Compy Films

We're so happy to see Ed Barreveld being recognized by the DOC Institute for the many years of extremely generous and patient work he has done in the background to nurture emerging documentary filmmakers. We count ourselves among the lucky many. Time to raise a glass on the 4th! 🥂

Ed Barreveld, Jules Koostachin to Receive DOC Institute Honours - POV Magazine The 2024 DOC Institute Honours will recognize Ed Barreveld with the Rogers-DOC Luminary Award and Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin with the DOC Vanguard Award.

In the heat of this Toronto summer we realize we neglected to share the wonderful news about our very own Rich Williamson + frequent collaborator Sherien Barsoum. 🫢

Rich was recently nominated for a Canadian Academy Screen Award for his work editing Sherien’s feature documentary, Cynara: The Film — produced by Frequent Flyer Films. 👏

We’re obviously biased but having seen how this story came together we know just how well deserved this nomination is. The months of focus, deliberation and consideration Rich contributed to carefully assemble Cindy’s story and carefully present James Lockyer’s defense of Cindy at appeal. Including input from our very own KJ Pinto stickhandling legal and editorial research. All of this, helmed, by powerhouse director Sherien.

We’re *so* proud of our team of frequent collaborators and especially Rich for this very very well deserved hat-tip.

👉 You can watch CYNARA on CBC Gem.

📸 by none other than the iconic George Pimentel.

We’re excited to offer a suite of Compy Films workshops this year 🫴

Led by Shasha, Rich, and KJ — each workshop will follow the seasons (spring, summer, fall) and tap into our combined experience and expertise across documentary and fiction storytelling. In the first of our series, KJ Pinto will lead a case study on how to harness the power of your audience all along the filmmaking journey.

This two hour workshop will include resources and guidance on strategic roadmapping for BTS storytelling that inspires audience engagement, impact, and viewership.

Join us! 🎟️

Marketing Indie Films: a case study on Scarborough Learn how to market indie films with purpose, using SCARBOROUGH as a case study - join us online on April 17th @ 10AM.

We'll be cheering for our editor extraordinaire, Rich Williamson, as he reps our team at this year's Canadian Screen Awards - nominated for Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary!

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We’re excited to share that Compy is growing! 🌱

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Oh, hello there 👋 We made SCARBOROUGH — the little film that could and did. We went to TIFF, and then to the Canadian Screen Awards, played on Crave, Air Canada and — we’re proud to share most recently — Paramount+ and CBC Gem. Maybe you came to this newsletter from that journey, or maybe you joined us somewh...