Acting
"Hoolboom" is a film that Arts Toronto commissioned local filmmaker Wrik Mead to make based on his impressions of fellow filmmaker Mike Hoolboom. With some collaboration from Mike, Wrik has produced a film about the body, self-awareness, and the art of film.
A man is asked by his parents to run an apartment complex they own and becomes acquainted with an intriguing hippie girl and various other people from all walks of life who live there. This film is the pilot for Liberty Street (1994).
After the recent death of their parents, a passionate Italian-American family reunites to enjoy their customary Sunday dinner. But one of them has a major confession that threatens to unravel their beloved tradition.
Four high school girls at Hollywood High are looking for fun. Together they frolic on the beach and cavort with their guys. In their search for a little privacy they meet up with a retired movie star whose mammoth house offers 10 private bedrooms. But there's a catch...
Charlie, an unlikely ex-con adjusts to life after prison, only to find one thing: it's tough on the outside.
IN PURSUIT is a dramatic comedy with an action twist about a young couple who arrives in their new home-city after a cross country road trip, only to have the car filled with all their belongings commandeered in a police chase. Their journey to retrieve everything they own forces them to examine their relationship and decide if they're in pursuit of the same things. Can they recover their belongings from their old life? Are they able to start a new life with nothing but each other? It's heartfelt, romantic, and action-packed--and opens with an honest-to-God foot/vehicle action-film police chase.
