There’s still a few dates to go… in the meantime, here’s a small gallery from the trip:

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This is your chance to see the inspiring film “One Week Job” along with the film’s director Ian MacKenzie, and star Sean Aiken. We’re very fortunate and grateful to be having the event at The Steam Whistle Brewery, an awesome space, and Sean’s employer “Week #19″ of ‘The One-Week Job Project’.

TICKETS:

$8 Advance – BUY NOW
or $10 at the door

SCHEDULE:

BEER 7pm ~ 9
Film (75 mins) starts at 7:30pm

After the film, Sean and Ian will give a brief talk and Q&A. We sold out our Vancouver screening, and we’d love to do the same in Toronto!

Hope to see you there! Please help spread the word!

Sean & Ian

SUPPORTERS

From Here To Career
Pandor
Steam Whistle

Check out David Aplin Recruiting’s new resource site for grads ‘From Here To Career.”

Yesterday, Sean and I were featured on the Vancouver lifestyle program ‘The Express‘, sharing the evolution of the original journey up until the ‘Discover Your Passion Tour‘

The piece was shot at the Capilano College event last week. Enjoy!

View gallery on Facebook

On the drive out to the theatre on Saturday morning, with the churning anxiety in my stomach that comes from throwing any large event, I remarked to Sean, “You know… it’s so much easier not to do things.”

Of course, the appropriate answer came soon after. “But then, it’s more fun to actually do them.” And with that, we proceeded into the afternoon flurry of activity that was the Vancouver premiere of One Week Job.

Thanks to you, dear supporter, we SOLD OUT the event entirely, even having to turn a few people away at the door. It was more than we could have hoped for, and even more fulfilling than expected. We raised $500 to donate towards Steps Over Swaziland, an upcoming project aimed at helping orphans in Africa.

Sean and I would also like to give a huge THANK YOU to the sponsors and partners that made the event possible:

• Pacific Cinémathèque
• Steam Whistle
• Pixstar Photo Booth
• David Aplin Recruiting

Also thanks to Karly Warkentin and musical guests who played to the audience before the show.

Missed the film? You can buy your own spankin’ copy of the One Week Job film right here!

The premiere was the kick-off for our cross-Canada “Discover Your Passion” Tour hitting campuses across the country from Jan-April.

We’ll be posting video updates, photos, and blogs during the tour, so stay in touch via the Facebook Page, or signup to our newsletter on the top-right.

Hot off the press… the first run of the One Week Job film is out! After 3 years… 52 jobs… hundreds of hours of editing…thousands of dollars in post-production… it’s good to have the DVD in our hands.

And soon, you will too! If you were one of our funding supporters, your DVD is likely already in the mail. We hope you like it!

For everyone else, the “official” retail version of the film will be released in Feb 2011. But don’t worry, if you can’t wait that long, you can buy a supporter copy right now.

After watching the film…what next? Here’s a few ideas we’d really appreciate:

Blog about the film
Email us your review
Host a screening in your hometown
Rate the film on IMDB
Tweet about it
Buy your friends and family a copy!

Thanks again for all your support. And we’re just getting started… did someone say North American Tour?

Still sizzling from the post-production room, the One Week Job documentary is hitting its first US festival: Hatchfest.

The festival runs Sept 22-26, and includes music, film, and mentor workshops with groundbreaking filmmakers.

Sean and I are thrilled to be in the company of other passionate productions like Waiting For Superman, and Playing For Change.

Check out the full schedule.

I’ll be live-tweeting from the event via @ianmack and keeping you updated on the One Week Job Facebook group.

Stay tuned!

For your viewing pleasure, here’s the video of the event:

Greetings all! You may (or may not) know that we’re in the midst of fundraising for the last phase of the One Week Job documentary. Our goal: $4500 in 17 more days. Learn more and donate here.

In this latest update, I share the philosophy behind using “crowdsourcing” as a viable funding model for creative projects. While it may seem simple at first, it actually represents a much larger shift in how our society funds and creates content.

Enjoy! And if you know someone who’d be interested, please Facebook/Tweet to them all!

One week jobber Amanda Lowe is in Vancouver this week, working with Reframe Marketing. As part of her tasks, she figured it would be great to promote an event about One Week Job!

So here’s the deal:

We’re holding a “pop-up” event just outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. We’ll have a booth to meet Sean Aiken, and a roaming guerrilla film crew (myself + Amanda) that will roam the streets and interview locals on topics like jobs and passion.

Check out the Facebook Event

Full Details:

• Vancouver Art Gallery at 750 Hornby St (view map)
• Thursday, July 29th 2010
• 11am – 1pm

We will be starting in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery at 750 Hornby St, and moving around the core.

Hope to see you there!

- Ian