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Film grad’s first feature hits theatres
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March 21, 2003
Deciding to follow his creative heart has catapulted Keith Behrman into a limelight that many independent filmmakers only dream of attaining. Will it fade or will it grow? The 1993 Simon Fraser University film grad is unruffled by that uncertainty as he awaits Odeon Films’ opening of his first feature film in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto theatres on Friday, March 28.
Flower & Garnet, a penetrating $2 million budget drama about a brother’s and sister’s dysfunctional relationship with their father, has garnered a string of awards. It has also run at film festivals in Canada and Berlin. At the Genies, Behrman recently snagged the Claude Jutra Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement by a Canadian director in his first theatrical film. A panel of Canadian filmmakers and critics at the Toronto Film Festival also selected Flower & Garnet as one of Canada’s top ten films in 2002. "I know marketing concerns and what distributors perceive to be box-office friendly projects will influence my ability to make a film and get it out to the world," says the film writer and director. "But I don’t make films in order to have box-office hits."
That will not stop dozens of film undergrads in SFU’s school for the contemporary arts from packing a room on Tuesday, March 25 to hear their rising star offer pearls of wisdom. Behrman and his producer, Trish Dolman from Screen Siren Pictures, will recount his rise from film student to award winning feature filmmaker.
"I don’t have any particular agenda or see myself as a certain type of filmmaker," confides Behrman, who has created three short films, four music videos and directed a TV episode of Da Vinci’s Inquest. "My films are about the human desire to bridge the gap between our inner reality and the external world around us, to connect on a deeper level with others." Call 604.291.5100 to reserve a seat at Behrman’s presentation, which will be at 7 p.m., in room 7000 at Harbour Centre campus.
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Contact
Keith Behrman, kbehrman@look.ca
Trish Dolman, 604.687.7591, trish@screensiren.ca
Rob Groeneboer, 604.291.4262, rob_groeneboer@sfu.ca
Flower & Garnet, a penetrating $2 million budget drama about a brother’s and sister’s dysfunctional relationship with their father, has garnered a string of awards. It has also run at film festivals in Canada and Berlin. At the Genies, Behrman recently snagged the Claude Jutra Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement by a Canadian director in his first theatrical film. A panel of Canadian filmmakers and critics at the Toronto Film Festival also selected Flower & Garnet as one of Canada’s top ten films in 2002. "I know marketing concerns and what distributors perceive to be box-office friendly projects will influence my ability to make a film and get it out to the world," says the film writer and director. "But I don’t make films in order to have box-office hits."
That will not stop dozens of film undergrads in SFU’s school for the contemporary arts from packing a room on Tuesday, March 25 to hear their rising star offer pearls of wisdom. Behrman and his producer, Trish Dolman from Screen Siren Pictures, will recount his rise from film student to award winning feature filmmaker.
"I don’t have any particular agenda or see myself as a certain type of filmmaker," confides Behrman, who has created three short films, four music videos and directed a TV episode of Da Vinci’s Inquest. "My films are about the human desire to bridge the gap between our inner reality and the external world around us, to connect on a deeper level with others." Call 604.291.5100 to reserve a seat at Behrman’s presentation, which will be at 7 p.m., in room 7000 at Harbour Centre campus.
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Contact
Keith Behrman, kbehrman@look.ca
Trish Dolman, 604.687.7591, trish@screensiren.ca
Rob Groeneboer, 604.291.4262, rob_groeneboer@sfu.ca