Screenings:
"A Tax on Pochsy" and "The Audit" have been seen now from Dawson to Boston with more screenings coming up soon in Athens, Atlanta, Vancouver and more. Full list here soon.
“A Tax on Pochsy" Wins 8 Rosie Award Nominations
"A Tax on Pochsy" has been nominated for eight Alberta Motion Picture Industry Award (Rosie) nominations for Best Short, Direction, Writing, Cinematography (Patrick McLaughlin), Performance, Editing (James Francey), Sound (Frank Laratta and Francesco Russo) and Art Direction (Anne Marie Nakagawa). Go team.
Prizes for “A Tax on Pochsy "
"A Tax on Pochsy" recently won the Audience Choice Second in a field of 137 films from across Canada and abroad at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. (http://www.dawsonfilmfest.com/).
"A Tax on Pochsy recently won Grand Jury Prize at Calgary's SUYS International Short Film Festival, as well as Best Narrative, Craft and Mid-length film.
" A Tax on Pochsy" was celebrated at the Calgary International Film Festival, where it won "Best of Alberta," a.k.a. The Centennial Prize for Best Albertan Short.
“My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film” Wins 7 Festival Prizes Internationally
- Boston Underground Film Festival: Audience Choice Award - Best Short
- Rutger's University US Super 8 and Digital Video Film Festival - Best Experimental Film (tie)
- Dawson City International Short Film Festival - Lodestar Award for Best Film
- Edmonton International Film Festival: Kodak Canada Prize - Best Canadian Short
- Female Eye Film Festival In Toronto - Best Director Debut
- Strasbourg International Film Festival - Best Short - Experimental
- Strasbourg International Film Festival - Costume Design
For upcoming festivals and more on My Name is Pochsy see here
The Pochsy films have been generously supported by The Canada Council,
The Alberta Film Development Project and Bravo!FACT
“Horribly Beautiful World” Now in Production
Pochsy Productions is slated to shooting more short films this summer 2010 featuring doomed mercury plant worker, Pochsy. Companion pieces to “My Name is Pochsy,” these black little numbers will operate independently, and as a designer set entitled “Horribly Beautiful World.”
Canada Council for the Arts Funds "Crazy Like a Girl"
Pochsy Productions has won funding for the second stage of development of "Crazy Like a Girl," Hines's trans-genre chick lit horror flick. "Crazy Like a Girl" is a psycho-dramedy in three shades of black.
"Drama" in Development with Alberta Theatre Projects
Karen is Playwright in Residence at Alberts Theatre Projects where she is working on her black comedy, "Drama," a meditation on the future of the human soul.
The Pochsy Plays go Virtual
Coach House Books is offering The Pochsy Plays as e-books for your iPad. http://www.chbooks.com/catalogue/ebooks/pochsy-plays-ebook
Ongoing:
Karen has been gigging as a Telefilm story editor on works in progress by Mark Sawers Productions and Etch Media, both Vancouver-based film production companies. Karen has also been writing essays in Calgary's Swerve Magazine and Coach House Books'Edible City.