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it was in February, but feels much farther away than that now: we were having production meetings, and targeting deadlines for programming, key art, advertising, and marketing. and then COVID-19 happened. originally scheduled for a May 7 2020 launch, DOXA announced in mid-March that it was being postponed. and although outright cancellation would have been devastating ... Read More
Greg Crompton's debut feature-length documentary recounts one of the more batshit crazy episodes in Canadian history. in the '70s and '80s, an immigrant barber from Lebanon had a singular obsession: build a family-friendly Middle Eastern island theme park in the Okanagan. offering submarine rides and mini-golf under the shadows of a giant camel and replica pyramid on a ... Read More
i first came across Aim For The Roses during pre-production for DOXA in early February, while rolling through various possibilities for festival art. the stills were amazing: a defiant, hairy-chested man in a tight, yellow jump suit; smartly dressed musicians with choreographed back-up singers/dancers on a racetrack; and a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental with wings, ... Read More
DOXA is just a few weeks away, and i'm chipping away at advertising deadlines and collateral pieces. but since the heavy lifting of the design and production of the DOXA Program Book is done, let's have a closer look, yes? like most festival guides, the bulk of the content is meticulously crafted film descriptions and advertising, along with sections for general info, ... Read More
it's been almost a year. wow. even for me, that's an exceptionally poor showing. briefly, from what i can recall since the last time: designed a few more festivals; walked through and ate up Macau; escaped from the horror-show hotels and "wtf, no swimming allowed?" beaches of Hainan, China; punched out a new brand identity for a cultural management firm; and incorporated ... Read More