Screening at the Montreal World Film Festival 2013, on Sat. Aug. 31 at 9:40pm and Sun. Sept. 1 at 5pm, both screenings at the Cinema Quartier Latin 15.

“it is beautiful and demonstrates a very different way of telling a story." - Werner Herzog

"I've never seen anything like it, an assured hybrid of reenactment and 16mm documentation, disinhibited poetry at every turn, a sophisticated handling and certainty in the material, and it's genuinely moving to boot.” - Guy Maddin

View the Trailer Here

Synopsis:

The grandiose and the provincial mingle in expressionistic frenzy in In the Shadow of the Water Tower. Through a collection of 16mm home-movie footage and stylized re-imaginings, the film recounts the true story of one Curt Paul Smith, complete with baseball-playing bison, trips to Hawaii, and massive wildlife massacres in 1950's Canada. And not necessarily in that order. 
 

Director: Lewis Smithingham (in attendance)

Advising Producers: Guy Maddin & Amy Taubin
Director of Photography: Nathaniel Kramer
Co-Producer & Actor: Curt Smith III (in attendance)
Actors: Doug Chapman and Sarah Baskin (in attendance)
Original Music: Matthew Patton

Length: 30 min.
Genre: Experimental/Documentary/Narrative
Production: Canada/US Co-Production.
 

Hello,

My name is Lewis Smithingham, Executive Producer of Smithingham Films. I am seeking distribution for my most recent short film, In the Shadow of the Water Tower. It is screening at the Montreal World Film Festival, for details see above. I would love to meet with you at one of the screenings or the Film Market. If you would prefer, I could arrange a private viewing for you.

Additionally, the co-producer and lead actors will be on hand at the festival. Please feel free to contact me at lewis@smithingham.com or 1-619-820-3322.

Best, 

Lewis Smithingham