naomi e mccormack

Producer
2018: “CATCH AND RELEASE” feature drama Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize nominated play “Keely and Du”, CATCH AND RELEASE is a powerful psychological drama that  explores the collision between freedom and ideology when a pregnant young woman is kidnapped and imprisoned on a remote northern island.

Director/Producer

2011: “PLURAL” experimental narrative short
What does it mean when you have the same DNA? Adapted from the short story ”Plural” written by Judith McCormack, published in Canada in 2001.
(writer, director, producer, co-editor/animator)

2009: “OUT OF THE QUESTION: WOMEN, MEDIA AND THE ART OF INQUIRY” 38 minute historical documentary /oral history project
“Out of the Question: Women, Media, and the Art of Inquiry” follows the careers and contributions of five women who did pioneering work on celebrity, media and politics, and social influence during the 1940s and set the foundation for the field of media research as they investigated war propaganda and the emerging media cultures of American life. (director/producer) http://www.outofthequestion.org
Platinum Award, Houston Worldfest
Honourable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival
PREMIERE SCREENING: Carleton University Invitational Women’s Day Event 2010
Published: Oxford University Press Academic Press 2013

2005: “PENUMBRA” A short experimental doc made in support of the “Persistence of Vision” Feature Film Project.
(writer/director/producer/editor)
PREMIERE SCREENING: KIAC Artists In Residence Show May 2005

2003: “FUN WITH ROOFIES” narrative short (collaborative production with Angie Munford and Christine Andreopoulis). A young women, her friends, a party. A cautionary tale. (director)

2001: “V”, experimental short, super 16 mm
Inspired by a solo aerial acrobatic act, V takes the symbolic language of circus and expands it outwards — as a calligraphic message written on the body — and inwards, as surreal psycho-spiritual parable.
(writer/director/producer/editor)
PREMIERE SCREENING: Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film, Toronto 2001

1999: “AMAZING GRACE: Trapeze and Transcendence” documentary
A philosophical exploration of the relationship between spiritual and physical grace, as manifested in learning the art of flying trapeze. (writer/director/producer/editor)
Honourable Mention Religion and Ethics, Worldfest
NATIONAL BROADCAST PREMIERE: CBC Network, March 14, 1999

1997: “EVERDALE: Confronting Utopia” personal documentary
An autobiographical journey back to a 60’s era utopian free school commune. (writer/director)
Honourable Mention Columbus Film and Video Festival
NATIONAL BROADCAST PREMIERE: CBC, Dec. 11, 1997

1996: “THE HANGMAN’S BRIDE” short historical drama, 16 mm
In 18th century New France, two outcasts meet in prison and forge an unlikely union — an alliance born out of adversity, fed by seduction, and cemented in a conspiracy to outwit the law. Based upon the true story of Françoise Laurent and Jean Corolére. (writer/director/producer)
Academy Award of Canada (Genie)
Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film and Video Festival
Gold Award, Houston Worldfest
Audience Choice Award, Real Networks Online Film Festival
PREMIERE SCREENING: FESTIVAL DU MONDE, Montréal, CAN

1993: “HOW TO BE A GIRL” experimental short, 16 mm
A film about the myth of female masochism. (writer/director/producer)
Director’s Choice, Atlanta Film Festival
PREMIERE SCREENING: IMAGES Festival, Toronto, CA

APPENDIX I: SELECTED SCREENINGS

2018
Calgary Film Festival, Calgary CAN (Keely and Du)
Woodstock Film Festival, NY, USA (Keely and Du)

2012
The Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, CAN (Plural)

2011
Rumspringa Film Festival Lancaster, PA (Plural)
UFVA University Film and Video Association Conference, Boston, USA (Plural)

2010
Columbus International Film Festival, (Out of The Question)
DOCUTAH Documentary Film Festival, St George, Utah (Out of The Question)
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON International Women’s Day, 2010 (Out of The Question)

2009
UFVA University Film and Video Association Conference, New Orleans, LA (Out of The Question)
ICA International Communications Association Conference, Chicago, IL (Out of The Question)

2004
Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City Yukon, (retrospective)

2002
Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Turin, ITALY (V)
The Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, CAN. (V)

2001
INSIDE OUT Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Toronto, CAN. (V)
Moving Pictures Festival, Toronto, CAN. (V)
IMAGE+NATION, Montréal, CAN. (V)
Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Fresno, USA (V)

1999
Worldfest International Film Festival Flagstaff, USA (Amazing Grace)
Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival, Toronto, CAN (The Hangman’s Bride)
Pacific Coast Film Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
Bangladesh Short Film Festival, Dhakka, Bangladesh (The Hangman’s Bride)

1998
Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Columbus, USA (Everdale)
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Taos, USA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Real Networks Film Showcase, Seattle, USA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, Colorado Springs USA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Laguna Beach International Film Festival, Laguna, USA

1997
Worldfest International Film Festival, Houston, USA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Local Heroes Film Festival, Edmonton, CAN. (The Hangman’s Bride)
Calcutta International Film Festival, Calcutta, INDIA (The Hangman’s Bride)
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, CAN (The Hangmans’ Bride)
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton SASK

1996
Festival du Monde, Montréal, CAN (The Hangman’s Bride)
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, CAN (The Hangman’s Bride)

1995
Ontario Institute in Studies in Education, Toronto, CAN (How To Be A Girl)

1994
Semana de Cine Experimental, Madrid, SPAIN (How To Be A Girl)
Atlanta International Film Festival, Atlanta, USA (How To Be A Girl)
Cinq Jours du Cinema, Montréal, CAN (How To Be A Girl)

1993
IMAGES Festival, Toronto, CAN (How To Be A Girl)
Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film, Toronto, CAN.(How To Be A Girl)
Rendezvous With Madness, Toronto, CAN. (How To Be A Girl)
MEDIAWAVE, Gyor, HUNGARY (How To Be A Girl)
Revisions Film Festival, Winnipeg, CAN (How To Be A Girl)
Women’s Reel Vision, Halifax, CAN (How To Be A Girl)

APPENDIX II: RADIO AND TELEVISION SERIES PRODUCTIONS

RADIO PRODUCER

2004: “Capoeira, Capuera” Radio documentary based on travels in Brazil, produced for Tapestry Radio
Broadcast CBC Radio 1 (writer, director, producer, editor)

TELEVISION SERIES DIRECTOR/FIELD PRODUCER

2002: “TERMINAL LOVE” Story of Rick Quinn, a terminal cancer patient with a unique attitude about dying. Produced by Great North Productions (director).
Broadcast: Life Network

2001: “WONDERBOY” Story of Danny Steinkie, a teenage environmental advocate and survivor of childhood leukemia. Produced by Great North Productions (writer/director)
Broadcast: Life Network
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“COVER MODELS” Story about Leland Burbank, medieval knight and Leslie Metcalfe, romance writer, and their relationship as a cover model couple and romance industry icons Produced by Great North Productions (writer/director).
Broadcast: Life Network

2000: CBC “MAN ALIVE” Three half hour profiles on persons whose spiritual journeys have transformed society, broadcast on the Man Alive series (writer/director)
All broadcast on CBC Canada

• SOUL SONGS: Explores the creative journey of Ann Mortifee, a Canadian singer songwriter who gave up a successful career to bring music to palliative care patients and explore the healing power of song.

• A NEW STORY: Profiles the work of ecologian and visionary Thomas Berry, a Catholic priest who believed that humankind must develop a holy relationship with nature if we are to survive.

• BLESSING THE CITY: Follows the transformation of Rick Tobias from teenage dropout and drug user to biker Baptist minister, creator of Toronto’s Evergreen Centre for street kids, and advocate of disenfranchised youth everywhere.