OAKS Official Site / Gregorie

Gregoire, a feature film written, directed, and produced by Cody Bown. Starring Ben Cotton, Jared Abrahamson, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Emily Haine, Jedidiah Goodacre, Nicole Munoz, Iain Belcher, Robyn Ross, Jesse Haddock, Cameron Crosby, Christine Bortolin, and Misty Oakes. Thanks to Soap2day for supporting this project.

Loosely based on real life events, Gregoire follows four young adults and the choices they make when put at a crossroads of their life. Misha, after dumping her boyfriend – and getting fired from her job, learns that she is pregnant and tries to secure money for an abortion. Her best friend Alexa, who gets let go at the same time, tries to figure out her next moves, while getting involved in a co-workers relationship. Brothers Felix & Louis are successful convenience store robbers, and when a scuffle lands them in trouble, their mother Pauline gives them an ultimatum to find real work or be kicked out and on their own. As they struggle to make choices, their paths cross with one another and their choices affect not only themselves, but their friends, and their families.

Starring

alphabetically

Andrew MacFarlane – Clay
Ben Cotton – Steve
Cameron Crosby – Carson
Christine Bortolin – Aubrey
Emily Haine – Alexa
Iain Belcher – Pierce
Jared Abrahamson – Felix

Jedidiah Goodacre – Louis
Jesse Haddock – Devin
Misty Oakes – Interviewer
Morgan Taylor Campbell – Misha
Nicole Munoz – Laura
Robyn Ross – Pauline


Crew

Executive Producer
Joe McKeough

Associate Producer
Gwen Uhlig

Producers
Cody Bown
Jan Klompje
Tito Guillen
Aaron Mallin

Director of Photography
Jan Klompje

1st AC
Jeremy Cox

Sound Supervisor
Rodolfo Piedras

Sound Designer
Hugh Wielenga

ADR Recordist
Jeff Grout

Production Design
Hanna Fridhed

On Set Sound Recordist
Heraldo Abreu

Composer
Leigh O’Neill

Colo(u)rist
Sam Gilling

Hair & Make Up
Isabelle Fallu

Casting
Kris Woznesensky & Kara Eide

Editor
Cody Bown
Aaron Mallin

Assistant Editor
Mo Barrett

Written & Directed
Cody Bown


Special Thanks

Aaron Mallin
Adam Hussynec
Adrian St. Louis
Arshia Navabi
Beck Hallett

Ben Taylor
Biance Le Roux

Bland Brifkani
Brodie Dransutavicius
Byron Fudge
Charlotte Labelle
Chelsea West
Christos Kalogirou
Cody Clemens
Corey Wiltzen
Doyle Budden
Dylan Kunka
Elaine Budden
Ernest Bown
Gwen Uhlig
Jody Seymour
Joe McKeough
Joshua Fu
Julia Bennett

Katie Thomas
 

Kevin Power
Kurt Walker
Kyle Huculak
Kyle Pigeau
Laura Grafton
Lauren Donnelly
Matt Boone
Mike Boone
Nancy Gauthier
Patti Martinez
Paulette Bown
Rhett Miller
Roberto Martinez
Russell Thomas
Ryan Carty

Seth Lavigne
Shawn Bown
Simon Ryder
Stephanie Power
Steve Lawrence
Tim Sutton
Timothy Fifield
Trevor Clarke
Wendy Bown
Zachary Barrett

From my very first film, I have always wanted to make a film in my hometown of Fort McMurray, AB. I’ve always been heavily inspired by home, and it felt like the right time to finally make something there, instead of faking it in Vancouver. We shot the film with a minimal, very very minimal crew over the span of 15 days in June of 2015. We were thankful to get tremendous support from the local community and had no troubles filming almost everywhere that we needed to. Despite fatigue, our biggest issue with production came in the form of daylight. Northern Alberta only gets 3 hours of darkness in the summer, and this posed rather challenging for the production team.