Where Complex Meets Accessible.
Welcome to Off Grid Pictures. We create compelling visual stories that captivate audiences. We've excelled in narrating intricate stories through film, animation, and script development, enabling us to delve deep into the minds of our subjects. Our expertise lies in conveying challenging concepts to a broad audience, spanning from scientific research to the realms of art and politics.
Echo of Everything is a feature-length documentary investigating the unexplained power of music. The film follows the source of music’s power, explored through science, history, and philosophy. Filmed with global interviews, music, and dance performances, woven with drama, animation, and archival footage. The film reflects on the human condition, resilience and the filmmakers own personal relationship with music.
Echo of Everything
Feature Documentary / Released 2023
Festivals
Awards
Best Feature Documentary - First Place Winner
On Art Music Film Festival Warsaw Poland
Awards
Alberta Motion Picture Association awards 2023
Best Editor Cam Christiansen
Best Sound Design Propeller Studio and Cam Christiansen
Best Cinematographer Aarron Bernakivich
Quotes
“What an absolute delight.
A must see.”
Unseen Films
Paris Lift off festival 2023
9th Music Film Festival 2023
Buenos Aires Film Festival 2023
2023 Off Grid Pictures Production. Cam Christiansen and Bonnie Thompson producers. Directed by Cam Christiansen
WALL
Feature Documentary / Released 2018
WALL is a feature-length animated film written by and starring playwright and two-time Academy Award® nominee for screenwriting (The Hours, The Reader) David Hare, whom The Washington Post referred to as “the premiere political dramatist writing in English.” Hare’s body of work spans 35 years and deftly explores socio-political issues at home and abroad. The film follows Hare on a trip to the Middle East to examine the impact the wall separating Israel and Palestine has had on the people of the region. Now streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, CBC Gem, and NFB.ca.
WALL is directed, co-produced and lead animated by Cam Christiansen. It is a National Film Board of Canada production by David Christensen and Bonnie Thompson. Co-produced with Anlända Cam Christiansen’s previous company prior to Off Grid Pictures.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a leader in exploring animation as an art form, a storytelling medium and innovative content for emerging platforms. It produces trailblazing animated works both in its Montreal studios and across the country, and it works with many of the world’s leading creators on international co-productions. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including seven Oscars for NFB animation and seven grand prizes at the Annecy Festival. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.
Festivals / Screenings
Sommets du cinéma d’animation- Montréal | 2017
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival Brazil | 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival | 2018
Animix Festival Tel Aviv | 2018
Cinanima International Festival Portugal | 2018
Doclands San Francisco USA | 2018
Visioni del Mondo Documentary festival Italy 2018
Calgary International Film Festival | 2017
Awards
Alberta Motion Picture Awards 2018
Best Animation Motion Graphics Artist
“Moves fluidly between the abstract and the tangible.”
New York Times
The Real Place
Short Documentary / Released 2009
This film was produced for the 2008 Governor General's Performing Arts Award, featuring Texas-born playwright John Murrell's imagination, which has free rein, suspending the laws of time and space to create a visual accompaniment to his flights of poetic fancy. Despite its more fantastical elements, Murrell's work is grounded in a profound appreciation for the real. History and place play a critical role in his work, with everyone from Sarah Bernhardt to Walt Whitman making appearances. But behind the spectacle, the mask, and the play itself, is a man happily creating his own world.
Festivals
Awards
Best Short Of Alberta The Real Place Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
Best director non-fiction under 30 minutes Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
Best Animator or Motion graphic artist The Real Place Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
Best Original Musical Score non-fiction, The Real Place Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
Best narrator, The Real Place Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
Best screenwriter non-fiction under 30 minutes, The Real Place Alberta Film & Television Awards 2009
The Real Place is directed and animated by Cam Christiansen. It is a National Film Board of Canada production by David Christensen and Bonnie Thompson. Produced with Anlända Cam Christiansen’s previous company prior to Off Grid Pictures.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a leader in exploring animation as an art form, a storytelling medium and innovative content for emerging platforms. It produces trailblazing animated works both in its Montreal studios and across the country, and it works with many of the world’s leading creators on international co-productions. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including seven Oscars for NFB animation and seven grand prizes at the Annecy Festival. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.
I Have Seen The Future
Short Documentary / Released 2008
A tennis court confrontation with the young spawn of a wealthy suburb forces a father and son to look inward. Screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival & 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Won the Golden Sheaf Award for Youth Production at the 2008 Yorkton Film Festival. Won award for Best Animated/Experimental Short Film at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Festivals
Awards
Canada’s Top Ten Toronto International Film Festival 2007
Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Youth Production 2008
2008 Calgary International Film Festival Joe Media and NFB Best of Alberta Shorts Award (Academy Awards Oscar-Qualifying Festival)
Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Los Angeles Film Festival 2008
2007 Western Canadian Music Award “Video of the Year” winner
2008 Alberta Centennial Award winner
2007 Winner of the Media Fresh '07 DMAA Awards for Designer of the Year and Best Animation/Motion Graphic
2007 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth Award for Most Innovative Short Film
Writer/Performer Kris Demeanor, Animator Cam Christiansen, Produced by Anlanda, Funded Bravo!FACT