Branded To Film

07/15/2023

Received some very sad news yesterday that my friend Dan Goldberg passed. He was a rare breed in our hard industry that gave so much back of his experience, knowledge and time to emerging talent and as a mentor helped me grow creatively and professionally. I had the pleasure to have him on my board and know that he touched some of you here through initiatives we launched like CBC ComedyCoup. I am still processing the news as we just spoke a few weeks back as he was giving me great feedback on the edit of B2F’s newest film. My deepest condolences to his wife Ilona, family and friends. Jason Reitman gives a perfect tribute of this Canadian entertainment legend - as I am sure he touched many of you through his work as he did me growing up. Aspirational as a creator in our country of what is possible and a comedy hero. Truly the kindest, gentlest and bravest of men... As Jason encourages, a great way to remember this mensch is by enjoying one of his films.... Thanks for all of the great laughs Danny!

Director, producer and screenwriter Jason Reitman, son of director Ivan Reitman, is paying tribute to his late father’s dear friend, writer-producer Daniel Goldberg, who died today at 74. Gol…

04/11/2023

KINGSTON and area ACTORS! Check this out! Auditioning made easy! So helpful in building our hyper-local network of talent!😎

>> Their next workshop happening April 25th!! 👉🏼 Like and Follow to get all the latest!

https://www.facebook.com/FunFilledEvening22

Here’s some INFO ⭐️
That's right all you actors and aspiring actors in Kingston! You heard me correctly. No more driving to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal for a casting call! No more driving to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal for a callback! In fact, you will only need to drive to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal to shoot and get your cheque!

Everything now is 'ONLINE' using self-tapes and Zoom online face-to-face auditions. All you need to do is work at becoming a more experienced actor AND get an agent, something we can help you with when you're ready.

The actor's training workshop is where you work with other actors to learn the acting craft. It's the rehearsal time you need to prepare for your online auditions. It's just not a good strategy to sit and wait without somewhat extensive rehearsal for a casting call. Nonetheless, as in life, your education is only impeded by the shallowness of the resources you have available to you. Acting is demanding. It requires a devotion greater than the norm. But personal results can be truly inspiring.

At Backto1's you can take the first workshop of 4-consecutive Tuesday nights FREE and therefore get a better understanding of how we may support you with your passion for acting. Training to be an actor is not easy work.

For more details, go to www.backto1s.art to register, see what is required, and read about the exciting developments in the film acting world in Kingston. Hope to see you in class.

Our next workshop begins Tuesday Evening April 25, 2023.m

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an actor? Well if you live in Kingston, this is your chance.

04/06/2023

! READ THIS 📰👉🏼 👉🏼
Kingston-Made Movie is Heading to Cannes
https://www.thewhig.com/entertainment/kingston-made-movie-heading-to-cannes

- by Peter Hendra, the Whig Standard.

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‘Just to be invited is an honour’, Joly said.

“Den Mother Crimson,” the inaugural production of local production company Branded to Film, is among the genre films chosen for the festival’s “Frontieres” buyers showcase this year.

…the “Frontieres” showcase, which is specifically for genre films, is part of the business side of the festival, explained Branded to Film co-founder, Jason Joly.

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Directed by Siluck Saysanasy
Starring⭐️ Daniel Kash, Sara Mitich, Enuka Okuma, Saad Siddiqui, Esther Vlessing, and Tom Sinclair

Thank you Peter Hendra, The Whig Standard

Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes
Fantasia International Film Festival

Local production company Branded to Film is one of seven production companies pitching projects to buyers on hand at Cannes Music Festival.

04/05/2023

Branded to Film is thrilled to announce Den Mother Crimson, the first 1.1M film shot end to end in Kingston, has been selected for the Buyers Showcase Frontières Platform at Marché Du Film Festival de Cannes 2023!

Thank you to our talented cast and crew and to our championing investors and incredible supporters… our hyper-local Kingston Film is going to Cannes🎬😎

Directed by Siluck Saysanasy
Starring⭐️ Daniel Kash, Sara Mitich, Enuka Okuma, Saad Siddiqui, Esther Vlessing, and Tom Sinclair

Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes
Fantasia International Film Festival

Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event co-organized by Fantasia Film Festival and the Marché du Film, reveals its 2023 selection to be presented in

03/28/2023

Thanks to Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce - we are humbled that Branded To Film is being recognized along with other amazing local companies for the Arts & Culture Award - we are only as good as our team - and also partners and collaborators on our premiere feature "Den Mother Crimson" to get us this far in such a short amount of time. More to come...

The Kingston Business Awards, facilitated by our member-led Kingston Business Awards Committee and presented with support from title sponsor MNP and partner sponsor Bell Canada, are announcing this year’s nominees. Drumroll please!

𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 – sponsored by Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd. The nominees include:
Caper's Custom Catering
Italo-Canadian Club Of Kingston
Maple Leaf Tours
MissBao
Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Water's Edge

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by KEYS Employment & Newcomer Services. The nominees include:
1 Million Teachers (1MT)
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited
Extend-A-Family (Kingston)
heel boy
Patry Inc.
Support Local Giveaway

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by BluMetric Environmental Inc. The nominees include:
Cyclic Materials
Go Oil Kingston
Mayla

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by Invest Kingston. The nominees include:
Constantin Mugenga of Imperial Cleaning-KFLA and Imperial Painting KFLA
Dr. Akshay Rajaram of Caddie Health
Holly Ryan of Art by Holly Ryan

𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by RBC. The nominees include:
BGM Metalworks Inc
Bourgon Construction
CHIC Hair and Esthetics Centre
Fort Glass
Kingston Quality Pools & Landscaping LTD.
MetalCraft Marine
Nailed It Custom Carpentry and Reno
Romava Epoxy Flooring and Concrete Surface Prep

𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by BMO Financial Group. The nominees include:
Events & Management Plus Inc.
Hulpr
Mio Gelato
Southeastern Telecommunication Services
YGK Thrift

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by Enbridge Gas. The nominees include:
Branded To Film (BTF)
Holly Gwynne-Timothy
Kingston Canadian Film Festival
Visual Menace

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by ReStart. The nominees include:
Cloud Metric
Eryigit and Company Tax Pro Inc
Friendly Fires
Health in Focus Sports Injury & Rehab
JBC Pushing Digital Boundaries
Kingston Paint & Decorating Inc.
Meals By Mom Cafe
Octane
Tango Nuevo

𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by McDonald's Canada Restaurants of Greater Kingston Area. The nominees include:
Aba Mortley of Cher-Mere
Brandon Tattersall of Leon's Centre
Dan Desjardins of Distributive
Dr. Greg Murphy of Kingston Orthopaedic Pain Institute (KOPI)
Jason Taylor of Taylor AutoMall

Congratulations to all the nominees, and best wishes!

The Kingston Business Awards will be held May 18, 2023 at The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are now on sale. Single tickets may be purchased for $95 plus HST, while group bookings are eligible for a discounted rate.

https://www.kingstonchamber.ca/events/4129/details

03/27/2023

The Kingston Business Awards, facilitated by our member-led Kingston Business Awards Committee and presented with support from title sponsor MNP and partner sponsor Bell Canada, are announcing this year’s nominees. Drumroll please!

𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 – sponsored by Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd. The nominees include:
Caper's Custom Catering
Italo-Canadian Club Of Kingston
Maple Leaf Tours
MissBao
Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Water's Edge

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by KEYS Employment & Newcomer Services. The nominees include:
1 Million Teachers (1MT)
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited
Extend-A-Family (Kingston)
heel boy
Patry Inc.
Support Local Giveaway

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by BluMetric Environmental Inc. The nominees include:
Cyclic Materials
Go Oil Kingston
Mayla

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by Invest Kingston. The nominees include:
Constantin Mugenga of Imperial Cleaning-KFLA and Imperial Painting KFLA
Dr. Akshay Rajaram of Caddie Health
Holly Ryan of Art by Holly Ryan

𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by RBC. The nominees include:
BGM Metalworks Inc
Bourgon Construction
CHIC Hair and Esthetics Centre
Fort Glass
Kingston Quality Pools & Landscaping LTD.
MetalCraft Marine
Nailed It Custom Carpentry and Reno
Romava Epoxy Flooring and Concrete Surface Prep

𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by BMO Financial Group. The nominees include:
Events & Management Plus Inc.
Hulpr
Mio Gelato
Southeastern Telecommunication Services
YGK Thrift

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by Enbridge Gas. The nominees include:
Branded To Film (BTF)
Holly Gwynne-Timothy
Kingston Canadian Film Festival
Visual Menace

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by ReStart. The nominees include:
Cloud Metric
Eryigit and Company Tax Pro Inc
Friendly Fires
Health in Focus Sports Injury & Rehab
JBC Pushing Digital Boundaries
Kingston Paint & Decorating Inc.
Meals By Mom Cafe
Octane
Tango Nuevo

𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 – sponsored by McDonald's Canada Restaurants of Greater Kingston Area. The nominees include:
Aba Mortley of Cher-Mere
Brandon Tattersall of Leon's Centre
Dan Desjardins of Distributive
Dr. Greg Murphy of Kingston Orthopaedic Pain Institute (KOPI)
Jason Taylor of Taylor AutoMall

Congratulations to all the nominees, and best wishes!

The Kingston Business Awards will be held May 18, 2023 at The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are now on sale. Single tickets may be purchased for $95 plus HST, while group bookings are eligible for a discounted rate.

https://www.kingstonchamber.ca/events/4129/details

03/07/2023

03/06/2023

Driving a new film production sector in Kingston, Gord Sinclair and J Joly of Branded to Film chat with Lew MacDonald on K-ROCK 105.7🔥 thanks Lew!
Listen here >
https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=10167478027430174&id=52994835173

03/05/2023

💥Bringing our FIRST film, Den Mother Crimson [DMC], to Kingston🎬 from left to right > B2F Co-Founder/DMC Exec Producer J Joly, B2F stakeholders Patrick Murphy and Jason Taylor, B2F C-Founder/DMC Exec Producer George Assimakopoulos, DMC Producer Katalina Kovecses, DMC cast Tom Sinclair, B2F stakeholder Gord Sinclair, DMC Director Siluck Saysanasy, DMC cast Daniel Kash and Saad Siddiqui💥

📸 Randy deKleine-Stimpson / ftbd.ca

02/21/2023

🎬…this does not sit well with Jas who feels Leo is hiding something…

⭐️Saad Siddiqui [Netflix’s From Scratch, Cabinet of Curiosities] dominates the role of Scientist/AI expert, Dr. Jas Holland, a character not easily convinced and ready to take on whatever gets in his way👊🏽💥

🎥 Drawing on contemporary fears of Artificial Intelligence, DMC is brought to life by a talented, ALL-CANADIAN, ensemble cast😎, directed by Siluck Saysanasy.

🍿Premiering March 03 at Kingston Canadian Film Festival!
🎟️ Ticket Link:
https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2023/den-mother-crimson/

Executive Producers:
J. Joly, George Assimakopoulos, Brian Wideen, Paul Vella
Producer: Katalina Kovecses
Director: Siluck Saysanasy
Ass’t Dir: George Assimakopoulos
🎥: Michael Jari Davidson
PM: Grace Reeves
📸: David Bastedo
-Fi

02/14/2023

•WELCOME TO THE NEW DARK AGE•

💥DEN MOTHER CRIMSON💥

Three experts are brought together to consult. As the nature of their task is revealed, they must grapple with the moral implications and the outcome it may have on the world.

Drawing on the contemporary fears of Artificial intelligence, DMC is a serpentine, emotional tale, brought to life by a talented all-Canadian ensemble cast.

🍿Premiering March 03 at Kingston Canadian Film Festival!
🎟️Link to tickets https://kingcanfilmfest.com/2023/den-mother-crimson/

Starring✨Daniel Kash, Sara Mitich, Enuka Okuma, Saad Siddiqui, Esther Vlessing, and Tom Sinclair

Executive Producers:
J. Joly, George Assimakopoulos, Brian Wideen, Paul Vella
Producer: Katalina Kovecses
Director: Siluck Saysanasy
Ass’t Dir: George Assimakopoulos
🎥: Michael Jari Davidson
PM: Grace Reeves
📸: David Bastedo

02/12/2023

We're Branded to Film, a Film & Television Production company based in Kingston Ontario. We are putting stakes into the ground here because of the potential that the Kingston/Frontenac area has to become Ontario's next powerhouse Production destination for Canadian Producers.

There is a gap in the market - a need for capacity - in skilled workers and infrastructure. We - at B2F - believe that over the next ten years, if our community works together, we can collectively build a $100M Film & Production centre in Kingston.

To key to achieving this - as a community and industry - is to work towards a common goal of building and training a local, sustainable workforce.

A sustainable workforce means having a continuous pipeline of content to provide a continuous flow of jobs needed to train, mentor, establish and attract the people and resources required to build a Made-in-Kingston production ecosystem.

We believe that the Kingston/Frontenac region, anchored in the city of Kingston, is a perfect location to establish Ontario's next great production Hub. Its physical location - off the 401 - between Toronto, Montreal & Ottawa, an easy drive to the United States - to New York and Boston - make it highly accessible and a natural integration.

The area's physical diversity - natural landscapes, World Heritage, Historical and Institutional sites, its mix of architecture provide a rich, untapped canvas to work with.

We have economic conditions that make expansion to Kingston not only viable, but a needed driver in Ontario, across the country and beyond.

Current production centres in Ontario and elsewhere and already oversubscribed with demand for infrastructure outpacing both supply and growth. satiate the demand for cost efficient, smaller budget productions currently being driven out of the marketplace.

All three levels of government are working together to execute on a vision of bringing economic diversity and opportunity to the Kingston/Frontenac area through Film & Television production , not as a cultural industry as has traditionally been the government and industry's view, but as a manufacturing industry.

Consider that Ontario's Film & Television Production Industry is on course to grow to $5.8 Billion dollars in revenue by 2028. I

If you look at a piece of content as a manufactured product - with numerous skills, services and personal required to produce it from start to finish along the manufacturing process - from ideation, to financing, publicity and marketing, production, editing and servicing each individual step in the process, hundreds of people are involved - just like a physical object - such as a car - except our product is Television & Movies and it is delivered digitally, to a global audience, through streaming and subscription services.

We have a two phase plan to grow the industry in Kingston/Frontenac to $100M over ten years - It is a classic chicken and egg situation. You can't build a skilled workforce without having work to work on. We need real stories to make, real films to work on and learn from in order to build an industry Kingston.

You start small and build your capabilities. You mentor and train. You add services and capabilities. You do this over and over until you can stand on your own two feet. You can attract bigger jobs. You attract talent. You become a destination. B2f has a ten film production slate - half funded - to create out of Kingston from start to finish. we're going to train crew. Build a studio and do it over and over until we are standing on our own two feet.

We want to make a home and attract smaller budget producers, specifically Canadian Producers, who have been forced out of current production centres - victims of the industry’s own success.

Phase one is producing ten films over 3-4 years here in Kingston. Identifying and training key personnel and building the foundations for a sustainable industry.

Phase two is concurrent. Building out permanent infrastructure - a Film Production Studio - in Kingston. This will act as a further catalyst - attracting outside productions, to continue and build upon the workflow needed to establish a sustainable industry and workforce.

Our team consists of a diverse range of national, international and local investors - united in building out the film and tv Production capabilities of K/F to reach 100M over the next ten years - a goal that the city of Victoria was able to achieve in under ten years.

We would like to introduce to you - Den Mother Crimson - our first $1M feature film, entirely shot and produced in Kingston. It is not just a proof of concept to what we call our Hyper-Local Film production model, but the beginning of a Made In Kingston approach to growing and diversifying our economy beyond its traditional boundaries.

B2F is building a chance to keep our youth in the area. A chance to build a stronger future. A chance to prove and demonstrate that we can make and deliver a high quality product in Kingston.

10/16/2022

Really happy to be invited to invited to the 16th annual 16mm Godfrey Film Festival held in Shawn Savoie and Julia’s cinema barn. Lots of great classics both live action and animation - Learned about skidoos, table etiquette and other animated delights

10/01/2022

After a great first week of shooting, took last train out of Kingston to where I’ll be participating on a panel at 12:45pm today sharing my experience building Hyperlocal models - be they Vinyl pressing, Film production and Beer brewing. Surfacing ideas that anybody can take away and apply to their own lives/businesses. Tune in via their site (link below) and thanks to the organizers and volunteers for the invitation and their hard work on the festival - excited to see Tortoise live tonight 🤘🏻🥃🍩🍺🎬
https://popmontreal.com/artists/j-joly

05/16/2022

A pair of familiar Kingstonians are set to play supporting roles with a new film production company starting up in Kingston.

02/19/2022

First live show in Kingston of 2022… Perfect start Quebec Doom Krautrock with a touch of shoegaze 🤘🏻📢