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MEMBER PROFILE
Chiaro Productions Inc.
3944 Circle Drive
Victoria, BC V9C 4A9
(250) 598-9989
Website: chiaro.ca
Email: chiaro@shaw.ca
Production Equipment
Sony HD Z1U Cam
Sony PD 150 DV Cam
Avid DV Xpress Edit Suite
Sony DSR 45 deck
Sennheiser radio mic/ me 66
Production Personnel
Martin de Valk - Producer/Director
Current Projects
2003/05 Producer/ Director/Editor:
Good to GO: Pitch to Premiere - a 13 part series for CHUM Television - The NewVI, Bravo, Star.
2004 Producer/Director/Editor:
A Family Tree Narrative - a 6 part series.
Produced by Chiaro Productions Inc. in association with APTN, CTF Licence fee Program, The Learning Channel and booktelevision: The Channel, SCN, Canwest Independent Producers Fund, Canadian Film and Video Tax Credit, Bc Film FIBC and
develped with funding from APTN and BC Film Markets in Mind Development Program. This series embraces the history of six Native families from across Canada through the oral tradition of story telling and the tracing of the family heritage by exploring their family tree. The intent of this series is to open a vista into the lives of the First People of this land.
2004 Producer/Director:
The Flight of BIRD - 1 hr. documentary.
Produced by Chiaro Productions Inc. in association with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the Knowledge Netwwork, developed with funding from Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund. This one-hour program explores the issues and relationships between Teak farm workers on an eco-plantation in Costa Rica and their employer, a BC silviculture company.
2002 Producer/Director.
A Forgotten Legacy: Spirit of Reclamation.
A hour one documentary for APTN exploring the ethno-historical reclaiming of Native labour stories in BC, beginning with the 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush. Production funding: Broadcast License APTN, The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, BC Arts Council, Canadian Television Fund - LFP Program, Canadian Heritage, BC Film - FIBC, and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit.
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT:
Producer: The Belly of the Beast
Development Funding from The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund.
Producer: Rodeo
Development Funding from APTN and BC Film Markets in Mind Development Program.
RODEO is a one-hour documentary exploring the cultural and personal relationships between Native and non-Native cowboys of the past and present.
This program will examine the clash of the two distinct societies and how they came together within the confines of the rodeo environment.
Producer: Ancient Trees:Hidden Secrets
Development funding from Discovery Channel and BC Film Markets in Mind Development Program. A one-hour documentary that explores the last great remaining ancient trees and their relationship with the local community, and their mystical connection with folklore and legend.
Past Projects
2000 Producer/Director. On The Red Road: A Walk on the Outside:
A Social and Human Issue Documentary. A One-hour documentary that follows the transition of Aboriginal inmates from a federal prison to life on the outside. Licensed to APTN. Distributors - Moving Images Distribution, Canada/International; Shenandoah Film Productions, USA.
1998 Producer/Director. M’akola: A Safe Place:
A Social and Human Issue Documentary. This program explores issues related to the off-reserve Aboriginal housing situation.
Distributors - Shenandoah Film Productions, USA/International.
1997 Producer/Director. Within the Walls: A Story of Healing:
A Social and Human Issue Documentary. A 25-minute documentary that explores the healing journey of the Native Brotherhood at a federal prison. Licensed to APTN. Distributors - Moving Images Distribution, Canada/International; Shenandoah Film Productions, USA.
1995 Producer/Director. SNEPENEK: Themes of School Withdrawal Among First
Nations Students.
This half-hour program explores the question - why 80% of Aboriginal students of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island do not graduate from high school. Distribution - BC Tribal Schools, Bands and BC School Board.
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