As 2018 draws to a close, we thought we'd give a summary of our key activities over the past year:
In the spring of 2018, Louise Abbott received a joint grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the MRC Memphremagog to make three short documentaries about three artists living in the Eastern Townships. She has nearly finished shooting all three videos and shall begin post-production in early 2019.
In the summer of 2018, Louise Abbott and Niels Jensen travelled north to Nemaska for the first screening of Cree Tourism: Creating the Career of Your Dreams, Rural Route Communication's latest documentary for COTA:
Louise has also shot much of the footage for a documentary about the history and contemporary role of the Ayer's Cliff Fair that is scheduled for completion in late 2019.
She is now in the thick of shooting yet another documentary about the restoration of a round barn in Mansonville that dates to 1912.
Niels Jensen is serving as drone operator and lighting technician for all of these films, while Montreal cameraman Vito DeFilippo is helping out on formal interviews.
On December 5, 2018, Radio Canada broadcast a report about the round barn restoration project that shows a quick shot of Louise and Niels at work:
Niels is now planning an exhibition for Studio Georgeville about a Townships garden that he has photographed over the course of more than one year.
No shortage of creative work for Rural Route Communications!
