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THE VALLEY BELOW ON MUBI INTERNATIONAL

ncc — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 02:31:28 +0000

Kyle Thomas’ feature film The Valley Below is now available for international viewing through the SVOD platform MUBI, focused on the dissemination of international arthouse cinema. The Valley Below is on MUBI April 19-May 18 in most countries around the world.

O, BRAZEN AGE CANADIAN THEATRICAL RELEASE

ncc — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 01:33:33 +0000

We’re very pleased to share O, Brazen Age with audiences across Canada through a series of theatrical events in six cities!

Bytowne Cinema, Ottawa, 9:00pm EST, April 5, 2017

Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, 6:45pm PST, April 4, 2017

Metro Cinema, Edmonton, 7:00pm MST, April 2, 2017

Globe Cinema, Calgary, 7:00pm MST, April 1, 2017

Concordia University – Visual Arts Building 114, Montreal, 7:00pm EST, March 29, 2017

Carlton Cinemas, Toronto, 2:00pm & 7:00pm EST daily, March 24-March 30, 2017

THE VALLEY BELOW THEATRICAL RELEASE!

ncc — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:01:14 +0000

This month we’re excited to bring Kyle Thomas’ first feature film The Valley Below to theatrical audiences all across Canada with the support of A71 Entertainment. Earlier this week we kicked off Canadian Indie Film Week with screenings at 18 Landmark Cinemas across the country, before opening in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa for an extended release beginning March 6, 2015. The film has been garnering great feedback and press so far, including a fantastic review by Chris Knight of The National Post. Please come out and see the film!

NORTH COUNTRY CINEMA AT CIFF 2014!

ncc — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:28:56 +0000

We’ve very pleased to have a strong presence at the Calgary International Film Festival this year, with the World Premiere of Cameron Macgowan’s new short film Back Streets, the Alberta Premiere of Kyle Thomas’ first feature film The Valley Below, and an Industry Event Series panel, “Maxing Out Your Micro Budget”, featuring North Country Cinema filmmakers Alexander Carson, Cameron Macgowan and Kyle Thomas!

It’s exciting to participate actively with the filmmaking and filmgoing communities in our hometown of Calgary, and we’re proud to be included in this year’s international festival for the 5th consecutive year! Please check out the trailer to Back Streets and share if you like it!

THE VALLEY BELOW OFFICIAL POSTER

ncc — Mon, 05 May 2014 07:51:30 +0000

We’re very excited to finally reveal the official poster for The Valley Below by writer/director Kyle Thomas, a multi-narrative drama set in the badlands of central Alberta. Incredible thanks to Montreal artist/designer Simon Roy for his amazing work on this poster! The Valley Below is North Country Cinema’s first feature film produced by Alexander Carson, Cameron Macgowan, and Kyle Thomas, with the support of Telefilm Canada’s Micro-Budget Production Program.

Trailer coming soon! Multi-platform release coming later this year…

EAMON MCGRATH CONTRIBUTES NEW MUSIC TO TVB

ncc — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:11:16 +0000

Eamon McGrath is a folk and punk musician originally from Edmonton, AB. We’re excited to announce that he’ll be contributing original music to The Valley Below‘s second chapter starring Calgary’s inaugural Poet Laureate Kris Demeanor. As we near completion of the film expect a trailer and more soundtrack news soon!

The Valley Below is the first feature film by writer/director Kyle Thomas. It’s produced by Alexander Carson and Cameron Macgowan with the support of Telefilm Canada, and is scheduled for a multi-platform release later this year.

RAE SPOON CONTRIBUTES NEW MUSIC TO TVB

ncc — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:38:41 +0000

The Valley Below, our first feature film by writer/director Kyle Thomas, is finally nearing completion! Since the film is structurally divided into four distinct chapters, we’ve commissioned four exciting Canadian composers to contribute original music to each section. We’re excited to announce that Rae Spoon will be leading things off with the first chapter, a story about young love waning in the final days of summer.

Rae is originally from Calgary and has a longstanding personal connection to Drumheller, as chronicled in the National Film Board’s recent documentary My Prairie Home, by Chelsea McMullan. We’re thrilled to have Rae contributing new music to The Valley Below. More exciting news about the film’s soundtrack in the coming weeks!

SHAW TV PROFILES THE VALLEY BELOW

ncc — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:19:13 +0000

We’re very grateful to Calgary Shaw TV for this great behind-the-scenes profile of The Valley Below, our first feature film now in post-production. This section was put together by Sara Corry with the support of Alberta Film Commissioner Luke Azevedo, and has been playing regularly on Shaw since November. Have a look!

NCC COLLABORATION WITH THEATRE JUNCTION

ncc — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:19:18 +0000

We’re excited to announce that North Country Cinema has joined forces with Theatre Junction’s Company of Artists to contribute work to a new multidisciplinary collaboration under the supervision of Artistic Director Mark Lawes. Kyle Thomas and Cameron Macgowan are currently building video content for the Lab#1 Work-In-Progress presentation that will show at 8:00 pm between Nov 21-23, 2013, at the Flanagan Theatre at The Grand. Tickets are available here.

NCC AT CALGARY INTERNATIONAL!

ncc — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 15:10:47 +0000

We’re excited to announce that Kyle Thomas’ new short film The Post will have its World Premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival later this month. Kyle has built a strong relationship with CIFF over the past few years, having premiered two previous films at the festival and earning the award for Best Alberta Short in 2011 for his film Not Far From The Abattoir. We are also excited that CIFF will be presenting Cameron Macgowan’s film Liebe, a side project produced through Awkward Silencio Films with his colleague Rhett Miller.

Furthermore, Kyle Thomas and Cameron Macgowan will be panelists at an industry workshop at the festival: “Micro Budgets: Yes, We Did It For That Little”, Saturday September 28^th 11:30am-1:00pm @ The Ramada. This event will debate methodologies for producing feature films with micro-budgets in contemporary Canadian cinema.

THE VALLEY BELOW – FIRST SHOOT!

ncc — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:36:40 +0000

The shoot has begun! So far we’ve wrapped two amazing days on Kyle Thomas’ first feature film, The Valley Below (formerly Down In The Valley), now filming in Drumheller, Alberta. Amazing photos, news, and video are available on the film’s official website, with updates coming daily. Told through a series of interweaving stories, The Valley Below chronicles the life of a small town over one year.

This project is being produced by NCC’s Alexander Carson and Cameron Macgowan with the generous support of Telefilm Canada, and is targeted for a multi-platform release in 2014. These set photographs feature Calgary musician and poet laureate Kris Demeanor as Warren, reprising his role from Kyle’s award-winning 2011 film Not Far From The Abattoir. TVB’s Facebook page will also feature regular updates on all the latest. More soon!

THE VALLEY BELOW WEBSITE

ncc — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:41:06 +0000

North Country Cinema’s upcoming production of Kyle Thomas’ first feature film The Valley Below (formerly Down In The Valley) now has its own website! More info and news about the project will be posted here on a regular basis. The Valley Below is a dramatic feature film set in the badlands of central Alberta. Told through a series of interweaving stories, this film chronicles the life of a small town over the course of one year. We are very excited to be commencing production in less than one month!

NORTH COUNTRY CINEMA EVENTS @ SLED ISLAND!

ncc — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:12:40 +0000

We’re very excited to be involved with two awesome initiatives at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival this year!

First: Alexander Carson and Kyle Thomas acted as “guest curators” for this year’s International Shorts Program. Selecting the best content from major festivals over the past two years, they have compiled an exciting and innovative program of short films that will screen in Calgary for the first time. This event will take place at the Globe Cinema on Sunday June 23 at 3:30 pm. Please come out to see these amazing films!

Second: Carson and Thomas will present an Artist Talk / Workshop at the festival, covering topics such as personal and regional filmmaking practices, and balancing creative goals with financial restraints in moving image production. Admission to this event is extremely limited – by RSVP only – so please confirm attendance with the festival ASAP: Central Park Memorial Library, Saturday June 22 @ 2:00 pm.

If you are in the Calgary area we hope to see you out at Sled this summer. Check out the sweet festival trailer by Deluxe Design Group and spread the word!

SLED ISLAND 2013 TRAILER from deluxe design group on Vimeo.

THE POST – NEW TRAILER!

ncc — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:03:50 +0000

Here is the official trailer for Kyle Thomas’ new short film, The Post (2013), starring Ian Killburn, Dana Stoutenburg, and Tyler Rive. We’re very proud of this film, and we’re extremely grateful the superb cast and crew that made it all possible. Major thanks to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Canada Council for the Arts, “Calgary 2012″, the National Film Board of Canada – FAP, the Calgary Society of Independent Film (Fish Fund).

SYNOPSIS: Bob, a young RCMP constable, is assigned to a remote detachment in rural Alberta during World War II. Told through a series of fragmented letters and memories, Bob struggles with isolation and longing for his lover Mae, who waits for him back East.

KEY CREDITS: Produced by Cameron Macgowan and Kyle Thomas. Cinematography by Alexander Carson. Art Direction by Steve Kajorinne. Sound design and Music by Paul Chirka and Kyle Thomas. Edited by Kyle Thomas, with titles by Alexander Carson.

NCC CURATES SLED ISLAND FILM PROGRAM 2013!

ncc — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:44:06 +0000

Alexander Carson and Kyle Thomas have been appointed “Guest Curators” of the Film Program at Sled Island for 2013! The program will be culled from the best work screened at major film festivals across North America and Europe in recent years, including Cannes, SXSW, and the Toronto International Film Festival. This year’s film selections will focus on intimate personal narratives and expert dramatic craftsmanship. Carson and Thomas are very excited to be partnering with Calgary’s most innovative inter-arts festival to bring great international cinema to Calgary audiences in June, 2013. Programming and scheduling details coming soon!

DOWN IN THE VALLEY RECEIVES TELEFILM SUPPORT!

ncc — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:33:19 +0000

We are thrilled to announce that North Country Cinema will be commencing work on our first feature-length production later this year! Kyle Thomas’ project, Down in the Valley, has been awarded financial support through Telefilm Canada’s Micro-Budget Production Program. Down in the Valley is a multi-narrative portrait of love, longing, and loss, set in the haunting badlands of central Alberta. This project will re-team Kyle Thomas as writer/director/producer with Cameron Macgowan and Alexander Carson as producers. We are very grateful to the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers and Telefilm Canada for supporting us as we venture into long-form dramatic work. Exciting! More news soon…

THE POST NOW IN PRODUCTION

ncc — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:59:05 +0000

Production on Kyle Thomas’ new film The Post is now underway! This film tells the story of Bob, an RCMP officer stationed in rural Alberta during World War II as he struggles to nurture a long-distance relationship with Mae, his sweetheart back in Ontario. The Post offers a portrait of love and longing, passion and sacrifice, depicted during a defining period in Canadian history.

We are very excited to be shooting this project in the Calgary and Drumheller areas with a fantastic cast and crew, and the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Reprising their collaboration on Kyle’s award-winning short film Not Far From The Abattoir (2011), NCC’s Cameron Macgowan and Alexander Carson are working as Producer and Cinematographer, respectively. More photos coming soon, and a teaser/trailer later this fall!

Dana Stoutenburg and Ian Kilburn as Mae & Bob – photo by Paul Chirka

BLACK HILLS PREMIERE AT CALGARY INTERNATIONAL!

ncc — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:00:22 +0000

Cameron Macgowan’s new film Black Hills (2012) has been selected for the Alberta Spirit Gala at the Calgary International Film Festival in September! Black Hills, Macgowan’s first film as a director with North Country Cinema, is a dark and genre-bending western adventure set in the Alberta badlands. The film was shot in the fall of 2011 in the Drumheller area with the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. We are very excited to have this film premiering for local audiences at one of Canada’s most respected film events. Black Hills will screen Sunday Sept. 23 at 6:30 pm at the Globe Cinema.