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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.
Finished short selected for the 2025 Okanagan Screen Awards.
Project details
- Release
- 2022-2025
- Category
- Narrative
- Tags
Story / motif
A memory piece built around period detail and a red-heart motif.
The 1960s garden sequence carries the film's period world: props, wardrobe, hair, makeup and a sunlit yard built around young Dave, young Connie and the red heart that follows them through the story.
James directed, photographed, edited and coloured the film, and also handled ADR recording and finishing support.
Recognition
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Selected - Okanagan Screen Awards, 2025
- Selected — Okanagan Screen Awards, 2025
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
- Credits
- IMDb full credits
- Festival source
- Okanagan Screen Awards
Finished frames and BTS
Period scene, motif and production material.
Finished scenes sit beside the yard, wardrobe, camera and sound work behind the film's memory sequence.
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