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Theatrical

Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

The multi award-winning novel, Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined is a hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age drama that fuses passion, grief and hope into an emotionally charged portrait of a mother and daughter bound by love and secrets.

From velvet opera houses to mosquito-ridden mud, Ingrid Burke is exiled to a brutal wilderness camp by her once-famous mother. Armed with nothing but biting wit and buried grief, she’s forced to endure a ragtag band of broken teens, the merciless wild, and the unraveling truth of the mother she both loves and fears becoming.

Director: Valerie Buhagiar.    

Executive Producer: Robin Cass 

Distributor: TBD

Digital Series

Second Serving

Second Serving – She lost her appetite for life, then she found the kitchen.  Funny, messy, and deeply human, Second Serving follows Sadie as she rediscovers her sensuality, creativity, ambition and herself after 50, while navigating a dissolving marriage, a bewildered teen, and the chaotic, intoxicating highs of life, love, and cooking.

Still from digital series Second Serving
Animated Short

Love Connection

Love Connection is a 9-minute animated short about an aging couple seeking real human connection in a world obsessed with digital “likes.” Playful yet poignant, it tackles ageism and the loss of authentic contact, asking what drives our digital-obsessed culture—and what’s truly real.

Animated short Love Connection

Podcasts

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Short Films

See Me Now

Written by: Linda A. Palmieri, Carin Moffat, Dharini Woolcombe 
Directed by: Sharon Lewis
Starring: Ordena Stephens Thompson, Keeya King, Jani Lauzon, Ardon Bess

Awards: Africa Channel Cinema Spotlight Award  ·  ACTRA CINEFAM Toronto Women of Colour Creator’s Film Challenge

Selected Festivals: Newport Beach Film Festival  ·  The Richard Harris Film Festival  ·  Toronto Black Film Festival  ·  CaribbeanTales Film Festival

See Me Now movie poster
“A beautiful and original story, with a distinct visual style all its own, moving and gentle in its touch.”
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival