What is Hazy Pictures?

Lisa Hayes & Verna HayesHazy Pictures Inc. is a Toronto based film production company formed by Lisa Hayes in 1995 with the production of her first short film.

Biography:

Lisa Hayes has written and directed eight short films and produced one feature film. These award winning films have been shown at over 100 film festivals around the world, and have been broadcast in France, Canada, USA, Spain, and Australia. In addition to making her own films, Lisa has worked on dozens of film productions, filling a variety of positions, from Picture Editor to Camera Assistant. She was the Technical Co-ordinator at a film co-op, The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) for over five years, and was an Associate Producer at Savi Media with veteran producer, Alex Raffé for three years.

Lisa Hayes at The HorseshoeFilmography:

Goldirocks*, 2003, 94 minutes, 35 mm, colour
Mammogram, 2003, 7 minutes, 16 mm, colour
Sahara, 2001, 3 minutes, super 8, colour
Lez Be Friends, 2000, 13 minutes, 35mm, colour
My Grandma's Boyfriend, 1999, 11 minutes, BetacamSP (shot on super 8 and DV), colour
The Colonel, 1999, 4 minutes, BetacamSP (shot on super 8), colour
Women Are Not Little Men, 1998, 15 minutes, 16 mm, colour and B&W
Grandpa's Fingers, 1997, 4.5 minutes, 16 mm, colour
DIKE, 1996, 8.5 minutes, 16 mm, colour

All short films were written, directed and produced by Lisa Hayes.
* Goldirocks was produced by Lisa Hayes, written and directed by Paula Tiberius.

Awards

Prize of the Ministry of the Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic for My Grandma's Boyfriend at the XXVI International Festival of Professional Films, TV and Videoprograms EKOTOPFILM 99 , October 1999.

Honorable Mention for Women Are Not Little Men at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, March 1999.

Audience Favorite for DIKE, Making Waves Women's Film & Video Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998

Best Short Film for DIKE, Critics Circle, Sydney International Film Festival, Australia, 1996

Best of the Fest Screening for DIKE, Inside/Out Film & Video Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1996

Distribution:

For film rentals of DIKE, Grandpa's Fingers, or Women Are Not Little Men, contact The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC)

For all sales and broadcast sales, contact Hazy Pictures.

My Grandma's Boyfriend and The Colonel are distributed soley by Hazy Pictures Inc.

Photo Credit: Lisa Hayes and Verna Hayes while shooting My Grandma's Boyfriend, . Photo by Lisa Cupoli, © 1998.

 

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