Christian Sparkes
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Christian Sparkes is a
An alumnus of the
Atlantic Film Festival, where it received awards from the festival for Best Atlantic Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Cinematography.[3]
His second feature film, Hammer, premiered at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival before going into commercial release in 2020.[4] His third feature film, The King Tide, was shot in 2022,[5] and premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]
In 2020 he was announced as the director of a film adaptation of Michael Crummey's novel Sweetland.[7] The completed film, Sweetland, premiered at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.[8]
Filmography
Features
- Cast No Shadow - 2014
- Hammer - 2019
- The King Tide - 2023
- Sweetland - 2023
Short films
- A Foot of Rope - 2005
- Ten Days - 2009
- Black Clouds - 2010
- A River in the Woods - 2011
- The Offering - 2012
References
- ^ "Local filmmakers hope to lure weekend audiences to Cast No Shadow". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, April 5, 2015.
- ^ Simon Houpt, "Mommy, Maps to the Stars set for showdown at Canadian Screen Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 14, 2015.
- The Chronicle-Herald, September 14, 2014.
- ^ Barry Hertz, "Slick Canadian thriller Hammer pounds away with the intensity of a thousand mallets". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2020.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Frances Fisher, Lara Jean Chorostecki Topline ‘The King Tide’ Thriller". The Hollywood Reporter, December 1, 2022.
- Screen Daily, August 2, 2023.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "Telefilm invests $7M across 20 English-language features". Playback, August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Atlantic International Film Festival returns to Halifax Sept. 14-21". SaltWire Network, August 16, 2023.
External links
- Christian Sparkes at IMDb