Screen Siren Pictures Inc.

Drawing Out The Demons

Art. Drugs. Madness.

Gifted artist, tormented soul, egomaniacal bad-boy hyped up on crystal-meth. This is the snapshot, circa summer 2001, as this raw and uncensored documentary begins tracking the dramatic career of Canadian-born painter Attila Richard Lukacs. A bold visionary whose life-size homoerotic renderings of skinheads fetch tens of thousands of dollars, Lukacs fails in his attempt to crack New York City and the world’s toughest art scene. He spirals into depression and drug addiction, alienates friends and art associates, and pushes away his saintly parents. But the wired West Coast artist manages to make it to the other side, retreating from his disastrous NYC exploits to find detox, redemption, and creative renaissance in Maui.

A gritty and compulsive examination of the extremes of artistic temperament, the story is set against the backdrop of Lukacs’ meteoric rise into the international art world. His paintings — once the toast of Berlin and Toronto — shift and change in tone and execution, revealing an artist of uncanny ability and endurance.

“Drawing out the Demons may be the most honest and substantial documentary ever made about a world-class artist”   — Atlantic Film Festival 2004

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Festivals & Awards

2005 Awards & Nominations

• 2008 Awards and Nominations
• 2008 Wins “Best Feature Documentary (International)” at the Talking Stick Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2008 Wins Golden Sheaf Award for “Best Aboriginal Production” at Yorkton Short Film Festival & Video Festival
• 2008 Wins Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston 2008 for TV Special: Documentary
• 2008 Nominated in the Documentary or Series category for Leo Awards, “Best Screenwriting”, and “Best Sound Editing”

Festivals

2006 Screenings

• 32nd Northwest Film & Video Festival – Portland, Oregon

2005 Screenings

• 50th Cork International Film Festival – Cork, Ireland
• Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival – St. John’s, NF
• Leo Awards Film Festival, Pacific Cinematheque – Vancouver, BC
• International Festival of Films on Art – Montreal, QC
• Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival – Victoria, BC
• Vancouver Premiere, Pacific Cinematheque – Vancouver, BC
• Kootenay Film Festival – Civic Theatre, Nelson, BC
• London Canadian Film Festival – London, ON
• Aids Vancouver Island – Victoria, BC
• Canadian Art Foundation – Toronto, ON

2004 Screenings

• 24th Atlantic Film Festival – Halifax, NS
• Calgary International Film Festival – Calgary, AB
• Premieres at Hot Docs at the Royal Cinema – Toronto, ON

Media Items

Download the Drawing out the Demons press kit. (PDF, 220 kb)

Financing

Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program, CTF: License Fee Program; Rogers Cable Network Fund; the province of British Columbia: Film Incentive BC; the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit; and Rogers Telefund.

Produced and developed in Association with BRAVO! Canada, a division of CHUM limited.

Produced in Association with TVOntario. Developed with the participation of British Columbia Film and in Association with Telefilm Canada and CTV.

Sales Info

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
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Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

Educational Sales

Moving Images
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Phone: (604) 684-3014 | Fax: (604) 687-7165
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International Sales

TVF International
375 City Road, London, UK, EC1V 1NB
Phone: + 44 (0) 20 7837 3000 | Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7278 8833

Produced by Screen Siren Pictures Inc. with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program, CTF: License Fee Program; Rogers Cable Network Fund; the province of British Columbia: Film Incentive BC; the Canadian Film and Video Tax Credit; and Rogers Telefund. Produced and developed in association with BRAVO! Canada, a division of CHUM limited. Produced in association with TVOntario. Developed with the participation of British Columbia Film and in association with Telefilm Canada and CTV.

Britannia Beach

A tragicomedy of geological proportions about corporate greed, ecological disaster, hairbrained government, and the survival of a community.

David Vaisbord embarks on a journey to Britannia Beach seeking to uncover what lies beneath the surface of a forgotten and derelict mining town. The resulting film reveals a hidden community surviving under the shadow of North America’s worst source of heavy metal pollution. It is a personal journey from first impressions to a compassionate understanding of a mining town’s people, their dreams and their fears for the future.

Photo Gallery

Festivals & Awards

2002 Awards & Nominations

• Nominated for Best Documentary – Yorkton Film and Video Festival

Festivals

2008 Screenings

• Gala Screening with David Suzuki and Evan Solomon at Planet in Focus:
• Toronto International Environmental Film and Video Festival – Toronto, ON
• DOXA International Documentary Festival – Vancouver, BC
• SCN – Canada
• Knowledge Network – Canada
• TVOntario – Canada

Media Items

Download the Britannia Beach press kit. (PDF, 144 kb)

Financing

A Screen Siren Pictures and National Film Board of Canada co-production, in association with CTV, TV Ontario, BC Film, and the Rogers Documentary Fund, with the participation of the Government of Canada Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program and the Government of British Columbia Film Incentive BC Program.

Sales Info

Britannia: A Company Town

The National Film Board of Canada Sales and Customer Services
P.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C 3H5
Phone: 1 800 267-7710 or (514) 283-9000 (Montreal area) | Fax: 514 283 7564
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Britannia Beach

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Suite 300, 291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1B8
Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

Breaking Ranks

Breaking Ranks is a documentary about the plight of four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq. The film documents their experiences as they try to exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and international consequences. Filmed over the course of the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty through the powerful testimonies of these young soldiers.

Visit the Breaking Ranks website.

“The film is brilliant. I was a Bush-loving, war-supporting conservative until your film, and tonight it has made me think again about my view.”  — Carol Gould, London, UK

Festivals & Awards

Awards & Nominations

• Part of Global Current’s Gemini award for “Best Documentary Series”
• Nominated for Best Documentary or Series – History/Biography/Social/Political, Documentary: Best Director and Documentary: Best Picture Editing, Leo Awards – Vancouver, BC
• Nominated in the Documentary – Social/Political category, Golden Sheaf Awards – Yorkton, SK

Festivals

2008 Screenings

• 2008 Roma Fiction Festival – Rome, Italy
• 2008 Social Justice Film Festival – White Rock, BC Canada
• 2008 Open Cinemas – Victoria, BC Canada

2007 Screenings

• 2007 SF DocFest – San Francisco, USA
• 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest – Sheffield, England
• 2007 Leo Awards Film Festival – Vancouver, BC Canada
• 2007 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival – Yortkon, SK Canada
• 2007 Our Island, Our World Film Festival – Salt Spring Island, BC Canada

2006 Screenings

• 2006 Montréal World Film Festival – Montréal, Canada
• 2006 Calgary International Film Festival – Calgary, Canada
• 2006 Vancouver Amnesty Film Festival – Vancouver, Canada
• 2006 Victoria Amnesty Film Festival – Victoria, Canada

Media Items

Read reviews for Breaking Ranks: NBC News First

Sales Info

TV Sales | Canada

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Suite 300, 291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1B8
Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

TV Sales | US

The National Film Board of Canada Sales and Customer Services
P.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C 3H5
Phone: 1 800 267-7710 or (514) 283-9000 (Montreal area)
international@nfb.ca
www.nfb.ca/contacts/

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Suite 300, 291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1B8
Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

TV Sales | World

The National Film Board of Canada Sales and Customer Services
P.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C 3H5
Phone: 1 800 267-7710 or (514) 283-9000 (Montreal area)
international@nfb.ca
www.nfb.ca/contacts/

DVD Sales

The National Film Board of Canada

A Screen Siren Pictures Production in Co-Production with the National Film Board of Canada for Global Television. Produced in Association with Cypress Park Productions.

Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry CTF: License Fee Program, Rogers Documentary Fund and with the assistance of The Government of Canada Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program and the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC. Produced in Association with Knowledge Network. Developed with the participation of British Columbia Film, the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund and with the financial participation of Rogers Telefund.

Year of the Carnivore

Year of the Carnivore is a bittersweet comedy, a coming-of-age story about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she’s bad in bed, so she goes out to get more “experience”.

SAMMY SMALLS is an impish 21-year-old tomboy. Sammy is tiny, less than five feet tall. With a crazy mane of curly hair, tied in an elastic band, she possesses an offbeat beauty. She works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but doesn’t feel like she has any other options. She certainly isn’t moving back home to live with her unhappy and over-protective parents.

Meanwhile, Sammy has an unrequited crush on scruffy Eugene Zaslavsky, 24, a musician who plays the most enchanting music. He’s perfect for her, funny, irreverent, charming and as much of an oddball as she is, but the problem is, he has no desire to be in a relationship. After a disastrous encounter that goes beyond the boundaries of their friendship, Eugene suggests they play the field to get more experience. Following his dvice, Sammy hatches a plan. Instead of delivering shoplifters to her boss, she blackmails them into giving her sex lessons in an abandoned shack in the woods behind the supermarket. While Sammy searches for sexual awakening, Eugene is on his own path to finding love, which ultimately leads them back to each other.

Cast:

Cristin Milioti

Mark Rendall

Ali Liebert

Emily Holmes

Eugene Lipinski

with Sheila McCarthy

with Kevin McDonald

and Will Sasso as “Dirk”

Reservation Soldiers

Filmed over the course of several years, Reservation Soldiers focuses on the relationship between the Canadian military and aboriginal youth. For Blair, Mahekan and Noel, three teenage boys from remote Western Canadian reservations, the military represents an opportunity they don’t often see at home – adventure, discipline and cold hard cash. When they attend Bold Eagle, a six-week military boot camp, they face the reality of military life and ponder a possible future in the Canadian Army. Aboriginal recruiter Sergeant Ron Leblanc knows exactly where they’re coming from. After 16 years in the military he is facing a difficult decision; pursuing a career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or “paying back” the military for helping him escape his troubled youth by shipping out to Afghanistan, Canada’s most dangerous mission since the Korean War. For these young men, the Canadian military seems like the best option, but is it the only option for their future?

Festivals & Awards

Awards & Nominations

• 2008 Awards and Nominations
• 2008 Wins “Best Feature Documentary (International)” at the Talking Stick Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2008 Wins Golden Sheaf Award for “Best Aboriginal Production” at Yorkton Short Film Festival & Video Festival
• 2008 Wins Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston 2008 for TV Special: Documentary
• 2008 Nominated in the Documentary or Series category for Leo Awards, “Best Screenwriting”, and “Best Sound Editing”

Festivals

2008 Screenings

• 2008 Talking Stick Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2008 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada
• 2008 Worldfest Huston, Huston Texas USA

2007 Screenings

• 2007 Whistler Film Festival, Whistler BC, Canada

Sales Info

TV Sales | Canada

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Suite 300, 291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1B8
Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

TV Sales | US

The National Film Board of Canada Sales and Customer Services
P.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C 3H5
Phone: 1 800 267-7710 or (514) 283-9000 (Montreal area)
international@nfb.ca
www.nfb.ca/contacts/

Screen Siren Pictures Inc
Suite 300, 291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1B8
Phone: (604) 687-7591 | Fax: (604) 687-4937
info@screensiren.ca

TV Sales | World

The National Film Board of Canada Sales and Customer Services
P.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C 3H5
Phone: 1 800 267-7710 or (514) 283-9000 (Montreal area)
international@nfb.ca
www.nfb.ca/contacts/

DVD Sales

The National Film Board of Canada

A Screen Siren Pictures Production. Produced in association with CTV Television with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund. Produced in association with Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, with the assistance of the Canadian Independant Film & Video Fund. Produced in association with Knowledge Network and SCN with the Participation of the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax credit.Produced witht eh participation of Rogers Telefund.

Developed in association with CTV Television with the participation of British Columbia Film and the assistance of the Canadian Independant Film & Video Fund.