Yellowknife filmmaker Jennifer Walden is the recipient of this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 Whistler Film Festival mentorship for her project Elijah and the Rock Creature.
Yellowknife filmmaker Jennifer Walden was awarded a mentorship following the success of her film Elijah and the Rock Creature, filmed by a Northern cast and crew on location in the NWT.
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Through the mentorship, Walden will have personalized coaching sessions with Sepia Films producer and creative partner, Tina Pehme.
Gathering experience exposure and working with seasoned professionals can take a filmmaker to the next level, she said.
Pehme has worked extensively on Canadian and International co-productions in India, the U.K., China, South Africa, Ireland, Spain and Argentina.
WaldenSA国际影视传媒檚 film Elijah and the Rock Creature first premiered at the Yellowknife International Film Festival in September. The film was shot in Yellowknife and Wood Buffalo National Park with a Northern cast and crew.
The story follows a boy and his mother visiting the dark sky preserve, when Elijah gets lost and a creature in a similar circumstance helps him find his way home.
Women in Film and Television Vancouver (WIFTV) teamed up with the Whistler Film Festival for the seventh year to support womenSA国际影视传媒檚 equal participation in production and distribution of film and television.
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With Pehme as her direct mentor, Walden will be looking at her film Elijah and the Rock Creature and learning more about packaging and pitching a finished project to sales agents.
Walden also has a new project and script in the works, which she plans to film in the NWT.
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Walden produced three award-winning short films, including Painted Girl, which found success as a CBC Short Film Face Off finalist.
Elijah and the Rock Creature will screen at the 2018 Whistler film Festival.
