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Ice Breakers

Sandi Rankaduwa
2019 | 15 min

Selections and Awards

  • Official SelectionFIN Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2019)

  • Official SelectionMontreal International Black Film Festival, Québec (2019)

  • Official SelectionPan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, California (2020)

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Team


Sandi Rankaduwa
Writer and Director


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Rohan Fernando
Producer


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Annette Clarke
Executive Producer


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Photo : Dave Howells



Credits

Written and Directed by
SANDI RANKADUWA

Director of Photography
ANDREW MACCORMACK

Edited by
MILLEFIORE CLARKES

Sound Design by
JUDITH GRUBER-STITZER

Music by
JEFF JOHNSTON

Produced by
ROHAN FERNANDO

Sound Recordist
ANDREW RILLIE

Additional Sound
YALITSA RIDEN

Drone Services
SKYLINE STUDIO

Grip
KEITH MITCHELL

Production Assistant
ERICA MEUS-SAUNDERS

Researcher
SANDI RANKADUWA

Consultants
RICARDO ACOSTA
ANDREW MACCORMACK

Transcriptionist
LISA CLARKE

Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizers
JEFF JOHNSTON

Cello
SHEILA HANNIGAN

“A Cappella”
Written & composed by ASHTON SIMMONDS and JORDAN EVANS
Performed by DANIEL CAESAR
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing and
Golden Child Recordings

Visual and Sound Archives Courtesy of
CROOKS FAMILY
GOLDEN CHILD RECORDINGS
NOVA SCOTIA ARCHIVES
SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING
STRYKER-INDIGO NEW YORK

Production Supervisor
ROZ POWER

Technical Coordinators
DANIEL LORD
CHRISTOPHER MACINTOSH

On-line Colourist
DOUG WOODS
902 POST INC.

Assistant On-line Editor
ROBERT CARRIGAN

Title Design
ROBERT CARRIGAN

Re-Recording
ISABELLE LUSSIER

Music Mixer
PIERRE YVES DRAPEAU

Foley Artist
KARLA BAUMGARDNER

Dialogue Editor
SANDY PINTEUS

Digital Editing Technicians
PIERRE DUPONT
ISABELLE PAINCHAUD
PATRICK TRAHAN

Sound Technician
BERNARD BELLEY

Senior Production Coordinator
CHERYL MURGATROYD

Studio Administrators
CAMILA BLOS
LESLIE ANNE POYNTZ

Marketing Manager
JOHANNA LESSARD

Marketing Coordinator
JOLÈNE LESSARD

Publicist
PATRICIA DILLON-MOORE

Legal Counsel
PETER KALLIANIOTIS

Executive Producer Quebec & Atlantic Studio
ANNETTE CLARKE

Executive Director English Program
MICHELLE VAN BEUSEKOM

Part of the RE-IMAGINING NOVA SCOTIA shorts series



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