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InCA News: February 2012

The Lute Maker’s Daughter: InCA’s first-ever animation/fiction project
New project announced: Lifestyle and Mental Health
A Year in Burgundy: location production in France completed in January
Second wine film announced: A Year in Champagne
Re-inventing Yourself – new creativity film – just completed
Journey of the Universe: Now on DVD, with educational series and book
Deep Waters: Arctic documentary story on the survival of the Inuit



The Lute Maker’s Daughter: new animated film



First-stage production continues on InCA’s first-ever animated film, a half-hour fantasy
set in ancient China, based on historically accurate backgrounds and research.
Storyboards, script and soundtrack for the full film are now being created.

James Kennard is the concept artist and lead animator.
Based on a book by Dan Liebowitz and Barbara Kanowick, the film will be targeted at
a worldwide family audience and launched at animation festivals internationally.
If successful, this will be the first in a series of animated films featuring Chinese history.
Completion funding is being sought currently from Chinese and American sources.

Click here for a gallery of selected production artwork



Lifestyle and Mental Health: new project

Research and development has begun on a new one-hour documentary project featuring the work of
Dr. Roger Walsh, Professor of Psychiatry, Anthropology and Philosophy at U.C. Irvine.
Producer and Director of Research will be Lizzie Kennard.
Full production is targeted to commence in Summer 2012




Fine Wine: “A Year in Burgundy”: editing continues.
Second wine film will be “A Year in Champagne”



“A Year in Burgundy” is a new one-hour special for PBS and international distribution, featuring the
wine-makers of Burgundy, France. The film has been shot on location throughout 2011
(April, May, June, August, September). Principal photography was completed at a wine-and-food
pairing at renowned gourmet haven Blackberry Farm in Tennessee during December, and final
scenes have been shot among the frozen vineyards in Burgundy in January.

At Blackberry Farm, it was announced that a second film will go into production in Spring 2012,
featuring the history and mythology of Champagne. Once again, it will feature intimate portraits
of wine-makers and their families, and reveal some of the secrets of their wine-making.

Watch the opening scene of the new film



"Reinventing Yourself" completed. Uplinked March 24, 12.00pm



Created and produced by Lizzie Kennard and David Kennard
Producer David Kennard and editor Jamie Lejeune have completed final post-production
on the second film in the ReCreating America series. Titled Reinventing Yourself,
the film focuses on five individuals who have decided to start life all over again in mid-life–
re-shaping their work, their sense of purpose, their relationships, even their personality.
The film is scheduled for national distribution to PBS stations by NETA on
Satellite Channel HD04 on March 24 from 12.00 to 1.00pm

Watch a scene from the new film



"Universe" – now on DVD + book and educational series
Journey of the Universe
A mind-blowing journey through 14 billion years


A documentary special produced and directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt
Location Producer (Samos, Greece): Lizzie Kennard

Yale University Press has published the companion book. To order, visit here
DVDs are now available: visit www.journeyoftheuniverse.org
You can still find the film on PBS stations (watch for repeats)
The 20-part educational video series is now available. See here for a pdf press release

“Journey of the Universe” is a documentary epic written and presented by Brian Swimme, co-written and executive-produced by Mary Evelyn Tucker, produced and directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt, with location producer Lizzie Kennard. The film, set in the Greek island of Samos, is a unique and exciting parable about the past 14 billion years, with stunning special effects.

For more information on the film and the book, and to see the trailer, visit www.journeyoftheuniverse.org



“Deep Waters”: new arctic documentary feature



Created and produced by Alisha Lumea and David Kennard
Production has been completed on InCA’s first 7-minute doc story set in the Arctic.
Pilot filming took place in August in Pangnirtung, a tiny Inuit community on Baffin Island:
– please click below to watch the first seven-minute story: “Summer Days”.

Funds are now being raised to continue this project as a Canadian-US co-production
The full 60/90-minute film will feature Inuit families as they battle year-round
for survival in this harsh but beautiful place.
Can fishing continue to support their way of life, as the climate changes and the ice melts?

Watch the first story



Don't miss InCA’s most recent international hit!

Keeping Score: Mahler – 2-hour movie version in distribution on DVD




InCA’s two-hour Theatrical/DVD Movie won the German Record Critics’ Annual Award, 2011
Since 1980, this award has set “the most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality”
in the field of music recording. For more information, visit here. The film, produced by Joan Saffa and
David Kennard, is the final part of an eight-film series, created originally for PBS from 2003-2010.

Visit the San Francisco Symphony’s award-winning website keepingscore.org for more information
and to order DVDs and BluRays of the eight films in the series – from Beethoven to Copland.

for a teaser for Part 1
for a teaser for Part 2




Don't miss InCA’s great corporate work!

CleanFish: the videos (2011)

To see InCA's striking work for CleanFish Inc, the sustainable seafood company, visit the newly relaunched website www.cleanfish.com
For a sample, click HERE