Filmmakers
Bam Productions North
Beth Mairs and Betty Ann McPherson
David Anselmo of Hideaway Pictures, Peter Mihaichuk, makeup, props and design expert, and Darlene Naponse, award-winning fillmmaker, talk movies at the South End library. (Northern Life)
Darlene Naponse/Pine Needle Productions
38 Reserve Rd.
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek
Naughton, Ontario
P0M 2M0
705.692.5638
[email protected]
www.pineneedleblankets.com
An Ojibway woman from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek – Northern Ontario, Canada, Naponse is a writer, director, video artist and poet. Her short films and feature films have screened in different film festivals across the world including the Sundance Film Festival in 2001/2002/2003. Her art based video work has been installed in various galleries and her films have been aired nationally and internationally. Her work is deeply connected to her community, First Nations realities of the 21st century and Mother Earth. As a storyteller she is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film and song.
Naponse has an unique approach to storytelling. Her ”rez-style” films have been screened at many festivals around the world including the famous Sundance Film Festival with Abandoned Houses on the Reservation (2001) and Cradlesong (2003). Her films and videos have also been broadcast on APTN and the Women’s Television Network.
Her company, Pine Needle Blanket Productions, won the 2004 First Nations Business Award from Northern Ontario Business. The company has been operating successfully since 2000 providing Ojibwa multi-media productions. She started the company after receiving funding through the Youth Entrepreneurship Program through Waubetek Business Development Corp.
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David Anselmo/Hideway Films
David Joseph Anselmo was born in Sudbury, Ontario, far from any connection to show business. After studying Law, Psychology and Theatre at Sudbury’s Laurentian University, he travelled abroad, heading to Europe to expand his acting repertoire with smaller theatre groups and productions.
A chance visit to a friend in South Korea would prove to be a kickstart to a seven year stint in Korean television and film, notably appearing in The Host (2007), R-Point (2004) and Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), for which he gained 20 pounds and shaved his head to play a special forces commander.
In 2011 he returned home to Canada and formed Hideaway Pictures, with an eye to develop television and film opportunities in Northern Ontario. He doubled down on his commitment to his hometown’s film prospects, opening the Northern Ontario Film Studios, Northern Ontario’s first film production hub. The studio started big, playing host to 5 productions in its first 5 months of existence, and attracting notice from Playback Magazine and The Hollywood Reporter.
In 2012, Mr Anselmo serviced his first production in Northern Ontario “Cas & Dylan”, starring Richard Dreyfus and directed by Jason Priestley, produced “Be My Valentine” for the Hallmark Channel starring William Baldwin, and an independent feature with partnership from Telefilm entitled “The Privileged”. In 2013, he served as Executive Producer on two films for the Hallmark Channel – “Christmas with Tucker” and “Star Spangled Banners” filmed in North Bay- as well as Co-Producer one of the biggest features to come to Northern Ontario, “Ice Soldiers”, an Action feature for Sony Pictures International starring Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach and Michael Ironside
828 Beatrice Crescent
Sudbury, Ontario P3A 3E5
T 705.885.1660 F 705.523.1601
The Northern Ontario Film Studios is situated in Sudbury – the heart of the film and television industry up North. With unmatched access to a wide variety of locations, production equipment housed on site and a secure and flexible studio space unlike anything north of Toronto, NOFS is the perfect base of operations for shooting any film or television production in Northern Ontario.
NOFS features a 20,000 square foot single span main stage floor, on- and off-site production offices, a Hair and Makeup room, a prop shop, a craft kitchen, laundry facilities and ample parking. 2,000 square feet of auxiliary space, and fiber optic wi-fi service provided by Agilis Networks throughout the building. NOFS has everything necessary to service a wide range of production needs.
Located centrally, NOFS has access to a variety of local services, perfect for sourcing your entire production. It is located 20 minutes from the airport, and less than a ten minute drive from several hotels and the city core.
The Northern Ontario Film Studios is the only facility of its kind in Northern Ontario. The space can be tailored to any project, big or small, and the resources we make available bring together everything a production needs. Take the time to explore and you will see that we have a space unlike anything else available in the region.
Specs- 200′ long, 100′ wide, 30′ high – Single Span Studio Floor
- 4 x 200 square foot Offices on site.
- 2 Loading Doors – 1 : 10’ x 10’, 1 : 12’ x 12’
- 600 amp / 3 phase Electrical Power
- Gas Heat
- Fiber Optic Internet Throughout
- Locked Gate and 24 hour video surveillance of property
From Northern Life, Feb. 12, 2014: Sudbury takes centre stage in Olympic Canadian Tire commercial
https://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2014/02/12-CT-commercial-sudbury.aspx
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Amanda M. Darling
www.mclachlanentertainment.com
Amanda M. Darling is an award-winning screenwriter in both the comedy and drama genres. She has taken writing courses at UCLA and is currently enrolled in the MFA Screenwriting program at Hollins University. Her script Children of Honor was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist and won a Praxis Centre for Screenwriting fellowship in Canada. Her short film Frenchy Plays Matchmaker won second place in CTV’s Best in Shorts competition at Cinefest, Sudbury’s international film festival. She is represented by Jo-Ann Carol, of Jo-Ann Carol and Associates, based in L.A.
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Zoldy Bros. Productions - 705.675.0200
4093 Mirage Blvd.
Hanmer, ON P3P 1Y3
Email: [email protected]