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Howe Sound Films<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is a boutique production house, based in Vancouver, Canada.
We create, develop and produce original stories for television and all forms of digital media.<\/p>\n

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Howe Sound Films<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is a boutique production house, based in Vancouver, Canada.
We create, develop and produce original stories for television and all forms of digital media.<\/p>\n

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Awards\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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The Peabody Award<\/strong>, 2005,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Gemini Awards<\/strong>, \u201cBest Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Writing in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Direction in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Editing in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Production Design in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Original Score for a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Leo Awards<\/strong>, \u201cBest Dramatic Series\u201d, \u201cBest Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Columbus International Film & Video Festival<\/strong>, Robert W. Wagner Award for Excellence in Narrative Screen Writing,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Columbus International Film & Video Festival<\/strong>, Bronze Plaque,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Columbus International Film and Video Festival<\/strong>, the Chris Award,\u00a0<\/span>Frostfire<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Banff World Television Festival, Rockie Awards<\/strong>, \u201cBest Miniseries\u201d nominee,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

Dreamspeakers Festival<\/strong>, \u201cBest Drama Over 30 Minutes\u201d,\u00a0<\/span>Frostfire<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter \u201cA-List\u201d<\/strong>, top 5 shows for MIPCOM,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brian McKeown is a Peabody Award-winning writer, filmmaker and producer, co-creator, co-writer and producer of the miniseries,\u00a0<\/span>Human Cargo<\/em><\/strong>, winner of 7 Gemini Awards, including \u201cBest Writing in a Movie or Miniseries\u201d, \u201cBest Miniseries\u201d, four Leo Awards, including \u201cBest Writing\u201d, Best Miniseries\u201d, the Robert W. Wagner Award for Excellence in Narrative Screenwriting and the George Foster Peabody Award.<\/p>\n

Brian is the Producer and Executive Producer of the television feature,\u00a0<\/span>Frostfire<\/em><\/strong>, winner of a Chris Award at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival and \u201cBest Drama over Thirty Minutes\u201d at the Dreamspeakers Festival, the first annual Aboriginal Film Awards.<\/p>\n

From 1985 to 1990, Brian was Producer and Executive Producer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation drama series,\u00a0<\/span>The Beachcombers<\/em><\/strong>, producing close to 100 episodes.<\/p>\n

Brian is also a documentary filmmaker, producer and studio director in news and current affairs with experience throughout Canadian television, including CityTV and CMTV in Toronto, CBC in Toronto and Vancouver and with the educational broadcaster TVOntario.<\/p>\n

He founded Howe Sound Films in 1989.<\/p>\n

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Human Cargo<\/em>, six-hour drama miniseries, is a gripping, deeply-affecting thriller from the global refugee crisis, dealing with issues of asylum, international terrorism, the international aid industry and the Canadian immigration and refugee system. A weave of stories, a collision of worlds: Moses a teacher from Burundi, his family scattered by civil war; Naila, an outcast from Afghanistan on a secret personal mission; Helen Wade, a na\u00efve and entitled young woman off to save herself and the world, in that order; Jerry Fisher, a refugee lawyer collapsing under the weight of it all and Nina Wade a political casualty banished to the Canadian Immigration Refugee Board.\u00a0 A refugee arrives with a secret. What then?<\/span><\/p>\n

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War Wounds and Memory<\/em>, one-hour documentary, is a searing, intimate portrait of five Canadian men, all of whom served with U.S. forces in the War in Viet Nam and who, in the years since, have struggled with civilian life, jobs, marriages, raising children, all the while dealing with the ravages of combat-based Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to its broadcast on CBC, SCN and British Columbia\u2019s Knowledge Network,\u00a0War Wounds and Memory<\/em> has served as a therapeutic tool by Veteran\u2019s Affairs Canada in its Operational Stress Injury clinics across Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Frostfire<\/em>, two-hour television feature, adventure-thriller, set in the Canadian high Arctic. Frostfire is the story of Nelson, a young Inuit caught between two worlds, in full flight from the pull of his family and heritage and from the encroaching demands of white society. On a desolate stretch of Arctic sea-ice, Nelson finds a mysterious woman, alone and dying. His heroic rescue triggers the discovery of a toxic secret from the Cold War and a looming environmental catastrophe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frostfire<\/i>\u00a0was filmed in Vancouver, Yellowknife, NWT and Taloyoak, Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Office Location<\/h3>\n

Howe Sound Films Inc.<\/strong>
5735 Sophia Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5W 2W3 Canada<\/p>\n

Email Address
<\/b>info@howesoundfilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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