News and reflections about “Village of Dreams – the Gerrard India Bazaar”

Little India: Village of Dreams Scores CSA Nomination

Producers Nina Beveridge and Paul Hart would like to give a big shout-out to the amazing sound team that worked on “Little India: Village of Dreams”. Congratulations to Co-Composers Phil Strong and Thomas Hoy who are nominated for a 2018 Canadian Screen Award for “Best Original Music, Non-Fiction” We are looking forward to attending the 2018 Canadian Screen…

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Notes on Composing for Little India: Village of Dreams

Composer Phil Strong, Sound Designer Alan Geldart and Composer Thomas Hoy attending the premiere of Little India: Village of Dreams.   UPDATE: LITTLE INDIA VILLAGE OF DREAMS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A 2018 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, NON-FICTION   Notes on Composing for Little India: Village of Dreams – by Composer Phil Strong…

Director’s Statement

Left to right: Location Sound/Editor-Paul Hart,2nd Unit Camera-Luca Caruso-Moro, Cinematographer-Bongo Kolycius, Production Assistant(PA)-Sophie Camille, 2nd Unit Camera-Liam Hart, PA-Ana Sami,PA-Elizabeth Ivanoff, PA-Jamie Hart, Producer/Director-Nina Beveridge photo © Jo-Anne McArthur for Village of Dreams Productions Inc.   When TVO put out a tender entitled “Here, Now, 150” seeking proposals for documentary films that reflected upon our…

Little India: Village Of Dreams – A film by Nina Beveridge

Jatinder Pal Singh behind the counter at Chandan Fashion, photo ©2016 JoAnne McArthur for Village of Dreams Productions Inc. World Broadcast Premiere TVO 9:00 PM July 1, 2017 Little India: Village of Dreams will be available across Canada day after broadcast on tvo.org A storied Toronto South-Asian ‘hood serves as a metaphor For a New…

UCC student to appear in Canada Day documentary

by Steve McLean republished with permission from the author Upper Canada College Grade 11 student Adam Sayani honours his father’s legacy in a documentary titled Village of Dreams that will premiere on TVO on July 1 as part of Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations. “Our film is exploring the entrepreneurial families in the Gerrard India Bazaar,”…

Cross-platform documentary celebrates Toronto’s Gerrard India Bazaar

Inside Toronto – by Joanna Lavoie, Feb 1, 2017 Village of Dreams – Tales from the Gerrard India Bazaar shares stories of neighbourhood’s entrepreneurial families Long-time Gerrard-Coxwell area resident Nina Beveridge is gathering stories from the Little India neighbourhood for her cross-platform documentary project Village of Dreams – Tales from the Gerrard India Bazaar. There…

Outreach campaign for “What’s Your Bazaar Memory?” contest

MPP Peter Tabuns and Producer/Director Nina Beveridge with poster for the “What’s Your Bazaar Memory?” contest and campaign. Only two months to enter the “What’s Your Bazaar Memory?” contest and campaign. It’s time to make some noise! On Jan. 25th we (Social Media Manager Jamie Hart and Producer/Director Nina Beveridge) began our day meeting up with Peter Tabuns, the…

TVO unveils Canada 150 doc programming

Harleen Khorana works her magic behind the counter at Kala Kendar.   By Regan Reid January 4, 2017 …”Beevision Productions’ Village of Dreams (pictured), directed by Nina Beveridge, who produced alongside Paul Hart, will go to air in the summer.” See full article on Realscreen.com “Village of Dreams” producers Nina Beveridge and Paul Hart are…