2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Pony

Category: Narrative Short  5min sec
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly

Based on an excerpt of the award-winning play, White Biting Dog, by Judith Thompson, Pony, is the story of a young woman who commits a drastic act in the hopes of saving her emotionally dysfunctional lover. While contemplating what she’s done, she travels back to her father’s movie theatre in Kirkland Lake to say goodbye. The film features a beautiful performance by Karyn Dwyer, star of the hit Indie film Better Than Chocolate.

Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Ed Gass-Donnelly is Canadian film and theatre director. Last year he began making the transition from theatre to film with four short films, Pony being his first. His second film, Polished, recently won Best Short Film and Best Actor (William B. Davis, “The Cigarette Smoking Man” from The X-Files) at The Nickel Film and Video Festival in Newfoundland . His other films are Dying Like Ophelia and Empty. Ed’s next film, Pink, goes into production in September 2002.