January 2012
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About Eisha
Marjara first drew attention with witty, satirical "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", but her feature docudrama "Desperately Seeking Helen" launched her as a groundbreaking filmmaker. The National Film Board of Canada film received the Critic’s Choice Award at the Locarno Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the München Dokumentarfilm Festival. Eisha has also written and directed award-winning German-Canadian "The Tourist" and trans drama "House for Sale". She authored her debut novel Faerie, which received rave reviews in the Canadian and American press. "Venus", her feature dramatic comedy produced by Joe Balass, received the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Feature Film at Whistler Film Festival, Best Feature Film at Cinequest Film Festival, at Reelout, MIX Milano and several other awards at various international festivals. She’s developing a TV family comedy "Blended" with Compass Productions a feature, "Calorie" and adapting her novel Faerie into a feature.
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Loglines
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Venus Drama ⋄ Comedy A transitioning woman discovers that she is the father of a 13 year old boy.
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Lolita Diaries Animation ⋄ Documentary ⋄ Drama The untold story of Lolita, Nabokov’s literary child and the legacy of the Lolita phenomenon.
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Calorie Drama ⋄ Family Indo-Canadian mother travels to India with her troubled teen daughters only regretting a trip which turns to tragedy.
Credits
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Un Mot tel Idéal (
2014 )
Film (short) by Magic Carpet Films Director, Editor, cinematographer -
House for Sale (
2012 )
Film (short) by p7v inc. Producer, writer, director -
The Tourist (
2006 )
Film (short) by Magic Carpet Films Producer, writer, director -
Desperately Seeking Helen (
2000 )
Film by National Film Board of Canada Writer, Director
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