Farpoint Films

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Farpoint Films
IndustryFilm and Television
FoundersJohn Barnard & Kyle Bornais
Headquarters
Winnipeg
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Canada
Key people
Chris Charney, Scott R. Leary, Markus Henkel and Trevor Suffield
Divisions Farpoint Distribution
Website www.farpointfilms.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Farpoint Films is a television and film production company founded in 2000 by John Barnard and Kyle Bornais and based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have produced more than 500 hours of national and international award winning television and film projects. Productions include Room for Rent , Sorry for Your Loss , [1] From the Vine , The Illegal Eater , [2] Escape Or Die! [3] and The Medicine Line . [4]

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
2009 Wild Cherry
2010 Mother's Day
2010We're The Weakerthans, We're From Winnipeg Documentary film
2010Drop the NickelDocumentary short film
2010A Fable About BeautyShort
2011The Paper NazisDocumentary short
2012The Sheepdogs Have At ItDocumentary
2012Champion City: The 1896 Winnipeg VictoriasDocumentary short
2014 Teen Lust
2014Lost HeroesDocumentary
2014Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells A StoryDocumentary
2016Menorca
2017 Room for Rent
2018BachmanDocumentary
2018 Sorry for Your Loss
2018The Perfect Match
2018Love, Of Course
2019 From the Vine
2022Seeking Fire - In ProductionDocumentary
2022Strong Son - In Pre-Production
2022Wintertide - In Post Production
2022 Vandits
2022 The Swearing Jar
2023 Blood
2024Levels

Television

YearTitleNotes
2005Sierra's SongDocumentary short
2007There's Something Out ThereDocumentary TV film
2007Warriors TKODocumentary series
2008 House Party Comedy series
2009Winnipeg BurlesqueTV movie
2009Willy's GarageTV documentary short
2010Musical GhostsTV documentary movie
2010Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's GraveTV documentary movie
2011Book of VaudevilleTV documentary movie
2013 The Illegal Eater Lifestyle series
2014 The Medicine Line Documentary series
2015 Escape Or Die! Documentary series
2017Kid DinersLifestyle series
2018My MisdiagnosisDocumentary series
2019–2021Cruise Ship Killers True crime, 2 seasons
2019I HostageDocumentary series
2019AliveDocumentary series
2020–2022Ice VikingsDocumentary, 3 seasons
2020The Day My Job Tried To Kill MeDocumentary series
2021Disaster Déjà vuDocumentary series
2021Dying to be Famous: The Ryan Singleton MysteryTrue crime series
2022Sunshine Slayings -in production
2022Shoot To Killin post production
2022Heartland HomicideTrue crime series

Awards

YearProductionAwardsCategoryNomineeResult
2001The Gypsy Moon Circus ShowBlizzard AwardsBest Editing: Non-DramaticJohn BarnardWon
2003Cemetery Love StoryBlizzard AwardsBest Direction: Drama ShortJohn BarnardWon
2007Gorilla TrapAccolade AwardsTV Short DocumentaryWon
2009Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's GraveHugo Television AwardsBest Documentary History/BiographyWon
Accolade AwardsAward Of ExcellenceWon
2010Winnipeg BurlesqueDerby City Film FestivalBest Documentary FilmWon
2013The Sheepdogs Have At itTenerife International Film FestivalBest Directing of a Feature Documentary SeriesJohn BarnardWon
2014 The Illegal Eater Banff World Media Festival Best Lifestyle SeriesWon
2014 The Medicine Line Yorkton Film Festival Best Documentary SeriesWon
2016 Escape Or Die! Yorkton Film Festival Best Documentary SeriesWon
2017 Room for Rent [a] LA Comedy Festival [5] Best FilmWon
Best ScreenplayMatthew AtkinsonWon
Best Actor Brett Gelman Won
Chicago Comedy Festival [6] Best FeatureWon
Best Actress Stephnie Weir Won
2017Menorca UBCP / ACTRA Awards Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won
Black Sea Film FestivalBest Narrative FeatureWon
Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won
Western Canadian Music Awards Visual Media Composer Of The Year Mitch Dorge Nominated
Solaris Film FestivalBest DirectorJohn BarnardWon
Best Actress Tammy Gillis Won (tie)
Windy AwardsBest Sound Design Mitch Dorge Won
Best Production DesignGord WildingWon
Best CinematographyMarkus HenkelWon
Best Feature Length FilmWon
Noida International Film FestivalBest Actress Tammy Gillis Won
2018Bachman Gimli Film Festival Audience Choice AwardWon
2018 Room for Rent [a] Canadian Film Festival [7] Best FeatureWon
Best Set DesignGord WildingWon
Canadian Comedy Awards [8] Best DirectionMatthew AtkinsonWon
Best WritingMatthew AtkinsonWon
Best Performance Mark Little Won
  1. 1 2 Room For Rent won awards at two 2017 film festivals, a 2018 film festival and for its 2018 theatrical release

References

  1. ↑ "Justin Bartha, Bruce Greenwood & Inbar Lavi To Co-Star In 'Sorry For Your Loss' From Collin Friesen". Deadline. May 2, 2017.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ Cummins, Julianna (June 9, 2014). "The Illegal Eater Wins Rockie Award". PlaybackOnline.ca. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lunney, Doug (April 11, 2015). "New TV Series Chronicles Winnipegger Dean Gunnarson's Exploits". WinnipegSun.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Falloon, Dan (June 3, 2014). "N.K. executive producer's travel series wins award". Winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "22ND LA Comedy Festival Award Winners". LA Comedy Festival. 2017-11-20. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  6. ↑ "2017 Awards". Chicago Comedy Film Festival. 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ↑ Malyk, Lauren (2018-03-26). "CFF '18: The Drawer Boy, Luba score top prizes". Playback . Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  8. ↑ "2018 Nominations and Awards". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2022-06-04.


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