Caroline Coutts
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Caroline Coutts is an independent filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada.
She was born in Wick, Scotland and moved to British Columbia with her
family when she was three years old. Caroline is a graduate of the
Directors' Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and has a B.A. in
Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
Caroline's work as a filmmaker references fables, fairy tales and
myths. Her films take place long ago, or in fantasy worlds, and
evidence a distinct visual style. In storytelling, Caroline strives for
a subversive (sometimes comic) approach that combines with a female
sensibility to give a new spin to age-old tales.
Her previous short films as a writer/director/co-producer include "The
Old Woman in the Woods," a half-hour Gothic fairy tale combining live
action and stop motion puppet animation to tell the story of two little
girls who disobey their mother for a glimpse into a magical other world
and end up paying dearly for their caprice. The screenplay, adapted
from the classic fairy tale "The New Mother," by Lucy Lane Clifford, is
set in England in 1882.
The film screened at Worldfest-Houston, Screamfest Horror Film Festival
in Los Angeles, Yorkton Film Festival, Reel 2 Real Film Festival for
Youth in Vancouver and Louisville's International Festival of Film. It
was nominated for seven Leo Awards, for Best Short Drama, Direction,
Screenwriting, Performance by a Female, Sound Editing, Musical Score
and Production Design; was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award at the
Yorkton Film Festival for Best Drama; and won a Silver Remi Award at
the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
Other films include "DogBoy," a b&w lyrical fable about a little boy
abandoned by his parents and adopted and raised by a pack of feral
dogs. The film screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival,
the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston,
the Atlantic Film Festival and the Reel 2 Real International Film
Festival for Youth, among many others.
"DogBoy" won the Special Jury Remi Award for Best Original Narrative
Short at Worldfest-Houston (making it eligible for the Genie Awards),
the Deborah Gabler Legacy Award at the Women in Film Festival in
Vancouver, as well as eight Leo Award nominations (and two wins) for
Excellence in British Columbia Filmmaking. It has since aired on the
Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public television network.
"The Beast of Dulle Griet" is a fantastical fairy tale set in the 16th
century, in a village built entirely underground, where all the
townsfolk live in mortal dread of a terrible monster. The film screened
at the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, the Rogers Online Short Film
Showcase, the Satellite Short Film Festival and others, and was
nominated for four Leo Awards (and won two).
"The Lonely Passion of Petar the Pig Farmer" is a surreal comic fantasy
about a lonely pig farmer who wishes, above all else, for a beautiful
wife to take care of him. A partial list of festivals includes the
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film
Festival, Worldfest-Houston and the Raindance Festival of Independent
Film in London, England. The film won a Bronze Remi Award for Best
Original Comedy Short at Worldfest-Houston.
Caroline's films have been awarded grants from the Canada Council for
the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the National Film Board of
Canada Filmmakers Assistance Program and Cineworks Independent
Filmmakers Society's Production Fund. She has sat on juries for the
DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festivals, and works as
a film curator and programmer when not making films.
She was born in Wick, Scotland and moved to British Columbia with her
family when she was three years old. Caroline is a graduate of the
Directors' Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and has a B.A. in
Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
Caroline's work as a filmmaker references fables, fairy tales and
myths. Her films take place long ago, or in fantasy worlds, and
evidence a distinct visual style. In storytelling, Caroline strives for
a subversive (sometimes comic) approach that combines with a female
sensibility to give a new spin to age-old tales.
Her previous short films as a writer/director/co-producer include "The
Old Woman in the Woods," a half-hour Gothic fairy tale combining live
action and stop motion puppet animation to tell the story of two little
girls who disobey their mother for a glimpse into a magical other world
and end up paying dearly for their caprice. The screenplay, adapted
from the classic fairy tale "The New Mother," by Lucy Lane Clifford, is
set in England in 1882.
The film screened at Worldfest-Houston, Screamfest Horror Film Festival
in Los Angeles, Yorkton Film Festival, Reel 2 Real Film Festival for
Youth in Vancouver and Louisville's International Festival of Film. It
was nominated for seven Leo Awards, for Best Short Drama, Direction,
Screenwriting, Performance by a Female, Sound Editing, Musical Score
and Production Design; was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award at the
Yorkton Film Festival for Best Drama; and won a Silver Remi Award at
the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
Other films include "DogBoy," a b&w lyrical fable about a little boy
abandoned by his parents and adopted and raised by a pack of feral
dogs. The film screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival,
the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston,
the Atlantic Film Festival and the Reel 2 Real International Film
Festival for Youth, among many others.
"DogBoy" won the Special Jury Remi Award for Best Original Narrative
Short at Worldfest-Houston (making it eligible for the Genie Awards),
the Deborah Gabler Legacy Award at the Women in Film Festival in
Vancouver, as well as eight Leo Award nominations (and two wins) for
Excellence in British Columbia Filmmaking. It has since aired on the
Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public television network.
"The Beast of Dulle Griet" is a fantastical fairy tale set in the 16th
century, in a village built entirely underground, where all the
townsfolk live in mortal dread of a terrible monster. The film screened
at the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, the Rogers Online Short Film
Showcase, the Satellite Short Film Festival and others, and was
nominated for four Leo Awards (and won two).
"The Lonely Passion of Petar the Pig Farmer" is a surreal comic fantasy
about a lonely pig farmer who wishes, above all else, for a beautiful
wife to take care of him. A partial list of festivals includes the
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film
Festival, Worldfest-Houston and the Raindance Festival of Independent
Film in London, England. The film won a Bronze Remi Award for Best
Original Comedy Short at Worldfest-Houston.
Caroline's films have been awarded grants from the Canada Council for
the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the National Film Board of
Canada Filmmakers Assistance Program and Cineworks Independent
Filmmakers Society's Production Fund. She has sat on juries for the
DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festivals, and works as
a film curator and programmer when not making films.