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The film
A quiet memory-drama where childhood, marriage and grief fold around a red heart that keeps changing shape.
The approach
James's work covered the short from production through post: directing, producing, cinematography, editing, colour, ADR recording and finishing support.
Completed short with public IMDb credits and 2025 Okanagan Screen Awards selection support.
Project details
- Release
- 2022-2025
- Category
- Narrative
- Tags
Additional credits
- Writer / Executive Producer
- Dave Kenneth MacKinnon
- Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
- James Alton
- Himself
- Dave MacKinnon
- Herself
- Connie MacKinnon
- 1960s Dave
- Beau Walsh
- 1960s Connie
- Angela Walsh
- Pet dog
- Zoe
- 2nd Camera / Grip
- Ethann Hartwell
- Location Sound
- Michael Fullerton
- Makeup
- Lindsay Kusy
- Hair
- Devan Adams
- Dog Wrangler
- Charlotte Wilson
- Props & Crafty
- Loree MacKinnon
- Transportation
- Gale MacKinnon
- Locations
- Brian & Deborah McGovern
- Locations
- Kelowna Film Studios
- Public credit source
- IMDb full credits
- Festival source
- Okanagan Screen Awards
Story / proof
A small memory piece built around a visual motif.
The 1960s garden sequence gives the short its softest visual register, contrasting childhood promise against the later broken-and-mended heart motif.
The credit record reflects James's role across production and post, including directing, cinematography, editing, colour, ADR recording and finishing support.
Finished-film proof
Memory frames and motif.
Selected pulls from the finished export, moving between the garden memory sequence and the broken-heart motif.
Recognition
- Official Selection — Okanagan Screen Awards, 2025
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