Friend of the Devil
WARNING: This video is encoded at a very high bitrate to try and preserve some of the 4K image. A fast connection is required!!! This is an unedited clip directly from the 4K raw footage.
Here is a clip from an upcoming short that was shot entirely in 4K on the revolutionary REDONE camera system and ZEISS lenses.
Currently the project is in post-produciton and will be finished soon.
Producer\Company\Client: Forever Epic Films, Conall Pendergast, Carl Elster
Director: Conall Pendergast
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Genre: Short Film
Format: 4K, REDONE
Length: 7:00
Year: 2010
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M-F (Monday through Friday)
This is a dark comedy about working Monday to Friday.
Directed by: Jefferson Guzman
Produced by: Lady of the Lake/Dream Deck Pictures
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Worldwide Distributor: Big Film Shorts
Premier Screening: April 10th 2005 – Canadian Filmmakers Festival
Starring: Veronika Hurnik, Avi Philips, Stephen Livingstone
Format: minDV 24p
Year: 2005
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Afterthought
A young man deals with the problems created when he decides to move in with his girlfriend.
Shot while attending York University, this was my first collaboration with director Hugh Gibson.
Producer\Company\Client: Hugh Gibson and Carl Elster
Director: Hugh Gibson
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Genre: Short Film\Drama
Format: 16mm
Length: 9:39
Year: 2003
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Hogtown Blues
A Russian woman living in Toronto deals with her son’s illness and her father’s indifference.
Winner of several awards including Audience Award ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao 2004.
Winner:
Best Actress at the Canadian National Youth Film Festival,
Honourable Mention Brno 16 Czech Republic,
Audience Award at 46th Bilbao Documentary and Short Film Festival, Bilbao Spain, 2004,
Winner “Best Direction” TIFF Canadian Student Showcase (2004).
Official Selection: Toronto International Film Festival, Worldwide Short Film Festival,
Montreal World Film Festival, Austin International Film Festival,
46th Zinebi Documentary and Short Film Festival Bilbao Spain, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
Producer\Company\Client: Carl Elster and Hugh Gibson
Director: Hugh Gibson
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Genre: Drama/Short Film
Format: Super 16mm
Length: 18:15
Year: 2004
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Last Day of December
The Last Day of December is a drama about a conflicted young man named December who is so disconnected from reality that he plans to commit suicide. He comes from a reserved and wealthy family who has never accepted him for he is really is – a lost soul that doesn’t fit in anywhere. The “to do list” on his last day connects him with the reality he had lost by facing what he was avoiding. By connecting with people from his past and an insightful stranger, he realizes that the dullness around him is self-inflicted. A random moment brings light to our dark character’s face and his future becomes uncertain. As ironic as nature can be, December’s course is ended all too soon in a surprise ending.
Producer\Company\Client: James Dubbeldam
Director: James Dubbeldam
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Genre: Short Film/Drama
Format: P2/HD
Length: 18:50
Year: 2008
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Legend of the Seven Bloody Torturers
A young clerk has some issues with the dungeon he’s been assigned to evaluate, and unfortunately for him nobody likes a stickler for bureaucracy – especially bloody torturers.
Legend of the Seven Bloody Torturers is a dark satire with elements of comedy and terror. If Monty Python and Franz Kafka got drunk and collaborated on an extremely strange German expressionist film, there’s a chance it might bear a passing resemblance to Torturers.
It’s a wicked little tale for the smiling sadist in all of us.
WINNER: People’s Choice Best Cinematography Award Wildsound Film Festival 2008
Producer\Company\Client: Carl Elster and Conall Pendergast
Director: Conall Pendergast
Director of Photography: Carl Elster
Genre: Comedy\Horror
Format: Short Film/P2/SD
Length: 8:00
Year: 2008
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