I have gone down in history with the letter ‘A’! The Sesame Street letter ‘A’ segment I wrote and directed has been remixed into THE OFFICIAL SESAME STREET ALPHABET SONG REEEEMIX!
Author: celestekoon
TIFF KIDS 2015!!
Once again I am ecstatic to be a part of another amazing TIFF Kids! As always, it’s great seeing other kids film enthusiasts, chatting about new projects and ideas, and… SEEING ALL THE GREAT NEW FLICKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD!!! Great job Liz Muskala and her fantastic team for another […]
BEHIND THE SCENES: take a peek at how the films are made
We may only shoot for 3 or 4 days but a LOT of work is put into making the films both leading up to the shoot and after the shoot is done and the film is in post production. There are also a whole lot of AMAZING people working real […]
Pitching a New Flick….Fingers Crossed!
I’ve been secretly working away on a new short film idea. Top secret for now but it’ll be a hilarious eye-popping, head rolling, womp’n stomp’n good time. An original 2D animated short that I wrote and created with character designs by my SUPER TALENTED pal Kathryn Durst . We’ve got our fingers crossed that […]
Spring Has Sprung!! Time to Take to the Streets and RIDE YOUR BIKE!!
I am a born and bred Toronto kid that has grown up riding the streets on two wheels and even one wheel! TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!! So… get on your bike and HAVE FUN!! This is a short doc I made for school in 2008 (when I […]
ReFrame’s Reel Kids Peterborough International Film Festival
This past January The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk played in its 12th film festival!!!!! Despite the cold kids from Peterborough Ontario (nice and close to home) attended ReFrame’s Reel Kids Peterborough International Film Festival where they were able to see our lovely flick alongside a bunch of […]
CASTING CALL: The Ghost of Grandpa Tong
Despite the coldest February on record, snow, ice, and harsh winds, we are starting to get The Ghost of Grandpa Tong off the ground. This week we did a preliminary location scout and next week …. we hope to cast. CALLING ALL ACTORS YOUNG AND OLD (quite old). WE WANT YOU!! Check […]
Charles Street Video Artist Talk – Wednesday Feb 25th
Hiya pals!! as a Charles Street Video resident I’m be doing an artist talk thursday February 25th to talks about my filmmaking process and show some of my past works and talk a bit about my new upcoming film The Ghost of Grandpa Tong! C’mon out!! http://charlesstreetvideo.com/event.php?id=265
Celeste’s Gallery Show at FINE & DANDY GALLERY – 2017 Dundas St. W
I put together my first gallery show this past January for Fine & Dandy a small window gallery at 2017 Dundas St. W.. The show was made up of my grandfather’s kodochrome slides that I scanned in digitally and retouched and printed large scale and hung alongside artifacts of his various arctic and mountaineering […]
Carmilla Webseries Christmas Special
This past December I had the immense pleasure of having been asked to production design the christmas special for the SUPER popular Canadian Webseries Carmilla. Directed by: Spencer Maybee Produced by: Steph Ouaknine Written by: Jordan Hall Starring: Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Annie Briggs, Kaitlyn Alexander, and Gillian English is a Smokebomb […]
PUPPETS
As well as sets and props I’ve been building puppets for my various films!
THE GHOST OF GRANDPA TONG… WINS PITCH CONTEST!!!!
WE WON THE TORONTO REEL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL EMERGING FILMMAKER PITCH CONTEST!! get excited for my new flick coming next fall! THANKS @reelasian enough for the amazing experience. http://www.reelasian.com/general/2014-so-you-think-you-can-pitch-live-finale/