FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / DECEMBER 10, 2012 WRECK OF THE EMPRESS FEATURE DRAMA ACQUIRED BY CARLTON FILMS Carlton Films recently acquired the feature drama Wreck of the Empress directed by Nicholas Kinsey and shooting next summer in the old Quebec City courtroom on St. Louis Street in Old Quebec City. The movie will be released in 2014 during the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. The feature will recreate the Commission of Enquiry into the disaster with a large cast of British, American, Norwegian and Canadian actors.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 CARLTON FILMS HAS ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY DRAMA TV PILOT COTTAGE IN AMERICA Carlton Films start to look for Canadian and foreign broadcasters for the immigrant family drama Cottage in America starring Flutra Zymi, Robert Fleet, Constantine Kourtidis and Mirush Kabashi. Carlton is looking to sell a complete season of 10 x 45 minutes or 13 x 26 minutes. The TV pilot was shot in 2010 and recently completed. The producer intends to shoot new episodes during the summer of 2013.

Communiqué de Presse / le 22 avril 2009 Lancement du long métrage L’Acolyte (v.f. du film The Backup Man): Moncton (Empire Cinéma, Dieppe) le 1 mai Hull (Starcité) le 8 mai Sherbrooke  et Québec à venir Sudbury, Tracadie, Bathurst, Campbellton, New Carlisle, Amqui à venir Suite à une sortie en salles réussie en version anglaise dans l’est du Canada et à Montréal, Les Films Carlton relancent la comédie long métrage L’Acolye (v.f. du Backup Man) dans l’est du Canada et au Québec. Une co-production de Cinegraphe et News-Cast.com mettant en vedette Isabelle Cyr (Karmina, Chambres en ville, Rumeurs), Dennis Cutts (Lakefront) Patrizio Sanzari, et Constantine Kourtidis . C’est l’histoire de deux policiers d’une petite ville, d’une femme en fuite et d’un tueur à gages. Le tournage du film a eu lieu dans les régions Madawaska et Temiscouata en octobre 2005. Le film a tous les atouts pour plaire au public: une petite ville, des personnages sympathiques, des émotions fortes et une excellente mise en scène. Le public va adorer Patrizio Sanzari, un acteur comique de Montréal un peu à la Marty Feldman qui joue le jeune policer. Isabelle Cyr est magnifique dans le rôle d’une femme italienne en fuite. Dennis Cutts donne une performance remarquable dans le rôle du policier mature qui perd les pédales face aux conneries de son copain. Le film est été réalisé par Doug Sutherland de Fredericton, NB et produit par Nicholas Kinsey et Sutherland. Ce long-métrage est une collaboration de Film Nouveau-Brunswick, Téléfilm Canada et Les Films Carlton. Casting par Josa Maule et Janet Clarke; direction artistique par Jonathan Best; direction-photo et montage par Nicholas Kinsey; maquillage par Annie Lampron; la scripte, Micheline Beaulieu; enregistrement sonore par Adam Brown et Stéphane Lamontagne, et composition de la musique originale par Ralf Cassidy Bindels et Rocky Ripley (slide guitar) de Petitcodiac. Les effets sonores ont été enregistrés par Horret Kuus du Film Audio de Tallinn en Estonie et le mixage sonore par Jerome Boiteau du Studio Expression à Québec. Le laboratoire était Deluxe de Toronto et le son ultrastéreo a été encodé par Studio Sound de Rome en Italie. Le long métrage a été tourné sur film 35mm (1.85 ratio) et la bande sonore est Ultrastéreo surround (Dolby SR).

For Immediate Release / November 24, 2008 My Best Friend's Deception wraps! Cinegraphe Productions has completed principal photography and is now in post-production on the new Quebec/NB feature comedy My Best Friend's Deception starring Kristin Wallace (The Sketched Connection, If the Devil comes), Virginia Leigh (So Dear, So Fine, Addict), Rene Defazio (Figure One, Two of Hearts, Hitman), the American actor Thomas Daniel (Law & Order, CSI-NY, Sex and the City, etc.) and Brad Carmichael (The Master Plan, Scam, A Day in the Life). This refreshing new comedy tells the story of two suburban best friends who decide to kill off each others’ husbands in order to keep from having to move apart. Jessica and Fran are played by two new Canadian comedy talents Kristin Wallace and Virginia Leigh. The superb cast is directed by the award-winning Quebec feature director Nicholas Kinsey (Killing Ruth - the Snuff Dialogues, Women Without Wings, Short Change). Kinsey met the American writer and playwright Robert Fleet at Cannes in 2006 and immediately optioned Fleet’s comedy script. "We were looking for good comedy scripts for the Canadian theatrical market and were having a hard time finding any comedy scripts that fit our requirements. Writers in Canada aren’t very interested in comedy", said the director. "Our relationship with Robert has been fantastic and further collaboration is expected."    The film is a Super Channel, Carlton Films, and Cinegraphe Productions collaboration and a Quebec/New Brunswick co-production with tax credits from the Quebec SODEC, NB Film and CAVCO.. The film was produced by Nicholas Kinsey and Doug Sutherland of Fredericton, NB and shot in Quebec City. Crew credits include casting by Josa Maule, production management and coordination by Andree Tousignant and Julie Lambert, production design by Erica Schmitz, set dressing by Emily Belanger, photography by Nicholas Kinsey, costumes by Judith Cyr, makeup by Tammy-Lou Pate, continuity by Veronique Lefort, 1st assistant director Doug Sutherland, camera assistants Steve Currie, Daniel Greenwood and Natasha Lemay, sound recording by Robert Gemmell and Andrew J. Guptill, lighting by Gary Beatty. The 35mm negative film was developed by Deluxe Labs of Toronto. The writer and director is Nicholas Kinsey. A Canadian of English origin, born in Ontario and raised in England, Kinsey is a highly versatile writer-director-producer. His knowledge of the industry is wide-ranging, having been a director of photography, a scriptwriter, a film editor and a feature film director. His director credits include Short Change (1989), Women Without Wings (2002) that won a Silver Remi at the Houston Worldfest 2003, and Killing Ruth - the Snuff Dialogues (2008) now in post-production. His producer credits include the features Lakefront (2004) and The Backup Man (2006).

For Immediate Release / October 6, 2008 Killing Ruth wraps after a 6-week shoot! Cinegraphe Productions has completed principal photography and is now in post-production on a new and exciting Quebec/NB feature thriller Killing Ruth - the Snuff Dialogues starring Irena Huljak in the role of Ruth (Fragments, Finding Doris), Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, Cujo, Secret Admirer, The Frighteners, 10, and E.T. directed by Stephen Spielberg) in the role of the MS patient Mrs Conners and Kevin Jackson in the role of the bail bondsman Porter (Bogus, Hero, Rosewood). The superb cast is directed by the award-winning Quebec feature director Nicholas Kinsey (Women Without Wings, Short Change). The Croatian-born Toronto actress Irena Huljak is one of the best young actresses in Canada today and her performance in the film is nothing less than extraordinary. Dee Wallace has over 100 feature credits including appearances on The Agency, Crossing Jordan, The Perfect Husband: The Scott Petersen Story and Cold Case. Kevin Jackson is one of the finest black American actors of his generation having played opposite Dustin Hoffman and Whoopi Goldberg. Killing Ruth tells the story of the hitwoman Ruth Keeley. After killing an elderly woman in a nursing home, Ruth befriends the woman’s neighbour (Dee Wallace) and a strange relationship develops between the two women. In their conversations Ruth reveals her life as a contract killer. The film is a Super Channel, Carlton Films, and Cinegraphe Productions collaboration and a Quebec/New Brunswick co-production with tax credits from the Quebec SODEC, NB Film and CAVCO. The cast includes Patrizio Sanzari, Susan Corbett, Constantine Kourtidis, Daryl Taylor, Doug Sutherland, Paul Burke, Christian Bako, TJ Cheslea, Michaela Barnes, Aldo Terelli, Sam Croitoru, Barry Hatt, Margo Hayes, Kathryn Ann Keery, Pat Rogers, Shawn Fitch and Sebastian Maclean. The film was shot in Edmundston, Cabano, Rivière du Loup, Notre Dame du Portage, Notre Dame-du-Lac, Pohénégamook, Quebec City and the Reserve faunique Rimouski. Crew credits included casting by Josa Maule and Julie Matthews, production management and coordination by Andree Tousignant and Pascale Pomminville, production design by Andrew Long, photography by Nicholas Kinsey, costumes by Judith Cyr, makeup by Tammy- Lou Pate, continuity by Veronique Lefort, 1st assistant director Doug Sutherland, camera assistants Steve Currie and Daniel Greenwood, and sound recording by Jordan Roherty and Robert Gemmell. The 35mm negative film was developed by Deluxe Labs of Toronto. The writer and director is Nicholas Kinsey. A Canadian of English origin, born in Ontario and raised in England, Kinsey is a highly versatile writer-director-producer. His knowledge of the industry is wide-ranging, having been a director of photography, a scriptwriter, a film editor and a feature film director. His director credits include Short Change (1989) and Women Without Wings (2002) that won a Silver Remi at the Houston Worldfest 2003. His producer credits include the features Lakefront (2004) and The Backup Man (2006).

14 Days in Paradise goes into Second Week May 2, 2008 Carlton Films feature comedy 14 Days in Paradise gets a second week in theToronto area. The film screened in Uruguay and at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007: Empire Studio 10 Square One, 100 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario 905-275-2640 AMC Interchange 30, 30 Interchange Way, Concord, Ontario  416-335-5323 Montreal: TBA An AFT Productions international feature co-production (Canada/Uruguay) starring Nicholas Campbell (The Englishman’s Boy, Cinderella Man, Da Vinci’s Inquest), Jeff Roop (Regenesis), Patricia Wolf and Maria Del Mar (Terminal City, JAG, 24) directed by Bill Marks (Enter... Zombie King, Curse of the Iron Mask). 14 Days in Paradise is a charming madcap comedy about cold hearts in the heat of the Uruguayan sun.

Carlton Films releases 14 Days in Paradise April 25, 2008 Carlton Films are launching the new Bill Marks feature comedy 14 Days in Paradise in theToronto area starting on April 25, 2008. The film screened in Uruguay and at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007: Empire Studio 10 Square One, 100 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario 905-275-2640 AMC Interchange 30, 30 Interchange Way, Concord, Ontario  416-335-5323 Montreal: TBA An AFT Productions international feature co-production (Canada/Uruguay) starring Nicholas Campbell (The Englishman’s Boy, Cinderella Man, Da Vinci’s Inquest), Jeff Roop (Regenesis), Patricia Wolf and Maria Del Mar (Terminal City, JAG, 24) directed by Bill Marks (Enter... Zombie King, Curse of the Iron Mask). 14 Days in Paradise is a charming madcap comedy about cold hearts in the heat of the Uruguayan sun. Ten years ago, Alex Johnson was on top of the world as the most popular member of a famous boy band. These days however, Alex's star doesn't shine so high or so bright and while his career is over, the only thing holding him together is his up and coming marriage to Veronica, a Uruguayan beauty queen. But when Alex and his parents, Al and Barbara, travel to his winter home in beautiful Punta del Este, things fall apart in a very bad way when Al winds up in bed with Veronica. Shot in Punta del Este, Uruguay and in Toronto, this romantic comedy filled with Uruguayan culture and music is sure to keep you laughing with unforgettable characters that become entangled in a hilarious mess of passion, lust and lunacy.. Other cast members include Lucas Yarza, Imilce Vinas, Marina Artigas and Adam Macdonald. The movie is written by Sean K. Robb and Bill Marks, produced by Eduardo Bensusan, Greg Irwin, Bill Marks and Sean K. Robb. Casting by Marjorie Lecker & Bruno Aldecosea, editing by D. Gillian Truster, photography by James Griffiths, music composition by Catalin Calinescu, and line production by Elena Roux. To check out the film, go to: http://www.14daysinparadise.com

Women Without Wings opens in Prishtina, Kosovo! November 19, 2007 The writer/director Nicholas Kinsey has been invited to present his feature film Women Without Wings starring Katya Gardner, Micheline Lanctôt, Besa Imani, Gjovalin Gjoni, and Alfred Trebicka at the UP Skena Film Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo this week (Nov. 22-24). The movie won a silver Remi award at the Houston Worldfest 2003 and was selected for numerous festivals including Montreal, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Victoria Independent Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival, Tiburon International Film Festival, Bergamo Film Meeting in Italy, Newport Beach Film Festival in California, the Atlantic Film Festival and the Festival of India in New Delhi. The award-winning movie about Albanian virgins (women who live out their lives as men) was released theatrically in Canada, in Switzerland (Kino Xenix, Zurich), and in Albania (Millennium theatre, Tirana) and then went on to play on pay-TV across Canada (The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Écran). The movie will be screened several times during the festival and then open in a new cinema in January 2008. In addition to promoting Women Without Wings, Kinsey will be in Prishtina to meet several Albanian-speaking actresses for a lead role in his new TV drama series Cottage in America about a family of Albanian immigrants living in Canada, which he hopes to shoot next summer in Quebec and New Brunswick. He will also be meeting with the national broadcaster RTK in the Kosovo capital. "This is a very tense time to go to Kosovo where national elections have just elected a new government dedicated to liberating Kosovo from Serbia,", says Kinsey.

Patrizio Sanzari is the "Backup Man, a new comic face in Montreal, now on the big screen! (October 24, 2007) After a successful launch in Atlantic Canada, the feature comedy The Backup Man is moving west and will open on November 2 for a one week engagement at the Guzzo Cinema (Mega-Plex Spheretech 14 in Ville St-Laurent (3500 Côte Vertu, north of Metropolitain Blvd) in Montreal. A Cinegraphe/News-Cast.Com feature starring Isabelle Cyr (Karmina, Chambres en ville, Rumeurs), Dennis Cutts (Lakefront), Patrizio Sanzari, and Constantine Kourtidis directed by Doug Sutherland. This is the story of two small town cops, a woman on the run and a big time hit man. The movie was shot in Quebec and New Brunswick in October 2005. The "backup man" is played by Patrizio Sanzari, a natural comic who comes from an Italian family in Montreal, but has been working in Vancouver for over a year.  Patrizio’s expressive features and on-camera spontaneity come from a solid background in theatre. He studied theatre at Concordia University. His film and TV credits include Rumours, P-Brane, Virginie, Hallowed Halls and Blue Line. He also worked at a standup comic (The Mic and I, Watch Mojo.com and has a good deal of theatre experience (Jujubes, Hamlet Machine, Marathon 33, etc.). In addition to his acting talent, Patrizio is fluent in Italian and French. Patrizio will be flying in from Vancouver to promote the picture in Montreal with local actors Isabelle Cyr, Constantine Kourtidis and Susan Corbett. The movie is in its second week in Halifax, Moncton, St.John, and Edmundston where the audience reaction has exceeded all expectations. "We were blindsided by this one - we didn’t see it coming," says Nicholas Kinsey of Carlton Films, the Canadian distributor of the movie. "The dumb cop character (Renfield) played by comic actor Patrizio Sanzari of Montreal is a new Mr Bean and the public just love him. This little movie could go really big..." "Patrizio is an amazing comic actor with very expressive eyes - a bit like Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein) or Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean). He has a natural gift for comedy, and came up with some great comic touches of his own on set," says the director Doug Sutherland. "He and Dennis Cutts, who plays Renfield's long suffering partner Murphy, have terrific chemistry together." "It is great to discover new comedy talent in Montreal since comedy has always been a great force in the city. We cast the picture in Toronto, at the Montreal School of Performing Arts in Montreal and in Atlantic Canada, and were amazed by the talent base in Montreal," says Kinsey.

THE BACKUP MAN MOVES WEST: NOVEMBER 2 RELEASE IN MONTREAL! (October 23, 2007) After a successful launch in Atlantic Canada, the feature comedy The Backup Man is moving west and will open on November 2 for a one week engagement at the Guzzo Cinema (Mega-Plex Spheretech 14) in Ville St-Laurent (3500 Côte Vertu, north of Metropolitain Blvd) in Montreal. "Other screens in the Montreal area may be confirmed later this week along with an Ottawa release date," says Nicholas Kinsey of Carlton Films, Canadian distributor of the movie. A Cinegraphe/News-Cast.Com feature starring Isabelle Cyr (Karmina, Chambres en ville, Rumeurs), Dennis Cutts (Lakefront), Patrizio Sanzari, and Constantine Kourtidis directed by Doug Sutherland. This is the story of two small town cops, a woman on the run and a big time hit man. The movie was shot in Quebec and New Brunswick in October 2005. The film has all the elements to make this a crowd pleaser. Small town, likeable characters, warm fuzzy/feel good emotions and great acting. The public will love Patrizio Sanzari, a Marty Feldman type comic actor from Montreal, who plays the dumb cop. Isabelle Cyr is fantastic in the role of the Italian woman on the run. The public will also enjoy the performance of Dennis Cutts as the mature cop who is driven into a violent rage by his idiotic partner. The "backup man" Patrizio Sanzari will be flying in from Vancouver to promote the picture in Montreal with local actors Isabelle Cyr, Constantine Kourtidis and Susan Corbett. Other actors in the area include Susan Corbett, Marty Daniels, Freya Ravensbergen, Farland Dowell, Chuck Halliday, John Thomas, Danielle Berthiaume, Daniel Stringer and Jack Messenger of Ottawa. The movie is playing in its second week in Halifax, Moncton, St.John, and Edmundston where the audience reaction has exceeded all expectations. "We were blindsided by this one - we didn’t see it coming," says Kinsey. "The dumb cop character (Renfield) played by comic actor Patrizio Sanzari of Montreal is a new Mr Bean and the public just love him. This little movie could go really big... "We are hoping to continue our move west over the next month into Ontario. Other plans include a limited New England release after Christmas, but first we need to get a US rating which will take a while," says Kinsey.