Foreshadow Films, formerly Affolter Entertainment, is a Canadian film production studio, founded and run by brothers Nathan, Jon, Heath and Thomas Affolter. [1]
The brothers, raised in Slocan Park, British Columbia, formed the firm in 2006 after they all moved to Vancouver to study at the Vancouver Film School or Capilano College. [1] They have produced documentary features, both live action and animated short films, and music videos for Vancouver-area musicians. [1]
Their short film Soggy Flakes premiered in 2017, [2] and received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, including Best Web Program or Series, Fiction and Best Direction in a Web Program or Series for the Affolters. [3]
In 2021 they won a WGC Screenwriting Award for their short film Try to Fly. [4]
Their documentary film Altona , based on the Altona murder, won the Documentary Award at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival. [5]
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