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No Men Beyond This Point
''No Men Beyond This Point'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy film directed by Mark Sawers. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and acquired for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films (worldwide rights excluding Canada). Plot The film is a science fiction mockumentary set in an alternate timeline several decades after a near-Earth object almost hit Earth in 1952, making it possible for women to reproduce by parthenogenesis without men. Men are no longer born, and they have disappeared from all important positions. The male sex has become a dying breed. The remaining men are kept on a reserve and are no longer part of society, with the exception of a few men who are allowed to do menial work. In this world women are wearing the pants, are legally required to be asexual, and have no male offspring anymore. It is now up to the quiet and modest household helper Andrew Myers to ensure that the male gender does not go extinct. The 37-year-old is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Sawers
Mark Sawers is a Canadian film director and writer. Best known for his feature films ''Camera Shy'' and ''No Men Beyond This Point'', he is also a four-time Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama for his films '' Stroke'' at the 13th Genie Awards, ''Hate Mail'' at the 14th Genie Awards, '' Shoes Off!'' at the 19th Genie Awards and '' Lonesome Joe'' at the 24th Genie Awards. ''Shoes Off'' also won the Canal+ Award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. As a television director, his credits have included segments of ''The Kids in the Hall'', and episodes of '' Alienated'', '' Alice, I Think'', '' About a Girl'', ''The Assistants'', '' Mr. Young'' and ''Anticlimax''. From Vancouver, British Columbia, Sawers is a graduate of the University of British Columbia."Film-maker Mark Sawers tastes big time in Cannes". ''Vancouver Sun'', May 12, 1993. Filmography *''Absolute Trash: A Recycling Story'' - 1980 *''The Middle Child'' - 1989 *'' Stroke'' - 1992 *''Hate Mail'' - 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Kramer
Kenneth Bentley Kramer (born February 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Colorado. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. Born in 1942, in Chicago, Kramer grew up in the city's suburb of Skokie, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, and after earning his degree, entered Harvard University, from which he received his Juris Doctor. In 1966, he was admitted to the bar, and by 1970, he had risen to the position of assistant district attorney for the state's Fourth Judicial District. In 1972, Kramer was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives and served for three terms until 1978. That year, he was elected to represent the state's 5th congressional district, filling the vacancy left by U.S. Senator-elect William Armstrong. Kramer held the seat for eight years. In 1986, he retired to run for the United States Senate, but lost the election to Democrat Tim Wirth. Kramer returned to Colorado Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Mark Sawers
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
