THE UPSIDE

Fiction, Comedy, 76:40 min, color, HDTV.

Synopsis

Following the misadventures of two eccentric personalities, Dee (STEPHEN TAYLOR) and Jamie (XANIA KEANE), we follow the story of two well-intentioned individuals who meet and fall clumsily in love.

Jamie’s insular world changes when Dee moves into the apartment close to where she keeps her trailer. The son of a desperate mother, Dee is tall and seductive. He is more timid and uncertain than Jamie. At the age of 30, Dee is finally moved to find someone for himself, with the obvious help of his mother, Janet (DOMINIQUE REMY-ROOT). When they are faced with their first meeting, the strange and secret world of Jamie becomes engaged with a more extravagant reality.

Dee’s relationship with his mother falls into complete dysfunction. Dee wants to be independent, but we are unsure as to whether he will be able to survive without her. For this reason, when Janet informs her son that she has invited Jamie to dinner, Dee complains that she is trying to entangle Jamie into her maternal umbilical cord, along with himself.

Cast & Crew

STARRING : XANIA KEANE, STEPHEN TAYLOR, DOMINIQUE REMY-ROOT, SIMON BROWN, NIPSI BELLIAPA, MARLENE EDOYAN, JAMES MURRAY, STEPHEN DE OLIVEIRA, KIM PRANGLEY
ART DIRECTOR : MATT WEAVER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : KALE REUM
MUSIC : TRIKE
EDITOR : JIMMY BELLEMARE, GABRIEL BROWN
SOUND : STEPHEN DE OLIVEIRA
SCREENPLAY : ROBERT MURRAY
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS : ROBERT MURRAY, DAMON COX
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : MAÏA NADON-CHBIB
PRODUCER : BASHAR SHBIB
DIRECTOR : GABRIEL BROWN

All Rights Reserved © 2009 SUNSET PICTURES

LAZARUS

Fiction, Drama, Suspense, 81 min, color, HDTV.

Synopsis

Louise (Rebecca L. Rau) and four other troubled young patients are ordered to appear at a week-end of art therapy sessions with Doctor Zion (George Moskos). Louise soon falls in love with another inductee, an alcoholic patient named Kurt (Dustin Ruck). Doctor Lazarus (Damon Cox), an assistant of Dr. Zion, guides their progress while the doctor is out.

One of the patients, Eric (Jason J. Cox) is a sexually depraved teenager. He soon takes an obsessive interest in Louise, who becomes distrustful of the goings-on in the halfway house.

Through discussion, painting lessons and music therapy, the group hashes out their life stories and inner struggles. All the while, Dr. Lazarus becomes sexually obsessed with Eric. The story takes a turn to black humor when Doctor Lazarus manages to create an atmosphere of fear and distrust amongst the group.

Cast & Crew

STARRING : DAMON COX, REBECCA RAU, JASON J. COX, DUSTIN RUCK, SOPHIE CULLEN AUBUT, GEORGE MOSKOS
WRITER : JIMMY BELLEMARE
DOP : GABRIEL BROWN
ASSISTANT CAMERA SECOND UNIT : CAMILLE FORTIN-CHBIB
BOOM OPERATOR : MARTIN ALLAIRE
ART DIRECTOR : SOPHIE CULLEN AUBUT
EDITOR : DANY FOSTER
PRODUCER : BASHAR SHBIB
DIRECTOR : JIMMY BELLEMARE
CO-PRODUCERS : BASHAR SHBIB, SYLVAIN BROSSET
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : MAÏA NADON-CHBIB
WRITER, DIRECTOR : J. P. FORTIN

All Rights Reserved © 2015 SUNSET PICTURES

Space on the Corner

Fiction, 81 min, color, HD.

Synopsis

The story of two anxious new owners (Jean Bernard, Melanie Leduc) and of several day-to-day renters who occupy a large, empty, white-walled corner store in Montreal.

Cast & Crew

STARRING : Jean Bernard, MELANIE LEDUC, DWAYNE PETERKIN, XANIA, IAN OSTROFF, FEHMIDA KHAN, ADRIAN DENNIS OROFINO, ANGELA WILLIAMS, JILLIAN HARRIS, JAVIER VILLAREAL, SONSOLES, VIOLA JOHANSSON, TALA CHEBIB, TAZ HC, HASSAN CHAMAS, L. PASCHAL TENET, DANY GANGE, KAREEM MOHAMAD, TINA MANCINI, NATALLIA STARAVOITAVA, ULLUYANA STEFASHKINA, SHAHEEN ASHRAF, BASHAR SHBIB, CAITLIN BAILEY, BENJAMIN CAPAX, DEBORAH BAUM, BLAIR GANNON
ART DIRECTOR : MAEVA DUBOSC
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : J. P. FORTIN
CAMERA OPERATOR : KIRA ETTEHADIEH
SOUND RECORDIST : SYLVAIN BROSSET
MUSIC : XANIA, YOTAM BAUM
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS : FAROUK S. CHEBIB, D.J. TURNER, MAÏA NADON-CHBIB, HARALABOS SUGLERIS, KIRA ETTEHADIEH
PRODUCERS : BASHAR SHBIB, J. P. FORTIN
DIRECTOR : SYLVAIN BROSSET

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À PROPOS DU CODE (Original french version)

Fiction, 72 min, color, HD.

Synopsis

Two students (Audrey Rocard, Joris Masson) are apprehended following the enforcement of a college take over by three overly zealous school inspectors (Claude Madelon, Jean-Claude Eygreteau, Yannick Moreau).

Cast & Crew

CAST : AUDREY ROCARD, JORIS MASSON, CLAUDE MADELON, JEAN-CLAUDE EYGRETEAU, YANNICK MOREAU, BLAIR GANNON
CINEMATOGRAPHY : J. P. FORTIN
SOUND : SYLVAIN BROSSET
EDITOR : J. P. FORTIN
CO-PRODUCERS : BASHAR SHBIB, SYLVAIN BROSSET
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : MAÏA NADON-CHBIB
WRITER, DIRECTOR : J. P. FORTIN

All Rights Reserved © 2014 FILMS LOIRE & SUNSET PICTURES