High Life, the latest feature film by writer/director/producer Gary Yates and co-producer Liz Jarvis (
NSI Features First grads) expands its theatrical release to
The Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa February 13 and 14. And
NSI Drama Prize grad Trevor Anderson’s short
Carpet Diem screens February 11 at
STEM Cell: Sub Terranean Edmonton Media Arts Festival.
High Life is a comedic heist movie from the flip-side of the 80s consumer dream. It's 1983, and petty-thief Dick gets a surprise visit from his unhinged former cellmate, Bug. When Bug gets Dick fired from his first straight job, Dick devises the perfect plan for some much needed, fast cash. The problem is, his crew is so rife with loathing that just getting to the bank’s front door will take a miracle as the plan starts to unravel before Dick’s eyes.
Carpet Diem is a two-minute creative documentary made of two still photos: one taken by a cell phone, the other by a professional Hollywood paparazzo. It is the filmmaker’s first-person travelogue from the outskirts of anxiety to the center of the known universe.
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