Canadian Short Keeps Racking Up Honours
The Green Film (www.thegreenfilm.com), a short eco-comedy about an attempt to make the world's most environmentally friendly movie was just named as one of only three finalists for the “Slate Award” for “Best Mini Short” in the 2009 California Independent Film Festival.
The Green Film’s writer – Mark Leiren-Young – has also picked up a major nomination as one of the finalists for the 2009 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his debut book, a comic memoir about his adventures as a small town reporter, Never Shoot a Stampede Queen.
The Green Film was also selected as the only Canadian contender in Delta Airline's Fly-In Movies Film Competition.
The Green Film was one of only five films chosen by programmers of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival from thousands of entries. All movies are shown on Delta flights and also screened online. Viewers are invited to rate the films and the highest ranked short will be featured at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
Canadians who want to support Canada's entry in the Competition and help fly The Green Film to Tribeca can rank it online at https://www.delta-offers.com/offers/go/flyinmovies
The Green Film has already played worldwide with festival screenings at Filmstock in the United Kingdom and The Victoria Film Festival (Canada). It is also slated for showings at the Houston International Film Festival, The Newport Beach Film Festival, The California Independent Film Festival and the Dawson City International Short Film Festival.
It is opening at four festivals over the next two weeks:
- Dawson City International Short Film Festival (April 12)
- California Independent Film Festival (April 17)
- The WorldFest in Houston (Sat April 25th)
- The Newport Beach Film Festival (Sat April 25)
The Green Film stars Jonathon Young (The Englishman's Boy, Sanctuary) and Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Stargate).
The Green Film is directed by Andrew WIlliamson who has produced over 40 shorts and a feature film that went to Sundance. The Green Film is his return to the directing chair in preparation for directing Our Daily Bread later this year, a romantic comedy written by Yvonne Prinz.
Writer and co-producer of The Green Film, Mark Leiren-Young, also wrote and performed the short’s closing song, "Green Guilt Blues", which is on his upcoming eco-comedy CD, Greenpieces (featuring his musical comedy act, Local Anxiety). The evergreen Leiren-Young is also the writer-director-producer of The Green Chain, an award-winning feature film about the people behind the issues in a dying logging town. The Green Chain is currently playing Canadian theatres as a Kinosmith release.
The Green Film is produced by Scott Renyard who just produced Dissolve -- a documentary about drug-facilitated sexual assault being distributed by Moving Pictures Distribution. Renyard also wrote, directed and produced the feature documentary, Who Killed Miracle? which will be completed May, 2009. Renyard just started principle photography on Herring Boned, the story of two environmental groups that are trying to bring back the Pacific Herring, Surf Smelt and Sand Lance -- one egg at a time.
The voting deadline for the Delta competition is April 12th.
For more info on The Green Film contact Sam Van Schie at svanschie@gmail.com or 604.875.0048.
