Hiking the Great Trail, Canada 2015 – 2021 500 Days in the Wild co-producer, co-director, cinematographer Feature documentary in production 2015 to 2020 & Series of short films An epic journey, an epic story. 500 Days began in St. John’s Newfoundland July 1, 2015 when indie BC filmmaker Dianne Whelan set off on a 5-year pilgrimage across…
New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, NWT 2018 – 2022 https://vimeo.com/248477042 A collaborative project with Quiver Artist Collective*, Rebel Sister Productions and Shortworks Productions A companion piece to feature documentary project 500 Days in the Wild, a 5-year ecological and reconciliation pilgrimage of filmmaker Dianne Whelan as she travels the 24,000 km trail that links Atlantic, Arctic and…
multi-screen projection 2014 – 2015 Twenty years ago I began a six-year process of making a non-linear experimental narrative video called The Water’s Tale, an experimental feminist fairy tale. To mark the 20-year anniversary, I revisited the imagery and created a multi-screen video project piece. Haunting imagery of a woman submerged in the ocean, holding…
Nova Scotia 2013 21 min. 2013 written and produced by Tara Lee Reddick & Ann Verrall directed by Ann Verrall Lauren has been working in the sex trade in Toronto. She suddenly returns to her small rural African Nova Scotian community after a five-year absence. Not even the funeral of her beloved grandmother had brought her…
Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia 2011 23 min. musical drama written by Tara Lee Reddick & Ann Verrall in collaboration with the youth participants produced and directed by Ann Verrall On the shores of the Bay of Fundy a Mythical Chorus emerges from the natural elements – rock, earth and air. They embody the African Nova…
Regina Saskatchewan 2010 25:15 mins producer – Sarah Abbott director – Ann Verrall writers – Sarah Abbott & Ann Verrall Cast: Danna Henderson, Ian Brodland, Cheryl Jack, Erroll Kinistino Elder: Bob Smoker DOP: Marc Dobrescu, CSC Editor: Jackie Dzuba created through the University of Regina Filmmaker in Residence Program Unable to remember a violent incident,…
Nova Scotia 2008 Writer/director indie feature film produced by Thom Fitzgerald & Doug Pettigrew eMOTION PICTURES Eighteen-year old Tess tries to re-unite her estranged friends with the help of a randy bi-sexual angel. After partying on the beach 17 year old Tess and her tight-knit group accidentally kill their friend Kaz in a drunk driving…
Halifax, Nova Scotia 2006 23.50 min. Produced & directed by Ann Verrall Co-producers: Jay Ferguson, Aram Kouyoumdjian Script written by Ann Verrall and developed through a 3-year workshop process with Angela Clarke, Josh Hatt, Simon Howell, Leah MacDonald, Nathan MacIntosh, Seamus Morrison, Melissa Murphy and Grace Smith High school is over, summer is ending, and Jake…
Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia 2000 19 min. 2000 written & directed by Ann Verrall produced by Barbara Badessi & Ann Verrall Flashfire Productions A downed fighter pilot runs in a panic through a field of long grass and dives for cover. He crawls on his stomach to reach a young girl who lies peacefully, dreaming.…
