Matt Mays: From Burnside with Love

Beevision Editor Paul Hart met with storied Director Joel Stewart back in 2018 date to plan the editing of the From Burnside with Love concert performed by Matt Mayes and his band: Adam Baldwin, Leith Fleming-Smith, Serge Samson and Damian Moynihan with guest artists Kendal Carson, Asa Brosius and Kristin Hatt. Over the summer of 2018 …

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Bach Pockets

I sat down to talk about Bach Pockets with creators Tim Dawson and Paul Hart. This was a piece to support Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary. Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra perform Polonaise, Minuet and Badinerie from the 2nd Orchestral Suite in B minor for flute and strings by J. S. Bach while Pockets…

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Making the Sloppy Jones Sizzle Reel

Logline:  a ruthless cougar and her dive bar staff of queer twentysomethings struggle with bills, sex and murder. What is Sloppy Jones? Sloppy Jones is a queer, campy, colourful, 6 x 8 minute Digital Dramedy Series inspired by the kitschiest dive bar you’ve ever seen. It’s a heightened look at modern millennial relationships, and the…

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Bach to the Barre

I sat down with Tim Dawson and Paul Hart to talk about their work on Bach to the Barre, a lockdown ballet starring National Ballet of Canada principal dancers Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. ​ Can you introduce us to the music? TIM:Air on the G String from the…

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The Making of the Spell Bent Pilot

About Spell Bent Hidden away in the city of Toronto is an underground society of magical witches. They live in fear of being discovered by Carnifex, an ancient order of witch hunters. Non-magical residents or Voids are unaware of the battle being waged on their streets. Halley Highcroft, a young witch, goes on a forbidden…

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Spell Bent – Halloween teaser release

Left to right: At the Owlet’s Wing – Jamie Hart as Killian Drake, Isaac Cunningham as Malchior Highcroft and Lory Mpiana as Halley Highcroft.   We are excited to share the one minute teaser for our soon-to-be-released pilot episode of Spell Bent, just in time for Halloween! Over the past summer our team has been…

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Paul Hart’s Year in Review

Darius Rucker performing at the 2017 One Horse Town in Moosejaw.   2017 was a very good year for me. Our multi-platform documentary for TVO, Little India: Village of Dreams premiered on Canada Day. The film was directed and produced by Nina Beveridge and I had the pleasure of co-producing, doing location sound and some…

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Little India: Village of Dreams Scores CSA Nomination

Producers Nina Beveridge and Paul Hart would like to give a big shout-out to the amazing sound team that worked on “Little India: Village of Dreams”. Congratulations to Co-Composers Philip Strong and Thomas Hoy who are nominated for “Best Original Music, Non-Fiction”. We are getting excited to attend the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards dinner on March 6th!…

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Notes on Composing for Little India: Village of Dreams

Composer Phil Strong, Sound Designer Alan Geldart and Composer Thomas Hoy attending the premiere of Little India: Village of Dreams.   UPDATE: LITTLE INDIA VILLAGE OF DREAMS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A 2018 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, NON-FICTION   Notes on Composing for Little India: Village of Dreams – by Composer Phil Strong…

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Little India: Village Of Dreams – A film by Nina Beveridge

World Broadcast Premiere TVO 9:00 PM July 1, 2017 Little India: Village of Dreams will be available across Canada day after broadcast on tvo.org A storied Toronto South-Asian ‘hood serves as a metaphor For a New Canadian “next-generation” experience In Nina Beveridge’s Little India:Village Of Dreams   TRAILER   Once accurately described as “Little India,”…

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TVO unveils Canada 150 doc programming

By Regan Reid January 4, 2017 …”Beevision Productions’ Village of Dreams (pictured), directed by Nina Beveridge, who produced alongside Paul Hart, will go to air in the summer.” Producer/Director Nina Beveridge, Producer/Sound Recordist/Editor Paul Hart and Cinematographer Bongo Kolycius have had a busy year filming the Village of Dreams documentary in Toronto’s Gerrard India Bazaar.…

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2016 CCE Award Nomination – High Valley Home Movie

It is very cool to be nominated with Paul Hessell for a “2016 Canadian Cinema Editors Award.” Thank you to director Joel Stewart and the crew at CMT who produced “High Valley Home Movie.” This special follows High Valley as they travel from Nashville to their hometown, La Crete Alberta (800km north of Edmonton) to…

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Village of Dreams Now in Development

Village Of Dreams Development Trailer Beevision Productions in Development with TVOntario on “Village of Dreams & villageofdreams.ca” Monday, February 1, 2016 – Beevision Productions proudly announces a new development deal with TVOntario for Village of Dreams, a cross-platform documentary, in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. The film explores and reflects upon the dreams, desires and…

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Fast Forward

Another busy and diverse year of projects has flown by. Once again Corus Entertainment and director Joel Stewart kept me hopping in the edit suite and on the music front. First up for YTV was a special featuring the talented teen sensation Shawn Mendes. Another docu-concert for CMT featured “High Valley” returning home from Nashville…

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Celebrating Tikun Olam with Ve’ahavta

In winter 2015 Beevision had the opportunity to work with an organization called Ve’ahavta (www.veahavta.org) to create an animated video describing the great work that they do. “Tikun Olam” is the Hebrew term for the Jewish belief that it is humankind’s duty to support God’s work by “repairing the world”. For Ve’ahavata, that means working to enact social action and social justice, both locally…

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Interview with NINA BEVERIDGE – Canadian Filmmaker, Daughter of James Beveridge

South and South-East Asia Documentary Film Research Website I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Dr. Camille Deprez about my father, Documentary Pioneer James Beveridge. Dr. Deprez is leading a research programme  that “will explore the field of South and South-East Asia documentary film (including Hong Kong/Macau) as a historical and contemporary phenomenon. This…

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“The Original Net Artists” on VICE

It was great to travel back in time to the early days of my career, fresh out of University, when a group of enterprising artist-nerds, lead by Bill Perry, formed TCV (Toronto Community Videotex) to explore TELIDON technology. Our mission was to explore TELIDON and to share our knowledge with the artistic community. This lead…

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The Messenger a success on indiegogo

Congratulations to Producer Joanne Jackson, Director/Producer Su Rynard and Impact Producer JoAnne Fishburn for running a dynamic crowdfunding campaign in indiegogo! We exceeded our target of $50,000! Nina Beveridge worked with the team to provide online support: designing web pages, community mobilization tools, indiegogo crowdfunding tools, strategies, newsletter design, twitter & facebook outreach and general campaign management.…

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Rupert’s Land with the Cowboy Junkies

Rupert’s Land: The Promise of Canada Feature length documentary. We are seeking broadcast partners and financing for this project.  A musically driven, coast-to-coast exploration of the people of pre-confederation Canada. Presented by the Cowboy Junkies, co-written with Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson of the Skydiggers with a selection of regional artists collaborating, this evocative musical and visual exploration of early life and…

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An action packed 18 months!

For the past couple of years I have been fortunate to work with many talented people. Most projects have been for broadcast on CBC, TVO and just about every Corus Entertainment channel. The prolific amount of work has been quite amazing and I couldn’t have managed without the help of James Yates who has been…

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