Super Channel Picks Up The Nightingale Company's Feature Film 'The Last New Year' Programming Highlights / Super Channel Posted by RAD on Jun 23, 2008 - 10:57 PM The Nightingale Company is pleased to announce Super Channel has acquired the first broadcast window for Canadian television rights to air their new dramatic feature film The Last New Year. The Last New Year is the story of a diverse group of 20-somethings who share only one thing in common – each other. In high school, ten friends made a pact that every New Year’s Eve they would reunite. After eight years, what started as a simple house party developed into a sacred tradition, and although the friends have grown apart, the annual event always brings them back together. However, this New Year’s Eve things are different. One of the group’s core members has mysteriously disappeared, leaving the rest of the group clueless as to what happened, where he is, or if he is even still alive. Despite the shadow of their loss and the mystery that surrounds his disappearance, the group valiantly attempts to keep the party going. Key Creatives Writer/Director: Garfield Lindsay Miller, Co Writer: Casey Austin, Producer Alyson Richards, Executive Producer: Debbie Nightingale, Key Cast: Kris Holden Reid, Aaron Webber, Mayko Nguyen “We were able to bring together a great cast from across the country, including Kris Holden Reid (The Tudors, Touch of Pink), Aaron Webber (A Whole New Thing, A Stone's Throw), Mayko Nguyen (ReGenesis), and many others,” says Producer Alyson Richards. "Having Bruce MacDonald as a mentor was invaluable. He helped guide me around a lot of the problems young directors face and continually encouraged me to trust my instincts. It's a better film for it," says Writer/Director Garfield Lindsay Miller. “Super Channel is committed to bringing our subscribers quality Canadian programming and we are happy to be able to work with The Nightingale Company on The Last New Year,” said Justin Rebelo, Super Channel Director of Canadian Programming. “This film is just the sort production that highlights the quality that comes from Canadian talent.” Director/Writer - Garfield Lindsay Miller Garfield has worked as a filmmaker in the Canada and the U.S. for the last seven years. Dedicated to telling compelling stories of social significance, he most recently co-wrote the feature ecological drama, A Stone’s Throw. Produced by iconic Canadian filmmaker Camelia Frieberg and distributed by Mongrel Media, the film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and received the award for Best Atlantic Feature at the 2006 AFF. Prior to that, Garfield co-wrote and co-produced the TV documentary The Fires That Burn, nominated for a 2006 Gemini Award for Best Biographical Documentary and winner of the Wilber and Chris Awards for excellence in spiritual broadcasting. The Nightingale Company is a boutique film, television, and new media production firm led by Debbie Nightingale and Shain Jaffe. Since 2000, the Toronto-based company has produced all types of projects from feature films to dramatic series, documentaries to interactive adventures. Recent credits include Zixx: Level One, Two & Three, Chicks with Sticks, Mob Princess, Dove Days, Lipstick and Dynamite and Bailey’s Billions. Currently, The Nightingale Company is in production of the second season of The Weight, a television series based on George F. Walker's hit play Suburban Motel, co-written with Dani Romain. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2278