Film Programme
Madame Perrault's Bluebeard
fiction
Canada, 2010, 5'49''
Director: A.J. Bond
Producer: Amy Belling
Director of photography: Amy Belling
Writer: Paul Victor Schoucair
Composer: Kevin Hamilton
Editor: Rachel Katz
Synopsis: A fantasy re-envisioning of the classic fairytale “Bluebeard” by Charles Perrault, in which Perrault's young wife reads
herself into his dark allegory on marital mistrust.
Director: A.J. Bond
Born in Edmonton and raised in Vancouver, A.J. began his film career as a child actor appearing in numerous Canadian
films such as Gary Burns’ Kitchen Party, and Anne Wheeler’s Better Than Chocolate. In 2003, A.J. graduated from the
University of British Columbia Film Programme where he produced and edited the award-winning short, Why the
Anderson Children Didn’t Come to Dinner, which played at over 50 film festivals worldwide. Numerous editing projects
followed, including Alex Levine’s short film, My Old Man, based on the works of Charles Bukowski, as well as two short
behind-the-scenes documentaries for Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama. In 2004, A.J. incorporated Modern
Family Productions with Jamie Travis and Amy Belling and the trio began developing their second short film, The
Saddest Boy in the World. A.J. was accepted into the 2005 Editors’ Lab at the Canadian Film Centre where he edited
Vivieno Caldinelli’s short comedy, If I See Randy Again, Do You Want Me to Hit Him with the Axe? which went on to
premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2006 A.J. completed The Patterns Trilogy, another series of
award winning short films that he produced and edited with Jamie Travis. In 2007, A.J. made his debut as a writer and
director with the short film Hirsute. Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hirsute went on to play at
over 50 film festivals around the world and won several festival prizes including Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film at
the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. A.J. is currently developing his first feature
film, Wisteria.