JOVANNA HUGUET-BURKE
Not your typical girl-next-door
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
Starring: Jamie Callica, Emily Tennant, Eowynn Enquist + Jovanna Burke
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?
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16548820/
World Premiere: VAFF - November 2022
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 Women Film Festival ; Rome Women in Film Festival; Golden Bridge Istanbul International Film Festival ; Nepal Cultural International Film Festival ; Symbiotic 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
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 (winner announced Fall 2023)
Post Production
Parallel Forest - 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
Starring: Danielle Deadwyler, Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge
Logline: Follows the journey of Vanessa, a grief-stricken woman who mysteriously finds herself navigating between parallel spaces.
Status: POST Production
Post Production
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
Starring: Derek Anderson, Jeff Evans-Todd, Janet Kidder, Alex Zahara, Alyssa Parker, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Cruze McKinnon and Felix Burke
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.
Status: Post Production
In Development
The Lease -FEATURE FILM
Genre: Thriller
Producer: Jovanna Burke
Writer: Dominique Roy
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.
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
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.
Status: Series Bible/ Pilot Script
IN DEVELOPMENT
Reel Moms-Television Series
30 Min- Dramedy
Creators: Jovanna Burke & Chelsea Hobbs
More info: http://goldendoorprods.ca
Logline: Four female besties commiserate daily about life, death, relationships, motherhood + what being a woman is really like...while also trying to navigate crazy careers in Hollywood North.
Status: Pilot/Bible
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Watchers -Television Series
I Hour- Horror/ Fantasy
Creator: Jovanna Burke
Logline: A skeptical Gen Z is forced to join the ancient family business of...Demon Hunting.
Status: Pilot/ Series Bible
IN DEVELOPMENT
An Exquisite Kind of Empty - Feature Film
Feature Film
Writer: Jovanna Burke
Logline: A washed-up actress pursues one last shot to make it in Hollywood and win back her fame, but it could end up costing her everything that matters to her, including her own life.
Status: Script
IN DEVELOPMENT
The Sandwich Generation- Series
Genre: 30 min Comedy
Creators: Jovanna Burke
Logline: When her father unexpectedly passes away, urban mommy Cassandra, is forced back to her suburban roots, to deal with her ageing hispanic mother and her late father's complicated estate, while also trying to raise her own young family, keep her marriage afloat and survive the 21st century.
Status: Pitch
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
Directed by: Michelle Ouellet
AWARDS
-LEO AWARDS- Best Webseries
-VANCOUVER WEBFEST-Best Canadian Webseries
-LA WEBFEST- Best Dramedy
-LA WEBFEST- Best Director
-LA WEBFEST- Best Cinematography
NOMINATIONS:
-CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS- Best original digital series
-LEO AWARDS- Best Actress (Jovanna Huguet-Burke)
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?
Produced by: Jovanna Burke, Andrew Burke, Lawra Robertson and Phillip Nee Nee
Directed by: Adam Estey
Screenplay: Adam Estey
Story: Jovanna Burke
NOMINATIONS
-LEO AWARDS- Best Actress (Jovanna Huguet- Burke)
-LEO AWARDS- Best Editing (Holly Pawlik)
FESTIVALS
-National Screen Institute Short Film Festival (Canada)
-Action Crime Festival (USA)
-Feedback Film Festival (USA)
-The Zone Festival (Germany)
FEATURED
Film Shortage- https://filmshortage.com/director/adam-estey/
IN DEVELOPMENT
Pedro - Short Film
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: Jovanna Burke
Tagline: Some Secrets Should Not Be Kept
Logline: For several years now Pedro, a diabetic man in his seventies, has been receiving daily visits from his daughter Sofia, who has been acting as his at home health nurse since his wife passed away. When Pedro becomes aware that he is on his death bed and sees the impact it is having on his daughter, it inspires him to tell her his darkest secret, one that he has never shared before. Knowing the end is imminent Sofia accepts the news wholeheartedly and Pedro is finally released from his long-buried trauma.
Status: Script