Vancouver Jazz Festival

Artist promotion for the 2024 Vancouver Jazz Festival. Editorial, colour correction and production support for jonbenjamin.ca and Costal Jazz. Visit jonbenjamin.ca or Coastal Jazz for more info.

Part Of The Pack

This feature length documentary explores the dynamics around creating intimacy with the wild. To be showed on Knowledge Network & various film festivals. Faulkner Productions provided editing and post production supervision for talented director/cinematographer Mike Mckinlay along with director/writer Isabelle Groc and producer Kevin Eastwood & Composer Mark Lazeski. Visit Mike Mckinlay Productions or Knowledge Network website for trailers.

Also garnering the attention of the film and TV community in Canada, Part Of The Pack received 5 nominations at the Leo Awards for Program, Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography and Musical Score.

Earth Day

Earth Day has come and gone for 2021. A crucial reminder that we all live on this one planet. Every ounce of inclination towards mitigating the runaway effects of pollution, soil degradation and the unknown abyss of climate change will definitely deliver opportunities for our children’s children to potentially have a habitat that provides sufficient clean air, water and soil. Some communities are supporting this mindset. A mindset which also plays an important role in community involvement, food security and moving towards a more equitable and sustainable future. [Editing by George Faulkner, Cinematography by Benny Zenga, Drone footage by the City Of Richmond]

Toad People now on CBC Gem

Working with CBC Gem we have cut a new 26 minute version of Toad People viewable on CBC Gem They have also acquired the two longer versions of Toad People. Keep your eyes peeled for these stories which highlight the need for conservational minded activism to improve the lives of species at risk.

Toad People

Toad People recently wins the Terra Mater Factual Studios Impact Award at the Wildscreen film festival in Bristol. Directors Mike Mckinlay and Isabelle Groc tell the story of the western toad and the people striving to save it by trying to maintain it’s habitat in an ever changing environment.


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Margaret Meed Fim Festival

Cedar Tree Of Life recently played at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York. The Margaret Meed festival showcases films that explore cultures and cultural history throughout the world. Shedding light on the complexities, conflicts, revelations and insights that we get exploring such stories, this festival was a great fit for Cedar Tree Of Life. Cedar Tree Of Life Played along with the feature documentary The Guardians, a great film showcasing the struggle of the Monarch butterfly and the people trying to save the land amongst it’s migratory route that the Monarch depends on for it’s survival.

Looking At Edward Curtis

Trailer editing for Looking at Edward Curtis. Director Marie Clements. Director of photography Mike Mckinlay. Editor Jenny Breukelman. Trailer editor George Faulkner.

A Farm In The Community - Kingfisher Farm

This may look like a barren dugout useless hole in the ground, (see picture below) but come fall this will turn into a series of ponds or riparian landscapes to be more accurate. What these riparian landscapes do is filter the water from the farmland, create an escape route for the water so the land and soil won’t get oversaturated, and return numerous native species to the area. A win-win scenario for small and large farms and properties. If you aren’t concerned about wildlife, or clean water, consider that creating a riparian landscape will maintain and increase your property value in the long run.



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Cedar Tree Of Life Update - Short Film

The awards, accolades and festival acceptance is mounting for Odessa Shuquaya’s first film Cedar Tree Of Life. Glad to be part of her collaborative team with editorial and cinematography.

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Marmots

Marmots mostely live in burrows, and hibernate through the winter.  Most marmots are also highly social using whistles to communicate with one another, most notably when alarmed.

Marmots are in fact large squirrels in the genus Marmota.  They mainly eat greens and various types of grasses, berries, flowers, lichens, mosses, and roots.

The latest endeavour in relocating marmots onto a remote mountain top in southeastern Vancouver Island was documented by Mike Mckinlay Productions and George Faulkner Productions in conjunction with the Calgary Zoo. The hike involved a very steep 35 minute ascent following a rocky and harrowing drive up a precarious logging road. Once reaching the area of relocation/reintroduction of the marmots, a helicopter landed and dropped of the marmots to the wildlife biologists to safely corral them into a den amongst the broken rock and grassy terrain of the mountain top.

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Cedar Tree of Life

Cedar Tree of Life has been Nominated for Best Documentary at the Paris Art and Movie Awards! Invoved in the editing and parts of the cinematography, this film was a pleasure to work on with Director Odessa Shuquaya.

 

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A Farm In The Community

Taking on the challenges of modern farming, biologists and farmers re-work the way the land, water, and soil interact with our water systems to improve and rejuvenate our surrounding ecosystems. Directed by Isabelle Groc and produced by Fraser Valley Conservancy.