GRIM SWEEPERS

The docu-soap, Grim Sweepers, introduces a new household name in Christian Cadieux, the leader of a group of outcasts who dare to enter those creepy places and wash away bad memories. It takes a special kind of personality to handle the unique variety of contaminating challenges and to lead Canada’s most colorful, quirky and eccentric cleaning staff.

With the stress of growing a revolutionary cleaning business and competition on the rise, there’s never a dull moment for Cadieux and his intriguing cast of characters he counts as friends.

Add to the mix the birth of his twin girls and Christian is thrust into a whole new level of stress as he fights to balance time with his loving family and cleaning up the Grim Reaper’s mess.

PRODUCTION
Produced in association with Jim Mauro and Colin Brunton

STATUS
Pilot Episode completed.

PLAGUES AND PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA

Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea, an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights - located just minutes from urban Southern California.
This award-winning film details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the “California Riviera” where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state as a decaying, forgotten ecological disaster.

DIRECTORS
Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer

CAST
Narrated by John Waters
Music by The Friends of Dean Martinez

ACCLAIM
* Winner of 32 Awards for Best Documentary
* Winner HBO Producer’s Award
* Official Selection: Slamdance Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2004 USA 73/58 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

MAPLE FLAVOUR FILMS

In April 2006, the creators of the award-winning Canadian feature film “SIDEKICK” crossed Canada with the one and only print of their film, screening it for Canadians from Halifax to Vancouver. Besides chronicling the ups-and-downs of their coast-to-coast adventure, they also took to the streets to talk to everyday Canadians and film industry professionals about the current state of the Canadian English-language film industry.

DIRECTOR
Michael Sparaga

CAST
Includes on-the-street interviews with Canadian movie-goers and film industry professionals including:
*Michael Kennedy, Exhibitor (Cineplex Ent.)
*Brad Pelman, Distributor (Maple Pictures)
*Anna Stratton, Producer (EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC)
*Louise Archambault, Director (FAMILIA)
*Shauna Macdonald, Actress (SAINT RALPH)
*Bern Euler, Canadian Filmmakers Festival
*Richard Crouse, Film Critic, Author
*Brendon Sawatzky, Producer, Funder (NSI)
*Joel Bakan, Screenwriter, Author (THE CORPORATION)

PRODUCTION
2008 Canada/ 46 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

BLACKBALLED: The Bobby Dukes Story

In the heat of the 1993 Hudson Valley Classic, Paintball’s greatest legend, Bobby Dukes, gets caught wiping (cheating) and is banned from the sport. Humiliated and disgraced, Bobby Dukes disappears.
Ten years have passed and an older, wiser Bobby returns to compete in the tournament from which he was banished. Unfortunately, no self-respecting player will step on to the field with him. So Bobby Dukes assembles a team of misfits and sets out to regain his dignity.

DIRECTOR
Brant Sersen

CAST
Rob Corddry (W.), Paul Scheer (Best Week Ever), Rob Riggle (STEP BROTHERS), Ed Helms (The Office), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Rob Huebel (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Dannah Feinglass (Mad TV)

ACCLAIM
*Winner! Audience Award: SXSW Film Festival 2004
*Winner! Special Jury Prize: Lake Placid Film Festival 2004
*Winner! Grand Jury Prize: Oxford Film Festival 2004
*Winner! Audience Award: Oxford Film Festival 2004
*Winner! Audience Award: Independent Film Festival of Boston 2005

PRODUCTION
2004 USA/ 91 min./ Colour/ English/ Comedy