Farpoint Films

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Farpoint Films
IndustryFilm and Television
FoundersJohn Barnard & Kyle Bornais
Headquarters
Winnipeg
,
Canada
Key people
Chris Charney, Scott R. Leary, Markus Henkel and Trevor Suffield
DivisionsFarpoint Distribution
Websitewww.farpointfilms.com Edit this at Wikidata

Farpoint Films is a television and film production company founded in 2000 by John Barnard and Kyle Bornais and based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have produced more than 500 hours of national and international award winning television and film projects. Productions include Room for Rent, Sorry for Your Loss,[1] From the Vine, The Illegal Eater,[2] Escape Or Die![3] and The Medicine Line.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Notes
2009 Wild Cherry
2010 Mother's Day
2010 We're The Weakerthans, We're From Winnipeg Documentary film
2010 Drop the Nickel Documentary short film
2010 A Fable About Beauty Short
2011 The Paper Nazis Documentary short
2012 The Sheepdogs Have At It Documentary
2012 Champion City: The 1896 Winnipeg Victorias Documentary short
2014 Teen Lust
2014 Lost Heroes Documentary
2014 Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells A Story Documentary
2016 Menorca
2017 Room for Rent
2018 Bachman Documentary
2018 Sorry for Your Loss
2018 The Perfect Match
2018 Love, Of Course
2019 From the Vine
2022 Seeking Fire - In Production Documentary
2022 Strong Son - In Pre-Production
2022 Wintertide - In Post Production
2022 Vandits
2022 The Swearing Jar
2023 Blood

Television

Year Title Notes
2005 Sierra's Song Documentary short
2007 There's Something Out There Documentary TV film
2007 Warriors TKO Documentary series
2008 House Party Comedy series
2009 Winnipeg Burlesque TV movie
2009 Willy's Garage TV documentary short
2010 Musical Ghosts TV documentary movie
2010 Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave TV documentary movie
2011 Book of Vaudeville TV documentary movie
2013 The Illegal Eater Lifestyle series
2014 The Medicine Line Documentary series
2015 Escape Or Die! Documentary series
2017 Kid Diners Lifestyle series
2018 My Misdiagnosis Documentary series
2019–2021 Cruise Ship Killers True crime, 2 seasons
2019 I Hostage Documentary series
2019 Alive Documentary series
2020–2022 Ice Vikings Documentary, 3 seasons
2020 The Day My Job Tried To Kill Me Documentary series
2021 Disaster Déjà vu Documentary series
2021 Dying to be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery True crime series
2022 Sunshine Slayings - in production
2022 Shoot To Kill in post production
2022 Heartland Homicide True crime series

Awards

Year Production Awards Category Nominee Result
2001 The Gypsy Moon Circus Show Blizzard Awards Best Editing: Non-Dramatic John Barnard Won
2003 Cemetery Love Story Blizzard Awards Best Direction: Drama Short John Barnard Won
2007 Gorilla Trap Accolade Awards TV Short Documentary Won
2009 Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave Hugo Television Awards Best Documentary History/Biography Won
Accolade Awards Award Of Excellence Won
2010 Winnipeg Burlesque Derby City Film Festival Best Documentary Film Won
2013 The Sheepdogs Have At it Tenerife International Film Festival Best Directing of a Feature Documentary Series John Barnard Won
2014 The Illegal Eater Banff World Media Festival Best Lifestyle Series Won
2014 The Medicine Line Yorkton Film Festival Best Documentary Series Won
2016 Escape Or Die! Yorkton Film Festival Best Documentary Series Won
2017 Room for Rent[a] LA Comedy Festival[5] Best Film Won
Best Screenplay Matthew Atkinson Won
Best Actor Brett Gelman Won
Chicago Comedy Festival[6] Best Feature Won
Best Actress Stephnie Weir Won
2017 Menorca UBCP / ACTRA Awards Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won
Black Sea Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Won
Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won
Western Canadian Music Awards Visual Media Composer Of The Year Mitch Dorge Nominated
Solaris Film Festival Best Director John Barnard Won
Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won (tie)
Windy Awards Best Sound Design Mitch Dorge Won
Best Production Design Gord Wilding Won
Best Cinematography Markus Henkel Won
Best Feature Length Film Won
Noida International Film Festival Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won
2018 Bachman Gimli Film Festival Audience Choice Award Won
2018 Room for Rent[a] Canadian Film Festival[7] Best Feature Won
Best Set Design Gord Wilding Won
Canadian Comedy Awards[8] Best Direction Matthew Atkinson Won
Best Writing Matthew Atkinson Won
Best Performance Mark Little Won
  1. ^ a b Room For Rent won awards at two 2017 film festivals, a 2018 film festival and for its 2018 theatrical release

References

  1. ^ "Justin Bartha, Bruce Greenwood & Inbar Lavi To Co-Star In 'Sorry For Your Loss' From Collin Friesen". Deadline. May 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Cummins, Julianna (June 9, 2014). "The Illegal Eater Wins Rockie Award". PlaybackOnline.ca. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Lunney, Doug (April 11, 2015). "New TV Series Chronicles Winnipegger Dean Gunnarson's Exploits". WinnipegSun.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Falloon, Dan (June 3, 2014). "N.K. executive producer's travel series wins award". Winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "22ND LA Comedy Festival Award Winners". LA Comedy Festival. 2017-11-20. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  6. ^ "2017 Awards". Chicago Comedy Film Festival. 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ^ Malyk, Lauren (2018-03-26). "CFF '18: The Drawer Boy, Luba score top prizes". Playback. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  8. ^ "2018 Nominations and Awards". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2022-06-04.

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