JOVANNA HUGUET-BURKE
Grand Boulevard Entertainment
Festival Circuit
Jane - Short Film
Genre: Drama
Writer: Jovanna Burke
Director: Sydney Scotia
Producer: Jovanna Burke
Co-Producers: Alex Vance, Braydon Langford, Erin Boyes, Phil Planta, Wai Sun Chen, Kimi Alexander, Emily Tennant
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Starring: Jamie Callica, Emily Tennant, Eowynn Enquist + Jovanna Burke
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Logline: When a misunderstood young wife in the late 19th century is restricted by her well intentioned physician husband to a summer of bed-rest, her imagination takes her down a spiral of what we think is her descent into madness, but is it?
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IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16548820/
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World Premiere: VAFF - November 2022
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Festivals: (to date)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival; Vancouver Independent Film Festival; Chilliwack Independent Film Festival; Rhode Island International Film Festival; Canada Shorts Film Festival; Venice Shorts Film Awards; Toronto Women Film Festival; Big Sur Film Festival; Yucca Valley Film Festival; Columbia Film Festival; Spotlight Film Festival; New York International Women Film Festival ; Rome Women in Film Festival; Golden Bridge Istanbul International Film Festival ; Nepal Cultural International Film Festival ; Symbiotic Film Festival; Paris International Women in Film Festival; Brooklyn International Short Film Festival; Three Fires International Film Festival; Montreal Independent Film Festival; The Bay International Film Festival; Hobnobben International Film Festival; Yellowstone International Film Festival
Awards: (to date)
Award of Excellence - Canada Shorts Film Festival -Jane
Best Editing- Venice Shorts Film Awards - Nathan Young
Best Actress- Vancouver Independent Film Festival - Jovanna Burke
Best Director- Vancouver Independent Film Festival - Sydney Scotia
Best Canadian Filmmaker - Toronto Women Film Festival - Sydney Scotia
Best Screenplay - Toronto Independent Festival of Cift - Jovanna Burke/Jane
Best Short Screenplay - Comox International Film Festival - Jovanna Burke /Jane
Best Production Design - New York Women Film Festival - Tracy Labrosse
Best Musical Score - Tabloid Witch Awards - Liz Huang and Brandon Smith
Best Short Film - Toronto Feedback Film Festival
Best Director - Rome Women Film Festival
Best Drama/Horror Short - Spotlight International Film Festival
Nominations: (to date)
Best Actress - Chilliwack Independent Film Festival - Jovanna Burke
Best Actress - Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival - Jovanna Burke
Best Cinematography - Canadian Cinematography Awards - Peter Planta
Best Short Film - Brussels World Film Festival
Best Short Film - The Bay International Film Festival
Best Short Film - Montreal Independent Film Festival
Best Short Film - Brooklyn International Short Festival
Best Short Film - Nepal Cultural International Film Festival
Best Short Film - Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival
Best Actress - Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival
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Limted Theatrical Release / VOD
Parallel - Feature Film
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Writer: Jonathan Keasey, Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge
Director: Kourosh Ahari
Producers: Rumble Riot:Sean Lydiard, Jaylen Moore + Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge
Executive Producer: Jovanna Burke, RJ Collins, Bondit
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
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Starring: Danielle Deadwyler, Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge
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Logline: Follows the journey of Vanessa, a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces.
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Status: FINISHED
Festival Circuit
A Brothers Bond -FEATURE FILM
Genre: Drama
Producer: Jovanna Burke
Director: Braydon Langford
Writer: Wade Wishloff + Braydon Langford
Co- Producer: Kevin Parkhouse
Associate Producers: Jeff Evans-Todd, Jessica Pegram
Editor: Marc DaVinci
Executive Producer: Wade Wishloff
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Starring: Derek Anderson, Jeff Evans-Todd, Janet Kidder, Alex Zahara, Alyssa Parker, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Cruze McKinnon and Felix Burke
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Logline: When two estranged brothers lose their father in a car accident, they must go on a series of adventures to re-ignite their bond before receiving their inheritance.
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Status: Premiered February 2024: Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, CA (Golden State Film Festival)
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Lease -FEATURE FILM
Genre: Thriller
Producer: Jovanna Burke
Writer: Dominique Roy
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Logline: When a domestic abuse survivor seeks refuge in an all-female social housing complex, she finds the building run by a predatory manager and decides to take matters into her own hands.
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Status: Script + Shopping Agreement +Pitch Package
IN DEVELOPMENT
Hartley House -Television Series
1 Hour - SciFi Period Drama
Creators: Jovanna Burke & Chelsea Hobbs
More info: http://goldendoorprods.ca
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Logline: When her dearest patients start to go missing, an ambitious nurse begins to unravel the mysteries behind the asylum that she works at...only to discover the true meaning of her own twisted past.
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Status: Series Bible/ Pilot Script
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Sandwich Generation -Web-Series
20 Min- Sitcom/Comedy
Creators: Jovanna Burke & Chelsea Hobbs
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Logline:"The Sandwich Generation" is a heartwarming exploration of love, laughter, and the inevitable chaos that ensues when three very different sisters come together to care for the woman who raised them, proving that family bonds are not only complicated and beautiful but also at times surprisingly intense and challenging. Their interesting relationships and the joint custody of their mother takes centre stage in this hilarious comedy.
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Status: Bible - Seeking development funds
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Watchers -Television Series
I Hour- Horror/ Fantasy
Creator: Jovanna Burke
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Logline: When a skeptical 22-year-old loses her father and finds out that she is a part Angel/Human hybrid, she and her brother set off on a series of adventures to avenge their father and fight horrifying otherworldly creatures in order to get him back.
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Status: Pilot/ Series Bible/ Pitch Deck
IN DEVELOPMENT
Brick + Mortar
Limited Series
Creators: Jovanna Burke + Dominique Roy
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Logline: When an opportunity to develop dream homes lands in her lap, an ambitious young woman must swindle unsuspectinghome buyers in the 1980s to invest in her shiny new development before her fraudulent scheme is exposed.
Status: Script /Pitch Deck
IN DEVELOPMENT
Eleanor Bly Mysteries - Movie Wheel Series
Feature Film Series
Creators: Jovanna Burke + Chelsea Hobbs
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Logline: Upon inheriting her great-uncle's historic railway station, a recently widowed restoration specialist, Eleanor, unravels her family's dark secrets, propelling her into a new passion, investigating the railway's history and the mysteries concealed in the forgotten suitcases she finds there.
Status: Script /Pitch Deck
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Summoning of Mr.Black
Feature Film
Genre: Psychological Horror
Writers: Kevin Parkhouse + Jovanna Burke
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Logline: When a teenager suffering from dissociative identity disorder suddenly loses her father to addiction, her trauma shows up in the form of an alt-personality which she must learn to defeat before she loses everyone and everything she cares about.
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Status: Pitch Deck + Script
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Uprising - Feature Film
Genre: Sci-Fi
Creator/Writer: Jovanna Burke
Logline: In a future where emotions are regulated by AI, a defiant data analyst uncovers a passion for ancient culinary and artistic expressions, sparking a sweeping revolution that challenges the oppressive regime controlling her smart city.
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Status: Pitch Deck/ Outline
PAST PROJECTS
THE TRUE HEROINES
This 6-Part web-series won and was nominated for several prestigious Canadian awards including a 'Canadian Screen Award' for best original web series in 2014.
Created by: Jovanna Burke, Nicholas Carella, Paula Giroday, Joel Sturrock and Fiona Vroom
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Directed by: Michelle Ouellet
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AWARDS
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-LEO AWARDS- Best Webseries
-VANCOUVER WEBFEST-Best Canadian Webseries
-LA WEBFEST- Best Dramedy
-LA WEBFEST- Best Director
-LA WEBFEST- Best Cinematography
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NOMINATIONS:
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-CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS- Best original digital series
-LEO AWARDS- Best Actress (Jovanna Huguet-Burke)
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THE TRAP
When a young woman has had enough of her abusive, low-life criminal husband, she devises a vengeful escape plan to save her life and ruin his.


Written and directed by Adam Estey, The Trap is a progressive discovery of Audrey’s (Jovanna Huguet-Burke) unraveling scheme to escape from her abusive husband Marvin (Josh Blacker). Will she succeed in her quest for wealth and independence, or is her ruthless, cunning husband too much for her to handle?
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Produced by: Jovanna Burke, Andrew Burke, Lawra Robertson and Phillip Nee Nee
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Directed by: Adam Estey
Screenplay: Adam Estey
Story: Jovanna Burke
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NOMINATIONS
-LEO AWARDS- Best Actress (Jovanna Huguet- Burke)
-LEO AWARDS- Best Editing (Holly Pawlik)
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FESTIVALS
-National Screen Institute Short Film Festival (Canada)
-Action Crime Festival (USA)
-Feedback Film Festival (USA)
-The Zone Festival (Germany)
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FEATURED
Film Shortage- https://filmshortage.com/director/adam-estey/
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