Underpaint
directed by Anna Hopkins
Preview Screening
Canada | 2022 | 11 mins
Experimental Short
Synopsis
Underpaint follows the filmmaker, Anna Hopkins, as she wanders through an art gallery. Noticing a young girl on a gallery visit with her dad, she embarks on a journey through memories and conversations she had with her own father, the late Canadian painter Tom Hopkins. She explores personal reflections on her father’s death, his worldviews, his art practice, and his impact on her life. Anna incorporates elements of documentary, narrative and memoir to explore the grief of losing her father, by journeying through childhood memories of the art he created.
Credits
Director: Anna Hopkins
Writer: Anna Hopkins
Producers: Mariah Owen, Anna Hopkins
Director of Photography: Mat Barkley
Key Cast: Maya Misaljevic, Ben Carlson, Anna Hopkins, Somkele Iyamah
Screening schedule
This film is available to watch online from October 17th—23rd 2022 (from the United States only)
Language
English
Genre
Experimental Short
About the Director
Canadian Screen Award nominee Anna Hopkins has worked extensively in film and television in a wide range of roles as an actor, from starring alongside Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman in critically acclaimed BARNEY’S VERSION, to her recurring role in Amazon Prime’s beloved space epic THE EXPANSE.
Anna’s short film directorial debut, THE GIVE AND TAKE (2018) was a recipient of a bravoFACT! production grant, and enjoyed a strong festival run including the Austin Film Festival, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, Cinequest, Hollyshorts and many more in North America and abroad. Her short film script MAMA OF DADA, a modern art satire, won Best Comedy Short at Nashville Film Festival (2018), and the screenplay for UNDERPAINT – an essay-film about her father, the late Canadian painter Tom Hopkins – was awarded a full Canada Council for the Arts production grant. Anna’s original tv pilot THE BREAKAWAYS was optioned by New Metric Media & NBCUniversal in 2021, and she is currently in development with JumpCut Media (LA) to develop her short film THE GIVE AND TAKE into a television series.
Anna’s performing, writing and directing earned her a spot as one of “9 Canadian film talents changing the way we tell stories” by NOW Magazine – Toronto’s premiere weekly.
