PROJECTS
AWARDS
LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME
CBC SHORT FILM FACE OFF..............................................
STUDENT VISIONARY AWARD..........................................
BEST LIVE ACTION FILM....................................................
BEST INT. STUDENT FILM..................................................
BEST PICTURE......................................................................
BEST FICTION FILM.............................................................
ARTE FILM AWARD...............................................................
BEST DIRECTOR....................................................................
TELEFILM CANADA’S NOT SHORT ON TALENT
SWALLOWED
BEST CANADIAN FILM........................................................
RBC INTERNATIONAL EMERGING FILMMAKER............
PETER GERRETSEN AWARD
THE HALL
BEST FILM OF ALL TIME SELECTION.............................
BEST FILM.............................................................................
BEST WRITER.......................................................................
$40k Grand Prize Winner
Tribeca Film Festival '13
TIFF Student Showcase '12
Cleveland Film Festival '13
Living Skies Film Festival '13
Living Skies Film Festival '13
Munich International Film Festival '12
HSBC Filmmaker Award '12
YoungCuts International Film Festival '12
Toronto International Film Festival '10
International 48-Hr Film Competition '10
48-Hour Film Competition '09
48-Hour Film Competition '09
PRESS
Rhombus Media Producing Stephen Dunn Debut Feature 'Closet Monster'
ETAN VLESSING, PLAYBACK
"Effortlessly shifting from comedy to drama, [Life Doesn 't Frighten Me] definitely showcases a young director with a skilled hand and a bright future ahead of him."
Danny Strong, Tribeca Film Festival Juror
"Here, in a story of a 13-year old girl learning about ugliness and beauty, we get that Spike Jonze naivete: warmth, nostalgia and rich visuals. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me hits that sweet spot between superb style and emotional poignancy."
Harry Cepka, Toronto Film Scene
"I was also duly impressed by Stephen Dunn’s “We Wanted More”: “Repulsion” meets “Rosemary’s Baby” meets “Black Swan” in this slick psychological snapshot. Dunn’s certainly one to watch."
Peter DeBruge, Variety
Stephen Dunn: Roger Ebert's Filmmaker-to-Watch at the Cannes Film Festival
ROGER EBERT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Andria Case finds out why young filmmaker Stephen Dunn's film
'We Wanted More' may leave you disturbed ahead of its screening at TIFF.
CTV TORONTO
ABOUT
Stephen Dunn is an award-winning filmmaker and graduate of Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre and Ryerson University’s Film Program. His thesis film, LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME, starring Gordon Pinsent, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has won numerous awards, including the Student Visionary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and Best Live Action Film at the TIFF Student Film Showcase. Dunn is the youngest filmmaker ever selected for the TIFF Talent Lab where he won two TIFF RBC INTERNATIONAL EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARDS for his film, SWALLOWED. In 2009 Dunn attended the Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Corner with his film, THE HALL, where film critic Roger Ebert highlighted Dunn as an upcoming filmmaker to watch. Dunn is currently developing his first feature, CLOSET MONSTER, with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media.
CONTACT
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Craig Kestel
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CANADA
Great North Artists Management
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