Songwind Studios (formerly Songwind Inc.) is based in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The original company was founded in 1999 and was primarily an industrial film company. As Songwind Inc. owner Rob Letourneau was involved with the Canadian National Film Board, CBC Radio & Television, Canadian Tire, and Couch Cat TV to name a few. Over the years the company expanded their services to include music and now writing, editing and filming movies. With one short film, The Map, and five full-length feature films completed: The Tablet , A Double-edged Sword, I Need A Christmas Vacation, Hometown Mysteries – A Farmhouse Murder, and to be released in 2023, Hometown Mysteries 2 – The Case of the Sleazy Manager.
We are very proud to announce that we have recieved our 52nd laurel and we want to thank everyone who has helped us along the way achieve this amazing goal.
Songwind Studios has been involved with volenteering for the Algonquin College Photography Program for a number of years now helping students with their hours towards their education.
Black Cherry Band (BCB) is a subsidiary that controls the music side via original music. BCB has ten (11) CD’s of original music with more on the way.
Songwind Studios is also involved with helping out TealFest Inc. a non-profit company that raises money to support ovarian cancer research.
Film Awards
- The Map – (2015) A short film – A Music drama film
- ‘Official Selection’ Commfest Film Festival Toronto 2015 [1]
- MADA Award Nomination 2015 [2]
- The Tablet – (2018) A Feature Film – An Adventure Film
- ‘Special Mention Award’ Mountain & Adventure Film Festival 2018 [1]
- ‘Official Selection’ CINE Film Festival India 2019 [2]
- A Double-edged Sword – (2020) A Feature Film – Spy Film
1) Mountain View Film Festival – San Fransisco, USA
– ‘Special Mention Award’ 2021 [1]
2) Tampa Bay Motion Picture Film Festival – California USA
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [2]
3) Hollywood North Film Festival – Toronto, Canada
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [3]
– ‘Nomination Best Supporting Actor’ [4]
– ‘Nomination Best Hair & Makeup’ [5]
– ‘Nomination Best Editing’ [6]
– ‘Nomination Best Set Design’ [7]
– ‘Nomination Best Sound Score’ [8]
– ‘Nomination Best Production Design’ [9]
– ‘Nomination Best Cinema Photography [10]
4) London Lift-Off Film Festival – UK
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [11]
5) IFF – International Film Festival – Canada
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [12]
6) High Tatras Music and Film Festival – Slovakia
– ‘Official Selection’ Summer 2021 [13]
– ‘Semi Finalist Best Music Video Award’ [14]
– ‘Finalist Best Feature Film Award’ [15]
7) Rome Music Film Festival – Italy
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [16]
- ‘Semi-finalist award 2021 [17]
8) Couch Film Festival – Toronto, Canada
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [18]
– Nomination ‘Best Thriller Award’ [19]
– Nomination ‘Best Director Award’ [20]
– Winner ‘Best Director Award’ [21]
9) Munich Music Video Film Festival
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [22]
– Semi-Finalist ‘Best Music Video Award’ [23]
10) High Tatras Music & Film Festival – Slovakia
– ‘Official Selection’ Fall 2021 [24]
– Semi Finalist – ‘Best Music Video Award’ [25]
– Finalist – ‘Best Feature Film Award’ [26]
11) Rome Music Video Film Festival 2021
– ‘Official Selection’ (26)’Semi-Finalist – Music Video Awards [27]
- ‘Finalist – Feature Film Awards [28]
12) Shockfest Film Festival NY city, USA
– ‘Official Selection’ 2021 [29]
13) Austin Lift Off Film Festival USA
– ‘Official Selection’ 2022 [30]
14) International Sound Future Awards
- ‘Official Selection’ 2022 [31]
- ‘Semi-Finalist’ 2022 [32]
- 15) LNDN Music Video Film Festival Awards London UK
- ‘official selection’ – London UK 2022 [33]
- ‘Semi Finalist – Best Music Video Award [34]
- 15) Budapest Film Festival – Hungary 2023
- ‘Official Selection’ – Best Music Video [35]
- ‘Nominee’ – Best Music Video [36]
- I Need A Christmas Vacation – (2021) A Feature Film – RomCom
- Cast and Crew Showing Saturday Nov. 27 St. Laurent Shopping Centre Theatres 7:30pm
- 1) High Tatras Film Festival – ‘Official Selection’ – Slovakia 2022 [1]2) High Tatras Film Festival – ‘Semi Finalist – Feature Film’ – Slovakia 2022 [2]
- 3) Miami Indie Film Festival
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Miami USA 2022 [3]
- 4) Holiday 365 International Film Awards Film Festival
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Los Angeles 2022 [4]
- 5) Top Film Awards Film Festival
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Europe 2022 [5]
- 6) Beyond Entertainment Family Film, Screen,writing & Music Film Festival
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Tampa Bay Floriday 2022 [6]
- 7) Yule Film Festival USA –
- ‘Official Selection’ – USA 2022 [7]
- Semi-finalist – 2022 [8]
- Hometown Mysteries – (2022)
- Completed Aug. 2022-
- 1) Washington Film Awards Film Festival
- – ‘Official Selection’ – feature film USA 2022 [1]
- – ‘Semi-finalist’ – feature film award [2]
- 2) L.A. Independant Film Channel Film Festival – USA 2022
- – ‘Official Selection’ feature film award [3]
- -‘Nominee’ feature film award [4]
- 3) Rotterdam Independant Film Festival – Denmark 2022
- – ‘Official Selection’ – feature film [5]
- -‘Semi-finalist’ – feature film [6]
- 4) Atlanta Movie Awards Film Festival – USA 2023
- – ‘Semi-finalist’ – feature film [7]
- ‘Official Selection’ – Feature film [8]
- 5) New York Indpendant Cinema Awards – USA 2023
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Feature Film [9]
- – ‘Nominee’ – Feature Film [10]
- 6) Vancouver Movie Awards – Canada 2023
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Feature Film [11]
- – ‘Nominee’ – Best Feature Film [12]
- 7) Sacramento independent Film Festival – USA 2023
- – Semi Finalist – Feature Film [13]
- 8) Liverpool Indie Awards Film Festival – England 2023
- – ‘Official Selection’ – Feature Film [14]
- Hometown Mysteries 2 – The Case of the Sleazy Manager (2023)
- Film Festival Totals:
- 1- The Map = 3 Laurels
- 2- The Tablet = 2 Laurels
- 3- A Double-edged Sword = 36 Laurels
- 4- I Need A Christmas Vacation = 8 Laurels
- 5- Hometown Mysteries = 14 Laurels
- Total to date = 63 Laurels
