SATORIA MEDIA
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Purple Horse
Documentary
A young child’s mind has no boundaries – horses can be purple, boxes can be castles, raindrops can fill you with superpowers - anything seems possible. Then they enter school. Here kids are primarily taught how to score the “A”, cramping the true creativity and innovation we need to progress through today’s pressing social, environmental and economic climates.
A school program - once considered too radical - is now spreading through schools and handing the baton back to the kids. Memorization won’t help them this time - there’s no right answer on this page.
Purple Horse follows their journeys as each is pushed to confront a deep personal challenge – stage fright, focus, social acceptance and academics. They are set free to grow and learn in a way that will truly impact their futures…and ultimately ours.
Nominated for 2 Leo Awards: Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Musical Score
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producers: Laurie Case, Tanya Maryniak
Forgotten Huts
Documentary
We travel through rural Ethiopia with local heroes who put their own families aside in order to bring clean water to the most remote communities. Intimately told through the voices of two families, we see how the effects of this valued resource go far beyond basic health.
Nominated for 6 Leos - Best Documentary Program, Best Direction in a Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Musical Score in a Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Sound in a Documentary
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producers: Laurie Case, Tanya Maryniak. Mark Chow
Every Child
Documentary
A class of grade-sixers prepare a package to send to kids in the Dominican Republic. We follow the package into the homes of two children, where they share their days with us. From having the "best mom in the world", to hunger pains, to turning purple, to dreams of being president, their honesty and innocence is raw and revealing. An insight into the basics of what every child deserves.
Awarded Prestige Humanitarian Award and Gold Prestige Award for Directing
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Laurie Case
White Rice Soup
Documentary
Chan's family lives on a diet of white rice soup - sole ingredients: white rice and contaminated water. She has already buried 2 children, and the remaining 11 suffer from health problems. In a nearby community, Thon's family lived much the same way before he received a clean water well some 8 years prior. The profound differences between the families emphasizes the potent power of our most valued resource.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Laurie Case
Hope in Haiti
Documentary
Emanuella lost her first shack in the earthquake of 2010. Her new 'home' is nothing more than a few sticks and tarps perched perilously on the edge of a hill. In the nearby town, Julianne used to live in a similar way, but has not only pulled herself out of poverty, but is now a respected leader in her community. This film addresses how a little developmental support can be the catalyst for change in rural Haiti.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Laurie Case
Return to the Congo
Documentary
4 million people were massacred in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the nineties. Violence forced all NGOs out of the country, and help was scarce. As peace falls on the land, we watch as one NGO travels back to help bring security to the people.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Laurie Case
Seeds
Documentary
In the rural mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, families have lost the ability to re-use their land and food is now scarce. When local agronomists arrive, they share ancient organic techniques that bring vibrance back to the forgotten population.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producers: Tanya Maryniak / David Ramos
Health for Free
Documentary
A group of Canadian doctors travel to Guatemala to perform life-changing surgeries on the Mayan people, many of whom have never even seen a doctor.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Jaded
Music Video
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Jeff Bolton
I Can Fly
Music Video
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Jeff Bolton
Ethereal Suits
Music Video
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Jeff Bolton
Urban Soles
Music Video
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
Producer: Jeff Bolton
Gaia
Short Film
Weaving dancing nature creatures with children's nursery rhyme characters, this stylized narrative depicts the battles between man and Gaia - mother nature.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
View From Nowhen
Short Film
A visual poetic journey through time.
Director / Editor: Tanya Maryniak
EDITOR
Johnny Cash American Rebel
Documentary Feature
An epic tribute to the gifted artist, social activist and legendary entertainer, the film celebrates the life and artistry of the Man in Black through the unique perspective of twelve of his greatest songs. Over four decades, the film reveals Cash's passion, musicality and messages against war, injustice, racism and prejudice. Featuring Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp and Rodney Crowell.
Leo winner for Best Documentary Program and Best Musical Score in a Documentary; Leo nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary
Directors: Jordan Tappis, Derik Murray
Producer: Derik Murray
Network: CMT
Emergency Room: Life And Death At VGH
Documentary Series
A record-breaking doc series that delves deep into the real-life dramas of one of British Columbia’s busiest emergency departments. Examining the high-intensity, life-and-death stakes of emergency medicine, and the important issues that arise, the series shines light on the everyday heroes we hope we'll never need.
Director: Kevin Eastwood
Producers: Louise Clarke, Andrew Williamson, Dave Moses
Network: Knowledge Network
Do You Really Want to Know?
Documentary Feature
A documentary about the complex emotional, ethical and psychological issues surrounding the new frontier of predictive genetic testing. The film follows three families who have been confronted with the decision of whether or not to be tested for Huntington's disease - a degenerative neurological illness that is akin to having ALS, Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. As scientists discover more ways to identify diseases before we know we have them, "do you really want to know?" asks the question more and more of us will face.
Director: John Zaritsky
Producer: Kevin Eastwood
Network: Knowledge Network
Father Figures
Documentary
Father Figures follows a Canadian filmmaker throughout Asia as she examines her 73-year-old Caucasian father's romantic relationship with a 23-year-old woman living in the Philippines. On the wedding day, a lie is revealed rocking both Canadian and Filipino communities.
Producers / Directors: April Perry / Gillian Hrankowski
Network: Knowledge Network
Eat Street
Lifestyle Series
Comedian James Cunningham explores the vibrant and trendy North American street food scene.
Producer / Director: Peter Waal
Network: Food Network
Liberty USA
Documentary Feature
LIBERTY, U.S.A. takes viewers on a road trip into six of America’s 208 towns called “Liberty” to explore this celebrated and conflicted American ideal through the lives of ordinary Americans.
Director / Producer: Alan Handel
Network: CBC
Dust Up
Documentary Series
A wild ride that lets viewers get a cockpit-eye view of three maverick crop dusters – 73-year-old Bud Jardine, his rebellious son Brennan Jardine, and ambitious newbie Travis Karle – who chase their dreams at 150 mph, five feet off the ground. These three are not your typical pilots.
Producer: Ed Hatton
Director: David Massar
Network: History Channel
Combat School
Documentary Series
A documentary series that follows – for the first time ever – infantry soldiers as they undergo the most technologically-advanced, intense and realistic combat training in military history. Granted unprecedented access, the cameras follow a platoon of 40 men and women from the time they commence their training until they are ready to be deployed.
Producer: Terry McKeown
Director: David Massar
Network: Discovery Channel
Anna and Kristina's Gocery Bag
Lifestyle Series
Fast-paced award-winning series that follows Anna and Kristina as they evaluate whether cookbooks can be followed by the average non-culinarian.
Director: Jordan Kawchuk
Producer: Heather Hawthorne Doyle
Network: W Network
Wild Horse Redemption
Documentary
At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hard-core criminals are given 90 days to tame wild mustang horses. Most of the inmates who volunteer for the program have never trained a horse before, or even ridden one.
Director: John Zaritsky
Producer: Terry McKeown
Network: CBC
Unzipped
Info Series
A 13-part series that brings experts together to discuss many secrets of sex.
Producer: Jeff Bolton
Director: Kari Robinson
Network: Global TV
9/11: A Teen's Perspective
Documentary Feature
After the biggest terrorist attack on US soil, teens gather to express the concerns of their generation - one who will inherit the new policies and fears of the country.
Producer /Director: Sharyn Joffe
Network: CTS Television
The Outhouse
Lifestyle Series
Two families compete for the biggest transformation of their gardens in disarray.
Producer: Val Hyduk
Network: OLN