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| Ashes screening at the Niagara Indie Film Festival |
| Summer in Post Production | 'Truth or Tale' receives funding |
| Ashes at Female Eye | Ashes screening in North Carolina 2006 |
| Ashes screening under the stars in Regina 2006 |
| Ashes nominated at Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival 2006 |
| Ashes touring Saskatchewan for month of May 2006 |
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Ashes wins Golden Sheaf for Best Experimental
Much to Dianne’s surprise she was presented with a Golden Sheaf for her short experimental film Ashes. Jason Britski and Ashley Genno were in attendance with Dianne on Saturday May 27th at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton.
The Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, now in its 59th year, is the longest running festival of its kind in North America. Over the years, the festival has garnered an esteemed reputation as one of the country's top film and video festivals; a reputation that attracts outstanding entries and personalities from across Canada.
Ouellette Dizzy in Regina
Playback magazine (film & television)
July 7, 2003
Prolific Regina-based short filmmaker Dianne Ouellette is currently in post on her 10-minute short Dizzy Lizzy, produced under the banner Difilms. Ouellette (Daisy) directed, cowrote and coproduced the project about a little girl who sees fairies. The twist is every time the girl rescues and cares for one of these fairies, it dies.
The film is coproduced with Loreena Weideman-Buhl and Hildy W. Bowen. The cowriter on the project is Tyler Lukiwski, while Darryl Kesslar served as DOP. In all, 26 Saskatchewan-based crew members worked for free over the four-day shoot to help bring Lizzy to life.
The film was produced on a budget of about $19,000, with funding assistance from SaskFilm, the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and a grant from Screen Femmes.
Ouellette hopes to have Dizzy Lizzy ready by July, and intends to premier it in Regina on the Saturday before Halloween, to tie in with the film's Halloween theme.
In the meantime, Ouellette is working on a new 30-minute experimental documentary about bipolar disorder with a grant from the Canada Council. She is calling it Summer, shooting on 16mm, and hopes to have it ready for spring.
Dustin Dinoff
Ashes screening at the Niagara Indie Film Festival
Ashes will be screening at the Niagara Indie Film Festival, June 23-24, 2006 in St. Catharine’s, Ontario.
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Summer in post production
The long awaited documentary Summer is now in the final stages of post production. Jason Britski has taken over the final edit and sound design. Jason Moberg, a talented local musician is in the final stages of composing music for the production. A premier screening will be scheduled for the first week of November.
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'Truth or Tale' receives funding
'Truth or Tale' a new television series by Dianne Ouellette and Jason Britski has received funding from the SaskFilm Filmmakers fund and SCN. The series to be shot in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba will go into production mid July.
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Ashes at Female Eye
Ashes will be screening at the Female Eye Film Festival, June 15-18, 2006 at St. Woodbridge, Ontario. The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) was established in 2001 and is Ontario's one and only annual international independent women’s film festival.
Ashes screening in North Carolina 2006
Ashes will be screening June 17th, at 4pm at the Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, NC at the Hi Mom! Film Festival. The festival runs from June 15-17, 2006.
Ashes screening under the stars in Regina 2006
Ashes will be screening in Regina at the 2006 Cathedral Village Arts Festival's "Screening Under the Stars" on the evening of Friday, May 26, at 10pm at the Holy Rosary School. The Cathedral Arts festival runs from Monday, May 22 to Saturday, May 26.
Ashes nominated at Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival 2006
Ashes has been nominated in the Best Experimental category at the 2006 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival. The festival runs in Yorkton, Saskatchewan from Thursday, May 25 to Sunday, May 28.
Ashes touring Saskatchewan for month of May 2006
Dianne Ouellette’s short experimental film Ashes has been included in a touring package of short films produced through the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative. Organized in partnership with the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC), Moving Pictures II: Folk Art features six films that reflect the diversity of independent filmmaking in Saskatchewan. The selection of films and videos in this exhibition demonstrates the range of work created in this province and challenges viewers to redefine the way they look at films. OSAC strives to be a vital and identifiable arts organization by making the visual arts and performing arts relevant to the personal and community lives of Saskatchewan people. Please check the OSAC Moving Pictures web page for dates and locations.
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Dianne Ouellette’s graduating film project Forever screened in Regina as part of the 20th National Student Film Festival's retrospective of University of Regina student films. The screening took place Saturday, May 6 at the Lazy Owl Club in the University Centre. The festival ran from May 3 to May 6. There was a large attendance and all screenings were well received by a mixed audience of alumni and present students. Along with Brian Stockton and Roy Cross, Dianne Ouellette juried student works from across Canada.
The Saskatchewan Filmpool Co-operative had a premiere of members' works on Tuesday, March 21 at the Regina Public Library Film Theatre: films screening were Slatland by Brett Bell, Toxic #5 by Gerald Saul, Light Unleashed by Gordon Pepper and The Last Dream by Jason Nielsen. The screening was well received with a nice attendance record. The screening followed with a question and answer period led by the Filmpool’s president Ken Wilson.
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