TRU LOVE - Cineffable 2014

Kate JOHNSTON & Shauna MacDONALD

Kate Johnston (Writer/Director/Producer) has been a crisis counselor, worked with youth at risk and has extensively studied acting, writing, and producing for theatre and film. She has performed and developed numerous plays for the Canadian stage, working with such acclaimed companies as Nightwood Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and The Caravan Stage Company. In film, she has associate-produced Margarita, the award-winning feature film directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert (screened at Cineffable in 2012). She wrote, directed and produced her own short film Stormcloud, which is also screened this year in Cineffable.

One of Canada's most successful actresses, Nova Scotia born, Shauna MacDonald came out...as an actress...in the Soviet Union. She was studying Russian when she was hired to work on fellow Canadian Paul Haggis' first feature film, Red Hot. Since then, she's been building an impressive resume, sharing screen time with Jeff Goldblum, Liev Shreiber, Katie Holmes or Billy Zane. She's worked extensively in television and film. Shauna recently produced Kate Johnston's short film, Stormcloud and can currently be seen playing Dr. Galina in the Netflix original series, Hemlock Grove. Tru Love is her feature film writing, producing and directing debut and she is thrilled to portray Tru.

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October 30th to November 2, 2014

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Partners 2014