Makin’ Movies began the summer in La Rochelle, France, meeting with international broadcasters and introducing our company, our films and our projects in development.

Alison Garwood Jones in her amazing blog talks about women, aging and Maureen Judge’s new film Mom’s Home

http://alisongarwoodjones.com/2010/05/maureen-judge-in-conversation/

May 5 – Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship;
May 12 – In My Parents’ Basement;
May 19 – The August Years of May and Gloria

Showcasing Makin’ Movies newest development concepts.

Maureen was one of the programmers of RWM. Screening highlighs include: Lea Pool’s, Mama’s at the Hairdressers, Alain Zweig’s A Hard Name, and Italina Giotto Barbieri’s 0.9 Ampere, an impressionistic and ‘shocking’ look at the history of ECT.

Independent Scottish broadcaster, stv, licensed from Makin’ Movies the new film, Mom’s Home – the august years of May & Gloria. Mom’s Home was made in association with TVO, Knowledge Network and SCN and will have its premier broadcast in 2010.

Maureen garnered a nomination as the Makin’ Movies Producer for FLicKeR in the category of Best performing Arts or Arts Documentary. Anita Lee and Silva Basmajian as the NFB Producers also received nominations.

FlicKeR received Best International Film On Art Award at the Era New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. This is added to FLicKer’s recent win of the Special Jury Prize for Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs Film Festival 2008.

Makin’ Movies documentary project, Edges of Love awarded Canwest-Hot Docs Development Funding.

http://www.hotdocs.ca/index.php/industry/media/releases/recipients_of_canwest-hot_docs_funds_announced