Snofriddur (Angela Heck) and Einar (Michael Gottli) contemplate the meaning of fish.

It’s not a Fringe Filmworks production, but it’s something I was involved with a ‘few’ years back.

With the resurrection of Tales From the Gimli Hospital this past weekend in New York, I’ve been getting some questions asking “What’s it about?” Check out this review from the late 80s by venerable film scribe Jonathan Rosenbaum.

- Angela Heck

The latest issue of Reel West magazine, the Western Canadian film industry mag, featured Fringe Filmworks president and producer Angela Heck in its ‘Beginnings’ section. Read the article (on page 10) here.

Meagan McGrath takes in the view from the top of the world.

After a lot of time and energy, we’re pleased to say that The Explorers Club series, co-produced with Germany’s FlorianFilm, has finally hit the airwaves. It premiered on ZDF/ARTE August 15-19. With the broadcast, our work is out in the world.

Special thanks to Chris Alstrin who shot the Meagan McGrath episode on Cho Oyu under less than ideal production circumstances and to Ivan Hughes who lived the adventure for a long, long time in the edit suite. And the crew at FlorianFilm were great to work with, especially Anna Steuber who I worked with most extensively.

I’ll be taking it out to markets over the next few months to see who else we can entice to live the adventures.

Bigger still is that Fringe Filmworks has officially moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are now almost exactly in the geographic centre of North America. Makes working with folks both East and West easier, and the community here is amazing. Not to mention the long winter that awaits which seems to breed a particular type of creativity. We may seem like we’re hibernating, but we’re really just working on the next big thing

Now, our very own Ivan Hughes is heading to Hot Docs to peddle our wares, with The Explorer’s Club series tucked under his arm and a fistful of meetings set up. We’re also really excited about Soul of the Sea. That project is looking for completion and it rocks!

Check out these projects on the Fringe Filmworks website.

The series is scheduled to premiere in spring 2011.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CHIEF

A review of our film, In the Shadow of the Chief appears in CM magazine, a publication devoted to assessing materials for use in school curriculum. Check it out

The DVD is available on-line through our website, at Mountain Equipment Coop stores across Canada and in Squamish at Western Canadian Railway Museum, Squamish Adventure Centre and Valhalla Pure.