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Ms. Penny Hynam has had a 30-year career in ?lm and television production in North America and Barbados. A graduate of the University of Alberta with an Honours degree in English and Theatre, she worked in Toronto at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CITY television for a total of 5 years, co-founded the documentary production company Mobius Productions, worked as a Script Reader for Tele?lm Canada and as a Script Supervisor/Continuity on the set of over 40 movies and television dramas shot in Canada, Europe and the US between 1975 and 1991. She was the founding Assistant Director of the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies, a prestigious training school set up by Director Norman Jewison, and President for two years of Toronto Women in Film and Television. In Barbados since 1992, she has worked in heritage and historic site conservation as Director of the National Trust and Project Director of the historic restoration and creation of the George Washington House and Museum and continued to work in ?lmmaking, combining her love for social history and ?lm. She co-produced the documentary Chattel House with Gladstone Yearwood, conceived and produced the awardBACKSHOTS Penny Hynam, Director, winning docu-drama George Washington in Barbados What happens when the nice-girl meets the rude-boy? Growing up Caribbean (shown daily at the George Washington House historic site) Zoology student Winifred Burke (21) and her and was a Senior Producer for the Caribbean Media Corporation’s coverage of the undercover lover Reese seem an unlikely pair. But are Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. She was the founding President of the newly formed things ever really as they seem? Barbados Film and Video Association. Beatrice Hallenbarter Co-producer & Production Manager Although originally Swiss, Ms. Hallenbarter has lived, studied and worked in Hamburg Germany for the past 25 years, where she studied for an MA in Linguistics, American Literature, Language and Culture and Teaching of Adults between 1984 and 1989. Due to her former commercial practice mainly in the ?eld of Import - Export and Marketing for large US Computer Companies such as IBM and Digital Computers she started towards the end of her studies to teach Adults in the use of various Computer Programs and conducted vocational training in administrative and other communication skills for businesspeople. In 1993 when she ?nally did an internship for a feature ?lm she found her true passion and love for a career. Since that time she has worked in the ?lm industry and leads a very successful career as a Production Manager and Line Producer for TV and Movie feature ?lms and documentaries, as well as conducting occasional vocational training for new people in the Production Department. Thus from her home-base in Hamburg, Germany she has travelled and conducted ?lm shoots all through Europe, Turkey, Morocco and the Ca ribbean. She was head of production of a shoot for 2 x 90-minutes feature ?lms for German TV in Barbados. Due to the very positive experience she had in Barbados, she decided to start a small International Film and Service Company in Barbados which is now actively developing products for shooting in the Caribbean, the ?rst of which is a major movie for television from Lisa Films of Austria, to be shot in Tobago in June 2010. While images of the Caribbean evoke sensual and sexual pleasures, the culture of sexual violence which pervades the region remains a taboo topic. A starstudded cast including Soca Queen Alison Hinds and Barbadian/Canadian actress Alison Sealy-Smith brings to the big screen a Caribbean tragedy of sex, vengeance and betrayal. From the laid-back ghetto communities of Cave Hill, Barbados, an area known more for academia and middle-class respectability, springs a story where perception and truth are questioned, relationships challenged, and choices made that can no longer be reversed. Back Shots as benchmark: This feature-length drama by Barbadian/Canadian writer/director Cabral ‘LARC’ Trotman marks the ?rst of its kind artistically. Fusing musical elements with theatrical poetics, the director’s vision is supported by research into the development of an authentic Caribbean ?lm aesthetic. Its unique ?lm language, voice and methodology all serve to create a piece that acts as an artistic educational reference for generations to come and celebrates the creative dynamism of the region. It is at once a unique blend of old and new school cinematographic artistry and a trenchant rendering of the violation of the human spirit. Target Market: Our target demographic of 18-44 year olds is based on market research valuation and an assessment of the needs of the region in relation to gun violence, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. The ?lm inspires dialogue about these issues, creating awareness and helping to bring about change. Distribution Strategy: Back Shots will be included in reputable international ?lm festivals in order to secure Caribbean and North American theatrical distribution and licensing and distribution of the DVD and Soundtrack regionally
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Volume 1 September - November 2010