Brian Lye

Films included in the Directing Reel (in order of appearance):

Boxman Hong Kong Lonely Heart (2011, 16mm)
A Happy Day (2010, 16mm)
Love Birds (2010, 35mm)
The Hidden Track (2019, HD)
Frazey Ford – Done (2015, HD) *Co-directed with Jen Weih and Frazey Ford
Peach Juice (2012, HD) *Co-directed with Callum Paterson and Nathan Gillis
Carry Me Home (2011, 16mm)
Look At Them Run, Why Are They Running? (2008, 16mm)
Training A Fool Is Not A Joke (2011, 16mm)

Music: Nantes by Beirut

2010, 35mm, 7 minutes

Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival 2011

Writer/Director - Brian Lye
Cinematographer - Yana Rits
Production Design - Jana Hauskrechtova
Producer - Yana Rits, Tomas Hruby
Executive Producer - David Havas/FAMU/FAMU INTERNATIONAL
Composer - R.Shiraz/Adam Teeling
Editor - Michal Reich and Brian Lye
Sound Mix/Design Bara Hovorkova
Sound Recordist – Jose Martinez

Cast:

Maja Kovac
Bedrich Levy
Jiri Suchy
Karel Zima

Awards:

- The Ellen, Filmmaker to Watch Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2011
- Staff Favourite, Couch Fest 2011, Iceland
- Best Film – Quickie’s Erotic Short Film Festival, San Francisco 2011
- Best Film - Primavera Film Festival, Sydney Australia 2010
- Director's Choice, Best Comedy, Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico 2011

Screenings:

- Future Shorts 2013, UK
- Sundance Film Festival 2011, USA
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2011, Australia
- LA Film Festival 2011, USA
- Fantastic Film Festival 2011, Sweden
- Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2012, Canada
- Guanajuato International Film Festival 2011, Mexico
- Edmonton International Film Festival 2011, Canada
- Calgary International Film Festival 2011, Canada
- Telluride Film Festival 2011, USA
- 1 Reel Film Festival 2011, Seattle, USA
- Sydney Underground Film Festival 2011, Australia
- Couch Fest Film Festival 2011, Iceland
- New York No Limits 2011, USA
- L'Etrange Film Festival 2011, France
- Seattle International Film Festival 2011, USA
- Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela 2011, Spain
- Apen Shortsfest 2011, USA
- Nashville International Film Festival 2011, USA
- Florida Film Festival 2011, USA
- Rincon International Film Festival 2011, Puerto Rico
- Rooftop Film Festival 2011, New York City
- FEC Cambrils-Reus Short Film Festival 2011, Spain
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2010, Canada
- Syracuse International Film Festival 2010, USA
- Go Short Film Festival, 2011, Njimegen, The Netherlands
- Flatpack Festival 2011, Birmingham, UK
- Primavera Film Festival 2010, Sydney Australia
- Canal+ Television Network, 2011, France, Africa, Switzerland
- SBS Television Network, 2011, Australia

2012, Animation, 8 minutes

Director: Brian Lye, Callum Paterson, Nathan Gilliss
Animator: Callum Paterson, Nathan Gilliss
Writer: Brian Lye
Producer: Public Ritual
Voice Actors: Kerrie Gee, Matthew Spears
Composer: Benjamin Schuetze
Sound Mix: Mike Nasseri

Winner of:
"Best Animation" - New Hampshire Film Festival 2012
"Honourable Mention for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film" - Vancouver International Film Festival 2012

Screenings:

Mecal Chile 2013
Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil 2013
Ozu Film Festival, Italy 2013
Tallgrass International Film Festival 2013
Cinefest, Sudbury International Film Festival 2013
Chicago International Film Festival 2013
Milwaukee Film Festival 2013
Traverse City Film Festival 2013
Seattle International Film Festival 2013
Maryland Film Festival 2013
Monterrey International Film Festival 2013
Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2013
Regard Sur le Court Métrage, Saguenay Canada 2013
Mecal Short Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain 2013
Salt Spring Film Festival, Canada 2013
Vancouver International Film Festival 2012
ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco Brazil 2012
New Hampshire Film Festival 2012
Oaxaca Film Festival 2012
Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival 2012
Edmonton International Film Festival 2012
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2012
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2012
Montreal World Film Festival 2012
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2012
Telefilm Canada's 'Canada Not Short On Talent' Clermont Ferrand 2013 Marketplace Screening

Feature Film, currently screening on OKKO

2019, 2h 18 min

Directed by Brian Lye

Writers: Brian Lye (Screenplay) Valentina Nazarova (Novel)

A young woman from Russia travels to London to investigate the disappearance of her older sister, who vanished years ago. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Valentina Nazarova

Production Companies:
Red Carpet Studios Moscow
Oakhill Productions UK
Rits Film UK
Filmed in London, UK

Starring Ekaterina Shumakova, Alan Pryle, Tim Aitken Smith, Jack Parr, Dougie Wood, Luke Hobson, Alex Reynolds, Terry Sweeney, Nastia Zinovieva, Austin Caley, Josephine Starte

Release Date: August 2019 (Russia)

Produced by
Ali Causon ... producer
Natalia Gerasimova ... producer
Anton Kalinkin ... executive producer
Anastasia Raykova ... associate producer

Music by
Jack Whitney
Kris Ellestad

Cinematography by
Yana Rits-Cairns

Film Editing by
Emil Joseph
William Winfield

Art Direction by
Octavia Crawford Collins

Makeup Department
Alena Kolosunina ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Finan ... first assistant director

Sound Department
Mike Higgs ... boom operator
Sean Moher ... re-recording mixer / sound editor
Mike Shackleton ... sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Anna Okuneva ... grafic design artist
Anastasia Stoyanova ... visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Camil Liberto ... bestboy grip
Michail Panov ... gaffer
Robert Cairns ... camera operator
Dan Chasson ... second assistant camera
Zane Garrett ... second assistant camera
Bradley Stearn ... first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Samantha Crossley ... costume supervisor
Georgina Simmons ... costumer

Music Department
Trish Klein ... music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department
Andrei Khvostoff ... script editor

Other crew
Zachary Cash
Jack Ford
Oscar Lucking

2013, 16mm, 1 minute 30 seconds
Filmed on the Joe Henry Highway, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory

Official Selection of Images Festival, 2016, Toronto, Canada

Feature length documentary about the history and impact of East Africa’s first skateboard park.

Currently in post production.

2011, 16mm, 4minutes 30 seconds
A playful and low tech love story.

Screenings:
-Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2012, Canada
-Lahore International Children's Film Festival 2012, Pakistan
-Vancouver International Film Festival 2011, Canada

2015, HD, 4 minutes

Director: Brian Lye and Jen Weih 

Producer: Greg Crompton (Artaban Productions)

Label: Nettwerk Music

Dancers: Zoe Oppenheim and Vanessa Terrell

Choreography: Allan Dobbs

Cinematography: Greg Gillespie

Camera Operator: Chino Saavedra

Stylist: Mila Franovic

1st AD: Mara Perez

Grip: Paola Cernicchiaro

Makeup: Jenna Kuchera

Hair Stylist: Frida Norrman

Production Assistant: Chantal Del Puppo

Craft Services: Mike Scorgie

Commissioned by: Jenna Baum at Nettwerk

Editor: Brian Lye

Colourist: Chino Saavedra

Directors: Brian Lye, Jen Weih, Frazey Ford
Producer: Greg Crompton / Artaban Productions
Cinematographer: Greg Gillespie
Assistant Camera: Sean Dykink
Stylist: Mila Franovic
Make-up: Becca Randle
Choreographer: Candace Roberts
1st AD: Madison Friesen, Camille Hollett-French
Editor: Brian Lye
Colorist: Chino Saavedra

Frazey on the inspiration for “The Kids Are Having None of It”:

This song came out of a desire to envision change as though it has already happened and to champion the incredible movements that we’re seeing right now. Beyond our collective fear and anger about what is and isn’t happening, to create an image of the wave of change that most of us would like to see.

The cast of the video are all close friends, moms and neighbourhood kids that my son grew up with. We had a beautiful day, being together. I think the love of community, real relationships, and the willingness to include the experiences of others is the real basis of activism.

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” - Ursula K. Leguin

“The Kids Are Having None of It" – the Vancouver-based soul-Americana artist's first new music since her breakthrough 2014 album Indian Ocean. "Kids" is an activism anthem about empowering and enabling future generations – an urgent protest song moved the burgeoning activism of young leaders-of-change. Co-produced by Frazey and John Raham (Dan Mangan, Stars, Jon Bryant, Joshua Hyslop), “Kids” is activist folk music at its core, with Frazey's calm, confident warning compelled by a visceral bass guitar backbone: “Get out of the way / You’ve had your day / And it’s no longer how we gon’ play.” The accompanying video by co-directors Brian Lye and Jen Weih (creators of Frazey's video for "Done") is a strong statement on the fabric of youth, community, and unity that envelops "Kids."

2012, 16mm, 9 minutes

A young girl combines cardboard boxes, music, and love to deal with a family tragedy.

A Secret Film Society Production / secretfilmsociety.net

Screenings:
Buster Film Festival for Children and Youth, Denmark
Primavera Film Festival, Sydney Australia
Blue Mountains Film Festival, Australia

Cast
Andie Skinner
Kath Skinner
David Skinner

Writer and Director - Brian Lye
DOP - Michael McLennan
Camera Operator - Gustavo Farraco
Camera Assistant - Juhyun Pak
Sound - Juhyun Pak and Brian Lien
Producer - David Young
Executive Producer - Michael McLennan
Production Designer - Katharine Thornton
1st AD - Karen Crespo
Sound Mix - Jeff Yellen
Special Thank You - Sydney Film School, Bob and Annette Charter, Licia Heydrich, Jennie Hwang, Miguel Palhinha

2008, DV, 9 minutes

A documentary film about the son of a champion show pug.

- Sand Fly Short Film Festival 2010, Australia
- Viva Leichhardt Film Festival 2009, Australia
- Global Chinese University Film Festival in Hong Kong 2009, Hong Kong
- Museum of Sydney, 2009, Australia

2013, 16mm

Film by
Brian Lye and Zuzanna Juszkiewicz

shooting format 16mm

A co-presentation between Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society &
The Tomorrow Collective's Brief Encounters series.

Cast

Anwar Nasr
Gosia Juszkiewicz
Zoe Oppenheim
Travis Bernhardt
Ruben Tillman

Crew

Directors of Photography : John Woods and Michael Krizaj
Gaffer : Ryan Skeete
Assistant Director : Jason Karman

Opening Song

Honour and Blood by Dear Suzy

Filmed on Kodak Vision 16mm (10 years expired!)
Processed at Niagara Custom Lab
Scan done at Cineworks on the JK by Zuzia and Brian

Special Thanks

Wendy Fleet
John Woods
Amy Fung
Jon Ornoy
Megan Bodaly
The Donaldsons of Bradner Farms, BC
Cineworks
The Tomorrow Collective

Cineworks, The Tomorrow Collective, and the filmmakers would like to thank the City of Vancouver and British Columbia Arts Council for their support.

2008, 16mm, 6 minutes

Viva Leichhardt Film Festival 2009, Sydney, Australia

Winnipeg Cinematheque 2013, Winnipeg, Canada

Dancing the Parenting, Process and Testimonials is a 10 min documentary on the creative process of a group of parents and their children aged 0-4 years old dedicated to dance and performance led by choreographer Julie Lebel.

Filmed between October 2014 and January 2015 at Creekside Community and Recreation Centre in Vancouver. The documentary was filmed and edited by Brian Lye.

Dancing the Parenting lead artist and choreographer: Julie Lebel

2005, DV, 9 minutes

Reel Asian Film Festival 2011, Toronto, Canada
Design Festa 2005, Tokyo, Japan