http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com Behind the scenes with Beachwalker Films Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/beachwalkerfilms/images/blog_mark.jpg http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com Beachwalker is due for a makeover. I started the company in 2004 to produce documentaries and interactive media projects on topics that fascinated me. The media world has been radically transformed since then. And, while the core purpose of the company hasn't changed much, the way it does it is now almost completely different. 2010 marks a reboot of Beachwalker as it emerges as a documentary production house for the digital media age. Watch this space as the metamorphosis takes place. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=28 2010-10-12 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) I am absolutely delighted to say that Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny has won a Special Gemini Award. The Canada Award honours excellence in mainstream television programming which best reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada. I will be travelling to Toronto to receive the award on October 20th. Unfortunately, Zebedee Nungak will not be able to join me. He will be over in Scotland shooting another film. Congratulations and a huge thanks to everyone who worked on Qallunaat! http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=26 2008-10-06 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) I am delighted to be able to say that First Scientists is now available on DVD through Distribution Access. For two year since the demise of Magic Lantern, First Scientists has been unavailable. Meanwhile, I have been inundated with requests for copies from schools, colleges and libraries around the world. You can order your copy by clicking here or by pasting the following url into your browser: http://www.distributionaccess.com/new/index.cfm http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=24 2008-09-23 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) The National Film Board has released Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny and Qallunaank Piusiqsiuriniq on a single DVD. I am delighted. The price for Canadian home use is $19.95. Click here to order. Happy viewing! http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=23 2007-08-10 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) On Saturday, May 26, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny won a Golden Sheaf award at the Yorkton Short Film Festival in the Best Aboriginal category. Yorkton is the granddaddy of Canadian film festivals, celebrating its 60th year. Qallanaat! is in fine company, joining The Danish Poet, Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Nature of Things on the platform. Qallunaat! is to be released any day now on DVD by the National Film Board. Stay tuned. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=22 2007-05-28 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny is having its world broadcast premiere on ASN, CTV's satellite and cable network in Atlantic Canada. It will air Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 8 PM Atlantic time, 8:30 in Newfoundland and Labrador. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=21 2007-04-16 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) If you are in Halifax on Saturday, September 23 come on out to the World Premiere of Qallunaat! (Why White People are Funny). It will be playing at 12 noon at Park Lane Theatre 8. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=20 2006-08-29 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) I got word today that Qallunaat! (Why White People are Funny) will be shown at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax this fall. It will be featured in the Atlantic Focus Program. The Festival runs Spetember 14-23, 2006. I will let you know the date of the screening as soon as I find out. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=19 2006-08-10 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) Here's a second chance for people who missed Qallunaanik Piusiqsiuriniq the first time it ran on APTN. It's going to be on Voices of the Land, Thursday, September 7, 2006. They're going to run it during the day at 11 PT, 12 MT, 1 CT, 2 ET and 3 AT. Then again at night at 7 PT, 8 MT, 9 CT, 10 ET and 11 AT. http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=18 2006-08-03 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com) It was hard to say goodbye to The Big Hellos. But the working title never quite conveyed what this comedy documentary was all about. The light came on for me when I was talking with pitching guru, Jan Miller a few weeks ago. She asked me what I was working on these days and I said, "A film about why Inuit find white people funny." "What's it called?" "The Big Hellos." "You should call it Why Inuit Find White People Funny." Of course! Of course not! It's too long. That's what everyone else said. So we tried to find a way to shorten it. What we finally settled on was: Qallunaat! with the subtitle, Why White People are Funny. This way people who are uncomfortable pronouncing "Qallunaat!" can just call it "Why White People are Funny". It's a strange solution I know. But what isn't strange about this film? http://www.beachwalkerfilms.com/weblog_det.asp?blogid=15 2006-07-26 Mark Sandiford (mailto:mark@beachwalkerfilms.com)