stovel and CKUA for reaching out and highlighting these projects.
Jun 24, 2024
Monarch Theatre Restoration In Progress
Jun 18, 2024
Best Documentary Winner: Your Cinema Needs You
Jun 12, 2024
Your Cinema Needs You in Scotland
This month, Your Cinema Needs You is in Edinburgh, Scotland for the Edinburgh Film Awards where it's been nominated in the Best Documentary category. It's been incredible to see this film travel around the world and pick up so many official selections on this ambitious tour. Obviously, I was optimistic when casting such a wide net with my festival submissions for this documentary, but it's truly exceeded all expectations at this point. June will see the continuation of this festival run as details for the Canadian release are still being finalized.
Jun 5, 2024
Gone Hollywood: Monarch Documentary
Straight from the final screening at the Monarch Theatre on Sunday, Your Cinema Needs You is back in Los Angeles this week at the 2024 Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival where it's currently a semi-finalist in the Best Documentary category.
Leave it to an L.A. film festival jury to appreciate a story about saving old cinemas. This international film festival tour for the Monarch documentary still has a handful of undecided submissions due to be reviewed this month, but the tour is set to continue all summer long.