Kudos

May 30, 2010
Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland wins 5 awards, including Best of Festival at the 2010 Yorkton Film Festival

The best of Canadian short film was celebrated at the 63rd Annual Yorkton Film Festival, held May 27-30 in Yorkton, SK, Canada. The Festioval culminated with the Golden Sheaf Awards held on Saturday, May 29, which honoured the best films entered into this year’s festival. Gerald Sperling, producer and Rob King, Director of Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland were present to receive the awards on behalf of 4 Square and our intrepid crew."

Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland won 5 awards, including the 2010 Best of Festival – the first Saskatchewan-made film to receive such an honour! The film also received the following:

Best Social Political Documentary
Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw award
Rob King for Best Director Non-Fiction
Carrie-May Siggins for Best Research

For more information the complete winners list, visit http://www.goldensheafawards.com

A Cruel Wind Blows and Silent Bombs

March 2010 A Cruel Wind Blows wins the Fargo Film Festival, Silver Medal Feature Documentary

“I was Chair of that category and I have to tell you that the committee loved your film. It was captivating and heartbreaking at the same time.” Tom Brandau, chair FFF Doc. Features.

December, 2009 Silent Bombs: All For the Motherland wins the Saskatchewan Showcase, Social/Political Documentary Award

August, 2009 A Cruel Wind Blows broadcast on NHK, Japan.
Viewer Comments:

“It was a very rare and valuable program which tells the truth of nuclear weapons.”
“I switched channels by chance and then I could not take my eyes from the screen.”
“We hope that this program will be watched by many audiences in the world.”

August, 2009 Silent Bombs broadcast on Al Jazeera English.

“Breathtaking, powerful, beautiful. Silent Bombs grabbed me, compelled me to watch...barely breathing for the entire 44 minutes.

DRUGS, DREAMS AND DEMONS

Broadcast on SCN, March 20 and on The Lens, Newsworld, March 21

"The Setting will be familiar, but what happens there may shock you." Leader-Post
March 20, 2006

I watched drugs, dreams and demons tonight and thought it was excellent. I have a history of helping people with drug addictions etc. I was a detox nurse for a brief period of time. The documentaries on CBC are so much edgier now...it's so much more exciting than I remember from when I was a much younger woman. Good job!
Betty Ann

The documentary titled "Under your skin" was fantastic! As a social worker I understand that many people who become drug addicts are because of something that happened to them in their past (ie. sexual abuse). This was made clear in the documentary and I felt the director really "humanized" all the characters, instead of just labelling all the people "drug addicts".

I also really enjoyed the music, the artistic colours and editing. A master piece! I look forward in seeing more documentaries like this one on CBC!
Katie

I was wondering if I would be able to purchase a copy of The Lens-Under the skin, drugs, dreams & demons. I work with youth at risk and found the show to be something I would like to incorporate into the youth's learning.
Beverly Primrose

WATER, WATER

SIMPIA Showcase 2005 award for best documentary in the Science, Tech, Environment, Nature and Adventure Category.

SIMPIA Showcase 2005 editor award.

"Hi, I was wondering if there was any way I could get a DVD copy of your documentary, "Water, Water" and how I might go about doing that. I saw it on TV last night - WOW!

Many thanks,
John."

STAGE, SCREEN AND RESERVE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GORDON TOOTOOSIS

Best Documentary Feature, Fargo Film Festival, 2004

SCARRED BY HISTORY SERIES:

Unhealed Wounds:

Short-listed for best history documentary Hot Docs, 1998, Nanjing Nightmares
Nominated for Golden Sheaf Awards, Documentary History, 2001
Nominated for Golden Sheaf Awards, Best of Saskatchewan, 2001
Nominated for SIMPIA Showcase Award, best writer, 2001

Among the Disappeared

Nominated for Golden Sheaf Awards, Documentary History, 2003

SISTER KAY

Nominated for Gabriel Awards honouring excellence in broadcasting, 2001

REVENGE OF THE LAND

Gemini Awards, 2000-2001
Nominated for Best Dramatic Series

A PASSIONATE VOICE FOR THE FARMER: THE NETTIE WIEBE STORY::

"It struck me that I'm both humbled and really honoured that someone would think that my work is valuable enough to record." Nettie Wiebe quoted in the Star Phoenix, March 21, 2005