Saturday, February 06, 2010

press release: Neal Livingston is a "contributing artist to Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition"

> Media Release
>
> Neal Livingston is a "contributing artist to Vancouver 2010 Cultural
> Olympiad Digital Edition"
>
> Neal Livingston's films
> MICHEL IN THE SUÊTE and SNOW ON THE LAKE
> have been selected for screening.
>
> Neal Livingston and Black River Productions Limited are pleased to
> announce that two films, MICHEL IN THE SUÊTE and SNOW ON THE LAKE ha
> ve been selected to screen repeatedly in public venues in Vancouver
> and Whistler British Columbia in February and March 2010. These two
> films will also be made available on the web and mobile devices sta
> rting February 4th.
>
> Neal Livingston says, "It is pleasure to be a "contributing artist t
> o Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition. I am excited to
> think of the massive exposure that these films will have this Febru
> ary and March, and that millions of people in British Columbia and w
> orldwide will be exposed to these wonderful films of mine, and also
> become aware of my work as an Eastern Canadian, Nova Scotia based f
> ilmmaker."
>
> Livingston is a documentary filmmaker and artist who lives near
> Mabou in western Cape Breton Island. He has produced over 30 films,
> many of which have been seen nationally and internationally on
> television, at film festivals, and in community screenings.
>
> Michel In The Suête is a 5 minute hilarious film portrait of artist
> Michel Williate-Battet as he attempts to do seemingly normal tasks o
> utdoors during a Suête wind storm. It was produced in 1998 as part
> of a 1/2 hour film about communities that live through hurricane for
> ce winds called Suêtes which often pound the north west coast of Cap
> e Breton Island.
>
> Snow On The Lake is a 1 minute 20 second film produced in 2000.
> Snow blows over a frozen lake is surreal patterns in a frigid winter
> landscape, punctuated by a group of children skating by. The images
> were filmed on frozen Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton Island.
>
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>
> For more information please contact Neal Livingston at either 902-258-3354
> or 902-456-2004, or by email at <neall@ns.sympatico.ca>.
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