REVIEWS
HEAVY PETTING
"I'm absolutely blown away by Heavy Petting... a profoundly insightful, dark, erotic horror film." - FILM THREAT
“This strange drama about loneliness is as original as it is disturbing... Heavy Petting is a must-see movie” - LE PETIT SEPTIEME
“Heavy Petting offers no answers, and no respite. Instead, it asks viewers to sit with their discomfort, to reflect on the gravity of a condition they may be accustomed to turning a blind eye to.” - DISCORDER MAGAZINE
”A deeply moving and profoundly insightful short film with a sublime ensemble cast” - THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC“Prost highlights how individuals cope with loss in ways that don’t always make the most sense… well shot, acted, and with a pretty fantastic score.” - NASHVILLE NOISE
loretta’s flowers
“Prost is concerned with the implications of each scene— implications that simmer in a quietly emotional climax.” - DISCORDER MAGAZINE
Sensitive Parts
"Yonge's performance is as unnerving as it is captivating, and Prost never lets it slip into easy melodrama." - THE GLOBE AND MAIL
“Sensitive Parts is a sweet, funny and endearing little film that blossoms largely on the strength of its top notch ensemble cast” - THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC
“Benefitting from an outstanding script from Prost, and an incredible central performance from Yonge, the movie felt like a lost gem from Woody Allen's back catalogue.” - THE UK FILM REVIEW
“Sensitive Parts is filled with kindness, honesty, and friends doing everything they can to help a person that they love” - TORONTO FILM SCENE
“Prost’s amusing, lighthearted nod to friendship is adorably quirky.” - WHAT SHE SAID
Spaces and Reservations
“Zach White gives a performance that truly soars... beautifully photographed by Prost and Jeremy Cox in a way that fosters intimacy and distance and all the varying layers we endure within our relationships, while Drew Redman’s sparse yet intimate musical score serves as a perfect accompaniment for the film”. - THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC
“Prost is more interested in observing key emotional points in his characters’ lives, rather than a plot-heavy narrative, and though the 140 minute running time might seem intimidating, its absolutely necessary to let us see the subtle shifts in feeling and urgency that pass between Jamie and Kacie over the course of the story." - NOW MAGAZINE
“A grounded and thought provoking look at modern love... expertly crafted visuals and solid performances” - FILM PULSE
“Love and heartbreak in one of the most realistic ways I’ve seen on film”. - ROGUE CINEMA
“Instead of the overdramatic, ever climactic great love that is portrayed in so Many Hollywood pictures, this love-- the loved depicted in Spaces and Reservations-- is nuanced and realistic, the kind that more often than not we have experienced... You’ll want to see this movie on the basis of the acting”. - MOVIE BANTER
“Perfectly captures the subtly and silences of a relationship going downhill”. - FILM THREAT
“It’s certainly filmmaking that stays with you for a few days-- and that must mean that it’s doing something right”. - FILMMAKING REVIEW
“There’s a natural chemistry to the pair and their characterizations are brilliant, traversing from the comfortable to the cold and back into amiable friendship with ease.” - ROW THREE
Choch
"**** If you have a chance to see Choch, do yourself the favor and check it out" - FILMTHREAT.COM
"Radiates an emotional honesty that makes it one of the most intriguing and involving low-budget indies to cross my desk in 2011" - THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC
"A naturally performed and assured piece of work" - THE CALGARY HERALD
Generation Why
“Nicely blends dry, witty humor with light drama and rather serious social insights into a heartfelt, intelligent story.” - THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC
"Absolutely a beautiful looking film... it’s entertaining, yet it puts its finger right on the pulse of young North America.” - ROGUE CINEMA
INTERVIEWS + FEATURES
Radio interview about Heavy Petting - CITR’S THE ARTS REPORT
Preview of Heavy Petting at VIFF - VANCOUVERSCAPE.COM
Heavy Petting’s World Premiere at the Nashville Film Festival - WEAREMOVINGSTORIES.COM
Biographical Interview - THE TORONTO ARTS REPORT
Main Squeeze Virtual Q&A - Ashland Independent Film Festival
Short films like Loretta’s Flowers shine at WIFF - CBC NEWS
Longing, desire, and disconnect in Loretta’s Flowers - THE QUEER NETWORK YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Positive poly stories - CFRO 100.5fm, OUT AND & ABOUT IN CANADA
Queer identity and desire in Loretta’s Flowers - CFRO 100.5FM, OUT & ABOUT IN CANADA
Loretta's Flowers' World Premiere at EIFF - THENEWCURRENT.CO.UK
Telefilm Canada's "Not Short on Talent" at Cannes - WEAREMOVINGSTORIES.COM
Canadian Film Week Preview of Sensitive Parts - THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Calgary Filmmaker Explores Sensitive Parts of relationships - YYSCENE
Making Sensitive Parts for $8000 with Calgary filmmaker Brendan Prost - METRO NEWS
Canadian Film Week Preview of Sensitive Parts - REVIEW VANCOUVER
Relationship Anxiety and Imaginary Friends in Sensitive Parts - THE GAUNTLET
Alumnus News Bulletin about Sensitive Parts - CANADIAN FILM CENTRE
The terrifying vulnerability of love in Sensitive Parts - BETWEEN TWO PINTS
Distribution Case Study of Spaces and Reservations - LISBON UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
Calgary filmmaker brings DIY esthetic, film school education to third feature Spaces and Reservations - THE CALGARY HERALD
Calgary filmmaker takes latest feature Spaces and Reservation on cross Canada tour - THE GAUNTLET
BC film student premieres feature Spaces and Reservations at the Rio - THE CASCADE
SFU student releases Spaces and Reservations, about the intimacies of relationships - THE UBYSSEY
Spaces and Reservations presents a reality of life - THE PEAK
Director Brendan Prost and actor Jennifer Kobelt interviewed about Spaces and Reservations - THE ARTS REPORT ON CiTR 101.9FM
Director Brendan Prost interviewed on CJSF’s Arts Edge program about Spaces and Reservations - THE ARTS EDGE ON CJSF 90.1FM
Director Brendan Prost contemplates the film school advantage in relation to Spaces and Reservations - BCIT’s THE LINK
SFU student takes indie film Spaces and Reservations on the road - BURNABY NOW
Brendan interviewed about his career on CFRO 100.5fm, Vancouver’s Co-op Radio Station, by news editor Ashley Wong - CFRO 100.5fm VANCOUVER’S COOP RADIO
If "the Situation" Explored His Inner-Self - THE GAUNTLET
Brendan interviewed on Narrowcasted News about Choch - CJSW 90.9FM
Brendan interviewed on Artslink about Choch - CJSW 90.9FM
Business Case Study of Choch - SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
From Here to Awesome Announces Lineup, including Brendan Prost's Fragments - FILMMAKER MAGAZINE