Company Profile
Sepia Films is a feature film production company specializing in international co-production, with a mandate to make quality, commercially viable feature films for the global marketplace. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Sepia focuses on telling great stories in unique ways and in a variety of genres to make movies that resonate with audiences both domestically and abroad. Sepia’s focus is on feature film production; however principals Tina Pehme, Kim Roberts and Vic Sarin have been involved in executive producing, producing and consulting on a variety of genres internationally, from theatrical documentaries and television movies to mini series and episodic television.
Since 2003 Sepia partners Tina Pehme and Kim Roberts have produced such diverse theatrical fare as this year’s magical family drama A Shine Of Rainbows (2009), starring Connie Nielsen and Aidan Quinn, a co-production with Ireland’s Octagon Films that won the Audience Choice Award at the Ibiza International Film Festival and recently had its North American premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival; Shine continued its festival run as the Opening Gala presentation of the Vancouver International Film Festival, followed by the London, Chicago, Heartland, Warsaw and Belfast Film Festivals before beginning its commercial theatrical run in April 2010; Partition (2007), an epic love story set against the Partition of India in 1947, starring Jimi Mistry, Neve Campbell, Kristen Kreuk and Irrfan Khan, Partition was honoured as special presentation by the Smithsonian and took home both Best Film and the People’s Choice Award at the Barbados International Film Festival 2007, released by Seville Pictures Canada and Myriad Pictures ROW; Civic Duty (2006), a critically acclaimed psychological thriller starring Peter Krause and Richard Schiff which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca International Film Festival, released in 2007 through Freestyle Releasing, FOX and Netflix; and Deluxe Combo Platter (2004) a romantic comedy with a twist starring Marla Sokoloff, Jennifer Tilly and Barry Watson, released through Screen Media and Equnioxe Films. Sepia has recently completed production on the feature music documentary And The Beat Goes On…Ibiza (2009) a Canada-UK co-production that takes an insiders look at the evolution of the superstar DJ featuring David Guetta, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia, DJ Alfredo and Pete Tong.
Pehme and Roberts also established sister company Honalee Productions to handle their growing development slate and to facilitate post-production in house. Honalee now has the ability to offer visual effects, color correction and full video edit facilities to take a film to film-out ready in house offering considerable savings and enhanced quality control on Sepia and Sepia partner projects.
In 2010, Sepia Films, in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, commenced pre-production Vic Sarin's debate inspiring feature documentary Hue. In addition, the company's newly formed television division kicks off this year with the television movie Road to the Xibalba in partnership with Brainstorm Media.
Sepia’s feature film slate for 2010 - 2011 includes the rock ‘n roll drama The James Dean Garage Band to be produced with T-Bone Burnett and Spice Factory, based on the short story by Rick Moody, to be directed by David S. Ward and written by RJ Ward and David S. Ward with music by T-Bone Burnett; Eclipse, a high concept science fiction thriller written by Edgar Martin and being produced together with Spice Factory and Arsenal Pictures, Jawbone, a supernatural horror written by Larry Koch, Joey Aresco and Eric Styles, to be directed by Eric Styles and Jack of Diamonds, an epic adventure set in the cut-throat diamond industry of 1940’s Africa, based on the true story of Canadian maverick geologist Jack Williamson. The script by Dennis Foon and Vic Sarin, will be directed by Vic Sarin and is a co-production with Force Four Films and is being developed in conjunction with Telefilm Canada, Movie Central and BC Film.
Sepia Films is dedicated to producing a diverse range of quality entertainment for today’s marketplace and to collaborating with like-minded international and domestic partners and to bring great stories to the screen.
