WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE


2017

10 YEARS BEFORE HAPPINESS

Directed by Murray Toews

Logline: An artist explores a tormented emotional landscape hidden deep in his memories.

Synopsis: Haunted by strange nightmares, a man is compelled to travel into his own mind after the delivery of a mysterious black book and confront his demons.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details Runtime: 14 Minutes
Production Format: HD, computer animation, Canon 5D
Genre: Narrative, Fiction, Animation
Location: Manitoba
Language: English
Techniques: Drawing/painting on paper, Paper Cutouts, Computer Animation, Animated Painting, Drawing/Painting on cels, Live Action
Keywords: self, cartoon noir, surrealism, absurdism, rotoscoping, animation, 2D animation, keyframe animation, hand-drawn, Dante's Inferno, darkness, Terry Gilliam, guy maddin, John Paizs, Alethea Lahofer

Cast & Crew

Director: Murray Toews
Producer: Murray Toews
Production Company: Urbanstickman Productions
Writer: Murray Toews
Screenplay: Murray Toews
Based on a work by: Murray Toews
Camera: Jonathan Ferber
Cinematographer: Jonathan Ferber
Animation: Murray Toews
Editor: Lora Van Loewen
Music: Jay Taylor
Music: Chris Bauer
Music: Kevin Cockle
Music: Murray Toews
Music: Zlatan Banicevic
Music: Stephen Falk
Music: Susan Chafe
Music: Slattern
Music: Ghost Twin
Music: Random Interference
Sound Design: Jim Van Dusen
Sound Editor: Lora Van Loewen
Sound Editor: Jim Van Dusen
Sound Mix: Lora Van Loewen
Sound Mix: Jim Van Dusen
Costume Designer: Candace Ross
Props: Candace Ross
Production Assistant: Candace Ross
Lighting: Lora Van Loewen
Production Assistant: Lora Van Loewen
Production Assistant: Jim Van Dusen
Narrator: Jim Van Dusen
Cast: Murray Toews
Cast: Jim Van Dusen
Cast: Socrates Papadopoulos
Cast: Lloyd Van Dusen
Cast: Candace Ross
Cast: Alson Richards
Cast: Dylan Smitzniuk

Director: Amanda Strong
Director: Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Executive Producer: Amanda Strong
Production Company: Spotted Fawn Productions
Producer: Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Producer: Luke Sargent
Writer: Amanda Strong
Writer: Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Cinematographer: Amanda Strong
Cinematographer: Edward Westerhuis
Cinematographer: Jay White
Editor: Luke Sargent
Production Design: Jeneen Frei Njootli
Production Design: Raven John
Music: Troy Slocum
Music: Menalon
Sound Editor:** Mitchell Wrathgeb
Sound Mix:** Geoff Mitchell