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Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

Oh to be back at Festival De Cannes! 🇫🇷
As we are keeping up with all things Cannes 2024, we can't help but reminisce on Cannes 2023 when @thefutureabove screened as part of Canada's short film market!Thank you to @telefilm_Canada @mdf_cannes for selecting Future Above Us and granting us the opportunity of a lifetime! It was a dream come true to experience the best festival in the world with fellow filmmakers, creators and artists! We look forward to coming back to Cannes in the future...above us #dreams #goals X@Vanessaismagic@directedbysho#womendirectors #womenproducers #blackwomenfilmmakers #canadianmade #featurefilms #shortfims #cannes #cannesgoals #films #visionaryart
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@shorickproductions
@missmagicproductions

The Future Above Is plays March 19 Scotiabank theatre 4pm As part of the @canfilmfest in Homegrown Shorts #1

The Future Above Us @thefutureabove 
Writer/Director: Vanessa Magic @vanessamagic
Producer: Shonna Foster @directedbysho
Cast: Hannan Younis @black_anus and Adrian Walters @adrianwalters_
Cinematographer: Ashley Iris Gill @ashleyirisgill
Production Designer: Cathleen Calica @catcalica
Editor: Nicole Sison @nottycuts
Assistant Director: Dayyaan Jameel @babycowstudios
Costume Designer: Kaylah Wilson @_ksyd 
Composers: Jeremy Glenn @jeremyglennmusic AND @vanessamagic 
Makeup and Hair: Racquelle Nembhard @rockyracquelle 
Art Director: Laura Prieto @laurspri
Art Assistants: Ema Walters @innocentscientist AND Lydia Mehari @loveulydia
Camera 1st AC: Carine Zahner  
Gaffer: Galen Cook @gaelen_c
Key Grip: Keven Restrepo @krp14toronto
Sound: Kenzie Yango @kenzieyango 
BTS: Gillian Mapp @gllnmpp 
Sound Mixer: Gavin Whelehan @theautonym 
Sound Designers: Gavin Whelehan and Jeremy Glenn
Colourist: AJ McLauchlin @redlabto 
Production Assistants: Matteo Rucchetti @matteo.gif  AND Eric McKenna @eric_mckenna
Production: @shorickproductions @missmagicproductions

So happy to have been selected for @paffnow

Thank you to @reelworld! A huge congrats to @ashleyirisgill for her win for best short film cinematography! “It takes a village” and this one wanted to visually share what a future could look like through the lens of Black Women. #futureaboveus

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

RePosted • @reelworld For the 23rd Reelworld Film Festival+Summit, we are excited to introduce our lineup for the shorts program Altered Realities!

• Mindslip, directed by @swaroopelamon
• Introduction, directed by @brunaarbex
• Lệ, directed by Solara Thanh-Bình Đặng
• Cloud Striker, directed by A.W. Hopkins
• The Future Above Us, directed by @vanessaismagic
• Charter, directed by Alireza Shojaei and @asiflimbada
• Neighbors in my Backyard, directed by Eli Jean Tahchi

From a psychedelic beach fever dream to the current housing landscape in Montreal, the films in this program play with form and pacing, creating new worlds to delve into the old human struggles to connect.

The screening, followed by a Q&A for Altered Realities, will be at the Paradise Theatre (1006 Bloor St W, Toronto) on Friday, November 3rd at 6:00 PM. Visit the link in our bio and get your tickets now!

#reelworld #reelworldfilmfestival #RWFFS23 #torontofilmfestival #cdnfilm #representationmatters #filmmakers #filmfestival #reelworldscreeninstitute #filmmakersofcolour #canadianfilmmaker #blackfilmmakers #indigenousfilmmaker #asainfilmmakers #southasianfilmmakers #filmmakerscommunity #shortfilms

The Future Above Us plays Friday, November 3 at The Reelworld Film Festival at the Paradise. (1006c Bloor St W) @6pm EST @reelworld

Congratulations team!

The Future Above Us @thefutureabove
Writer/Director: Vanessa Magic @vanessamagic
Producer: Shonna Foster @directedbysho
Cast: Hannan Younis @black_anus and Adrian Walters @adrianwalters_
Cinematographer: Ashely Iris Gill @ashleyirisgill
Production Designer: Cathleen Calica @catcalica
Editor: Nicole Sison @nottycuts
Assistant Director: Dayyaan Jameel @babycowstudios
Costume Designer: Kaylah Wilson @_ksyd
Composers: Jeremy Glenn @jeremyglennmusicAND @vanessamagic
Make Up and Hair: Racquelle Nembhard @rockyracquelle
Art Director: Laura Prieto @laurspri
Art Assistants: Ema Walters @innocentscientist AND Lydia Mehari @loveulydia
Camera 1st AC: Carine Zahner
Gaffer: Galen Cook @gaelen_c
Key Grip: Keven Restrepo @krp14toronto
Sound: Kenzie Yango @kenzieyango
BTS: Gillian Mapp @gllnmpp
Sound Mixer: Gavin Whelehan @theautonym
Sound Designers: Gavin Whelehan and Jeremy Glenn
Colourist: AJ McLauchlin @redlabto
Production Assistants: Matteo Rucchetti @matteo.gifAND Eric McKenna @eric_mckenna
Production: @shorickproductions @missmagicproductions

#thefutureaboveus Spotlight on our brilliant EDITOR @nottycuts who thoughtfully creates the space where it all happens... the cutting room! All good energy.

#thefutureaboveus Spotlight on MAKEUP & HAIR Artist. @rockyracquelle Enhancing the beauty of our cast.

@vanessaismagic did this!
RePosted • @vanessaismagic I can’t believe this was a week ago. @tiff_net was so great this year. Thank you @thekitca and the lovely female filmmakers who’s incredible storytelling will inspire me for years to come. Filmmaking truly is the stuff of dreams. #blackfemalefilmmakers #blackfilmmakers #filmmakers #dreams #dreamer

@vanessaismagic did this!
RePosted • @vanessaismagic I can’t believe this was a week ago. @tiff_net was so great this year. Thank you @thekitca and the lovely female filmmakers who’s incredible storytelling will inspire me for years to come. Filmmaking truly is the stuff of dreams. #blackfemalefilmmakers #blackfilmmakers #filmmakers #dreams #dreamer

#thefutureaboveus Spotlight on COMPOSER @jeremyglennmusicbehind the composition that pulls at the heart strings.

#thefutureaboveus Spotlight on COSTUME DESIGNER @_ksyd the level attention and thoughtfulness put into each piece of clothing in TFAU was outstanding!

#thefutureaboveus Spotlight on CINEMATOGRAPHER @ashleyirisgill who possess a high level of knowledge on crafting the right shot!