Helping to support Montreal Artists - Kiara Palmer

As I mentioned, the idea behind My Montreal Art and Fitness is to not only promote but try and help others achieve their artistic goals. It`s already hard enough to be an artist and make money let alone being an artist when you are first starting. Lucky enough today, there are ways to support and promote. Programs like Go fund me http://www.gofundme.com/ help artists to achieve a goal whether it be to raise money to record an album, build a portfolio and/or in the case of Kiara Palmer, to raise money to produce her 3rd short film at Concordia University.

Kiara is 20 year`s old, a film production student and is trying to reach her $1200.00 goal to produce her narrative short film called Safe Harbour. The story is about those moments that we think define our happiness. The birthdays, the anniversaries, those moments that we picture as being the important mile stones of our existence as we hold on to the perfect picture moments of the ideal family. However, what looks perfect may not be and the moments we think are important usually end up being just the false illusions we have created in our own mind. This is the perception of life through the eyes of a five year old girl, Lucy (played by Montreal artist Sienna Mazzone). Also featuring is both Montreal artists Matt Keyes who plays the role of Oliver in the film. He is known for Lamb (2013), In sickness (2014) and Willed to Kill (2012) and Leigh Ann Taylor who plays the role of Elizabeth. She is known for I'm Not There (2007), Who Lives There? (2014), and the tv series, Being Human (2014).

Kiara is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia and is the eldest child from an artistic family. She got her first camera when she was 12 and developed a love for filming and editing. She is a second year student at Concordia, wrote the script and is directing, producing and promoting. Already, that`s a pretty good resume for someone starting a career. Her second short film Dixon, (which you can view tomorrow night February 20th at 7:00 on my Facebook page) is the creative expression of how someone can feel when faced with the constant badgering, complaints, disappointments and ridicule. Experimenting issues from a young creative mind. 

If you would like to support her, you can donate at http://www.gofundme.com/kiarapalmer and receive credit for the film. This crowd funding campaign helps support many Montreal artists as well as helps build a creative support for not only the actors and crew but rewards Montreal by helping the audience understand the creativity of short films and the creative minds of the next generation.



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