Farpoint Films

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]

Farpoint Films

Industry	Film and Television
Founders	John Barnard & Kyle Bornais
Headquarters	Winnipeg , Canada
Key people	Chris Charney, Scott R. Leary, Markus Henkel and Trevor Suffield
Divisions	Farpoint Distribution
Website	www.farpointfilms.com

Filmography

Film

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	A Fable About Beauty	Short
2011	The Paper Nazis	Documentary short
2012	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	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	The Swearing Jar
2023	Blood
2024	Levels

Television

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	The Illegal Eater	Lifestyle series
2014	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	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

Awards

Year	Production	Awards	Category	Nominee	Result
2001	The Gypsy Moon Circus Show	Blizzard Awards	Best Editing: Non-Dramatic	John Barnard	Won
2003	Cemetery Love Story	Blizzard Awards	Best Direction: Drama Short	John Barnard	Won
2007	Gorilla Trap	Accolade Awards	TV Short Documentary		Won
2009	Lost Bones: In Search Of Sitting Bull's Grave	Hugo Television Awards	Best Documentary History/Biography		Won
		Accolade Awards	Award Of Excellence		Won
2010	Winnipeg Burlesque	Derby City Film Festival	Best Documentary Film		Won
2013	The Sheepdogs Have At it	Tenerife International Film Festival	Best Directing of a Feature Documentary Series	John Barnard	Won
2014	The Illegal Eater	Banff World Media Festival	Best Lifestyle Series		Won
2014	The Medicine Line	Yorkton Film Festival	Best Documentary Series		Won
2016	Escape Or Die!	Yorkton Film Festival	Best Documentary Series		Won
2017	Room for Rent[a]	LA Comedy Festival[5]	Best Film		Won
			Best Screenplay	Matthew Atkinson	Won
			Best Actor	Brett Gelman	Won
		Chicago Comedy Festival[6]	Best Feature		Won
			Best Actress	Stephnie Weir	Won
2017	Menorca	UBCP / ACTRA Awards	Best Actress	Tammy Gillis	Won
		Black Sea Film Festival	Best Narrative Feature		Won
			Best Actress	Tammy Gillis	Won
		Western Canadian Music Awards	Visual Media Composer Of The Year	Mitch Dorge	Nominated
		Solaris Film Festival	Best Director	John Barnard	Won
			Best Actress	Tammy Gillis	Won (tie)
		Windy Awards	Best Sound Design	Mitch Dorge	Won
			Best Production Design	Gord Wilding	Won
			Best Cinematography	Markus Henkel	Won
			Best Feature Length Film		Won
		Noida International Film Festival	Best Actress	Tammy Gillis	Won
2018	Bachman	Gimli Film Festival	Audience Choice Award		Won
2018	Room for Rent[a]	Canadian Film Festival[7]	Best Feature		Won
			Best Set Design	Gord Wilding	Won
		Canadian Comedy Awards[8]	Best Direction	Matthew Atkinson	Won
			Best Writing	Matthew Atkinson	Won
			Best Performance	Mark Little	Won

1. Room For Rent won awards at two 2017 film festivals, a 2018 film festival and for its 2018 theatrical release