"I Heard the Birch Tree Whisper in the Night," Gerald Squires on Creation and Death, will run on CBC in the summer of 2017. featuring interviews with Christopher Pratt, Jean Claude Roy, Boyd Chubbs, George Horan, Clifford George...
CBC to Air "I Heard the Birch Tree Whisper in the Night"
"I Heard the Birch Tree Whisper in the Night," Gerald Squires on Creation and Death, will run on CBC in the summer of 2017. featuring interviews with Christopher Pratt, Jean Claude Roy, Boyd Chubbs, George Horan, Clifford George...
"The Immigrant's Handbook"
From THE IMMIGRANT'S HANDBOOK, the new feature film from Kenneth J Harvey.
"The Drinking Life"
We are pleased to announce another new project from Island Horse Productions and Kenneth J. Harvey. "The Drinking Life" will focus on a community of drinkers in a Newfoundland bar.
Two Films, One Festival
Double Grand Slam: "The Flesh So Close" and "It Was Sunny the Day I Killed Her" have both been chosen as Official Selections for the 2015 Charlottetown Film Festival in Prince Edward Island. Two KJH films at the same fest.
Congratulations to the casts and crews.
"It Was Sunny The Day I Killed Her" Nominated for Golden Firebird Award
"It Was Sunny The Day I Killed Her"
has been nominated for the "Golden Firebird Award" at the 2015 Hong Kong International Film Festival. The award honours the best international emerging filmmaker. Twenty films were nominated out of 280 screening festival titles from 50 countries. With appreciation to the Hong Kong Film Society, organizers of the festival.
BUCKY, New TV Series, Currently in Development
The pilot episode of the new heart-rending, irreverent, drama/comedy TV series, BUCKY, is currently in production. The series stars Kevin Lewis, and is written and directed by Kenneth J Harvey, recent 2015 Canadian Screen Awards nominee. Here is a three-minute teaser. Thank you for having a look.
Now Accepting Portrait Bookings
Kenneth J. Harvey is now accepting portrait bookings. Please contact via email for rates and available dates. Click on the arrows in the flash display below to view samples.
"The Slattery Street Crockers" Nominated for 2015 Canadian Screen Award
"The Slattery Street Crockers" is nominated for a 2015 CANADIAN SCREEN
AWARD for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini Series. Screenplay by Kenneth J Harvey. Thank you to all the supporters of the program for
making this possible, and congratulations to you all. See you at the
gala awards ceremony.
Currently Filming "The Immigrant's Handbook"
Screen grab from THE IMMIGRANT'S HANDBOOK, the first feature film,
photographed and directed by award-winning Newfoundland filmmaker
Kenneth J. Harvey. Coming in late 2015.
Raindance Film Festival Selects "It Was Sunny the Day I Killed Her"
Now in its 22nd year, the festival has a strong legacy of showing alternative films and uncovering the hottest new filmmakers to hit the cinematic scene.
Raindance-premiered hits include Memento, Pulp Fiction, Old Boy, the Blair Witch Project, Pusher, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Ghost World and Love Exposure. Listed by Variety as one of the world’s top 50 ‘unmissable film festivals’, Raindance aims to nurture, support and promote independent films and filmmakers from the UK and around the world.
Congratulations to all the remarkable women who made this film possible. See you in London.
"It Was Sunny the Day I Killed Her" Already Selected by Nine Film Festivals
From the winner of the Atlantic Film Festival's Kodak Best Short Award for "I'm 14 and I Hate the World."
IT WAS SUNNY THE DAY I KILLED HER has already been
chosen as an official selection
by nine festivals since the film's release four weeks ago.
The film festivals include one of the most renowned overseas film festivals in the
world, a fest selected by Variety as one of the "50 Unmissable Film
Festivals."
"I am about to turn 68, and nothing I have
ever seen has had such a profound effect. I have to watch this again and
again. Thank you."
-Linda Russell
"Gorgeous and terrifying." - Tony Burgess
"Yes, I killed her a thousand times. One of the most touching works of art I have ever experienced. Thank you so much for this film. Every woman should see it and every man should hear it.
-Dorcas Kelland-Klartoft
"It's a Girl" Official Selection, Perth International Film Festival
Laurels are out for the 2014 Perth International
Film Festival, and IT'S A GIRL (written, shot and directed by Kenneth J.
Harvey) is an Official Selection. See you in Australia. Congratulations
to lead actress, Emma Harvey, and all the crew.
TIFF's Top Ten Shorts
GEEK ASSASSIN, the new film by Kenneth J.
Harvey, has been invited to take part in the Toronto International Film
Festival's-- Canada's Top Ten shorts. 100 short films from across Canada will compete for the Top Ten places.
Canada's Top Ten was established in 2001 by TIFF to honor excellence in short and feature length contemporary Canadian cinema.
The Top Ten will be chosen by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals from across Canada and announced in December.
GEEK ASSASSIN, Official Selection, 2013 Atlantic Film Festival
GEEK ASSASSIN will screen at the 2013 Atlantic Film Festival in September. This is the third year in a row that the festival has screened a film by Kenneth J. Harvey. The Atlantic Film Festival, one of the major North American film festivals, was just selected by IndieWire.com as one of the "50 Leading Film Festivals" in the world.
Geek Assassin to Premiere at the 2013 Nickel Film Festival
GEEK ASSASSIN will premiere at the 2013 Nickel Independent Film Festival in June. The film has been chosen as an official selection. Congratulations to the wonderful and astonishingly talented cast and crew.
Help Fund Post-Production, The Slattery Street Crockers, TV Pilot
Episode 1 of The Slattery Street Crockers has been shot and is in the can. The footage looks beautiful and the acting is remarkable.
Now, we need to raise a little more money for post-production (editing, sound mix, music, promotion, etc). Please help fund The Slattery Street Crockers and receive an online code to view sneak preview scenes or attend the world premiere (click the link below to help out).
Now, we need to raise a little more money for post-production (editing, sound mix, music, promotion, etc). Please help fund The Slattery Street Crockers and receive an online code to view sneak preview scenes or attend the world premiere (click the link below to help out).
Episode 1-- The Slattery Street Crockers
Principal Photography for The Slattery Street Crockers is complete. Editing got underway on April 2nd. The TV pilot should be completed by late summer.
Norm Hiscock (Parks & Recreation, King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live) is on board as consulting producer. He will also be a guest director when the series is picked up.
Documentary Film on Beaumont Hamel
Award-winning Filmmaker and Newfoundland Opera Company Join Ranks to Produce Documentary Film on Beaumont Hamel
"WAR & OPERA"
Kenneth J. Harvey and Island Horse Productions are pleased to announce that they have been contracted by Opera on the Avalon to document the development of the two act opera, Out of a Clear Sky, commissioned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Beaumont Hamel.
The one-hour documentary, WAR & OPERA, will follow artistic director, Cheryl Hickman, and Opera on the Avalon as they work toward producing this bold dramatic endeavour and living memorial to the tragic, near annihilation of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.
The score for Out of a Clear Sky will be written by award winning composer John Estacio with libretto by John Murrell.
Out of a Clear Sky will focus on the history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, culminating in the battle of Beaumont Hamel in 1916. The production will feature some of the best and brightest operatic stars from the province, as well as artists from Opera on the Avalon.
Kenneth J. Harvey will write and direct the documentary.
"WAR & OPERA"
Kenneth J. Harvey and Island Horse Productions are pleased to announce that they have been contracted by Opera on the Avalon to document the development of the two act opera, Out of a Clear Sky, commissioned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Beaumont Hamel.
The one-hour documentary, WAR & OPERA, will follow artistic director, Cheryl Hickman, and Opera on the Avalon as they work toward producing this bold dramatic endeavour and living memorial to the tragic, near annihilation of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.
The score for Out of a Clear Sky will be written by award winning composer John Estacio with libretto by John Murrell.
Out of a Clear Sky will focus on the history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, culminating in the battle of Beaumont Hamel in 1916. The production will feature some of the best and brightest operatic stars from the province, as well as artists from Opera on the Avalon.
Kenneth J. Harvey will write and direct the documentary.
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TV Pilot Up and Running
Ecstatic to report that Norm Hiscock (Parks & Recreation, King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live) has signed on as consulting producer of my TV pilot, The Slattery Street Crockers. Another big announcement coming within days. Stayed tuned.
TIFF's Top Ten Shorts
IT'S A GIRL, the Super 8 film by Kenneth J. Harvey, has been invited to take part in the Toronto International Film Festival's-- Canada's Top Ten shorts. 100 short films from across Canada will compete for the Top Ten places.
Canada's Top Ten was established in 2001 by TIFF to honor excellence in short and feature length contemporary Canadian cinema.
The Top Ten will be chosen by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals from across Canada and announced on December 4th.
The Harvey Retaliation: A New Consumer Revenge Series
PREMIERES JUNE 19th
The Harvey Retaliation
Episode 1: Scotiabank Steals From Children
Click HERE to watch Episode 1
'box' a new short film by kenneth j. harvey
'box,' a new short film by kenneth j. harvey, is currently making the film festival circuit.
please check back for updates.
please check back for updates.
'I'm 14 and I Hate the World' Wins at Atlantic Film Festival
Harvey's first short film, "I'm 14 and I Hate the World" won the Best Atlantic Short award sponsored by Kodak. The award came with a prize of $3,000 in film stock.
Over thirty short films were in the running for the award.
To date, "I'm 14 and I Hate the World" has been selected for ten film festivals around the world (Italy, Russia, India, South America, US and Canada) and has been nominated for two US-based Maverick Movie Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Performance (Song)
Reinventing the Rose in The National Post
To read the first two chapters of REINVENTING THE ROSE, please click here
"Profoundly Entertaining." - The National Post A gynecologist sues his artist girlfriend to terminate her pregnancy as "return of property."
Kenneth J. Harvey's new novel, Reinventing the Rose, has just been released and is already going into second printing.
Order the novel by clicking on the cover below:
"Particularly Beautiful... Marvellous" -- The Chronicle Herald
Reinventing the Rose is "Particularly beautiful... Marvellous" - The Halifax Chronicle Herald.
To read the first two chapters, click here
To read the first two chapters, click here
"I'm 14 and I Hate the World" is Going to Russia
Reinventing the Rose in Canada
Kenneth J. Harvey's new novel, Reinventing the Rose has been bought by Dundurn Press, Canada's largest independent publisher. It will be released in Canada, June 2011.
To read the first two chapters, click here
Order the novel by clicking on the link below:
TOWN in 6th US paperback printing
* Now in its 6th Printing
U.S. Paperback Edition
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe
Picador USA
Order here:
Reinventing the Rose, Bestseller in Russia
Kenneth J. Harvey's new novel, Reinventing the Rose, is a bestseller in Russia.
The novel concerns a pregnant artist whose gynecologist boyfriend takes her to court with the intention of forcing her to abort her fetus.
Running side by side with the main conflict is the minutely detailed, day by day, development of the embryo.
The book has been the publisher's (Centrepolygraph) number two bestselling book for the past three months. Click here to view publisher's website
This marks the first time that a Canadian author's novel has been published in Russia before any other country.
This is Harvey's fifth novel to be published in Russian translation.
Blackstrap Hawco Wins 2010 Atlantic Canada Reads
Blackstrap Hawco has won the 2010 Atlantic Canada Reads competition.
"One of the quintessential CanLit texts." -Steven W. Beattie, That Shakespearean Rag
The other nominated books were:
February, Lisa Moore
Annabel, Kathleen Winter
The Republic of Nothing, Lesley Choyce
The Push & the Pull, Darryl Whetter
George & Rue, George Elliot Clarke
A Best Book of the Decade, 2000-2009
A selection of other titles included on the list:
* The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
* The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
* Life of Pi, Yann Martel
* Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
* The Road, Cormac McCarthy
* The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
* Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
A Best Book of the Decade
The Town that Forgot How to Breathe
has been named a
Best Book of the Decade
by The National Post, along with:
* Island: The Collected Stories by Alistair MacLeod:
* Life of Pi by Yann Martel
* Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
* River of the Brokenhearted by David Adams Richards
* The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy.
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