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The Company We Keep

World Premiere

An intimate portrait of a ceramics artist and her dog.

 

Supported by

Community Partner

Director
Cast

Wendy Hayden, Campo, Barbra Goetz, Peter Hostak

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2023

Language

English

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18+
6 min

Credits

Cinematography

Wojtek Jakubiec

Original Music

Wendy Hayden

Editor

Wojtek Jakubiec

Director

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Wojtek Jakubiec

Born in Poland, Wojtek spent his childhood in Algeria before immigrating to Canada. In 2009, he graduated from the Photography Program at Dawson College (Montreal) and received the Patron’s Award for his documentary Stories from Behind the Bell. Since then, Wojtek has worked as an advertising photographer and has produced several photo documentaries. In 2022 he enrolled in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University with the desire to pursue nonfiction filmmaking.

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