MURMUR

Christy Garland

Director

Murmur is home to award-winning filmmaker Christy Garland who has directed documentary features, drama & comedy shorts and documentary profiles. She is based in Toronto, but has co‐produced her last three feature documentaries with the Nordic countries, particularly with Final Cut for Real in Denmark, who are the producers on the upcoming WHAT WALAA WANTS, and previously THE BASTARD SINGS THE SWEETEST SONG. She focuses on compelling, intimate, character‐driven stories that unfold over time, using an observational documentary shooting style. 

WHAT WALAA WANTS, premieres at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2018, and is a co-production between Murmur, Final Cut for Real in Denmark, and the National Film Board of Canada. Funders include the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund (AOL Charitable Foundation Award), the Danish Film Institute, the Doha Film Institute, the Toronto Arts Council and DANIDA. 

After premiering in 2016 at Hot Docs, Edinburgh IFF and DOC NYC, Christy's feature CHEER UP, a co-production with producer Liisa Karpo at napafim (Finland) was nominated for a 2018 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD for Best Documentary Program (TV)  Watch for it on CBC documentary, YLE Finland,  VG Norway and UR Sweden.  

Graeme has worked as Picture Editor on a growing number of Murmur's projects, beginning with Cheer Up, which he co-edited with Danish editor Thor Ochsner in Copenhagen. 

Along with Michael Aaglund, he was a picture editor on What Walaa Wants, supported by the National Film Board of Canada, Danish Film Institute and the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. Graeme graduated from Brock University where he studied film theory and cut his teeth as a producer and editor at BrockTV before moving to Toronto to work as an assistant editor.   He edited the interactive documentary series My Millennial Life (2016) directed by Maureen Judge for TVO. 

Tom Third

Composer

Murmur is lucky to have had Tom Third write the musical score for all of Christy's films. He has garnered four nominations for the Gemini award, winning in both 2010 and 2014, and was the winner of the 2004 Volkswagen Score Competition sponsored by the Berlin Film Festival and juried by Walter Murch. His work can be seen in documentaries and dramatic series for Showtime, HBO, FOX, NBC, PBS, CTV, and CBC. Tom also regularly collaborates with fine artists on more experimental film and installation work, and has shown at art galleries throughout the world.