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Ingrid Veninger: the DIY queen of Canadian
filmmaking by Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail

The queen of humblecore mixes art and life
by Adam Nayman, The Globe and Mail

Intimacies: The Cinema of Ingrid Veninger
by Tom McSorley, Canadian Film Institute

'i am a good person/i am a bad person'
by Allan Tong, Filmmaker Magazine

"One of the year's best films, The End of Time isn't something you simply watch; it's something you surrender to."
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

"... recalling the work of Terrence Malick, Werner Herzog and the late Chris Marker... THE END OF TIME becomes immersive and hypnotic... a ravishingly beautiful experience."
Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

"splendiferously trippy"
Jason Anderson, Cinema Scope

"an entrancing combination of documentary and mind-expanding philosophical speculation."
Steve Gravestock, TIFF

"A work of vision... A globe-trotting cine-essay about time... poetic and lovely."
Adam Nayman, POV

"To call it a documentary is misleading... 'Cosmomentary' would be more appropriate..."
Brian Johnson, Macleans

Can a great film be made for $1,000? Ingrid Veninger thinks so
by Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail

"NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY ... Beautifully photographed, sincerely empathetic, aesthetically adventurous."
Adam Nayman,
EYE Weekly

"One of the most beautiful and accomplished films to come out of the Canadian Film Centre, NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY has sights and sounds that linger in the memory."
Jennie Punter,
Globe and Mail

"NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY
offers a stupendous soundtrack, telling images, sensitive performances and an honest emotional screenplay."
Sophie Godin,
Festival Nouveau Cinema

"NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY
is exhilarating for its assurance in tone."
Hillary Titley,
The Coast Weekly

"NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY is one of the 7 Films You Didn't Know You Had to See."
Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail

"Strongly supported by a quietly intense performance from Clark Johnson and gripping, gorgeous cinematography."
Steve Gow,
Metro News

"More than anything, NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY celebrates life and love, and it is brimming with brilliant moments of humanity."
Adam Azimov,
OnCinema.com

Personal and heartfelt, NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY is a unique and lyrical movie that confirms Officer's status as one of Canada's visionary young filmmakers."
Jesse Wente,
TIFF Programmer

10 GENIE NOMINATIONS
(Canada's Oscars 2010)
including BEST MOTION PICTURE

"I hope programmers in America take the time to catch up with this little gem of a movie and that ONLY finds its way to audiences everywhere."
Tom Hall,
IndieWire

"Every time I see a film like ONLY, my faith in cinema is restored."
Michael Tully,
www.hammertonail.com

"ONLY is a film you have to experience. You don't just see it, or watch it. You experience it."
Steve Veale,
filmthrill.ca

"impressively unaffected performances."
Adam Nayman,
EYE Weekly

"ONLY sneaks up on you and wins you over."
Jesse Wente,
CBC Radio

"Jacob Switzer delivers a chillingly real performance as an isolated kid in ONLY."
Norman Wilner,
NOW Magazine

"Only is a window into a more innocent time that never feels that way until you've passed through to the other side, to the afterlife known as adulthood."
Chris Knight,
National Post

"Superbly attuned to the emotional vulnerability and tentative exploration of the 'tween years."
Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail

"ONLY is a subtle and perceptive movie that's fresh and sincere."
Jason Anderson,
Toronto Star

"ONLY is a luminous and lyrical study of
'tween ennui ... "
Steve Gravestock,
TIFF Programmer

"ONLY felt like the ultimate 'Canadian' film ... because it subtly captures what makes our culture and country so truly distinct."
Greg Klymkiw, CFC

"ONLY is an invaluable film.
A pearl in a sea of mud magno."
Alberto Figliolia,
tellusfolio.it

"A deceptively simple film ... ONLY gently unfolds to become a deft - and blunt - exploration of the anxious yet romantic world of teens."
R.M. Vaughan,
Globe and Mail

"An extraordinary example of independent cinema."
Erminio Fischetti,
Iniziativa, Roma

"The talent behind the camera shows an understanding and experience far beyond that of most independent cinema".
Robert Bell,
Exclaim Magazine

"Marvelous performances."
Liz Braun, Toronto Sun

The remarkable career of Ingrid Veninger arches across all aspects of independent filmmaking in Canada. She has acted in, produced, written and directed dozens of key films for more than two decades. Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, Ingrid has worked extensively in film, television and theatre, beginning as a teen actor on the CBC television series, AIRWAVES. In addition to over 50 acting credits working alongside Meryl Streep, Gena Rowlands, Holly Hunter, Jackie Burroughs and others, she has collaborated with Canada's most established and emerging filmmakers, including Atom Egoyan, Peter Mettler, Anais Granofsky, Jeremy Podeswa and Charles Officer. A graduate of Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, Ingrid created pUNK FILMS INC. in 2003 to produce artist driven features, with a 'nothing is impossible' manifesto. "Ingrid Veninger's work as a writer-director often probes the nature and complexities of intimacy: between lovers, families, friends, and, in an important sense, audiences and images. Her cinematic explorations of intimacy, rooted in a playfully subversive use of documentary-based realist aesthetics, are stylish, insightful, and unflinchingly honest assessments of how we treat one another. Ingrid Veninger is one of Canada's most dynamic, perceptive, and prolific film talents." Tom McSorley, Canadian Film Institute Ingrid is part-time faculty in the Film Department at York University, a board member of Canada's First Weekend Club, a voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and an official participant in TIFF's inaugural STUDIO Programme. In January 2012, Ingrid received the Jay Scott Prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association; with the $5000 award she launched Toronto's 1KWAVE. "Ingrid Veninger: the DIY queen of Canadian filmmaking." Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail Currently, Ingrid is developing her next feature film, BELLY, to be shot in Toronto as an ACTRA coop. Production commences March 2013 and pUNK films will produce.

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