19th Annual
Louisiana's Reel Festival
Festival starts in
RED BALLOON / CANADA / LOUISIANA PREMIERE
SHORT NARRATIVE
A devoted father overcome with despair over his young son’s illness learns that true freedom comes from love and letting go.
Cast: Gord Rand, Etienne Kellici, Patrick McKenna, Natalie Brown, Carina Battrick, Rakhee Morzaria, Mia SwamiNathan.
Director Biography
COTB alum Avi Federgreen’s over twenty years of experience in the Canadian film industry includes over sixty films produced. Federgreen’s newly completed films, which are travelling around the film festival circuit include Things I Do For Money (an award-winning film at COTB2020) directed by Warren P. Sonoda. Current films in release include Man Running directed by Gary Burns, Lifechanger directed by Justin McConnell, and Altered Skin directed by Adnan Ahmed. Federgreen also is the creator of the Indiecan10K & Indiecan20K First Feature Initiatives that have now helped 8 first features get made in Canada including the NWT film Elijah and the Rock Creature directed by Jennifer Walden and the Northern Ontario film Fugue directed by Tomas Street. Federgreen's other producing credits include One Week, Still Mine, Kiss and Cry, Prisoner X, Score: A Hockey Musical, Relative Happiness, How To Plan An Orgy in A Small Town, Moon Point, I’m Yours, Hungry Hills, High Life, Leslie, My Name Is Evil to name a few. In the Summer of 2019 Federgreen Directed his first Short film Red Balloon which is now travelling the festival circuit.
Cast: Gord Rand, Etienne Kellici, Patrick McKenna, Natalie Brown, Carina Battrick, Rakhee Morzaria, Mia SwamiNathan.
Director Biography
COTB alum Avi Federgreen’s over twenty years of experience in the Canadian film industry includes over sixty films produced. Federgreen’s newly completed films, which are travelling around the film festival circuit include Things I Do For Money (an award-winning film at COTB2020) directed by Warren P. Sonoda. Current films in release include Man Running directed by Gary Burns, Lifechanger directed by Justin McConnell, and Altered Skin directed by Adnan Ahmed. Federgreen also is the creator of the Indiecan10K & Indiecan20K First Feature Initiatives that have now helped 8 first features get made in Canada including the NWT film Elijah and the Rock Creature directed by Jennifer Walden and the Northern Ontario film Fugue directed by Tomas Street. Federgreen's other producing credits include One Week, Still Mine, Kiss and Cry, Prisoner X, Score: A Hockey Musical, Relative Happiness, How To Plan An Orgy in A Small Town, Moon Point, I’m Yours, Hungry Hills, High Life, Leslie, My Name Is Evil to name a few. In the Summer of 2019 Federgreen Directed his first Short film Red Balloon which is now travelling the festival circuit.
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