Company Profile
Five Door Films is a media production company based in Winnipeg, Canada, creating documentaries, animation and dramatic short films since 2007. In 2008, we produced a 6 x 30min documentary series for MTS TV called “Intersections”, highlighting the immigrant make-up of six neighbourhoods in Winnipeg. In 2009, we completed a 5 x 9min documentary series for MTS TV called “Our Neon City”, on historical businesses made iconic for their neon signs. In 2010, we completed a 30min documentary for MTS TV called “Sticks, Stones, Bricks, Bones”, exploring a diverse range of characters connected to the title's four themes. We are currently in development for a feature film called “The Return of the Far Fur Country”, a documentary uncovering a forgotten silent film about the Hudson’s Bay Company, stored in the British Film Institute’s archives.
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Kevin Nikkel is a writer / producer / director based in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed a Bachelor of Education at University of Manitoba and a Master of Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. His dramatic, animated and documentary films have played internationally at festivals, on television and on the web. He is active in the film community of Winnipeg, contributing to Playing in Traffic, Catacomb Microcinema, the Winnipeg Cinematheque, and the Winnipeg Film Group. He juggles his time between filmmaking, parenting, and teaching.
Contact
kevin@fivedoorfilms.com
Canada: 1-204-770-4272 |
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Chris Nikkel is a poet, creative non-fiction writer, and documentary screenwriter, his work has been published in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He studied English literature at the University of Winnipeg, and has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. He is currently completing his first book, a creative non-fiction story about British Columbia's lodgepole pine forests, which have been under assault by a bark beetle since 1999. In 2003 he moved to Ireland to be with his wife, and currently splits his time between County Donegal and Winnipeg.
Contact
chris@fivedoorfilms.com
Republic of Ireland: 086 074 9727
Canada: 1-204-996-8369 |
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Five Door Film Collaborators:
Moses Mayes
Shira Newman
Polly Washburn
Rob Haacke
40 Below Films |
