Recent Posts
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Osprey Community Foundation
Watershed Productions completed a video for this amazing community resource, telling the story of the Osprey Community Foundation through the donors, the board, the grant recipients and other community members who have been involved in making the Osprey Community Foundation so integral to Nelson. For more information about the Osprey Community Foundation and how you… More »
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The PhotoVoice Project
With funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Vancouver Foundation, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the BC Society of Transition Houses have conducted groundbreaking research on the barriers to affordable housing for women leaving abusive relationships. 45 women across BC participated in the project, taking over 500 photos of their experiences… More »
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Rural Transcapes – A New Documentary
Rural Transcapes is a topical film that profiles four transgendered individuals who have chosen to live in the rural area of the Kootenays. Christopher Moore is one of the people featured in the film and is the founder of the TransConnect Program, which provides outreach services to transgendered folks around the East and West Kootenays…. More »
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CBC Interview
Amy Bohigian was interviewed about her latest film, Conceiving Family, on CBC’s North by Northwest on June 11th. If you missed it, listen to her conversation with Paolo Pietropaolo. Activate the blog post and then click here for the podcast.
Upcoming Events
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Festival Announcements
Conceiving Family was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the 7th Annual Women in Film Festival held at the VanCity Theatre in Vancouver, BC. Dancing with the Moon, a short animated documentary by local filmmaker, Katherine Pettit, was named Best Animation at the festival. These films premiered in Nelson together back in September 2011! Also, we’re… More »
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Summer Film Camp Registration Now Open
Watershed Productions offers summer film camps for youth ages 8-18 in partnership with Selkirk College. Using the latest equipment and software, the programs are designed to maximize hands on learning and fun. We have a great group of instructors each summer work alongside the youth to create short videos/movies that they plan, produce, shoot and… More »
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Basin Stories – Transformation of the Valleys
Watershed Productions will be working with the Columbia Basin Trust in coming months to tell the stories of at least 30 Basin residents who have experienced the transformation of the valleys since the 1964 Columbia River Treaty. Both Amy Bohigian and Rachel Schmidt will be travelling across the Basin to multiple locations including Valemount, Nakusp,… More »
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Conceiving Family DVD’s Now on Sale
The time has come! DVD’s of Conceiving Family are on sale directly off the website now. Go to the Conceiving Family film page and see how to order one now. Already, hundreds of people have laughed and cried in classrooms and theatres across BC. Now that the DVD is available, it is my hope that… More »
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Conceiving Family
*NEWLY RELEASED DVD* Conceiving Family follows (Director/Producer) Amy Bohigian and her partner, Jane Byers, as they adopt biracial 15 month-old twins, Franny and Theo. Their journey to becoming a family, like the other four same-sex couples, is laden with challenges, including confronting the Christian Fundamentalist foster parents who express fear that the children they’ve cared… More »