Boreal Forest Expedition

Canadian Diaries Screening

2010-09-01T01:07:00.000-07:00

Our film was shown in Calgary on August 25th as part of a Shorts Program. Here's a blurb from the website:
"The project will showcase independent Canadian documentaries, and explore the historical and contemporary traditions of the genre as an intrinsic part of Canadian culture. The feature film we have selected as a seminal work, Pour la Suite du Monde, is a film that has a uncontested place in Canadian film history, and the shorts programs will contain contemporary documentary films (with a focus on works that utilize the film medium - 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm etc). They will deal with Canadian identity, explore landscape and culture, and the creation of self through them."

Thanks to the CSIF for including our film among such illustrious and respectable filmmakers. Alanis Obomsawin had a film in the same program as ours, and that is an honour indeed.

Click here to read more about the program.

wiki it

2009-11-02T02:27:00.000-08:00

The film gets a brief mention on Wikipedia now. On the Planet in Focus page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_in_Focus

We have been finished submitting this film to the festival circuit for about 6-8 months now. If there is any new information, we will be sure to add it.

Our future projects...
Nick is working on a feature film about a midwife in a Hutterite community in rural Saskatchewan.
Lindsay is writing a collection of sci-fi poetry, written from the inevitable point in the future when humanity and technology evolve and envelop each other.

sneak peek

2009-03-18T01:53:00.000-07:00

It's more of a clip than a trailer, really.

Upcoming Screening

2009-03-17T17:03:00.001-07:00

Yorkton Film Festival
May 21-24, 2009

We're nominated in the Student Category.
http://www.goldensheafawards.com/default.aspx?page=207&a=n

Upcoming Screening

2009-03-04T01:47:00.001-08:00

We've just been informed that our film is being screened at an International Super 8 Festival in Cambridge, England!
April 29 - May 2, 2009
http://www.cambridge-super8.org/

Upcoming Screening

2009-03-04T01:44:00.000-08:00

4th Annual Saskatchewan Environmental Film Festival:
See the Change, Be the Change
March 27-28, 2009

We have the pleasure of being on a Filmmaker's Panel also, after the screening.
http://www.econet.sk.ca/films2009.html

best "saskatchewan" film

2009-02-25T02:09:00.000-08:00

http://us.imdb.de/keyword/saskatchewan/

Ha ha, no idea how it got on this list.

Also, we got mentioned in a press release for the SFU Contemporary Arts:
http://cgi.sfu.ca/~scahome/?q=node/757

imdb

2009-01-28T02:33:00.000-08:00

We got an imdb page for free through one of the festivals we submitted to.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1362367/

a BFE congratulations

2009-01-07T02:04:00.001-08:00

The sound recordist for Boreal Forest Expedition, Travis L. Dyck, married the wonderful Teegan Odell on December 18th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Congratulations are in order!

Media Releases (click)

2009-01-07T01:53:00.000-08:00

A Review from our Screening in Toronto
Our Canadian Shorts Program listed as a "Pick of the Festival"

Toronto Screening!

2008-10-23T20:06:00.000-07:00

It's the end of our second day here in Toronto. The city is really neat, most of the buildings are made out of brick, beautiful! Nick attended the opening screening last night, and learned about the politics of water. Don't buy bottled water!!!! Our film screened tonight as part of a Canadian shorts program, along with some other great films. We did our first audience Q&A afterwards too, where people wanted to know more about Dad and the process of trapping. We're really enjoying being here and the festival so far. We're looking forward to checking out more interesting films and taking in more great sights, foods and company.

next stop... T.O.

2008-10-20T02:14:00.000-07:00

We're leaving late Tuesday night to head out to Toronto for the Planet in Focus festival. The whole family is going, including our daughters Ezra (nineteen months old) and Anya (four months old). It will be our first time in Toronto, so we're looking forward to exploring, eating and watching some great nature films. We'll update the blog when we're there.

Upcoming Screening

2008-09-23T02:45:00.000-07:00

October 22-28, 2008

We're being screened at the Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, in a Canadian Shorts program. We're really excited that we're going to be able to go to Toronto for the festival. We have a lot of wonderful supportive people to thank for getting us there.

Production Stills

2008-09-23T02:40:00.000-07:00

Location

2008-09-23T02:37:00.000-07:00

This documentary was filmed on location at the Bradford family trapline in Saskatchewan.

The Boreal Forest Expeditions Website

Media Releases (click)

2008-09-23T02:26:00.000-07:00

An SFU Media Release
A Quick Blurb in the Tri-City News
A KVOS Commercial for our SFU Screening

(don't blink or you'll miss us... haha...)

Past Screenings

2008-09-23T02:21:00.000-07:00

The 39th Canadian Student Film Festival at the Montreal World Film Festival
August 21 - September 1, 2008

Past Screenings

2008-09-23T02:15:00.000-07:00

22nd Annual National Student Film Festival
May 1-3, 2008

Awards:
Best Documentary and People’s Choice

Past Screenings

2008-09-23T02:07:00.000-07:00

Memories of Underexposure
May 7-8, 2008

Director's Biography

2008-09-23T02:04:00.000-07:00

Lindsay and Nick Bradford-Ewart are a married filmmaking team currently residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. They went through film school together at Simon Fraser University, during which time their family grew to include their daughters, Ezra and Anya, and a dog named Kierkegaard. Nick is also a professional photographer and Lindsay is trained in creative writing. Lindsay's roots are in rural Saskatchewan while Nick was raised in suburban Coquitlam.

Director's Filmographies

2008-09-23T01:56:00.000-07:00

Nick and Lindsay

Boreal Forest Expedition
14 minutes on Super 8
experimental/documentary, 2008

Syntactic Journey of a Mother in the City
2 minutes on Video
experimental visual poem, 2007

Box
9 minutes on 16mm
comedy, 2006

Nick

Wheels of Glory: Rooting in the Garden of Indignation
6 minutes on Super 8
experimental, 2007

Thermodynamics and Other Short Stories
5 minutes on Video
experimental, 2007

Coquitlam, Friday Night
7 minutes on Video
documentary, 2006

Mom Made Me Take the Fort Down
5 minutes on 16mm
experimental, 2005

Middle
2 minutes on 16mm
experimental, 2004

Lindsay

The Womanish Woman
2 minutes on Super 8
silent comedy, 2005

My Kierkegaard
3 minutes on Super 8
documentary, 2005

Marcus is on Fire
7 minutes on Video
experimental fiction, 2005

So Much For Sunday
Poems with continuous
16mm Film Loops
experimental/installation, 2005

Untitled
5 minutes on 16mm
experimental, 2004

Credits

2008-09-23T01:54:00.000-07:00

Featuring:
Pat Bradford
Lindsay Bradford-Ewart
Ezra Bradford-Ewart
Muskwa
Apollo

Nick Bradford-Ewart:
Director of Photography,
Director, Editor and Producer

Lindsay Bradford-Ewart:
Writer, Director, Editor
and Producer

Marc Greibel:
Sound Design

Jordan Bradford:
Camera Assistant

Travis L. Dyck:
Sound Recording

Karen Bradford:
Production Assistant

John Brennan:
Mixer Master

Julie Duggan:
Banjo Music

Technical Information

2008-09-23T01:53:00.000-07:00

Genre:
Experimental Documentary

Length:
14 minutes 17 seconds

Language:
English

Format:
Colour Super 8 Film

Shooting Location:
Bradford Trapline,
Saskatchewan, Canada

Production Dates:
October 2007

Audio:
Stereo