Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Rodeo Queen Pictures Rodeo Queen Pictures Film Production News and Current Events in Vancouver BC . ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [News](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/news/) - [Official: MFA](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2021/05/official-mfa/) - I've been deep in a master of fine arts degree discovering the joys of filming with a Bolex camera and hand-processing 16mm film. This time of artistic freedom, writing about process, and following my interests has opened all kinds of creative possibility. I'm excited to see how these discoveries will find their way into my - [ONCE THERE WAS A WINTER - VIWFF Screening](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2019/03/once-there-was-a-winter-viwff-screening/) - Thanks to WIFTV's Vancouver International Film Festival for bringing Winter to Vancouver audiences again and at the best screening venue in town! Wonderful audience and post-movie conversation. Thanks, also, to all the people who still come out to real-life cinema to share the stories. And bonus: a nice review in Hollywood North Magazine http://hnmag.ca/review/viwff-once-there-was-a-winter-chills-to-the-core/ - [once there was a winter](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2016/06/once-there-was-a-winter/) - It was a trip. We went north for my second feature, full immersion, method directing, and came home with a film in the can. Thank you Telefilm and William F White Awards for getting us on the way. 'Once There Was a Winter' is now in picture edit, anticipating early 2017 festivals. - [Today is Marlene's Day](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2014/10/today-marlenes-day/) - I'm up late writing on a little project and thinking about Marlene's debut this evening. As much as I'm ready for it, I'm nervous and excited and all of those things that happen when our blood and guts are strewn out for public display. We are up for Best Canadian Feature, Best BC Film and - [Eunice at Nickelfest, St John's Telegram Review](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/06/eunice-at-nickelfest-st-johns-telegram-review/) - BLOGS Last updated at 9:47 AM on 24/06/10 Nickel: Night Two HEIDI WICKS The Telegram How Eunice Got Her Baby: Directed by Ana Valine, the film follows two sisters – Eunice (Vivien Endicott Douglas) and Flo (Kate Corbett). Eunice is good, Flo is bad. Eunice ends up with a baby, but not in the - [A Good Way to Start...](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2014/10/good-way-start/) - It's been a whirlwind few weeks. Thank you to our Vancouver home town for a grand welcome: I received the BC Emerging filmmaker award sponsored by UBCP/ACTRA and WFW and then came home for closing night to get the WIFTV Artistic Merit Award. The juries for both awards were incredibly gracious in their comments and - [Yeeeeehaa!! Who doesn't love trophies?](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2014/06/yeeeeehaa-doesnt-love-trophies/) - Last weekend was full of wonderful Leo Award surprises. We (Grant Pearse) got a Leo for Production Design and then I got one on the gala night for Best Direction of a Feature Film. The lovely Paloma Kwiatkowski took a break from filming in Los Angeles to come up for her nomination as well. I - ["How Eunice Got Her Baby" plays opening night Gala at the St. John's Women's Film Festival](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/10/how-eunice-got-her-baby-plays-opening-night-gala-at-the-st-johns-womens-film-festival/) - St. John's Women's Film Festival 2010 Venue: OPENING NIGHT GALA - Arts and Culture Centre Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Time: 8:00 pm Director/Réalisateur: Ana Valine Producer/Producteur: Jordan Gross, Kristin Somborac Writer/Scénariste: Dane Clark, Linsey Ann Stewart Country/Pays: Canada Running Time/Durée: 16 min Fresh from the Canadian Film Centre, this hard little gem comes with - [Leo Nominations](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2014/04/leo-nominations/) - Well, it's exciting... "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene" has been nominated for 7 Leo Awards (the BC film awards): Best Feature, Direction, Screenwriting, Picture Edit, Sound Edit, Production Design and Female Lead. Wow. We're just submitting for festivals now so this is encouraging news. http://www.leoawards.com/2014/nominees/by_program.php - [The Oldest Profession](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2014/04/oldest-profession/) - Very proud to be a part of this project... Alley Theatre's saucy production of Mrs. Warren's Profession (by George Bernard Shaw) is going up tomorrow for the week. As a preamble to the play, they hired me to produce (and direct) some mini-documentaries as an interactive way to get familiar with the subject of sex - ["Sitting on the Edge of Marlene" wraps shooting](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2013/04/sitting-on-the-edge-of-marlene-wraps-shooting/) - I'm happy to announce that we've finished principal photography on "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene" and are now into picture edit. Special thanks to the tireless, positive crew and fellow creators as well as our funders and sponsors. Distribution will be through eOne. Look for it in festivals beginning spring of 2014. For now, - [Screenplay Award at FeFF](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2012/07/screenplay-award-at-feff/) - "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene" had a nice table read at Toronto's Female Eye Film Fest bringing home the Best Screenplay Award. Many thanks to Leslie Ann Coles, Mark Sanders and the staff and volunteers for another great festival. Also awarded were: Alanis Obomsawin (Tribute), Barbara Willis Sweete (Honorary Director) and Carol Whiteman (Honorary - [WIFTV and Whistler Film Festival Film Market Preparation Mentorship](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2012/10/wiftv-and-whistler-film-festival-film-market-preparation-mentorship/) - "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene" has been chosen to go to the Whistler Film Festival for market preparation. We will have pre-festival mentorship with producer Mary Anne Waterhouse (Quadrant Motion Pictures) and festival support with Angie Nolan (Whistler Film Festival Society) and Rachelle Chartrand (Women in Film and Television Vancouver). - [SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE in Good to Go at Female Eye](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2012/06/sitting-on-the-edge-of-marlene-in-good-to-go-at-female-eye/) - The latest draft of Sitting on the Edge of Marlene has been selected for the Good to Go program at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto. The festival runs from June 20 - 24 and "Marlene" will have a few scenes read as a tasty teaser at 1:00 on June 22, 2012 at the - [Beautiful Banff](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2012/01/beautiful-banff/) - What an amazing three weeks! We have just completed the Women In the Director's Chair program at the Banff Centre for the Arts where I was workshopping a scene from "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene". Wonderful people...great program. Off to Montreal to work on development with M. Arcand's wise guidance.... - [WIF-T Kodak Award](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2012/01/wif-t-kodak-award/) - Wow. A glamorous day indeed. The WIFT-T Crystal Awards on December 5th. I was presented with the generous WIFT-T Kodak New Vision Mentorship Award which includes business guidance from Laurie May of Alliance and creative guidance from Deepa Mehta. Film stock for Marlene!!!!!! Yay! It's a rare opportunity to shoot on film these days. http://playbackonline.ca/2011/11/24/ana-valine-named-wift-t-2011-kodak-new-vision-mentorship-winner/ - [A Marvelous Mentor and More...](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2011/11/a-marvelous-mentor-and-more/) - Things have been moving along here. A couple of announcements: After a beautiful train trip to Montreal for lunch, Denys Arcand is on board as Mentor for my first feature, Sitting on the Edge of Marlene. We (Amber Ripley and I) are currently in development with Telefilm funding; sponsorship from William F White, Panavision, North - [WIDC Award for "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2011/04/widc-award-for-sitting-on-the-edge-of-marlene/) - Ana Valine has won the Women In The Director's Chair Feature Film Award, valued at $120,000 in kind towards production of her first feature film, "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene". Valine wrote the screenplay (which is based on Billie Livingston's novella) and will direct. MR_WIDC_FF_AWARD_2011 - [Eunice Wins at Women in Film Festival](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2011/04/eunice-wins-at-women-in-film-festival/) - "How Eunice Got Her Baby" was awarded the 1st place Legacy Award at the Women in Film Festival in Vancouver in March. The cash award is generously sponsored by Deboragh Gabler of Legacy Filmworks, Vancouver. http://legacyfilmworks.com/LFPress.aspx - [Eunice plays Vancouver & London](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2011/03/eunice-plays-vancouver-london/) - How Eunice Got Her Baby is playing Sunday March 6 at 3:30 at VanCity in Vancouver in the Women in Film Festival. She is also crossing the sea to play in the Bird's Eye View Festival in London, UK on Friday March 11 at 6:15 pm http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/3160/features/grown-up-movie-star.html - [Northwest Film Festival - How Eunice Got Her Baby](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/11/northwest-film-festival-how-eunice-got-her-baby/) - Eunice will screen at the Northwest Film & Video Festival: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7 PM (Whitsell Auditorium) Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:45 PM (Whitsell Auditorium) - [Eunice deemed too "dark" for opening night.](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/10/eunice-deemed-too-dark-for-opening-night/) - So...sadness. But we're going to turn this frown upside down! At the 13th hour, the night before opening, we got a note. Eunice is too "dark" for an opening night celebration; it has been decreed. I'm not sure I agree - I always thought that little movie was about love and family strength but there - [Northwest Film Festival screening of "How Eunice Got Her Baby"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/10/northwest-film-festival-screening-of-how-eunice-got-her-baby/) - "How Eunice Got Her Baby" will be screening on opening night at the Northwest Film Festival in Portland, November 5. - [Another two nominations and an award for Eunice - Leos](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/06/another-nomination-and-award-for-eunice/) - How Eunice Got Her Baby was nominated for "Best Short Drama" and "Best Direction" at the Leo Awards in Vancouver, BC, bringing home the award for "Best Direction"! - [Leo Awards - The Cultural Post](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/06/leo-awards-the-cultural-post/) - The Cultural Post Sunday, 6 June, 2010 Winners of the 12th Annual Leo Awards To those of you who have been following the Leo Awards, the winners have been announced. The announcement was made over an event that lasted for two days (June 4-5, 2010). For those who don't know, the Leo Awards aim to - [Leo 2010 Award Winners, Directors](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/06/leo-2010-award-winners-directors/) - Straight.com Leo Awards 2010: Celebration Awards winners list Share Comment Email Print By Craig Takeuchi, June 5, 2010 Here's a list of the winner of awards given out at the Leo Celebration Awards on Friday, June 4. The second set of awards, which include acting and best picture awards, as well as a red carpet, - [A Look at the Female Eye Film Festival by Angela Combs](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/06/a-look-at-the-female-eye-film-festival-by-angela-combs/) - Guest Post: A Look at the Female Eye Film Festival by Angela Combs by Women & Hollywood on 06 ఏప్రిల్ 2010 ‌న 06:14 ‌క The Eighth Annual Female Eye Film Festival took place in Toronto from March 24-28, 2010. This intimate festival, that is devoted exclusively to films directed by women, presented a unique opportunity - [Projects past, present and future...](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/05/projects-past-present-and-future/) - It's been a saturated six months. Had a couple of video jobs on the Olympics; one was video content for the Bell tent and the other was editing two pieces for the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies (Terry Fox and Rick Hansen). I wasn't able to be there but caught them on youtube. It's interesting seeing one's - [Eunice nominated at Yorkton](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/05/eunice-nominated-again/) - How Eunice Got Her Baby was nominated for "Best Short Drama" at the Yorkton International Short Film Festival - [FeFF Award Winners](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/03/feff-award-winners/) - FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS ITS 8TH SUCCESSFUL YEAR & ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS by Female Eye Film Festival on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10:56pm For Immediate Release (Toronto, ON – March 31, 2010): The 8th Annual Female Eye Film Festival concluded on Sunday with unprecedented attendance and success. Celebrating women in film, the festival - [Eunice Wins Best Short Film at FeFF, Toronto](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2010/03/eunice-wins-best-short-film/) - How Eunice Got Her Baby has won 'Best Short Film' at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario! - [Straight review for Eunice](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2009/10/straight-review-for-eunice/) - Blogs » Blog - Movies VIFF 2009: Notes from the party hardy circuit By Craig Takeuchi, October 6, 2009 "Also notable... is Ana Valine's "How Eunice Got Her Baby". Narrated by Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her), it's an engaging adaptation of a short story by Nicholas Ruddock, about a self-destructive small-town gal who falls for - [Eunice CFC Screening; Toronto and Vancouver](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2009/07/eunice-cfc-screening-toronto-and-vancouver/) - A year in Toronto and six months on "How Eunice Got Her Baby" and, finally, the little film is set free. The CFC screenings in Toronto and Vancouver went very well. Eunice was up there with the four other shorts from my program mates and the general consensus was that it was one of the - [...still here](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2009/03/still-here/) - It's been a cold winter here in Toronto, though I hear the West has had its share too. Applied to the Short Dramatic Film Program here at the Canadian Film Centre and was accepted with a story called "How Eunice Got Her Baby". This little film began life as a fabulous short story by Canadian - [Toronto & The CFC](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2008/08/toronto-the-cfc/) - It's been about six weeks since I left Vancouver. The Director's Residency here has been amazing so far - supportive mentors and lots of practical hands-on days mixed with analyzing etc. It's great to work alongside the other Residents, watching everyone finesse their style and take on challenges. Big Daddy himself, Norman Jewison, is coming - [Eastward Bound](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2008/05/eastward-bound/) - Things will unfold as they do and I have been fortunate to be accepted into the Canadian Film Centre's Directors' Lab residency program. So it's off to Toronto I go for a July start. In spite of having to turn my Westcoast life upside down to make this move I am, in fact, very excited - [a love poem gets a nomination](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2008/02/a-love-poem-get-a-nomination/) - a love poem was nominated for "Best Experimental" at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto! - [Back in the saddle](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2008/02/back-in-the-saddle/) - Feels like spring today. What a relief after a winter of mulling and processing and getting the business part of things done. "a love poem" is playing end of March in Toronto at the Female Eye Film Festival. "alice & bastard" just played again in Spain. Embarking on the first draft phase of the feature - [viff 2007 completed - "Nightmare on Cambie Street"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/11/post-viff-2007-festival-nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - The home town festival has been over now for a couple of weeks and it feels like I am just now coming out of the dark. It was a wild and wonderful time, saturated with movies, friends and new acquaintances. Quite a few interviews with “Nightmare” - guess it’s a bit of a raw nerve - [The Vancouver Sun "Nightmare on Cambie Street"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/10/the-vancouver-sun-nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - A short look at construction on Cambie Dan Haves, Special to the Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, October 06, 2007 If anything deserves to be immortalized on film, it is the Canada Line construction on Cambie Street. Ana Valine will make her third consecutive appearance at the festival this year with her short film Nightmare on Cambie - [Vancouver Courier "Nightmare on Cambie Street"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/10/vancouver-courier-nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - 'Darkumentary' captures Cambie construction horror Sandra Thomas, Vancouver Courier Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 When local filmmaker Ana Valine first decided to make a documentary about the ongoing construction on Cambie Street, she initially thought she'd take a humourous look at the issue. "I thought, 'No one's dying down there, I'll do it as a spoof,'" - [Nightmare Update](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/09/nightmare-update/) - Update on screening times: October 6, 9:30 pm @Pacific Cinemateque October 7, 4:00 pm @ Pacific Cinemateque "Nightmare on Cambie Street" is showing in a program with other Canadian short films and is second in the program. Cinemateque has a capacity of 200, so please keep in mind that other filmmakers will have their friends, - [Vancouver International Film Festival Screenings - Nightmare on Cambie Street](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/09/vancouver-international-film-festival-screenings-nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - Nightmare on Cambie Street tells disturbing, dark tale of life during Canada Line construction A day in the life of a community on the brink... Vancouver, BC – September 5, 2007 – Shot in a single day, Nightmare on Cambie Street, is a short (15 minute) darkumentary premiering at the Vancouver International Film Festival on - [Article in The Western Sandard ](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2007/05/article-in-the-western-sandard/) - The biggest little film fest Short films have a long impact thanks to Yorkton's unique film and video festival Sheila Thistlethwaite - May 21, 2007 "Vancouver filmmaker Ana Valine says winning the best emerging filmmaker and best fiction director awards "opened a lot of doors." Her Alice & Bastard has since won at other competitions - [alice & bastard - Best of the Northwest](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/11/alice-bastard-best-of-the-northwest/) - alice & bastard was involved in the "Best of the Northwest Tour" at the Northwest International Film Festival in Portland, OR. - [alice & bastard at Northwest Film Festival, Portland](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/11/alice-bastard-at-northwest-film-festival-portland/) - "Trailer trash, a TV repairman, strip joints, and a four year-old girl who sees beyond the grime with an innocence that is at once blissfully free and devilishly pert." Steve Seid, Northwest Film and Video Festival - [People's Choice Award for alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/07/peoples-choice-award-for-alice-bastard/) - alice & bastard brought home the "People's Choice Award" at the Mas Sorrer Short Film Festival in Spain! - [Nomination for alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/06/nomination-for-alice-bastard/) - alice & bastard was nominated for "Best Short" at the Female Eye Film Festival - [alice & bastard in the Toronto Star](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/06/alice-bastard-in-the-toronto-star/) - It's a long way to Wonderland, Alice Good karma directed film of latchkey kid A contender at Female Eye Film Festival Jun. 17, 2006. 01:00 AM SUSAN WALKER ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER, TORONTO STAR When making her first film, Alice & Bastard, Vancouver writer and director Ana Valine counted her good fortune in having friends in the industry, a - ["alice & bastard" in the Yorkton Leader Post](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/06/alice-bastard-in-the-yorkton-leader-post/) - Saturday » June 3 » 2006Saturday » June 3 » 2006 Soroka's debut film collects award Calvin Daniels Special to The Leader-Post Tuesday, May 30, 2006 YORKTON -- Regina's Jayden Soroka is the Best of Saskatchewan. The first-time director earned the $750 Best of Saskatchewan Award for his film Under the Skin: Drugs, Dreams and - [Great Run for alice & bastard at Yorkton](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/05/great-run-for-alice-bastard-at-yorkton/) - alice & bastard had a great run at the Yorkton International Film Festival, being nominated for "Best Short Drama", and bringing home the "Golden Sheaf Craft Award for Direction - fiction" and the "Emerging Filmmaker Award" for Ana Valine! - [News Release - Golden Sheaf Awards](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/05/news-release-golden-sheaf-awards/) - Vancouver filmmaker takes home gold at Yorkton Film Festival Ana Valine wins two at Golden Sheaf Awards... - For Immediate release- Vancouver, BC, May 29, 2006, - Vancouver’s Ana Valine has won two prestigious film awards at the Yorkton Film Festival’s Golden Sheaf Awards. Taking home the prize for Best Direction in a Fiction, sponsored - [Yorkton Press Release 2006](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/05/yorkton-press-release-2006/) - YORKTON SHORTFILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2006 The Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival 2006 Golden Sheaf Awards The 2006 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival concluded a stellar week this Saturday evening with the annual GOLDEN SHEAF AWARDS. Actor/performer JEFF DOUGLAS hosted a night of comedy, reverie and surprises. The - [alice & bastard Press](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/05/alice-bastard-press/) - alice & bastard was recently featured in the Yorkton News Review, you can find page one HERE and page two HERE - [alice & bastard announcement](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/04/alice-bastard-announcement/) - “alice & bastard” RECEIVES 2 GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD NOMINATIONS WIFVV member, Writer/ Director Ana Valine is delighted to announce her short film “alice & bastard” has been nominated for Best Drama and Best Direction -Fiction at the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. Catch “alice & bastard” at the Leo Awards Film Festival Screenings, Saturday, - [Leo Award Nominations for alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/04/leo-award-nominations-for-alice-bastard/) - alice & bastard was nominated for both "Female Performance" and "Production Design" at the Leo Film Festival in Vancouver, BC - [The Vancouverite nod to "alice & bastard"](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/2006/04/the-vancouverite-nod-to-alice-bastard/) - The Vancouverite – April,2006 This year's Leo Awards - Celebrating Excellence In British Columbia Film and Television - are going down May 12th and 13th at the swanky Bayshore. Of particular note is a short film called "Alice & Bastard" - described, "Four- year-old Alice and her twentysomething brother Bastard live in a trailer park ## Pages - [Home](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/) - Rodeo Queen Pictures Inc. is a Canadian based production company headed by award-winning writer and director, Ana Valine. RQP specializes in independent filmmaking with a mission to present both factual and fictional stories through narratives that inspire and intrigue. Letting story dictate style, RQP invites new points of view through challenging perceptions. Ana makes her - [Ana Valine](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/ana-valine/) - Ana Valine is an award-winning writer and director who is recognized as one of Canada’s exciting new filmmakers. "dark, stylish and often lyrical drama that’s just quirky and comical enough" Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail review: Sitting on the Edge of Marlene She has written, directed and produced fiction, experimental and documentary films through her - [About RQP](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/about-rqp/) - Rodeo Queen Pictures Inc., founded in 2004, has produced drama, documentary, art, and corporate films. Company founder and director, Ana Valine, believes that story dictates style. She harnesses her background in visual arts & writing, music and theatre to inspire and create appealing projects. Most notably, Ana has written and directed award-winning short and feature - [How Eunice Got Her Baby](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/how-eunice-got-her-baby/) - 2 min clip How Eunice Got Her Baby 2009 35mm 15:55 minutes Produced by the Canadian Film Centre How Eunice Got Her Baby EPK and Photo Gallery Synopsis Florence, a small town cashier with big dreams, has every intention of getting out of town until Darryl Dean Chipman wanders into the store, holds her at - [Other Projects](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/other-projects/) - THE GIDEON GIRLS - Rodeo Queen Pictures Inc,/Telefilm Feature film in development Writer and Producer IN HER FOOTSTEPS - ProMotions Plus/BC Sports Hall of Fame Ongoing video installation @ BC Sports Hall of Fame Editor and Writer JANN TAKES MANHATTAN - NEW YORK - CTV Documentary & Music/Jann Arden Line Producer/Associate Director - [Gallery](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/gallery/) - A behind the scenes look at the making of Rodeo Queen Pictures films. - [Films](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/) - [a love poem](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/a-love-poem/) - a love poem 10 minutes - DigiBeta Synopsis “a love poem” travels through the universal experience of love and heartbreak. Rich images and poetic verse tell the story of one woman’s experience of love, loss and liberation through an abstract landscape. Screenings and Nominations to Date Premiere: Vancouver International Film Festival, Oct 2006 NorthWest Film - [Nightmare on Cambie Street](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - Nightmare on Cambie Street 15 minutes - DigiBeta Synopsis Progress. Economic Growth. Expansion. These are the reasons. Who pays the price? It’s an awkward fit in a neighbourhood of friendly Mom & Pop shops. As the construction racket begins and the City’s plans go awry, the tunnel boring work is forced above ground and the - [How Does Your Garden Grow?](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/how-does-your-garden-grow/) - "How Does Your Garden Grow?" 4 min clip Canadian Film Centre Director's Lab 2008 in-house only - not for festival release Credits Director: Ana Valine Writer: Dane Clark Editor: Jonathan Egan Producer: Kristin Somborac DOP: John Crockford Rose: Liz Gordon Bruce: David Cormican Geoff: Phil Nessel Based on a story by Ana Valine - [alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/alice-bastard/) - alice & bastard Ana Valine: writer, director Short Drama 18 minutes 35mm color alice & bastard EPK and Photo Gallery Synopsis Alice is the original latchkey kid, living in the late 1970’s in a trailer park somewhere outside of “nowhere”. Four -year old Alice and her much older brother Bastard find ways to cope with - [How Eunice Got Her Baby : Gallery](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/gallery/how-eunice-got-her-baby/) - [nggallery id=5 display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow"] - [alice & bastard : Gallery](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/gallery/alice-bastard/) - [nggallery id=6 display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow"] - [test](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/gallery/test/) - [nggallery id=3] - [Awards](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/awards/) - [Current Screenings](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/current-screenings/) - [Press Links](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/press-links/) - Nightmare on Cambie Street - Vancouver Sun article by Dan Haves Nightmare on Cambie Street - Courier Article by Sandra Thomas Ana Valine - Arts News Canada Yorkton 2006 alice & bastard -The Vancouverite Ana Valine - Yorkton 2006 press release Ana Valine - Yorkton 2006 alice & bastard - MasSorrer 2006, People's Choice a ## Films - [Sitting on the Edge of Marlene](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/sitting-edge-marlene/) - [How Eunice Got Her Baby](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/how-eunice-got-her-baby/) - [How Does Your Garden Grow?](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/how-does-your-garden-grow/) - [The Stroll: Prostitution through history](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/stroll-prostitution-history/) - [Daega Sound System: Pathways](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/daega-sound-system-pathways/) - [Lola: Putting it on at The Keefer](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/lola-putting-keefer/) - [alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/alice-bastard/) - [The Cultch](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/the-cultch/) - [Dances for a Small Stage at the Shadbolt](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/dances-small-stage-shadbolt-sizzle/) - [Dances for a Small Stage at the Shadbolt](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/dances-for-small-stage-shadbolt-trailer/) - [Wave-o-lution](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/wave-o-lution/) - [Dana Irving: Sun Comes Out](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/dana-irving-sun-comes-out/) - [Family Strands](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/family-strands/) - [Nightmare on Cambie Street](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/nightmare-cambie-street/) - [Once There Was A Winter](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/once-there-was-a-winter/) - [a love poem](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/a-love-poem/) - [Director's Reel](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/directors-reel/) - [Inner Game of Tennis](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/films/inner-game-tennis/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/uncategorized/) - [Announcements](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/announcement/) - [Awards](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/awards/) - Rodeo Queen Films Award Announcements - [General RQ news](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/general-rq-news/) - [Press](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/press-release/) - [Projects](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/) - Rodeo Queen Film Projects - [Screenings](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/screenings/) - Rodeo Queen Film Screening Announcements - [Sitting on the Edge of Marlene](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/sitting-on-the-edge-of-marlene/) - [a love poem](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/a-love-poem/) - [alice & bastard](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/alice-bastard/) - [How Eunice Got Her Baby](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/eunice/) - [Nightmare on Cambie Street](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/nightmare-on-cambie-street/) - [Once There Was a Winter](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/category/projects/once-there-was-a-winter/) ## Film Types - [Director's Reel](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/directors-reel/) - [Feature Films](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/feature-films/) - [Short Films](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/short-films/) - [Documentaries](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/documentaries/) - [Dance/Music/Poetry/Art](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/dance-music-poetry-art/) - [Freelance Films](https://rodeoqueenpictures.com/film_types/freelance-films/)