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3 Seasons is a psychological drama, directed and written by Jim Donovanand produced with a minimalist budget with support of the Canada Council for the Arts and comedians [2]. The story follows the lives of two couples experiencing a life change of an unexpected pregnancy, as well as a middle-aged father seeking revenge of his daughters killer. The three stories Tintersect and reflect each other, displaying the same themes within similar but different situations. With a small audience range of 700 spectators in theatres, the film succeeded winning many rewards and achievements [3]

Jim Donovan was praised for his work on 3 Seasons. As director, co-producer, co-editer and co- script writer along with his actress wife Leduc, Jim took sole responsibility for the amount of success the film received. 3 Seasons was praised as best film within it's budget during the 2010 Genie Awards [4]. Many news and media outlets covered this film and praised the success on such minimum budget, platforms such as, CanWest News, Vancouver Sun, and the Gazette Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). [5] [6]. Bruno Rosato a Montreal based movie producer claimed "This has to be one of the great underdog stories in film here in years" [7]. This film was a suprise success for many of the credits, speculators and the general public.


  1. ^ Smith, Adam "A Review"
  2. ^ Films du Quebec "3 saisons – Film de Jim Donovan"
  3. ^ Films du Quebec "3 saisons – Film de Jim Donovan"
  4. ^ Brownstein, Bill (2010). "Making movie art on a shoestring: Genie-nominated 3 Saisons a gritty film was made for $35K." CanWest News
  5. ^ Brownstein, Bill. (2010) "Montreal producer makes movie art on a shoestring budget" Vancouver Sun.
  6. ^ Brownstein, Bill. (2010) "He really is honoured to be up for a Genie". The Gazette.
  7. ^ Brownstein, Bill (2010). "Making movie art on a shoestring: Genie-nominated 3 Saisons a gritty film was made for $35K"


This movie was written and directed by Jim Donovan, a famous French Canadian T.V and film director. And has won many national awards, such as: Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival,[1] Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival,[2] and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival.[3][4]

  1. ^ Beverly Hills Film Festival. "Press Release - 10TH ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". Beverly Hills Film Festival. Beverly Hills Film Festival. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ Mexico International Film Festival. "2009 Winners -- Mexico International Film Festival". Mexico International Film Festival. Mexico International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ^ Whistler Film Festival. "Winners - Whistler International Film Festival". Whistler International Film Festival. Whistler International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Whistler Film Festival wraps up with record attendance". by Craig Takeuchi The Straight, Dec 10, 2008