Caroline Coutts
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Director
Caroline Coutts is an independent filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada.
She was born in Wick, Scotland and moved to British Columbia with her
family when she was three years old. Caroline is a graduate of the
Directors' Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and has a B.A. in
Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
Caroline's work as a filmmaker references fables, fairy tales and myths. Her films take place long ago, or in fantasy worlds, and evidence a distinct visual style. In storytelling, Caroline strives for a subversive (sometimes comic) approach that combines with a female sensibility to give a new spin to age-old tales.
Her previous short films as a writer/director/co-producer include "The Old Woman in the Woods," a half-hour Gothic fairy tale combining live action and stop motion puppet animation to tell the story of two little girls who disobey their mother for a glimpse into a magical other world and end up paying dearly for their caprice. The screenplay, adapted from the classic fairy tale "The New Mother," by Lucy Lane Clifford, is set in England in 1882.
The film screened at Worldfest-Houston, Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, Yorkton Film Festival, Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth in Vancouver and Louisville's International Festival of Film. It was nominated for seven Leo Awards, for Best Short Drama, Direction, Screenwriting, Performance by a Female, Sound Editing, Musical Score and Production Design; was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival for Best Drama; and won a Silver Remi Award at the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
Other films include "DogBoy," a b&w lyrical fable about a little boy abandoned by his parents and adopted and raised by a pack of feral dogs. The film screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston, the Atlantic Film Festival and the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, among many others.
"DogBoy" won the Special Jury Remi Award for Best Original Narrative Short at Worldfest-Houston (making it eligible for the Genie Awards), the Deborah Gabler Legacy Award at the Women in Film Festival in Vancouver, as well as eight Leo Award nominations (and two wins) for Excellence in British Columbia Filmmaking. It has since aired on the Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public television network.
"The Beast of Dulle Griet" is a fantastical fairy tale set in the 16th century, in a village built entirely underground, where all the townsfolk live in mortal dread of a terrible monster. The film screened at the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, the Rogers Online Short Film Showcase, the Satellite Short Film Festival and others, and was nominated for four Leo Awards (and won two).
"The Lonely Passion of Petar the Pig Farmer" is a surreal comic fantasy about a lonely pig farmer who wishes, above all else, for a beautiful wife to take care of him. A partial list of festivals includes the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston and the Raindance Festival of Independent Film in London, England. The film won a Bronze Remi Award for Best Original Comedy Short at Worldfest-Houston.
Caroline's films have been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the National Film Board of Canada Filmmakers Assistance Program and Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society's Production Fund. She has sat on juries for the DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festivals, and works as a film curator and programmer when not making films.
Caroline's work as a filmmaker references fables, fairy tales and myths. Her films take place long ago, or in fantasy worlds, and evidence a distinct visual style. In storytelling, Caroline strives for a subversive (sometimes comic) approach that combines with a female sensibility to give a new spin to age-old tales.
Her previous short films as a writer/director/co-producer include "The Old Woman in the Woods," a half-hour Gothic fairy tale combining live action and stop motion puppet animation to tell the story of two little girls who disobey their mother for a glimpse into a magical other world and end up paying dearly for their caprice. The screenplay, adapted from the classic fairy tale "The New Mother," by Lucy Lane Clifford, is set in England in 1882.
The film screened at Worldfest-Houston, Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, Yorkton Film Festival, Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth in Vancouver and Louisville's International Festival of Film. It was nominated for seven Leo Awards, for Best Short Drama, Direction, Screenwriting, Performance by a Female, Sound Editing, Musical Score and Production Design; was nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival for Best Drama; and won a Silver Remi Award at the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.
Other films include "DogBoy," a b&w lyrical fable about a little boy abandoned by his parents and adopted and raised by a pack of feral dogs. The film screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston, the Atlantic Film Festival and the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, among many others.
"DogBoy" won the Special Jury Remi Award for Best Original Narrative Short at Worldfest-Houston (making it eligible for the Genie Awards), the Deborah Gabler Legacy Award at the Women in Film Festival in Vancouver, as well as eight Leo Award nominations (and two wins) for Excellence in British Columbia Filmmaking. It has since aired on the Knowledge Network, British Columbia's public television network.
"The Beast of Dulle Griet" is a fantastical fairy tale set in the 16th century, in a village built entirely underground, where all the townsfolk live in mortal dread of a terrible monster. The film screened at the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, the Rogers Online Short Film Showcase, the Satellite Short Film Festival and others, and was nominated for four Leo Awards (and won two).
"The Lonely Passion of Petar the Pig Farmer" is a surreal comic fantasy about a lonely pig farmer who wishes, above all else, for a beautiful wife to take care of him. A partial list of festivals includes the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston and the Raindance Festival of Independent Film in London, England. The film won a Bronze Remi Award for Best Original Comedy Short at Worldfest-Houston.
Caroline's films have been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the National Film Board of Canada Filmmakers Assistance Program and Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society's Production Fund. She has sat on juries for the DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festivals, and works as a film curator and programmer when not making films.
