Shelagh Carter, a Canadian director and writer, is making her first feature film, Hello, Darling, which portrays a young girl coming to terms with her mother’s mental illness. Carter has been making successful short films for years (producer Polly Washburn says, “They have been circling the globe”), festival favorites. One, in particular, The Darkling Plain is dear to my heart, since I had one of the lead roles in it. It premiered at the Montreal Film Festival, a big deal for all of us, sitting in a giant theatre, eating popcorn, and watching our work unfold on the big screen before us. Carter is a dedicated and passionate artist, with stories to tell piling up inside her head, a film-lover (she’s the one who introduced me to film noir years ago), and a director with a firm grasp of acting technique and cinematography, so that her process is always thrilling. People love working with her. She gets the best out of them.
You can watch a clip of Carter and producer Polly Washburn talk about Hello, Darling at IndieGoGo, and if you’d like to donate to the project (they are looking for funding), there is an opportunity there to do so.
Carter developed Hello, Darling while studying at the Canadian Film Centre’s prestigious Director’s Program, of which she is a graduate. This will be her first feature, and they start shooting next month. Casting is happening right now. The film will be shot in Winnipeg, where Shelagh lives (speaking of Winnipeg!), and will be a home-grown project, more evidence of Canada’s vibrant film community.
You can read more about Shelagh Carter’s work at her website, including taking a look at her director’s reel.
You can get more information about this project at the Hello, Darling Facebook page, and if you are looking for a chance to support independent film-making, then now is the time! They have already raised half of their projected goal.
