Halfie Films 🦨

Last year we had the honour of accepting “Best Canadian Documentary” at @tinffestival ✨ Hugest thank you to the team for being the beating heart and labour for this film. @halfiefilms first recognition and honoured to share it with them 🙇🏻‍♀️💕

“because sam says so” Writer and Director @taitaniahiguchi Director of Photography @kaydenjamesb Editor and Colourist @kaydenjamesb Starring @taitaniahiguchi and @jimmer98 This fun little short film was written, filmed and edited in a day and a half thanks to Kayden and Jim 🫶🏻 It’s always fun hanging and creating with Kayden but this time I got to reunite with an old friend, Jimothy! Seeing them both thriving and dreaming big was inspiring, and made the trip to Toronto all the more special. This is a film for those who believe in love songs more than love itself 💌

DON’T BE A PUSSY One night, when the cine and sound team were eating dinner I mentioned I wanted to be a dictator that has cats as her side bitches. My silly friends supported this idea, thus this film was made! Thank you to the cast and crew for pulling through on their day off to make this short film happen. I was high when I wrote the script, wrote a couple lines and passed out so I asked Genki and Kayden to improvise the whole thing, and they killed it. Kayden and I loosely planned how much time we had for each location and shots. It was a 7-8 hour day, and we pulled a camera cart through the muddy town and utilized what we had. Planning the shotlist was so fun - still one of my favourite things to plan in pre-production, and with all the historical context that Barkerville had to offer, we were full of ideas. Thank you to Nina for letting us use her equipment for free, she did a phenomenal job as our sound mixer, boom op and 2nd AC. Nigel our DP, our guiding light and stellar person is always so fun to work with and did a wicked job with all the zooms. We pretty much shot with all natural lighting, very indie, very low-budget except for the equipment that we were able to borrow for free from our awesome DP Mike (who was the DP of the web-series we were working on at Barkerville). Thank you Mike, for always encouraging us to be kids. Now the star of the show, Bubba - we all fell in love with Bubba at an instant, and I hope that shows in this film that was inspired by him. Also huge shoutout to Stu who allowed us to film here with an open heart and to Adam who went into town to buy us kitty litter! Everyone was so supportive of this film, we even had a screening on our last night there and the team sat at a table together and cringed the whole way through. We got a lot of laughs, and surprisingly a lot of people were moved too. Thanks everyone ❤️ @barkervillebc Available to watch on our Youtube channel now.

A little peak into our world 🌎 Thank you to everyone for another Halfie Films shoot in the bag! Can’t believe how lucky I am to work with such amazing people. Thanks for the best photos to our hero @laipointfive iykyk

🧩 FRAGMENTED 🔪 It was an absolute honour to work with some of the kindest and hardest working people. All with the vision and leadership of @ninauyuu . 💕🥹 Everyone was an absolute star and it’s crazy to think I got to watch it all happen thanks to them⭐️ Incredible photos taken by @ruthtau007g

I’m peeing my pants as we speak Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the best of the best @nardwuar 🫶🏼 Please be as cool as The Human Serviette and support our work through our gofundme linked in our bio 💕 Doot doola doot doo … doot doo! 🦨

[Part 2] pinecones and seashells by @soyjoymusic It’s difficult to restrain myself from sharing these cute faces on your feed 🫶 All photos by photography wizard @mmmmooeeeeee

[Part 1] BTS of pinecones and seashells by @soyjoymusic All photos taken by the incredible @mmmmooeeeeee ❤️

pinecones and seashells by SoyJoy “This is the best set I’ve been on” words from Jordan as we were wrapping up the shoot. Filming this MV as our first project under Halfie Films was an incredibly fulfilling experience thanks to the band, cast, crew and community who supported us. My wish is that we can continue to make projects that foster our visions and values, because it would be a freaking shame to miss out on a crew like this. Our stories are sacred just like this team. Link in our bio to watch the full video! CAST Juniper @juniper_safety_pin Xo/Yaz @caldoid Hana @hanahuggins Cigarette Girls @fukada_saki @_king.beef @winononononona @walkslikeraine Cool Hat Girl @alyssafavero Happy Couple @starboi.dennis Happy Couple @aurora_borealis2 CREW Director @taitaniahiguchi Writer @walkslikeraine Story by @taitaniahiguchi Producers @taitaniahiguchi @jordan.christopher_ Executive Producer @halfiefilms Music “pinecones and seashells” by @soyjoymusic Director of Photography @jordan.christopher_ Production Designer @morgan.saelens Editor @jordan.christopher_ Costume Designer @finofsynnym Music Composer @juniper_safety_pin First Assistant Director @yrk.yoorakang Set Decorator @morgan.saelens Camera Operator @jordan.christopher_ 1st AC @ying.ying.pan 2nd AC @west.n.south_nancy Gaffer @bobbyroo Key Grip @mmmmooeeeeee Props @morgan.saelens Key Makeup and Hairstylist @artistically_icky Assistant Makeup and Hairstylist @sensong_beauty First Assistant Editor @taitaniahiguchi Stills Photographer @mmmmooeeeeee Digital Artists @oilygoyle @maxropri Camera Trainee @mmmmooeeeeee #pineconesandseashells #UBC2012

BTS of pinecones and seashells (2022) the single by @soyjoymusic Reminiscing about all the fun we had with some really amazing people. Also! Here to tell you that we will be dropping a sneaky lil trailer for this music video tomorrow at noon on our IG, so please stay tuned! Photos taken by @taitaniahiguchi ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #SoyJoy #HalfieFilms #QTBIPOCfilmproduction #bc #vancouver #musicvideo #indiefilmmaking #filmmakers #actors #BTSphotos