Logline: The Morales’ brothers invite their next door neighbours over for dinner but dinner turns out to be a spiraling nightmare for the Roger’s family.

Genre: Horror/Thriller/Social Drama

The film has done very well on the festival circuit internationally and has been honoured with 10 official film festival selections.

The selections include:
Atlanta Horror Film Festival (USA)
Atlanta Shortsfest (USA)
Atlanta Underground Film Festival (USA)
Barebones International Film Festival (USA)
Heart of England Film Festival (UK)
Indy Horror Film Festival (USA)
International Film Festival Ireland (Ireland)
International Film Festival South Africa (South Africa)
Swansea Bay Film Festival (UK)
Twin Rivers Multimedia Film Festival (USA)

Daniel attended the Jersey Road Screening. He had a principal role in the film.

A special screening of the short film JERSEY ROAD was held at The King Street Social Kitchen & Bar,  located at the Hyatt Regency to a sold out crowd!

Jersey Road Synopsis

Mick Flanagan (Andrew Ferguson) is in trouble. The tough teenage hoodlum and his buddies (Peter Diaz, Ted Neal, Daniel Reininghaus) have finally crossed the line, and now must look to his ex-con brother Ritchie (Chris Scarpelli) for help.

An accidental shooting leaves the guys with the dead body of a dirty cop and a long night ahead of them in the woods off Jersey Road. With the realization of what they have done, and what they now need to do, setting in, the gang must replace fear and desperation with courage and determination as they race against time – and the police – and discover a new bond of loyalty and honour which will forever bind these friends together.

Aurora Borealis Films, NorthWorks Pictures and The Toronto Jay Variety Show’s Jersey Road, an emotional crime thriller about one fateful night that forever changes the lives of five friends, is directed by Colin Grant and inspired by Flanagan’s: Life Inside An Irish Street Gang, the debut novel from Jay Stoyan. Written by Colin Grant and Sheena Karmel. Produced by Colin Grant and Grant Sturgeon. Executive Producer is Jay Stoyan. Director of Photography is Jerry Andrews. Editor is Emmanuel Nabet.

Screening Photos

The Barbara Deutsch Approach – MasterClass (Sept. 26 – 28th, 2009)

ABOUT – Barbara Deutsch

Barbara deals with the best – Actors, producers, executives, entrepreneurs, agents, casting directors – CREATIVE PEOPLE  looking for their Competitive Edge.

Barbara Deutsch understands that CREATIVE PEOPLE have to create and express.

Whether you are working, on the verge or struggling, Barbara moves it all forward.
With quick results she uncovers fears, removes blocks, and opens closed doors.

Toronto Actors Feedback from previous Workshop:

“I wish I had found you 5 years ago…but now that I have I think my life is going to change.”

“Not only did I hear things that consolidated things for me…but I was given keys to previously “invisible” locks that were holding me back!”

“I would say GO FOR IT. This has validated many things I’ve heard before, but not fully understood. This gave me the freedom to be real… I FEEL EMPOWERED. Do the workshop.”

“Barbara is full of wisdom, power, compassion AND humour. She gets you awake so you can chose to LIVE YOUR DREAM. Be full, UNASHAMED and EXCITED to start each day. Thank you a million times.”

TRAINING: How YOU’RE Training the Industry.

TRAINING AND TEACHING

Did you know that you are a trainer?

Did you know that you train people how to treat you? When you don’t ask for what you need you train people that they don’t have to give you anything. When you call someone and need that person to call you and they don’t, you train them that they never have to call you back. When you don’t tell someone they made a mistake because you don’t want to make waves or upset them, you train them that you will take care of their mishaps.  When you don’t hold people accountable to being their word, you train them you don’t matter. You are training people that they can treat you any way they want to. If they think about you it’s an afterthought. A training ground for nobody to communicate with you in a timely fashion or at all. Think about all the areas of your life you are backing away when you get scared or feel uncomfortable. You sit at home afraid to pick up the phone because of all those feelings. Don’t let people get away with this….

This can change immediately if you want it to change. Recognize what you are letting slip by. I’ve never met a passive person who was lazy. It’s fear that keeps actions stagnant. I understand how brave it will be for you to shift into opening up and communicating. Your self-esteem depends on how you ask for what you need. If someone doesn’t respond to you, what are you doing with them anyway? Having a boss or an agent or a lover who won’t respond in a timely fashion means that they don’t have respect for anyone. It’s not just you! Re-train the people in your life that you matter and if they still treat you as an afterthought, then they have to go.

ReelWorld’s Monthly-Mixer with Sook-Yin Lee.

Every 4th Wednesday of the month ReelWorld hosts a Monthly-Mixer held at Harlem Restaurant, the meet and greet allows the Diverse entertainment and film community to come together in an informal setting.

Each month features a special guest and gives you the opportunity to share any upcoming projects you’d like circulated. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to get the inside scoop on the issues and trends, while you mingle…

This month’s special guest was Sook-Yin Lee.

About Sook-Yin Lee:

Sook-Yin Lee is a toronto-based musician, actor, filmmaker and TV and radio broadcaster. Her award winning short films, Unlocked, Girl Cleans Sink and Escapades of The One Particular Mr. Noodle have screened internationally. Sook-Yin stars in the adventurous comedy Shortbus, directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), which premiered at the Festival de Cannes 2006. Recently, Sook-Yin wrote, directed and performed in the Brazilian, a chapter in the film Toronto Stories. 2009 marks her feature film screenplay and directorial debut with Year of The Carnivore, produced by Screen Siren Pictures and the Film Farm.

Year of The Carnivore will be featured this year at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009.

Some footage from the Q&A

Yakim has a chance to win the People’s Choice Award @ Air Canada’s enRoute Film Festival.

Title: Yakim
Producers: Desiree Nickerson / Prionnsias Murphy
Director: Andrew Lima
Length: 9 minutes
Synopsis: A homeless man finds forgotten items on the subway and sells them to save enough money to bring his wife and children to Canada.

You can cast your vote’s for Yakim for the People’s Choice Award and watch the film here:

Banana Republic’s Mad Men Casting Call

Got mad acting skills?

Enter today to win a walk-on role on AMC’s Emmy Award-winning series “Mad Men” — plus a $1,000 Banana Republic Giftcard

It’s easy. Locate your unique code on the offer card inside the Mad Men guide and submit it along with a photo(s) of you in your best “mad” men or woman style at madmencastingcall.amctv.com.

One aspiring star will walk away a winner. It could be you. Good luck!

Union feature film, titled The Tiolet for the Lead role of Maury with Lewis Kay Casting.

Union: Union
Area of Media: Feature Film
Production Company: Buck Productions/Paradise Cafe Inc.
Producer(s): Sean Buckley, Shuichi Komuro, Kumi Kobata, Makiko Muto
Director: Naoko Ogigami
Casting: Jenny & Sara
Casting Director: Lewis Kay Casting

(Lead)  Maury Gender: Male Age: 20-26
Ray’s brother (could be older or younger), quarter-Japanese man, looking for a slim metro-sexual type, he is not actually gay but people think he is. He’s a brilliantly talented pianist who had a humiliating panic attack during a concert some four years ago and retired into his mother’s home, never to emerge again. Particularly close to his mother, and devastated by her death, Maury is prone to sudden anxiety. However, with the help of his mysterious, wise Baachan (grandmother), and also through the meditative act of sewing on his mother’s old foot-treadle machine, Maury is eventually able to escape the trap of his own fear and venture out into the wider world once more, resuming his concert career with stellar results…

On-Camera & Scene Study class with Lewis Baumander for 6 weeks.

Work on scenes, monologue or audition technique.

This unique set of workshops has an action based focus in the vein of David Mamet. Simple and straight forward: no misleading buzzwords or clever theories. You will come to depend more on your own innate abilities as an actor and become less dependant on “methods” or “theories” for acting.

Lewis Baumander Acting Studio
http://www.lewisbaumander.com

BARBARA DEUTSCH’S “COMPETITIVE EDGE & BREAK THE RULES” WORKSHOP (July 18 & 19, 2009)

Barbara deals with the best – Actors, producers, executives, entrepreneurs, agents, casting directors – CREATIVE PEOPLE  looking for their Competitive Edge.

Barbara Deutsch understands that CREATIVE PEOPLE have to create and express,Whether you are working, on the verge or struggling, Barbara moves it all forward. With quick results she uncovers fears, removes blocks, and opens closed doors.

Here are a few clients you might recognize:
* Sherri Shepherd, Actress – HOST, “THE VIEW”
* Patrick Gallager, Actor, Night at the Museum 1 & 2, True Blood, HBO
* J. Robert Spencer, Broadway – “JERSEY BOYS”, as Nick
* Jerry Zaks, Director – Broadway, “A Bronx Tale”,”Little Shop of  Horrors,” 3 Time
Tony Award Winner
* Kevin Spirtas, Actor/Singer/Dancer – “The Boy From Oz,” “Days of  Our Lives”
* Marilu Henner, Actress/Best Selling Author

What Clients Have To Say:
“…Working with Barbara I was able to use the tools she created for success and build on each project. From Master and Commander to Sideways, DaVinci’s Inquest and Night at the Museum. Recently I was able to go through a difficult negotiation and hold out until I got the deal I cold live with for Night at the Museum 2. I work on
my own terms now. Just booked True Blood on HBO. She helps us position ourselves to be successful…”

Patrick Gallager,Actor, GLEE – 2009 Pilot, Night at the Museum 1 & 2, True Blood, HBO