A Conversation with: Aimer Films

Last summer, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the Vancouver-based filmmaker duo, Kent Donguines and Maxime Beauchamp at Dancinema’s Cascadia Dance and Cinema Festival. In this interview, we learn about Kent and Maxime’s career, their collection of films, and upcoming projects that inspire them to think outside the box with their filmmaking. KENT DONGUINES is a Filipino-Canadian filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC. Kent is one of the finalists of the 2017 WFF Power Pitch Competition, 2019 Telus Storyhive-Banff Fellowship Program and 2020 HotDocs Doc Accelerator Program. He has produced numerous short films that have been recognized in local and international film festivals such as the Whistler Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival. Kent has also worked as a Production Manager for Cedar Island Films Inc. and has worked with companies like Telus Storyhive, CBC, Black Cap Pictures (Ten17p), Viva Entertainment and Star Cinema. He’s currently working on bringing more international co-productions to Canada from the Philippines and currently in post-production for his next short documentary that received the Telus Storyhive Documentary Edition grant. MAXIME BEAUCHAMP is an award winning French-Canadian LGBTQ Writer/Director and co-owner of Aimer Films, creator of films such as 2018 Crazy8s Finalist SMALL FISH, multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed short film IRIDESCENCE. In the following year he is slated to direct a factual TV Series with OutTV, Cross-Country baby which was chosen for the Netflix-Banff Diversity of voices and Whistler Film Festival PowerPitch and Irisation, a french-canadian feature film supported by the ÉLAN programme in partnership with Netflix, Téléfilm and more. Over his years of film experience in the narrative world, he specializes in movement and dance pieces. -- Social Handles Instagram: @kentdonguines, @max.beauchamp, @aimerfilmsinc Facebook: Kent Donguines, Maxime Beauchamp, Aimer Films Inc. Twitter: kentdonguines, aimerfilmsinc Also tag: @cascadiadcfestival @screendance.forum Grey (2017) https://www.aimerfilms.com/?lightbox=dataItem-jyjs7b2x5 Small Fish (2018) https://www.aimerfilms.com/?lightbox=dataItem-jyjs7b2x1 Iridesence (2017) https://www.aimerfilms.com/?lightbox=dataItem-jyjs7b2x3 -- Also mentioned: The Field (2017) https://www.wilderprojectdance.com/thefield Crazy 8’s Film Competition http://crazy8s.film Vancouver Film School https://vfs.edu -- Website Instagram