Brendan Prost’s short film Heavy Petting is an eerie bifurcated character drama about a queer encounter between two lonely cat enthusiasts. Whilst this may sound whimsical on paper, Prost’s film is anything but as he uses this conceit as a means of playing with the tone and structure of his short to create something strange and unique. To achieve such a looseness in genre is impressive and that’s down to the cohesion of each of the film’s elements; the consistent yet slyly evolving cinematography, the intimate performances by Haley Midgette and Sam Calleja, as Marina and Jordan respectively, and the shifting sonic palette which underpins as it unfolds. Dn is proud to premiere Heavy Petting on our pages today and are joined by Prost who unpacks the craft behind the compelling emotional journey he wanted to take the audience on.
What motivated you to make a queer character drama?...
What motivated you to make a queer character drama?...
- 11/24/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
This year mark’s the amazing 20th anniversary of $100 Film Festival, making it Calgary’s oldest film fests and one of the last ones devoted solely to film. The cinematic fun will run at the Stanford Perrot Lecture Theater on March 8-10 with three nights of short movies produced on 16mm and 8mm film.
What began as a modest affair simply to promote local filmmaking efforts, the $100 is now an international festival with movies this year from the U.S., Germany, Spain, Japan and, of course, Canada. The fest is also celebrating the work of American filmmaker Robert Todd, who will be on hand to screen some of his movies as well as host a workshop on experimental documentary filmmaking techniques.
Each night of the festival kicks off with a live music and film performance. The first night features the a jam film by local filmmakers Brenda Lieberman, Luke Black,...
What began as a modest affair simply to promote local filmmaking efforts, the $100 is now an international festival with movies this year from the U.S., Germany, Spain, Japan and, of course, Canada. The fest is also celebrating the work of American filmmaker Robert Todd, who will be on hand to screen some of his movies as well as host a workshop on experimental documentary filmmaking techniques.
Each night of the festival kicks off with a live music and film performance. The first night features the a jam film by local filmmakers Brenda Lieberman, Luke Black,...
- 3/5/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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