| Farpoint Films | |
| Industry: | Film and Television |
| Founders: | John Barnard & Kyle Bornais |
| Location City: | Winnipeg |
| Location Country: | Canada |
| Key People: | Chris Charney, Scott R. Leary, Markus Henkel and Trevor Suffield |
| Divisions: | Farpoint Distribution |
Farpoint Films is a television and film production company founded in 2000 by John Barnard and Kyle Bornais and based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have produced more than 500 hours of national and international award winning television and film projects. Productions include Room for Rent, Sorry for Your Loss,[1] From the Vine, The Illegal Eater,[2] Escape Or Die![3] and The Medicine Line.[4]
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wild Cherry | ||
| 2010 | Mother's Day | ||
| 2010 | We're The Weakerthans, We're From Winnipeg | Documentary film | |
| 2010 | Drop the Nickel | Documentary short film | |
| 2010 | data-sort-value="Fable About Beauty, A" | A Fable About Beauty | Short |
| 2011 | data-sort-value="Paper Nazis, The" | The Paper Nazis | Documentary short |
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Sheepdogs Have At It, The" | The Sheepdogs Have At It | Documentary |
| 2012 | Champion City: The 1896 Winnipeg Victorias | Documentary short | |
| 2014 | Teen Lust | ||
| 2014 | Lost Heroes | Documentary | |
| 2014 | Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap: Every Song Tells A Story | Documentary | |
| 2016 | Menorca | ||
| 2017 | Room for Rent | ||
| 2018 | Bachman | Documentary | |
| 2018 | Sorry for Your Loss | ||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Perfect Match, The" | The Perfect Match | |
| 2018 | Love, Of Course | ||
| 2019 | From the Vine | ||
| 2022 | Seeking Fire - In Production | Documentary | |
| 2022 | Strong Son - In Pre-Production | ||
| 2022 | Wintertide - In Post Production | ||
| 2022 | Vandits | ||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Swearing Jar, The" | The Swearing Jar | |
| 2023 | Blood |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sierra's Song | Documentary short | |
| 2007 | There's Something Out There | Documentary TV film | |
| 2007 | Warriors TKO | Documentary series | |
| 2008 | House Party | Comedy series | |
| 2009 | Winnipeg Burlesque | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Willy's Garage | TV documentary short | |
| 2010 | Musical Ghosts | TV documentary movie | |
| 2010 | Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave | TV documentary movie | |
| 2011 | Book of Vaudeville | TV documentary movie | |
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Illegal Eater, The" | The Illegal Eater | Lifestyle series |
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Medicine Line, The" | The Medicine Line | Documentary series |
| 2015 | Escape Or Die! | Documentary series | |
| 2017 | Kid Diners | Lifestyle series | |
| 2018 | My Misdiagnosis | Documentary series | |
| 2019–2021 | Cruise Ship Killers | True crime, 2 seasons | |
| 2019 | I Hostage | Documentary series | |
| 2019 | Alive | Documentary series | |
| 2020–2022 | Ice Vikings | Documentary, 3 seasons | |
| 2020 | data-sort-value="Day My Job Tried To Kill Me, The" | The Day My Job Tried To Kill Me | Documentary series |
| 2021 | Disaster Déjà vu | Documentary series | |
| 2021 | Dying to be Famous: The Ryan Singleton Mystery | True crime series | |
| 2022 | Sunshine Slayings - | in production | |
| 2022 | Shoot To Kill | in post production | |
| 2022 | Heartland Homicide | True crime series |
| Year | Production | Awards | Category | Nominee | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Gypsy Moon Circus Show, The" | The Gypsy Moon Circus Show | Blizzard Awards | Best Editing: Non-Dramatic | John Barnard | |
| 2003 | Cemetery Love Story | Blizzard Awards | Best Direction: Drama Short | John Barnard | ||
| 2007 | Gorilla Trap | Accolade Awards | TV Short Documentary | |||
| 2009 | Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave | Hugo Television Awards | Best Documentary History/Biography | |||
| Accolade Awards | Award Of Excellence | |||||
| 2010 | Winnipeg Burlesque | Derby City Film Festival | Best Documentary Film | |||
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Sheepdogs Have At it, The" | The Sheepdogs Have At it | Tenerife International Film Festival | Best Directing of a Feature Documentary Series | John Barnard | |
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Illegal Eater, The" | The Illegal Eater | Banff World Media Festival | Best Lifestyle Series | ||
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Medicine Line, The" | The Medicine Line | Yorkton Film Festival | Best Documentary Series | ||
| 2016 | Escape Or Die! | Yorkton Film Festival | Best Documentary Series | |||
| 2017 | Room for Rent | LA Comedy Festival[5] | Best Film | |||
| Best Screenplay | Matthew Atkinson | |||||
| Best Actor | ||||||
| Chicago Comedy Festival[6] | Best Feature | |||||
| Best Actress | ||||||
| 2017 | Menorca | Best Actress | ||||
| Black Sea Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | |||||
| Best Actress | ||||||
| Visual Media Composer Of The Year | Mitch Dorge | |||||
| Solaris Film Festival | Best Director | John Barnard | ||||
| Best Actress | (tie) | |||||
| Windy Awards | Best Sound Design | |||||
| Best Production Design | Gord Wilding | |||||
| Best Cinematography | Markus Henkel | |||||
| Best Feature Length Film | ||||||
| Noida International Film Festival | Best Actress | |||||
| 2018 | Bachman | Gimli Film Festival | Audience Choice Award | |||
| 2018 | Room for Rent | Canadian Film Festival[7] | Best Feature | |||
| Best Set Design | Gord Wilding | |||||
| Canadian Comedy Awards[8] | Best Direction | Matthew Atkinson | ||||
| Best Writing | Matthew Atkinson | |||||
| Best Performance | ||||||