Ben's at Home

Ben's at Home
Poster
Directed byMars Horodyski
Written byMars Horodyski
Dan Abramovici
Produced byMars Horodyski
Dan Abramovici
Anneli Ekborn
StarringDan Abramovici
Jessica Embro
CinematographyWalter Pacifico
Edited byMike Reisacher
Production
companies
Awkward Silence Productions
Cinemars Productions
Sabeth Productions
Distributed byPacific Northwest Pictures
Release date
Running time
70 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000

Ben's at Home is a 2014 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Mars Horodyski.[1] The film stars Dan Abramovici as Ben, a man who responds to an emotional breakup on the eve of his 30th birthday by rearranging his life so that he will never have to leave his apartment again, only to have his desire to live as a hermit challenged when he and Jess (Jessica Embro), a regular driver for his food delivery service, develop a romantic interest in each other.[2]

The cast also includes Jim Annan, Rob Baker, Craig Brown and Inessa Frantowski.

The film was shot in August 2013 on a budget of just $20,000, half funded by Horodyski and Abramovici and half by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.[3]

The film premiered in April 2014 at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.[4]

Awards

At Houston, the film won the award for Best Comedy Feature.[4]

It won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival,[4] and the award for Best Feature Film at the 2015 Canadian Film Festival.[5]

Horodyski won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Direction in a Film at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards.[6]

References

  1. ^ Adrian Mack, "Ben's at Home takes a dump on social media". The Georgia Straight, July 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Linda Barnard, "Ben’s At Home is a simple charmer: review". Toronto Star, May 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Linda Barnard, "Filmmakers Mars Horodyski and Dan Abramovici put heart, soul and all their money into indie film Ben’s At Home". Toronto Star, May 28, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Brendan Kelly, "FFM: Like their protagonist, Toronto filmmakers quick to create". Montreal Gazette, August 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Ben’s at Home heads to Pacific Northwest Pictures for Canada". Playback, March 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Greg David, "22 Minutes and Samantha Bee among Canadian Comedy Award winners". TV, eh?, September 15, 2015.


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