Silent No More - Louise Pentz: A Voice for Social Change

Andrea has produced, directed, edited, coordinated and filmed for documentaries, live events, experimental and animation films, promotional videos, fiction, and a variety of research projects. Originally from England Andrea has created a life rich with experiences in numerous locations working within several artistic mediums, in the theatre, music, fashion, and digital art industries and her travels have taken her throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, Central America, the USA, and finally to settle in Atlantic Canada. Andrea also has a history of creating memorable conferences, events, and festivals, and coordinated focus group planning, workshops and education programs. She formed her production company The Visual Blueprint Productions in 2005, now based in Nova Scotia and formerly co-partnered Theme Room Films in British Columbia. Andrea’s independent films often result in screenings at local and global venues with official selections for International Film Festivals and featured at educational institutions, conferences and events.

Her documentary film Climate Change and the Human Prospect earned Andrea a Women in Film and Television Atlantic Best Director nomination at the 2019 Screen Nova Scotia Awards and audiences are finding the film to be inspirational in addressing climate change issues. Climate Change and the Human Prospect was officially released on August 24, 2018.

The documentary Silent No More - Louise Pentz: A Voice for Social Change (www.artforsocialchange.ca) co-produced and directed with Grace Butland has shown in educational institutions, a conference, received awards (Audience Choice, Gold Winner, Jury Award Best Short) and continues to screen across North America and on the international film circuit from India to the UK. Official selections at Film Festivals include the 2016 Canadian International Film Festival, Vancouver BC; 2016 Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto ON; 2016 36th Atlantic Film Festival (FIN), Halifax NS; 2017 Shorts On Tap, London, UK; 2018 Global Impact Film Festival, Washington DC, USA and 2019 Women Deliver Film Festival, Vancouver BC.

As Picture Editor for the award-winning documentary Lets Find A Way, Andrea received the Award for Best Editor at the 2009 Toronto ReelHeart International Film Festival, ON. It won the Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Washougal International Film Festival and Best Music Video Award 2009 On Location Memphis International Film Festival and 2009 Mexico International Film Festival.

Her feature documentary Greening the Cube - 100 Mile Housing (www.greeningthecube.com) co-produced and directed with Tyler A. Bradley has been featured at numerous collegiate and post-secondary institutions as an addendum to courses taught in Integrated Environmental Technologies and Green Building and attracted the interest of industry professionals, including the United States Green Building Council and screened internationally. Official selections include the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, BC, Globians Documentary Film Festival, Berlin Germany, and the Greenbuild International Film Festival, Chicago USA.

Andrea is a proud member of Screen Nova Scotia, Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE), Women in Film and Television Atlantic (WIFT-AT), Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative (AFCOOP) and the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC). She continues to cultivate collaborative endeavours and is excited to invite more her way!

Grace Butland
Co-producer, co-director and scriptwriter Grace Butland is a native of Alabama with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Clothing and Textiles from Auburn University. Following a brief corporate career in marketing and human resources, she owned and managed a contemporary crafts gallery in Connecticut for 10 years. As a freelance writer, she has more than 150 published articles to her credit. She wrote regularly for The Crafts Report, the business magazine of the American crafts industry, from 1996 through 2005 and has also written for Canadian publications including Saltscapes, Coastal Life, and Harrowsmith. She immigrated to Canada in 1998, where she turned her energies to her first love of fibre art. She has been an active volunteer with many arts organizations and has served on the Board of Directors of both the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council. She is a founding member of both the Society of the Company of Angels Dance Projects and the Society of Fibre Artists of the Annapolis River. Her fibre work has been included in juried exhibitions of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and the Atlantic Canada chapter of the Studio Art Quilters Association, as well as group exhibitions of the Artists’ Way Collective and the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council. Her short plays have been produced as part of the King’s Shorts Festival of 10-Minute Plays. This is her first film.