For Immediate Release: January 3rd, 2001

MON AMOUR MON PARAPLUIE awarded a BRAVO!Fact Grant

Parapluie Film Productions is pleased to announce that the short film Mon Amour Mon Parapluie (My Love, My Umbrella) has been awarded a BRAVO!Fact Grant. Shoot dates for this black & white 35 mm film are set for January 5th - 8th, 2001.

Mon Amour, written by and starring Tara Hungerford, is to be directed by Giada Dobrenzka (Post) and filmed by Gregory Middleton (Suspicious River, My Five Senses, Better Than Chocolate, Kissed). Composer Nick Lloyd Webber (Post), son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, will be arriving from London, England to score the music and sound design.

World acclaimed authours Douglas Coupland (Generation X, City of Glass) and William Gibson (Neuromancer, "cyberspace") will provide cameos as will Derek de Lint (Poltergeist - The Series, The Unbearable Lightness of Being). The film will be edited by Mark Lemmon (waydowntown, Noroc, DaVinci's Inquest), production designed by Michael Bjornson (Double Happiness, Lunch With Charles) and produced by Paul Armstrong (daytime, Exiles In Paradise, Alter Entertainment, Celluloid Social Club).

Mon Amour Mon Parapluie is inspired by black and white French postcards of the 1940's. The film tells the story of a vanquished love affair between a young woman and her symbolic lover - an umbrella. Presented as visual poetry, this film contains minimal dialogue; instead it draws on strong visual imagery to convey a sense of loss and vulnerability. A desperate rain sets the tone as will the music composed by Nick Lloyd Webber. Mon Amour is line produced by Maureen Prentice (Tempting Fate), production managed by Robin Chan, associate produced by Jennifer Neuman and Mark Lemmon, and location managed by Michael Gazetas (Suspicious River). In addition to airing on BRAVO!, Mon Amour Mon Parapluie will also screen at international Film Festivals and on the Internet.

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