The Dandelion Girl directed by Rogan Lovse

The Dandelion Girl is a short film adaptation of the short story written by Robert F. Young in the 1950s. A very good friend of mine came to me with the short story; one about the timelessness of love and learning to treasure what you have until it’s gone. We agreed that it had the potential to make a compelling visual piece. After that our producing partner worked on securing permission to adapt the film and we set to writing the script over the next year. The film was shot over three days in Vancouver, British Columbia primarily at Alouette Lake.

We were working with a self funded, independent budget and all the crew were volunteering their time and talent to help achieve the final film. On the final day of shooting, the sky grew dark and a torrential downpour of rain, coupled with high winds, fell upon us for the entire day. Despite the difficult conditions, our cast and crew remained in high spirits, and grinned ear to ear through every raindrop. It was a privilege to get to make our film with so many talented and wonderful friends, and we’ve continued to collaborate with them on multiple projects since.

Our editor did a phenomenal job cutting the film together and so much of the film came alive in the editing room. It was gratifying to see that the shots cut together as envisioned and also discover new ideas and play around with our pieces in the editing suite. Once we coloured the film and added in the emotional score, the film truly came alive. We’ve been humbled by audience reactions to the film at various festival screenings. We learned so much on this project and everyone is incredibly proud of the film.