A compulsively private employee of a large corporation comes under suspicion of selling trade secrets.
Corporate thriller starring David Lewis, Kurt Max Runte and Ingrid Torrance. Written and directed by Ed Osghian.
(19 min)
David is a recent hire at a multinational company. As the important project he is working on nears completion, his secretive behavior draws the attention of his superiors.
Sloan, the corporate security specialist hired by the executive Glenda Grey, gets increasingly frustrated trying to understand what he is dealing with. As the fear grows that David is about to sell corporate secrets to the competition, everybody is forced into action.
SHADOWPLAY trailer
After its West Coast premiere at Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, as part of the Official Selection of Dances With Films Festival, SHADOWPLAY has been invited to more than a dozen festivals In US, Europe and Canada, winning a Special Jury Award at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and a Leo Award for Best Cinematography in Vancouver.
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A thriller that isn’t afraid to turns things on its ear, the film manages to keep the mystery up long enough for ample engagement, and then wraps up in satisfying fashion.
Mark Bell
At first frame, SHADOWPLAY is crisp, sharp, hard, polished. It reels you in and makes you stop, look, listen and think.
Debbie Lynn Elias
It's so perfectly framed - each shot tells the story so well that dialogue is barely needed.
Krystie Maddox-Lue
When a fun-loving teenager meets a new girl at his school, he is forced to evaluate his priorities.
Youth drama starring Douglas Ennenberg and Isabel Mink.
Produced & directed by Ed Osghian.
(30 min)
Olin is a seventeen year old who has it all figured out. Between school, hanging out with his buddies and his love for mountain biking, he's a popular guy - especially because there's always a joint or two in his pockets.
Lisa is a new transplant to the school who quickly gets noticed by Olin. If only he could get her to relax and enjoy some fun.
But when that opportunity arrives, Olin finds out things are a bit more complicated than he imagined.
CYCLES has been produced as part of the research project conducted at the University of British Columbia, School of Nursing by Joy Johnson and Barbara Moffat on factors that influence frequent marijuana use by high-school students in BC.
The film's goal is to quickly draw the viewers into the story that ultimately helps start open and balanced discussion that encourages self-reflection about complexities of this issue.
As part of the Grade 12 curriculum, CYCLES has been watched by thousands of students and teachers across Canada.
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When a young investigator makes an unusual discovery in the wreckage of meth lab fire - he ends up risking everything to follow a trail that leads him away from the criminal underworld and into corporate boardrooms.
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Introduction
Long before the opioid crisis gave way to the current fentanyl nightmare – we had the meth epidemic. It was the first major public health crisis of the 21st century and it hit the West Coast especially hard.
DIVERSION is a political thriller that follows the rise of a pharmaceutical company executive in the midst of a corporate takeover, at the height of the crystal meth epidemic, and a young investigator's journey to uncover the source of precursor chemicals showing up on the West Coast.
Complex parallel storylines examine the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry, illegal drug trade and the government. While DIVERSION is a work of fiction, the extensive research has grounded the story in facts - real events and data available in Congressional archives, DEA public documents, as well as in the series of articles published in The Oregonian.
Set in corporate boardrooms and government’s halls of power, DIVERSION focuses on the system that facilitates the addiction. When real evil is not promulgated only by criminals but lies within the corporate pursuit of profit.
Synopsis
Jake Walker is a Diversion Investigator whose job is to track the chemicals that could potentially be used to make illegal drugs. It is a frustrating job, one that leaves him feeling powerless in the face of a growing crystal meth epidemic. While examining the aftermath of a meth lab fire, Jake discovers a large quantity of unusually pure pseudoephedrine. As Jake starts connecting the dots, he finds himself the target of a well organized illegal network.
Janet Holden is running a struggling pharmaceutical business when a multinational giant puts an offer to acquire the company. Lured by the promise of a new beginning for herself, Janet works hard to make sure the sale goes through. But Jake’s investigation threatens to put Janet’s plans on hold as they end up on opposite ends of a very complex equation.
The interests of drug traffickers and pharmaceutical giants intersect in an arena where politicians face off against business leaders, lawyers strive to control journalists, and cops sometimes act like gang members. Personal lives, government regulation and corporate ethics come under scrutiny as the film explores the dilemmas, desires and decisions of the individuals who inevitably cross the grey line between right and wrong.
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The Black List coverage:
DIVERSION features an exciting plot with many different elements and intense characters devoted to their goals...
The characters are highly proactive and easily castable, and the film would appeal to adult, mostly male audiences... The authors have a good grasp on the pharmaceutical business, and the plot is elevated and well-formatted...
The references to actual drug legislation and its affect on the market help to ground this story in reality and provide supporting evidence to Jake’s theory...
The ending is highly convoluted and action-packed, and the script has great potential as a broad political action thriller.
DIVERSION has been initially developed as a feature film and is currently being expanded into a multi-season series arc, following the story and the main characters through the crystal meth epidemic, the opioid crisis into today's fentanyl emergency.
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Applause!
Applauding is a ritual we rarely question - but it is a lot more than just a spontaneous outburst of appreciation.
Produced and directed by
Kris Fleerackers & Ed Osghian.
(5 min)
Based on scientific research and mathematical models mapping applause and standing ovations, Applause! explores the rhythms and the drama of a typical applause and celebrates the dynamic between the society and the individual.
By giving applause, we collectively express our appreciation for a shared experience to the person or people that have made this experience possible. Multiple studies have shown that, as our emotions prompt us to strike our hands together, this may feel like an impulse but it is actually something governed by a fairly strict set of social rules. At the very least, how hard and how long we clap is influenced directly by how hard and how long those around us do.
Applause! interprets the scientific data and creates a purely artistic and fun exercise imagining what would happen if audiences were aware of their own performance.
Produced in Association with Bravo!FACT, A Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel (a division of CHUM Limited) and National Film Board of Canada Filmmakers' Assistance Program
