cast and crew
Executive Producer, Writer | MEGHAN GARDINER
Meghan Gardiner is a Canadian actor who has been touring North America with her one woman show, Dissolve for the past five years. She has performed coast to coast, reaching nearly 300 performances at colleges, universities, high schools and numerous conferences. She has an acting degree from the University of British Columbia, and also trained in the classical theatre department in Oxford, England. Meghan recently received a citation from the American Alliance for Theatre in Education, recognizing her work with Dissolve, and her ability to fuse theatre and education. She received a commission from Green Thumb Theatre to write an adaptation of Dissolve, which resulted in the Jessie award nominated show, Blind Spot, currently in its second year of touring. When not performing Dissolve, Meghan is a regular in the Canadian Theatre scene, performing in such shows as: Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, Evita, The Last Five Years, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Anne of Green Gables, Company and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! For more information, please visit MeghanGardiner.com
Executive Producer, Director, Writer | MICHELLE PORTER
Michelle is a Genie-nominated filmmaker (for Regarding Sarah) and is the 2008 recipient of the Kodak Image Award at the Women in Film’s Spotlight Gala. After ADR directing 52 episodes of the animation series Gundam Wing, and after a successful theatre career which includes Life of Galileo at the Van East Cultural Centre and Twisted Christmas at the Arts Club and Belfry Theatres, Michelle went full tilt into film. She received the “Telefilm Canada Award for the Best Western Emerging Director for Big Shoes to Fill as well as “Best Short Film” at the Moving Pictures Festival and two Leo Awards (one for directing). Her film Regarding Sarah has played in over 40 film festivals worldwide and has received numerous awards including six Leos (Best Short, Director, Writer), Special Jury Awards at the AISFF and Yorkton Film Festivals, “Best Narrative Short” at Crossroads Film Festival, Prix Cinecourts at France’s Festival Tous Courts, and “The Most Memorable Film” Award at the NorthWest Film and Video Festival. Both Big Shoes to Fill and Regarding Sarah play on CBC’s Canadian Reflections. Please see www.compactfilms.com for more information.
Producer | SCOTT RENYARD
synopsis
Ever woken up with no memory? What if it was planned that way. A little liquid or powder is slipped into a drink. Women are being drugged into unconscious or semi-conscious states and being raped. They often have little or no memory of the attack or the attacker; often just the aftermath feeling that something horrible has happened. Due to the lack of awareness about these drugs, women are unaware of how vulnerable they are, and rapists are getting away with their crimes. Women need to know what they can do to protect themselves, heal, and potentially send their attackers to prison. Dissolve is a documentary on drug-facilitated sexual assault that will inform, provoke and engage both men and women.