Kino Sum Productions

and are delighted to host a haunted evening of ghost stories and a special screening of HAUNTED HOLLOW with Calgary-born filmmaker Dominique van Olm. Starting 7 pm on October 30 at CSIF: 100, 1725 10th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta

This free 90-minute event begins with a screening of Dominique’s short film, HAUNTED HOLLOW. Then, she will tell her account of the film’s haunted production, and guests will be invited to share their own spooky stories. The night is in support of Dominique and Kino Sum’s research into oral traditions and scary tales for their next feature film, DO YOU SEE GHOSTS?, a blend of documentary and fiction.

DM Kino Sum if you’d like to be one of the night’s storytellers!

Event link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tell-us-your-ghost-stories-a-haunted-night-w-dominique-van-olm-kino-sum-tickets-1839122999399?aff=oddtdtcreator

Lucky Star is now on ! Sharing the news with the 🔥 alt poster designed by Jessamine Fok of

We’re so proud to announce that Shae Kubur’s film “How to Write the Perfect Screennplay” is world premiering at ! Shae’s a longtime collaborator of ’s, and it’s awesome to see her take the helm as writer/director with grace, humour, and a razor sharp script beautifully interpreted by Isra Abdelrahim and Sharon Umeh. Huge thanks to our amazing crew for coming together to support Shae’s vision.

The quest for perfection turns deadly when two artists write a screenplay together.

Writer/Director
Starring Isra Abdelrahim +
Producers + Guillaume Carlier
Director of Photography Gbohunmi .i
Editor + Colourist Benjamín San Martín
Music Levy Zigza + Michael Zigza .zigza
First AD Naja Gargaraki
Set Dressing Kaley Siewert
Sound Christina Milinusic
Props Yan Zhu
First AC Anthony Onwardi
Gaffer Owen Poffenroth
Grip Josh Turner
Camera Trainee Usha Ramesh
Stills Samantha Xia
SPFX Makeup Scarlett McGillis
Location Katie Lavoie
Production Assistant Carson Moore
Sound Editing and Mixing Nick Wright for Six Degrees Sound

Produced with the Assistance of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts .1991

LUCKY STAR, the final original score in the New Western Cinema Album Trilogy, is now on Bandcamp. Watch the film now on VOD and on beginning July 1. Follow and click link in bio to listen to the albums.

“The final project in this trilogy of scores, Lucky Star, serves as the louder and more dissonant sister to the jazz-inflected, guitar-led acoustic ensemble performance heard on Circle of Steel. Not only was this score co-composed with Juno-award-winning Vancouver violinist Meredith Bates , we also co-directed, coordinated, and produced the entire work in close dialogue and studio collaboration.

The goal of these pieces was to reflect and amplify the intense psychological tension portrayed by the many flawed but well-meaning characters in the film, with special attention given to their heart wrenching family dynamics. After trading ideas and charting remotely with me for several weeks through the summer of 2023, Meredith assembled a killer band consisting of Paul Rigby .rigby003 on electric and acoustic guitars, James Meger on double and electric basses, and Alanna Pearce on drums. Meredith played violin and pedals, and we both attempted to keep careful notes.

The score was recorded by engineer Dave Sikula in one intense day of extremely impressive musicianship at in East Vancouver. I added a few final electric Epiphone touches in the weeks to follow. What you hear is a moody, evocative score representative of my richly productive collaborative relationship with Meredith, and of the Vancouver art scene’s prolifically cross-pollinating musical culture.”

– rebecca bruton