Pardis Parker w/Cathy Jones The Carleton, Fri Jan 17 and Sun Jan 19, 7pm, 1685 Argyle Street, $15/$12.50 Pardis Parker isn’t the sort of comedian about to be crowned king of the hot take—not because he’s wrong, but because he speaks truth, people. Case in point? LOL-inducing truth bombs like “The greatest con job of […]
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Shorts weather
The results are in from the Humanity International Film Festival. At Humani-T Cafe (5755 Young) July 1-6, 15 international shorts were screened and then judged by a jury of nine. Halifax’s Pardis Parker swept it, winning three of the six awards (best local, best Canadian, best comedy) for his silent short, The Dance. Spain’s Martin […]
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Pardis Parker on Implants and awards
Pardis Parker, who just won three awards at the Montgomery Film Festival in Alabama for his film Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns, has a new digital short, Implants. Written and directed by Parker, it also stars Evany Rosen from Picnicface, with cinematography by Tarek Abouamin. Parker is up for FOUR Canadian Comedy Awards (Stand-Up […]
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Pardis Parker’s Afghan scores another award
Pardis Parker, from Afghan Pardis Parker’s Afghan is unstoppable. The short film, starring Parker and Mark Little, won the jury award for 1st Place at the Desiderata Film Festival in New York. Parker is currently adapting the short into a feature. But first, you can watch it here:
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It’s Pardis Parker time!
Everything’s coming up sunshine for Halifax filmmaker/actor/comedian Pardis Parker. He’s down in Los Angeles for CBS’s annual industry showcase. Over 3,000 performers were considered, but only 13 made the cut to show their stuff to invited network executives, casting directors, showrunners, managers and agents. Parker, the first Canadian to ever be selected, is in good […]