Pogey Beach

Pogey Beach is a 2018 Canadian comedy film, directed by Jeremy Larter.[1] Spun off from the web series Just Passing Through, whose characters were fans of an in-universe television series called Pogey Beach,[2] the film depicts the world inside the show-within-a-show through a storyline centred on Bethany (Celia Owen), a teenage girl who moves from Toronto to Tracadie, Prince Edward Island with her father Winslow (Dennis Trainor), and becomes fascinated by the diverse personalities who hang out at the local beach.[3]

Pogey Beach
Directed byJeremy Larter
Written byJason Larter
Jeremy Larter
Robbie Moses
Geoff Read
Produced byJason Larter
Jeremy Larter
Robbie Moses
Geoff Read
StarringCelia Owen
Dennis Trainor
Robbie Carruthers
Ryan Cameron
CinematographyRay Lavers
Edited byJeremy Larter
Thom Smalley
Production
company
Rear Gear Productions
Release date
  • September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14) (AFF)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film also stars Robbie Carruthers as Gary Gallant, the leader of the local beach gang who values his leisurely lifestyle and will do almost anything to avoid being sent to work at the local fish plant, and Ryan Cameron as his archrival Lyle MacDonald.[3]

Production

The film was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign, and shot in 2016.[4] However, the team ran out of money to finish the final edit, until receiving a production grant from the Atlantic office of Telefilm Canada in late 2017.[4]

The film premiered at the Atlantic International Film Festival in 2018.[4]

Awards

The film won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Feature Film at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019.[5] It also received nominations for Best Direction in a Feature Film (Larter) and Best Writing in a Feature Film (Jeremy Larter, Jason Larter, Geoff Read, Robbie Moses).[6]

References
  1. "Jeremy Larter on his new film Pogey Beach — and why he's poking fun at P.E.I. stereotypes". Q, February 5, 2019.
  2. Aly Thomson, "P.E.I's Just Passing Through to big screen; East Coast web series to become movie Pogey Beach based on E.I collectors". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, July 22, 2016.
  3. Mitch Macdonald, "From popular web series to feature film". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 23, 2019.
  4. "Pogey Beach movie premiere 'dream come true' for P.E.I. filmmaker". CBC News Prince Edward Island, September 18, 2018.
  5. "Island film wins big at Canadian Comedy Awards". CBC News Prince Edward Island, June 5, 2019.
  6. Alex Cook, "Canadian Comedy Awards: James Mullinger Proud To Be Among Nominees". The East, April 14, 2019.


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