Where we take an elevator ride with writer/poet/hugger extraordinaire, Benj Gallander. Produced in association with The Writers Union of Canada and BookShorts Literacy Program.
Irene as Director
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This Hour Has Seven Decades
Based on the memoir by Patrick Watson, “This Hour Has Seven Decades” packs 50 years of Patrick’s broadcasting tips and 70 years of an extraordinary life into 5 funny minutes.
The film premiered at the World Wide Short Film Festival, which, by the way, is a great festival, and had its Atlantic Premiere at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, another great festival.
Dir / Writer: Irene Duma
Animation: Darryl Gold
Producer: Judith Keenan / BookShorts
Starring: Patrick Watson and Dave Healy
Music: Whitney Smith
Based on the book “This Hour Has Seven Decades” by Patrick Watson
Published by: McArthur & Company
Genre: Comedy/ Mockumentary
Release: June 2005 Worldwide Short Film Festival
Archetype #41: The Expectant Mother – Freaked Out Edition.
Archetype #41: The Expectant Mother: Freaked Out Edition.
Average age: 38. Natural habitat: State of high anxiety.
Overheard: “Kevin, you CAN NOT wear anti-perspirant — the metal in it can seep out of your armpit and into our baby’s brain!”
This film in the Archetypes trilogy, premiered at the “One Minute Film And Video Festival” in Toronto.
Narrated and scripted in the style of school propaganda films of the 1950s, Archetypes animated films, produced by BookShorts.com present minutely observed, caustic commentary with brilliant artwork, so the Archetypes happily but lovingly eviscerate the denizens of the contemporary urban world.
Dir / Writer / Animator: Irene Duma
Based on the Book Archetypes by Mireille Silcoff with illustrations by Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
[tags] funny video, animation, literacy [/tags]
Archetype Number 17: The Moodie
Natural habitat: on a trip to Bhutan to sample yak butter tea.
Overheard: “You won’t find me in the sort of joint (the Moodie will often use words like “joint”) where it’s two bites of pastel-coloured s— (the Moodie is also fond of profanity) on a plate where some kitchen ponce has made a Jackson Pollock out of coulis!”
Dir / Writer / Animator: Irene Duma
Based on the Book Archetypes by Mireille Silcoff with illustrations by Kagan McLeod
Pub: McClelland and Stewart
Genre: Humour / Animated Comedy
Release: October 2006