November 11, 2015
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen as the NSI Online Short Film Festival this November 16th. Here is the link to watch it: http://www.nsi-canada.ca/2015/11/very-good-dirt/
July 24, 2015
Fun night at the Gimli Film Festival for the Canadian shorts program which included Very Good Dirt. http://gimlifilm.com/films/?filter-1768=17212
June 25, 2015
Great news! Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen as part of the Canadian Shorts Films program at the Gimli Film Festival, Friday, July 24th at 5:30pm in Gimli, Manitoba.
News release: http://gimlifilm.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/07/2015-GFF-Media-Release-July14.pdf
June 13, 2015
It was a full house at the theatre in Strathclair, Manitoba, where my film played with two other short films shot around the area as part of a “triple bill”. It was an honour to finally show the local community, Very Good Dirt. Many of the people I interviewed for the film attended including: Bruce Nichol, Gayleen Stimpson, John Thompson, Agnes Bridge, and Jack and Margaret Boyd. Big thanks to Neil Gamey and the Strathclair Theatre Committee for volunteering their time to make this special night happen.
April 21, 2015
Very Good Dirt wins Platinum at Worldfest-Houson. What an honour!
March 21, 2015
Very Good Dirt heads north! It will screen at the Dawson City International Film Festival, which runs April 2 – 5, 2015 in Dawson City, Yukon.
March 7, 2015
Awesome time at #VIWIFF2015 where Very Good Dirt played in a shorts program called “Around the World in Eight Shorts”. It was an intriguing mixture of international stories and we were proud to be a part of it.
February 22, 2015
2nd Place in the Short Doc category for Very Good Dirt at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival.
February 17, 2015
Interview for Vancouver International Women in Film Festival:
February 16, 2015
Very Good Dirt wins the Metropol Audience Favourite short film award at the Victoria Film Festival!
February 7, 2015
February 5, 2015
Article in the Brandon Sun
January 26, 2015
Another hometown screening of Very Good Dirt! I am honoured to have the film selected by the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, Saturday, March 7th, at 7 PM, 2015 at the Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver. #VIWIFF2015
https://wiftv.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/catharine-parke-close-to-her-heart/
January 15, 2015
Very Good Dirt has been selected as a finalist for the Women In Film and Television International 10th Annual International Showcase from 869 submissions from 58 countries.
http://www.mediafusionent.com/files/WIFTI_Showcase_Finalists_Press_release_011515.pdf
January 11, 2015
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the Victoria International Film Festival, Saturday, February 7th, 2015 in Victoria, BC.
https://boxoffice.victoriafilmfestival.com/film.php?id=1008&noIframe=1
January 11, 2015
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Festival, February 17 – 22 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
http://www.winnipegfilmfestival.com/index.php/short-documentaries
December 13, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the Fargo Film Festival, March 3 – 7 in Fargo, North Dakota.
http://www.fargofilmfestival.org
November 15, 2014
Honoured to have Very Good Dirt screening at the Vancouver Short Film Festival.
Vancouver Short Film Festival
October 20, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the Vancouver Short Film Festival at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver on Saturday, November 15th at 7:00pm.
http://www.vsff.com/pg/written-earth-our-stories
October 3, 2014
Happy to meet up with Festival Producer Kerrie Long at the Edmonton International Film Festival, where Very Good Dirt is screening as part of the Canadiana shorts program.
September 13, 2014
Having a great time watching great films at Docuwest Film Festival in Denver, Colorado – thanks for inviting me and my film, Program Director Wade Gardner.
September 12, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to compete at the Uppsala International Short Film Festival, in Sweden, Oct 20 – 26, 2014. It was chosen from 5,000 entries.
http://www.shortfilmfestival.com/en/films/very-good-dirt/
July 20, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the San Gio Verona Festival in Verona, Italy, July 23 – 27th, 2014
July 7, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at the Edmonton International Film Festival, Friday, October 3, 2014.
July 1, 2014
Very Good Dirt has been selected to screen at DocuWest International Film Festival in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, Sept 13th, 2014
Short Program: http://docuwestfest.com/project/shorts-package-just-sayin/
May 28, 2014
Article from Toronto film Scene, Toronto’s Online Film Magazine
http://thetfs.ca/2014/05/28/cannes-2014-review-short-talent-programme/#.VNP0MkKRsso
May 20, 2014
Interview on Radio Noon show with Marilyn Maki from CBC Radio Manitoba.
May 19, 2014
Mention in the Brandon Sun:
http://www.brandonsun.com/local/mcconnell-documentary-showing-at-cannes-259924181.html?thx=y
May 17, 2014
Article on Women in Film + Television Vancouver Society website
http://wiftv.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/catharine-parke-close-to-her-heart/#more-1755
May 16, 2014
Mention in an article on BC Living:
http://www.bcliving.ca/entertainment/bc-talent-at-the-67th-cannes-film-festival
May 7, 2014
Pretty sweet seeing my film on the Cannes Festival website!
http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/7f807fbe-0ff5-455c-8efa-7f3497ac5e64
May 5, 2014
It’s official! Very Good Dirt is up on the Telefilm Canada website for Canada: Not Short on Talent at Cannes 2014.
http://www.telefilm.ca/05/516/Cannes/2014/films.php?festival=236
April 25, 2014
Got word today that Very Good Dirt will be screened at the Palais F theatre in Cannes on May 20, at 11:30am.
April 14, 2014
On behalf of Telefilm Canada, we are delighted to confirm that your film Very Good Dirt has been selected to be part of the 4th edition of Canada: Not Short on Talent at Cannes. Telefilm Canada initiative is designed to increase the international exploitation of new short films and to promote Canadian talents to accredited buyers and international festival programmers at the Cannes Market.
June 12, 2013
I feel very fortunate to have my film selected by jury as one of the 2013/2014 recipients of the NFB Pacific and Yukon Centre’s Filmmaker Assistance Program.