“A Tax on Pochsy ” Wins "Best of Alberta" Award at its Premiere Screening
A Tax on Pochsy screened to a very vocal crowd at the Calgary International Film Festival, where it won the prize in a field of 100 Alberta submissions. More screenings t.b.a...
“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
“Horribly Beautiful World” Now in Production
Pochsy Productions is currently in mid-production, shooting more short films 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 online for way cheaper than the real object - great for students and travelers! http://www.chbooks.com/catalogue/ebooks/pochsy-plays-ebook
Ongoing:
Karen has just finished her first gig as a Telefilm story editor on a work in progress by Mark Sawers Productions. Karen also has articles on October's Swerve Magazine and Coach House Books'Edible City.