Elza Kephart
Online cinema
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- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 75 min
- anglais
- 2020
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- Fiction
- Hors norme
- 3 min
- sans dialogues
- 2016
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- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 61 min
- anglais
- 2013
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Beyond the pearly gates of ill-repute
- Fiction
- Comédie
- 9 min
- anglais
- 2006
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Graveyard Alive – A zombie nurse in love
- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 82 min
- anglais
- 2003
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- Fiction
- Comédie
- 10 min
- anglais
- 2002
Filmography
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- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 75 min
- anglais
- 2020
SLAXX tells the story of a possessed pair of jeans brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, SLAXX… Main theme: Luttes sociales, Secondary theme(s): Environnement, Femmes.Prix : Winner Audience Award - Best Canadian Feature - Fantasia International Film Festival
Distribution : Film Option
Diffusion : Fantasia - Sitges - FrightFest UK - Mile High Fest -
- Fiction
- Hors norme
- 3 min
- sans dialogues
- 2016
Le film est raconté du point de vue d’une schizophrène, ou serait-elle une mystique, qui se balade à travers la ville à la recherche d’un mythique continent perdu. Main theme: Voyage, Secondary theme(s): Psychologie.Distribution : Midnight Kingdom Films
Diffusion : Traverse Film Festival, Festival International Signes de Nuits (Paris), Festival internazionale Segni della note (Urbino) -
- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 61 min
- anglais
- 2013
GO IN THE WILDERNESS relate l’histoire de Lilith, première femme rebelle d’Adam, et de son ange gardien, alors qu’ils forment une alliance boîteuse pendant leur voyage de retour vers le… Main theme: Religion, Secondary theme(s): Femmes.Distribution : Films du 3 mars
Diffusion : Festival du nouveau cinéma, Sarasota Film Festival, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival -
Beyond the pearly gates of ill-repute
- Fiction
- Comédie
- 9 min
- anglais
- 2006
co-directed with: Elizabeth Lawrence
Une innocente jeune fille loue une chambre dans une maison de chambre sordide, et découvre qu’elle est prisonnière d’un bordel! Quand il vient à lui manquer d’argent, la Madame sans-cœur… Main theme: Religion, Secondary theme(s): Femmes, Sexualité.Distribution : Midnight Kingdom Films
Diffusion : Fantasia film Festival, Film Pop, Boston Underground Film Festival, Female Eye Film Festival -
Graveyard Alive – A zombie nurse in love
- Fiction
- Fantastique
- 82 min
- anglais
- 2003
Graveyard Alive raconte l’histoire de Patsy, infirmière timide et solitaire, qui, après avoir été mordue par un zombi, se transforme en beauté féline. Investie de ces nouveaux pouvoirs, elle essaie… Main theme: Santé,Prix : *Winner Best Editing, Best Director - 2005 B-movie Film Festival
*Winner Best of the Fest - 2005 Boston Underground Film Festival
*Winner Best Genre Cross-Over Film - 2004 Rhode Island Horror Film Festival
*Winner Kodak Vision Award - 2004 Slamdance Film Festival
Distribution : Midnight Kingdom Films
Diffusion : The Movie Network -
- Fiction
- Comédie
- 10 min
- anglais
- 2002
co-directed with: Chantal Houtteman
Parodie de films pornos utilisant des marionnettes faites en chaussettes. Main theme: Sexualité,Prix : Winner Cinemaniaca Prize- Corto in Circuito Film Festival
Distribution : Midnight Kingdom Films
Diffusion : RVCQ, Halloween Film Festival, Broadcast on CBC
BIOGRAPHY
A graduate of Emerson College and the Canadian Film Center’s Director’s Lab, Elza’s first feature film, Graveyard Alive, played in over 20 international film festivals including Fantasia, Fantasporto and Sitges, winning the Kodak Cinematography Award at the Slamdance Film Festival. It was distributed on TMN, on DVD by Maple Pictures, and in theaters.
Her second feature film, Go in the Wilderness, premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, played in various festivals, and is being distributed on various platforms, including itunes. She has obtained development financing from Telefilm, SODEC and CALQ for the scripts Night of the Pendulum, Le fantôme de la Libération, Brothers in Arms, Chair Obscure, and Sweet Blood. Sweet Blood was selected to the 2017 Torino SeriesLab, and has been optioned by Attraction Media. Her slasher-comedy project SLAXX has been optioned by Anne-Marie Gélinas of EMA Films (Turbo Kid). It has received production financing from SODEC and packaging & polishing financing from the Harold Greenberg Fund.
She has attended the TIFF Talent Lab and the Berlinale Talent Campus. She is one of the co-founders and co-leaders of the Montreal chapter of Film Fatales.
Date of birth : 27 May 1976
AREAS OF ACTIVITY- Fiction, Expérimental
- Court métrage, Moyen métrage, Long métrage
- Film, Web
EMAIL
[email protected]
WEB SITE
midnightkingdom.com