“Black Field” screens across Canada on SuperChannel

Danishka’s feature film “Black Field” will screen throughout February 2012. Visit SuperChannel for times.

The Red Hood premieres online

Danishka’s short film The Red Hood will be featured online as part of the NSI Online Short Film Fest. Starting December 5th!

You can view the film here.

For more information, visit the festival website.

DVD launch party for Black Field

Check out these photos from the Black Field DVD launch party at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Red Hood plays in Paris

Danishka’s short film “The Red Hood” has been chosen to play on Saturday June 25th at La Maison Rouge in Paris, France as part of their “My Winnipeg” program. For more information: http://www.lamaisonrouge.org/spip.php?article733&date=venir.

Here is the complete program:

COURT MÉTRAGE WINNIPEG

Springtime in Greenland
John Paizs, 1981, 24 min

The Dead Father
Guy Maddin, 1986, 26 min

Sissy Boy Slap Party
Guy Maddin, 1995, 2 min

Soft Like Me
Jeff Erbach, 1996, 26 min

1919
Noam Gonick, 1997, 8 min

film(emend)
Deco Dawson, 1998, 5 min

The Last Moment
Deco Dawson, 2007, 29 min

Hydro-Lévesque
Matthew Rankin, 2008, 16 min

The Red Hood
Danishka Esterhazy, 2009, 9 min

Danishka nominated for arts award

Danishka has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Making a Mark’ award presented by the Winnipeg Arts Council. This award honours an established Winnipeg artist who is receiving critical recognition for excellence in their art practice in Winnipeg and beyond.

For more information, read this Winnipeg Free Press article.

Black Field wins festival awards

Black Field won BEST FEATURE DRAMA and BEST PERFORMANCE at Vancouver’s Women in Film Festival.

The awards were presented on Sunday, March 6th, at the Vancity Theatre following a sold out screening of Black Field.

For more information, visit the WIFF 2011 website.