He may not have been allowed to attend the festival, but that didn91裸聊视频檛 stop Bowen O91裸聊视频橞rien from delivering an acceptance speech.

O91裸聊视频橞rien, a 15-year-old filmmaker and Vernon Community School student, went up to bat at Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 HorrorFest 10 91裸聊视频� a celebration of Okanagan indie horror flicks brought to The Habitat Oct. 26 by the Okanagan Society of Independent Filmmaking 91裸聊视频� with his five-minute short Adulthood and took home Best Picture and Best Story awards.

Written and produced by Vernon filmmaker Brian Taylor of En Queue Film, Adulthood marks a step forward in O91裸聊视频橞rien91裸聊视频檚 blossoming career as he took on the role of director and editor.

91裸聊视频淗orrorFest is held in a 19-plus environment so Bowen was not allowed to attend, but I made a video call with him so that he could be there for the presentation of our film 91裸聊视频� they showed ours last 91裸聊视频� and he was even able to make an acceptance speech, with myself holding a microphone up to my phone,91裸聊视频� Taylor chuckled. 91裸聊视频淭he audience was surprised to learn that Adulthood was made by a 15-year-old.91裸聊视频�

The Taylor-O91裸聊视频橞rien duo began when Taylor was filming a documentary about local artist Destanne Norris, Beneath the Painted Surface, and Taylor met O91裸聊视频橞rien91裸聊视频檚 teacher Murray Sasges.

Taylor said Sasges planted the seed when he suggested Taylor ought to help O91裸聊视频橞rien hone his interest in film. O91裸聊视频橞rien met Taylor at Tim Horton91裸聊视频檚 near Beairsto Elementary, and Adulthood was born.

91裸聊视频淲e talked about what we like and we came to a point where we were like, 91裸聊视频楲et91裸聊视频檚 make a movie,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Taylor said. 91裸聊视频淚 went home and thought, what can I do with a bunch of kids?91裸聊视频�

Adulthood is a dejected and comical take on the process of aging as kids look upon their maturation as becoming zombies.

Taylor gathered a cast, crew and home filming location and left the rest up to O91裸聊视频橞rien.

91裸聊视频淏owen directed the entire production with only gentle suggestions from myself mostly about usage of time and moving on to the next thing,91裸聊视频� Taylor said.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 very used to coming up with a project myself,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橞rien added. 91裸聊视频淚 wasn91裸聊视频檛 quite sure what to expect. But besides the fart joke, I had no problems with the script.91裸聊视频�

While Taylor may have written the piece, he said the piece is channelled through O91裸聊视频橞rien91裸聊视频檚 vision and in essence becomes an O91裸聊视频橞rien film.

91裸聊视频淚t was definitely a really new process. It was really interesting,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橞rien said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e always just been working the camera myself. For the first hour, I was like, 91裸聊视频榃ow. I have a whole cast and crew. How can I make this the best film?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

After the 12-hour day of filming Aug. 25, O91裸聊视频橞rien took the clips home and began the long and arduous editing process.

91裸聊视频淚 thought this was going to be easy; I love editing. It became very, very difficult,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橞rien said of the estimated 50-hours of editing.

Prior to the collaboration with Taylor, O91裸聊视频橞rien said his filmmaking largely consisted of homemade videos with his friends. He would grab his camera and whoever was available, go outside and see what happened.

91裸聊视频淚 just really enjoyed making them,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橞rien said. 91裸聊视频淚 found my passion for filmmaking.91裸聊视频�

That love of film is the product of watching Pirates of the Carribean: At World91裸聊视频檚 End when O91裸聊视频橞rien was four-years-old.

Adulthood is currently before several film festivals. As such, it has not yet been released to the public, but Taylor hopes to have it screen locally soon.

Psyched on the end result and their two awards, Taylor and O91裸聊视频橞rien have begun to work together on another film dubbed Fear and Love: everything you need to know in under a minute. That timeframe will also pose new challenges for O91裸聊视频橞rien, he said.

91裸聊视频淏ecause it91裸聊视频檚 a one-minute film, we need to know that shot is a four-second clip. It will be much more planned,91裸聊视频� Taylor said.

En Queue Film is always looking for people interested in filmmaking, acting or behind the scenes, Taylor said. In particular, Taylor said they are seeking an actress aged 20-to-40 and a young girl aged five-to-eight.

After Fear and Love wraps, O91裸聊视频橞rien said he doesn91裸聊视频檛 plan on stopping any time soon.

91裸聊视频淚 just want to keep making films and then win the Oscars and all that jazz,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橞rien laughed. 91裸聊视频淭his is definitely what I want to do when I91裸聊视频檓 older.91裸聊视频�

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