April 30th, 2008
Fred Krotesch, Ben Babchishin and David Bates pose with their 2008 "Rosie" for "Best Drama Under 60 Minutes".
IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN wins an AMPIA Award!
On Saturday, April 26th, the 34th annual Alberta Film and Television Awards presented producers Ben Babchishin, Fredrick Krotesch and David Bates with the 2008 "Rosie" for "Best Dramatic Production Under 60 Minutes" for their film, IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN.
Visit AMPIA's website for more details.
February 24th, 2008
UPDATES: IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN is complete. The cast and crew screening was held in Edmonton at NAIT's Shaw Theatre on February 15th. The film will be making its festival and television debuts shortly. Thanks to all the talented cast and crew who made this experience so special!
December 15th, 2007
Fred Krotesch stars in IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN?
BIG NEWS: tyrant pictures is proud to announce the completion of their first co-production with Hired Gun Productions, a new comedy short entitled, IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN?
IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN? writer/director Ben Babchishin.
IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN? is written and directed by award-winning director Ben Babchishin (RANT, A Gun, A Cigar, and a Bottle of Scotch) and produced by Babchishin along with Fredrick Krotesch and David Bates.
IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN? stars Fredrick Krotesch as an ambitious telemarketer who receives some brutal karmic justice in the form of the eccentric Pole Family; Archie (Andy Northrup of SEG/ME/NTS), Midge (Linda Grass, CANADIAN BEAVER), Grampa (Rick Ash, SHANGHAI NOON, CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND) and teenage daughter Elaine (talented newcomer Laura Rushfeldt), who invade Johnny's life and turn it into a living nightmare!
IS THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IN? was shot by director of photography Rene Collins (inventor of the world-famous "Red-Eye" lens) in Sony High Definition. Click here for more info on the film.
October 3rd, 2007
(left corner) Dr. Uwe Boll, (and in the right corner) David Bates. Remember, no rabbit punches.
TYRANT SIGHTING: Doctor Uwe Boll met the tyrant himself, at the Edmonton International Film Festival.
September 19th, 2007
Upcoming screening TOMORROW! New Film!
Manuel Sinor stars in LINGER IN THE MOMENT.
LINGER
IN THE MOMENT captures a man's final escape into the last days of
August in a video tribute to the poem, "Walking with Wang An-shih."
Written by Thomas
Trofimuk.
Featuring Manuel
Sinor and Kristy-Lynn Polowich.
Directed by Claudia Tomczyk and photographed by David Bates
LINGER IN THE MOMENT screens as part of "Open Your Eyes to the Word"
This evening of video poems, presented as
part of the Edmonton Poetry
Festival, will feature works by a range of artists who turn their words
into intense visual/aural/oral experiences. Works will include video poems
created by young people in the "Street from the Heart" project,
as well as
other local videopoets and a special guest artist. It will also feature a
discussion by the creators.
OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE WORD
Location: Metro Cinema (Zeidler Hall - main floor of the Citadel Theatre
Complex - 9828-101A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta)
7pm, Thursday September 20
Admission: FREE!
For more information, visit: http://www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH LINGER IN THE MOMENT on youtube!
July 27th, 2007
Just wanted to thank everyone that came out and supported our screening last night at METRO CINEMA!
With a special thanks to Gerry, Marsh, Jill, John and the volunteer staff at the Metro who worked so hard to make the evening a success! Many thanks from the tyrants!
July 9th, 2007
SEG/ME/NTS VS. ROBOCOP!
DOUBLE FEATURE AT THE METRO!
SEG/ME/NTS will be screening Thursday, July 26th at Metro Cinema (Zeidler Hall - main floor of the Citadel Theatre Complex - 9828-101A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta) followed by a rare 35mm presentation of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 classic, ROBOCOP!
The show starts at 7pm, and admission is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN!
For more information, visit the metro's website.
In other tyrant news...
Nathan Cuckow stars in RUINED.
Our new short film, RUINED made its theatrical debut June 16th at The Roxy Theatre as part of the Nextfest Film and Video Exhibition. Thanks to everyone that came down and supported independent cinema in Edmonton!
RUINED will be making the festival rounds before appearing on our web site.
NEW MUSIC VIDEO - COMING AUGUST 2007
HER ALIBI rock in their debut music video, GIVE IT UP.
It's been a busy summer for tyrant pictures. In June, we shot a pair of music videos. The first, GIVE IT UP by HER ALIBI will be making its online debut in August. Click here* to view some behind-the-scenes photos of the tyrants at work!
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