Farpoint Films
{{Short description|Canadian production company, founded 2000)}}
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| industry = Film and Television
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| founders = John Barnard & Kyle Bornais
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| location_city = Winnipeg
| location_country = Canada
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| key_people = Chris Charney, Scott R. Leary, Markus Henkel and Trevor Suffield
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| divisions = Farpoint Distribution
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| homepage = {{Official URL}}
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Farpoint Films is a television and film production company founded in 2000 by John Barnard and Kyle Bornais and based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have produced more than 500 hours of national and international award winning television and film projects. Productions include Room for Rent, Sorry for Your Loss,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/justin-bartha-bruce-greenwood-inbar-lavi-sorry-for-your-loss-collin-friesen-1202081758/=|title=Justin Bartha, Bruce Greenwood & Inbar Lavi To Co-Star In 'Sorry For Your Loss' From Collin Friesen|publisher=Deadline|date=May 2, 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} From the Vine, The Illegal Eater,{{cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2014/06/09/the-illegal-eater-we-were-children-win-rockie-awards/=|title=The Illegal Eater Wins Rockie Award|publisher=PlaybackOnline.ca|first=Julianna|last=Cummins|date=June 9, 2014|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} Escape Or Die!{{cite web|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/04/11/escape-or-die/=|title=New TV Series Chronicles Winnipegger Dean Gunnarson's Exploits|publisher=WinnipegSun.com|first=Doug|last=Lunney|date=April 11, 2015|accessdate=May 7, 2016}} and The Medicine Line.{{cite web|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/herald/NK-executive-producers-travel-series-wins-award-261720871.html?device=mobile/=|title=N.K. executive producer's travel series wins award|publisher=Winnipegfreepress.com|first=Dan|last=Falloon|date=June 3, 2014|accessdate=May 7, 2016}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2009
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| 2010
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| 2010
|We're The Weakerthans, We're From Winnipeg |
| 2010
|Drop the Nickel |Documentary short film |
| 2010
|data-sort-value="Fable About Beauty, A" | A Fable About Beauty |Short |
| 2011
|data-sort-value="Paper Nazis, The" | The Paper Nazis |Documentary short |
| 2012
|data-sort-value="Sheepdogs Have At It, The" | The Sheepdogs Have At It |Documentary |
| 2012
|Champion City: The 1896 Winnipeg Victorias |Documentary short |
| 2014
| |
| 2014
|Lost Heroes |Documentary |
| 2014
|Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells A Story |Documentary |
| 2016
|Menorca | |
| 2017
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| 2018
|Bachman | Documentary |
| 2018
| |
| 2018
|data-sort-value="Perfect Match, The" | The Perfect Match | |
| 2018
|Love, Of Course | |
| 2019
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| 2022
|Seeking Fire - In Production |Documentary |
| 2022
|Strong Son - In Pre-Production | |
| 2022
|Wintertide - In Post Production | |
| 2022
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| 2022
|data-sort-value="Swearing Jar, The" | The Swearing Jar | |
| 2023
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| 2024
|Levels | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Notes |
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| 2005
|Sierra's Song |Documentary short |
| 2007
|There's Something Out There |Documentary TV film |
| 2007
|Warriors TKO |Documentary series |
| 2008
|Comedy series |
| 2009
|Winnipeg Burlesque |TV movie |
| 2009
|Willy's Garage |TV documentary short |
| 2010
|Musical Ghosts |TV documentary movie |
| 2010
|Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave |TV documentary movie |
| 2011
|Book of Vaudeville |TV documentary movie |
| 2013
|data-sort-value="Illegal Eater, The" | The Illegal Eater |Lifestyle series |
| 2014
|data-sort-value="Medicine Line, The" | The Medicine Line |Documentary series |
| 2015
|Documentary series |
| 2017
|Kid Diners |Lifestyle series |
| 2018
|My Misdiagnosis |Documentary series |
| 2019–2021
|Cruise Ship Killers |True crime, 2 seasons |
| 2019
|I Hostage |Documentary series |
| 2019
|Alive |Documentary series |
| 2020–2022
|Ice Vikings |Documentary, 3 seasons |
| 2020
|data-sort-value="Day My Job Tried To Kill Me, The" | The Day My Job Tried To Kill Me |Documentary series |
| 2021
|Disaster Déjà vu |Documentary series |
| 2021
|Dying to be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery |True crime series |
| 2022
|Sunshine Slayings - |in production |
| 2022
|Shoot To Kill |in post production |
| 2022
|Heartland Homicide |True crime series |
Awards
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| Year | Production | Awards | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 2001 | data-sort-value="Gypsy Moon Circus Show, The" | The Gypsy Moon Circus Show | Blizzard Awards | Best Editing: Non-Dramatic | John Barnard | {{won}} |
| 2003 | Cemetery Love Story | Blizzard Awards | Best Direction: Drama Short | John Barnard | {{won}} |
| 2007 | Gorilla Trap | Accolade Awards
|colspan="2"| TV Short Documentary | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="2"| 2009
|rowspan="2"| Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave | Hugo Television Awards |colspan="2"| Best Documentary History/Biography | {{won}} | |||||
| Accolade Awards
|colspan="2"| Award Of Excellence | {{won}} | |||||
| 2010 | Winnipeg Burlesque | Derby City Film Festival
|colspan="2"| Best Documentary Film | {{won}} | |||
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Sheepdogs Have At it, The" | The Sheepdogs Have At it | Tenerife International Film Festival | Best Directing of a Feature Documentary Series | John Barnard | {{won}} |
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Illegal Eater, The" | The Illegal Eater | Banff World Media Festival
|colspan="2"| Best Lifestyle Series | {{won}} | |||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Medicine Line, The" | The Medicine Line | Yorkton Film Festival
|colspan="2"| Best Documentary Series | {{won}} | |||
| 2016 | Escape Or Die! | Yorkton Film Festival
|colspan="2"| Best Documentary Series | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="5"| 2017
|rowspan="5"| Room for Rent{{efn|name=RoomRent|Room For Rent won awards at two 2017 film festivals, a 2018 film festival and for its 2018 theatrical release}} |colspan="2"| Best Film | {{won}} | |||||
| Best Screenplay | Matthew Atkinson | {{won}} | |||
| Best Actor | Brett Gelman | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="2"| Chicago Comedy Festival{{cite news |title=2017 Awards |date=2017-11-11 |work=Chicago Comedy Film Festival |url=https://www.chicagocomedyfilmfestival.com/how-your-money-helps/ |access-date=2022-06-04}}
|colspan="2"| Best Feature | {{won}} | |||||
| Best Actress | Stephnie Weir | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="11"| 2017
|rowspan="11"| Menorca | Best Actress | Tammy Gillis | {{won}} | ||
| rowspan="2"| Black Sea Film Festival
|colspan="2"| Best Narrative Feature | {{won}} | |||||
| Best Actress | Tammy Gillis | {{won}} | |||
| Western Canadian Music Awards | Visual Media Composer Of The Year | Mitch Dorge | {{nom}} | ||
| rowspan="2"| Solaris Film Festival | Best Director | John Barnard | {{won}} | ||
| Best Actress | Tammy Gillis | {{won}} (tie) | |||
| rowspan="4"| Windy Awards | Best Sound Design | Mitch Dorge | {{won}} | ||
| Best Production Design | Gord Wilding | {{won}} | |||
| Best Cinematography | Markus Henkel | {{won}} | |||
| colspan="2"| Best Feature Length Film
| {{won}} | |||||
| Noida International Film Festival | Best Actress | Tammy Gillis | {{won}} | ||
| 2018 | Bachman | Gimli Film Festival
|colspan="2"| Audience Choice Award | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="5"| 2018
|rowspan="5"| Room for Rent{{efn|name=RoomRent}} |rowspan="2"| Canadian Film Festival{{cite magazine |first=Lauren |last=Malyk |title=CFF '18: The Drawer Boy, Luba score top prizes |date=2018-03-26 |magazine=Playback |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2018/03/26/cff-18-the-drawer-boy-and-luba-score-top-prizes/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215838/https://playbackonline.ca/2018/03/26/cff-18-the-drawer-boy-and-luba-score-top-prizes/ |archive-date=2020-08-07}} |colspan="2"| Best Feature | {{won}} | |||||
| Best Set Design | Gord Wilding | {{won}} | |||
| rowspan="3"| Canadian Comedy Awards{{cite web |title=2018 Nominations and Awards |date=2019-06-06 |work=Canadian Comedy Awards |url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2018 |access-date=2022-06-04 |archive-date=2020-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028032509/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2018 |url-status=dead }}
| Best Direction | Matthew Atkinson | {{won}} | |||
| Best Writing | Matthew Atkinson | {{won}} | |||
| Best Performance | Mark Little | {{won}} |
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References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0098544 List of Farpoint Films productions] at IMDb
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Category:Film production companies of Canada
Category:Television production companies of Canada
Category:Companies based in Winnipeg
Category:Mass media companies established in 2000
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