Echo Chamber - 28th Fantasia - Vol 4 (The Silent Planet)
Our @EchoChamberFP coverage of the Fantasia International Film Festival (18th July - 4th August 2024) keeps on coming!
We're keeping it sci-fi, but today we have a feature length story, thanks to Steve St. Amant at Quiver Distribution. THEN, we break bread with the writer / director for some fascinating insights into how he brought his vision to life. His thoughts on creating language, casting, and a LOT more!!!
'The Silent Planet' is written & directed by Jeffrey St. Jules. It follows two inmates, Theodore (Elias Koteas) & Niyya (Briana Middleton), in the near future who are sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor on a distant planet. As things unravel, they become increasingly paranoid and start to lose a sense of who they are and their past lives.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
The Silent Planet - Poster
The Silent Planet
Watch Review: Here.
Fantasia International Film Festival
Wednesday, 24th July 2024 at 21:30pm, World Premiere,
Salle J.A. De Sève
Friday, 26th July 2024 at 12:00pm,
Salle J.A. De Sève
Director: Jeffrey St. Jules
Cast: Elias Koteas, Briana Middleton, Bridget Wareham, Justin Nurse
Credit: Good Movies, JoBro Productions & Film Finance, Panoramic Pictures, Vigilante Productions, Quiver Distribution
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Running Time: 95 min
Cert: 15
Clip from the film: Here.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Jeffrey St. Jules
Jeffrey St. Jules
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
Originally from Fall River, Nova Scotia, St. Jules studied creative writing and film at Concordia University. Prior to making Bang Bang Baby, St. Jules wrote and directed a number of short films, including The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles, The Tragic Story of Nling, The Long Autumn, Let the Daylight Into the Swamp and a music video for Apostle of Hustle's "National Anthem of Nowhere".
He won the Jackson-Triggs Award for Best Emerging Canadian Filmmaker at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival in 2005 for Joe Jangles, and in the same year became the first Canadian film director ever admitted to the Cannes Film Festival's residency program for emerging filmmakers. The Tragic Story of Nling was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 28th Genie Awards. Let the Daylight into the Swamp, an experimental documentary film about his grandparents, was a shortlisted nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.
His second full-length feature film, Cinema of Sleep, was released in 2021. St. Jules received a nomination for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film.
Follow Jeffrey via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Vimeo: Here.
Watch Jeffrey's films via Prime Video: Here.
Watch Jeffrey's DGC Visionaries Masterclass: Here.
28th Fantasia International Film Festival
Since its beginnings, the Fantasia International Film Festival has explored the diverse realms of genre cinema, creating bridges between the cutting edge and the mainstream, and providing a festive but professional environment where emerging artists are given exposure alongside their more established counterparts, both locally and internationally. We showcase the best in Canadian and world cinema, discovering and nurturing exciting new talents and offering a platform through which artists and audiences can connect.
Information
Festival Information: Here.
Film Programme: Here.
Short Film Programme: Here.
Tickets & Venue Info: Here.
Panel + Special Events: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @FantasiaFest
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @fantasiafestival
Vimeo: Here.
*(Music)
'Give The People' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020