Six years after actually shooting The Hitchhiker, I finally post it online. These days I’m aware that every film I make will eventually find its largest audience on the web. So it’s exciting to put my first one online. I plan on posting Pop Switch in a month or so.
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THE HITCHHIKER is online
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, Gina Chairelli, Jason R. Goode, Kathleen Parsons, linkedin on October 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Hitchhiker (2006) – a look back
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, Gina Chairelli, linked in, short film on June 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today was a great day as both Pop Switch and The Hitchhiker screened in Southern Ontario. In honour of this crazy coincidence, here are a couple of videos from the festival run that The Hitchhiker had between 2006 and 2008. The first is an interview that Aleks Paunovic and I did on Urban Rush: The second is [...]
Retrospective Screening of The Hitchhiker at the Niagara Indie Filmfest
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, gina chiarelli, Jason R. Goode, Kathleen Parsons, linkedin, short film on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Hitchhiker (2006) will be a part of a special opening night retrospective screening at the 10th Anniversary of the Niagara Indie Filmfest. (The Hitchhiker won the fest’s Drama prize in 2007.) When: Friday, June 24 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm Where: David S. Howes Theatre, Brock University: 500 Glendale Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario Tickets and Info: http://www.niagaraindiefilmfest.org/screen.htm Cast & Crew [...]
POP SWITCH screening in LA
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, Pop Switch (short film), The Hitchhiker (short film) on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pop Switch will screen at the 2010 edition of LA Shorts Fest (aka The Los Angeles International Short Film Festival). The Hitchhiker screened there in 2006 and Ducks screened there in 2007. It’s the biggest short film festival in the world, and I’m thrilled to be back for a third time. Pop Switch screens in Program #16 on Sunday, July 25 at 3:15PM. [...]
POP SWITCH screening in Kelowna
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, Pop Switch (short film), The Hitchhiker (short film) on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Okanagan International Film Festival Pop Switch will screen at the Okanagan International Film Festival on Friday, July 23rd at 6:45PM at the Paramount.. Here is the link to Pop Switch‘s screening page. The OIFF is a great festival set in a beautiful town. The Hitchhiker screened there in 2007 on opening night before the feature film [...]
“The Hitchhiker” at The Cold Reading Series
Posted in Misc., The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, Cold Reading Series, gina chiarelli, Kathy Parsons, the hitchhiker on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An excerpt from the feature screenplay The Hitchhiker that I co-wrote with Kathy Parsons is being read tonight at the Cold Reading Series. Aleks Paunovic and Gina Chiarelli are reading the same lead roles that they had in the original short film. Feel free to come on by! Time: 8:00pm Location: Billy Bishop Legion 1407 Laburnum Street [...]
The Hitchhiker better than Shyamalan’s latest?
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, gina chiarelli, James Tocher, Jason Goode, Norman Wilner, short film, the hitchhiker, Wildsound Film Festival on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t take my word for it. Watch NOW Toronto magazine film critic, Norman Wilner, as he moderates audience responses to The Hitchhiker at the June 2008 Wildsound Film Festival screening where it won the Audience Award for Best Overall Performances and Best Cinematography. (Congrats to the cast, Aleks Paunovic and Gina Chiarelli; and to James [...]
A Busy Spring of Screenings for The Hitchhiker
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film) on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Hitchhiker played at the Everett Women’s Film Festival in Washington in early March, followed by its Australian debut at the DeReel Independent Film Festival. Most recently it made its German premiere at the prestigious Augsburg Short Film Festival on May 2, 2008.
Urban Rush Interview (Feb. 11/08)
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film), tagged aleks paunovic, film festivals, gina chiarelli, Movies, short film, the hitchhiker, urban rush on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Aleks Paunovic and I were on Urban Rush recently to promote some local screenings of The Hitchhiker. I directed Aleks Paunovic and Gina Chiarelli in this short film about a beleaguered hitchhiker who discovers that getting a ride from the woman who just pulled over may require more than he bargained for. The film has [...]
Metro Vancouver Screenings of The Hitchhiker
Posted in Annunciation Pictures, The Hitchhiker (short film) on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Hitchhiker will be screening on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe St.) as part of New Cineworks 2008. (Ticket prices: $8 for Cineworks members, $10 for non-members) It will screen with a number of short films from all genres. The film also screens at the Port Moody Canadian Film Festival [...]
