Help Metric Ent. Fund Their First Short Film

The newly founded Metric Entertainment, located in the heart of the Okanagan valley, hopes to become a pillar of the local film community by curating and creating content with local artists and crew. 2022 will mark the debut of their first production, a short film titled : THE PULL.

Written and directed by Nina Bournival, The Pull is a story about the struggles of addiction and staying sober, while maintaining an active social life. The story follows Emma, a young woman who has battled addiction with both alcohol and narcotics. After a lengthy internal battle, she decides that she is ready to go to a friend's party, and be social once again. As the party goes on, Emma becomes more comfortable, and is enjoying herself while sober. This new found comfort is shattered when she comes across a man, in a dark room, with a table of drugs laid out before him. Emma’s mind immediately begins to race as she plays out the potential scenario. We will delve into her mind and follow along as she imagines the consequences, if she did in fact decide to break her sobriety and join this man. What plays out is a night of drunken drug fueled debauchery ending in depression and heartbreak. After playing all of this out in her mind, Emma makes the decision to maintain her life of sobriety. Or does she?

Metric Entertainment was founded by five friends, with over 40 years of combined film and theatre experience, who wish to tell their stories and showcase the talents of those around them. In alphabetical order they are:
Jacob Wideman is always an entrepreneur and he has brought his business savvy to the film industry.  He is both a locations manager, and operates an equipment rental business, providing vital infrastructure to the local film community for the past 5 years.
Jesse Nelson studied film in school, and is a founding member of Car Bomb Podcast and Car Bomb Productions. Every year Jesse produces a 24 hour variety show fundraiser for the BC children's hospital. Jesse has worked as an assistant director for 5 years. 
Marc Nadeau studied 3D animation & visual effects and has worked in the camera department, visual effects and the editorial department for the better part of a decade. 
Nina Bournival studied theatre performance in college, and has worked for 15 years as an actor. Over the past year and a half she has shifted her career to working as an Assistant Director.
Zach Jones has been building and crafting for his entire life, utilizing his skills as a maker to build sets and props for both theatre and film for almost two decades.

Pre-production for THE PULL is already underway as of  December 2021. In January, we will begin a week of hard prep, followed by a two day shoot. Our schedules, locations, crew list and budgets are nearing completion. The funding we are seeking will allow us to feed our crew on set, purchase insurance for the production, pay location fees, and rent the equipment necessary to bring our vision for this film to life. We hope that this film will open doors and pave the way for Metric Entertainment to grow, and bring in larger productions in the future. Metric Entertainment aims to be a place for local artists to have a safe, inclusive, and affordable option for producing their content, and bringing their dreams to life.

THE PULL
Written and directed by: Nina Bounival
Producer/ Locations Manager: Jacob Wideman
Producer/ Production Designer: Zach Jones
Production Coordinator/ Assistant Director: Jesse Nelson
Post Production/ Editor: Marc Nadeau

If you're a crew member or actor in the Okanagan who wishes to work with Metric Entertainment on this project or in the future please contact us at metricentertainment.ca