Kathleen’s Diary – 2012

Kathleen’s Diary

Based on actual diary entries made between 1937 - 1945 by Mrs. Kathleen Clews from Amulet Saskatchewan (now a ghost town), this film explores the bittersweet yearning elicited in the filmmaker by the countless lost stories of the prairies.

Credits

Director: Chrystene Ells
Cinematographer: Berny Hi
Editor: Chrystene Ells
Puppeteers: Chrystene Ells, Sarah Huber, Noelle Duddridge

Screenings

International Puppet Underground Film Festival
Reel Rave Film Festival
I Am The Bridge (Saskatoon screening by Paved Arts)
A Night of Poetry & Film
Red Rover (Edmonton, Saskatoon, Calgary)
Cinema Saskatchewan on Access Television
Wild Thing: Prairie as Concept, Prairie as Environment at the Sculpture Objects Functional Art + Design (SOFA), (Saturday, November 8th, 2014 at 9:30am), New York, USA, curated by Michael Hosaluk, presented by Creative Saskatchewan
Visit the WFG Distribution to buy / screen this film

Technical

6:00
2013
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Puppetfilm
1920 x 1080 Apple Pro Res
DVD & Blu-ray available through Winnipeg Film Group

Special

Dedicated to my recently departed dog Django, who gave endless moral support throughout production, and eats eggs in this film.