Dir; Pansu Kim The London Film School 2001 graduation short One-Scene-One-Take Festival Invitation List -Cilect Congress Mini Festival 2002 Melbourne, Australia. -The 31st International Student Film Festival of Seh-Suchte Potsdam 2002 Potsdam, Germany. -The 9th Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival (TAU Film Competition) Tel-Aviv, Israel. -The 22nd Munich International Festival of Film Schools 2002 Munich, Germany. -The 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (FAMU) 2002 Prague, Czech Republic. -The 56th Edinburgh International Film Festival 2002 Edinburgh, UK. -The 6th Ismalia International Documentary & Short Film Festival 2002 Ismailia, Egypt. -The 9th International Film & TV School Festival “Mediaschool” 2002 Lodz, Poland. * The 2nd Prize Winner -The 8th Bristol International Student Film Festival Brief Encounters 2002 Bristol, UK. * The Best Student Shorts Prize Winner -Eat Our Shorts Nahemi International Student Film Expo 2002 London, UK. -The 26th Sniff International Short Film Festival of Slovenia 2003 Novo Mesto, Slovenia. -The 26th Poitiers International Festival of Film Schools 2003 Poitiers, France. -The 10th International Film Festival ETIUDA 2003 Krakow, Poland. -ODEON UTOLSO CSEPP International Film Festival 2003 Budapest, Hungary.
Created by Vancouver Film School students through the VFS Film Production program: Director – Paul St. Amand Director of Photography – Ian Whittlesey Producer – Elden Stewart Editor – Ian Whittlesey Sound Designer – Gregoire Bedard Read more about the filmmaker’s work here: www.vfs.com Festivals & Awards: Calgary International Film Festival (2006) VanCity Theatre “Canada Screens” (2006) Vancouver International Film Festival (2006) Yorkton Film Festival – Golden Sheaf Awards | Nominated – Documentary Category (2007) enRoute Student Film Festival | Winner – Canadian Reflections Award (2007) Triggerstreet Online Short Film Festival | Winner (2008)
Video Rating: 4 / 5
very gripping. well done!
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I thought it was great. And I was perplexed about the 8:10 shot, but using a twin here was very effective.
really disturbing. good job
It was a good film, compared to the standard of the other short films I’ve seen, tension was created nicely in the last two minutes or so, and the overall effect was an interesting visual experience. keep it up
for those of you wondering how he pull off the shot from 8:10 onwards, girl is a twin
Great Work, I am AD so I can imagine the logistics of that, very impressive
the crying baby in the background in my oppinion is unnecesary, the story is effective enough with out it.
I happen to be a big fan of the one take scene shot [ the director of one of my favourite movies of all time , Children of Men used that technique as well]. Your use of that tool is very smart and on point…
could use more dialogue or was that what you were going for? a film with scanty dialogue.
Good work and congrats for all the awards you have garnered and good luck as well on your upcoming projects and future works; may be we could do something together in the future
good stuff, very good acting directing, which is a rare thing to see at the London Film School.
very well made
what the hell, i get nothing.full crap
very dark movie, too much for my taste infact but beautifully shot
brilliant!
very very very DISTRUBING!!!!!!!
awesome film.thanks for sharing.
That´s a great documentary! Well done!
There’s no shame in running away from being an extension of corrupt big brother’s will, good work.
Nice work…
Very well done.
One of the best productions I have seen on the VFS page.
I can understand both sides. Soldiers today who don’t want to fight really are just gambling if they think they can slide without being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Granted I never would resort to it no matter what the consequences, I saw it all the time. Kids raised in low income homes were shown two paths. Graduate and work in low paying jobs to scrap for the rest of your life or join the military for a free ticket to a half decent life. It’s the monopolizing of the nation to own the poor.
Go to jail for not doing acts of violence voluntarily? Sheesh, US is messed up!
A very touching documentary. The music blends in well… nice piece of work.
Thank you.
glad i got out when i could. the military chews you up and spits you out into a mindless monster
I really liked this short documentary. I understand some people don’t get the parallel but I see it. Yes people going to Iraq volunteered but some people don’t understand how it is. I’m not a soldier but I knew some one that went in after they graduated high school in 2002 and that was before the big deployment. He was in it for the free school but who knows where he is now.
Keep on making good vids Paul St. Armand
Thanks
And what if bureaucracy was misleading about what the job was that the soldiers signed up for?
Also, nowadays when you enlist you don’t know for what or whom/for whom you will be fighting. You just know that you will fight. There is no moral backing for war anymore.
Military is the greatest Catch-22 there is.
In this case, the piece was created through our Film Production program, so all aspects of film making were taken into consideration. We do also have an Acting program for those students looking to pursue an acting career.
OK, be honest, there is no parallel here. Those drafted have a moral right to go AWOL. Those who volunteered said, in effect, “I will kill for money”. How is that a parallel? Not even close. A mercenary is a mercenary no matter how you cut it. If everyone who volunteered got a non combat job there would be no one with a gun. They are dreaming. I’m not saying I support the war. Those drafted for Viet Nam who ran are heroes. Those who ran from Iraq just didn’t like the job they signed for.
are people in VFS just focusing on the editing or the acting as well?
that was really good
first! good movie!
very good, makes you think and grabs you into it!