LEVELS
FEATURE - SCI-FI
DIRECTOR/WRITER - ADAM STERN (FTL; THE ADEPT)
PRODUCERS - ADAM STERN; TONY WOSK
After witnessing his girlfriend’s murder, a man risks everything - including reality
itself - to discover the truth.
NOV. 16, 2020 - Casting announcement
DIRECTOR/WRITER - ADAM STERN (FTL; THE ADEPT)
PRODUCERS - ADAM STERN; TONY WOSK
After witnessing his girlfriend’s murder, a man risks everything - including reality
itself - to discover the truth.
NOV. 16, 2020 - Casting announcement
THE SWEARING JAR
Feature Film (Drama/Comedy)
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Directed by Lindsay MacKay
Written by Kate Hewlett, based on her play
Produced by Jane Loughman, Kyle Bornais, Tony Wosk
Meet Carey and Simon, an otherwise-perfect married couple with a bit of a swearing problem. They're determined to kick the habit by the time their baby is born. Too bad that's not their only problem. Simon has a secret. And Carey has a new friend - a musician named Owen that she met at a bookstore. With quirky characters, music and gentle humour, this lovely and intricately-constructed story is about meeting challenges head-on and finding hope.
CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Directed by Lindsay MacKay
Written by Kate Hewlett, based on her play
Produced by Jane Loughman, Kyle Bornais, Tony Wosk
Meet Carey and Simon, an otherwise-perfect married couple with a bit of a swearing problem. They're determined to kick the habit by the time their baby is born. Too bad that's not their only problem. Simon has a secret. And Carey has a new friend - a musician named Owen that she met at a bookstore. With quirky characters, music and gentle humour, this lovely and intricately-constructed story is about meeting challenges head-on and finding hope.
SECOND STAGE
Feature Film - Drama/Comedy
Written and Directed by: Mark Leiren-Young
Developed in association with Bell Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, and Telefilm Canada
The Shawshank Redemption meets The Shakespeare Redemption in a gritty ensemble comedic-drama about the power of prison theatre. It’s 1980 and Paul runs a gallery selling paintings, sculptures and little something extra... cocaine. When he’s busted with a lethal combination, a kilo of coke and the naked niece of the arresting officer, Paul’s sentenced to five years. In prison, Paul falls down the rabbit hole of drugs until he joins a dozen reluctant actors (mostly killers) who risk everything for a bloody good, good and bloody production of Macbeth that changes all their lives. Inspired by a true story.
Written and Directed by: Mark Leiren-Young
Developed in association with Bell Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, and Telefilm Canada
The Shawshank Redemption meets The Shakespeare Redemption in a gritty ensemble comedic-drama about the power of prison theatre. It’s 1980 and Paul runs a gallery selling paintings, sculptures and little something extra... cocaine. When he’s busted with a lethal combination, a kilo of coke and the naked niece of the arresting officer, Paul’s sentenced to five years. In prison, Paul falls down the rabbit hole of drugs until he joins a dozen reluctant actors (mostly killers) who risk everything for a bloody good, good and bloody production of Macbeth that changes all their lives. Inspired by a true story.
BAR MITZVAH BOY
Feature Film - DRAMA/COMEDY
Based on the play by Mark Leiren-Young; Screenplay: Mark Leiren-Young
Developed in association with Bell Media The Harold Greenberg Fund
2017 Jewish Playwriting Prize winner
Joey, a non-observant Jew in his sixties, decides he needs to get Bar Mitzvah’ed ASAP and finds his faith during classes with a Rabbi who is losing hers.
“Two-handed tour de force… Leiren-Young is a Shaw with a peculiarly Jewish piquancy, tantalisingly sweet-and-sour, like my Bubbeh’s celebrated Brisket. Such complex cookery takes deft hands to bring to table.”
Vancouver Observer
“Audiences of all faiths or no-faiths will appreciate the humanity of its characters and the dilemmas they face which become evident as the action unfolds.”
More Theatre Talk, Chester, Mass
Based on the play by Mark Leiren-Young; Screenplay: Mark Leiren-Young
Developed in association with Bell Media The Harold Greenberg Fund
2017 Jewish Playwriting Prize winner
Joey, a non-observant Jew in his sixties, decides he needs to get Bar Mitzvah’ed ASAP and finds his faith during classes with a Rabbi who is losing hers.
“Two-handed tour de force… Leiren-Young is a Shaw with a peculiarly Jewish piquancy, tantalisingly sweet-and-sour, like my Bubbeh’s celebrated Brisket. Such complex cookery takes deft hands to bring to table.”
Vancouver Observer
“Audiences of all faiths or no-faiths will appreciate the humanity of its characters and the dilemmas they face which become evident as the action unfolds.”
More Theatre Talk, Chester, Mass
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