"Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life".

Werner Herzog

 

 

Somewhere in the middle of every production there's usually that tipping point moment when you go from "there's no way we're going to finish this" to "this is going to be awesome" - the moment the boat crests the top of the mountain.  When you're in the thick of things, making films can be an (embarrassingly) all-consuming part of your life , so you'd better love what you do...and at AMF that comes naturally.

In a world where it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between one new super-hero/serial killer/auto massacre film and the next, we are committed to bringing you types of films that are more interested in exploring how people are put together, than how they can be taken apart.

Inspired by the work of such modern luminaries as Kubrick, Jeunet, Gondry, Herzog, Jonze and Zucker, movies are simply the stuff we're made of.

 

 

 

Jon Ornoy has been producing and directing films for more than 25 years, creating award-winning work that has screened internationally and sold to outlets such as Superchannel, Starz, Peacock and even Air Force One. Of note among his award-winning titles is the feature documentary With Glowing Hearts which found international distribution and a home on Canada’s Documentary Channel and the short True Love Waits which was produced in 2012 with a $100,000 prize awarded by the Whistler Film Festival. Most recently, Jon’s feature documentary directing debut, Lost in the Shuffle, premiered in competition at Hot Docs in 2024 and in 2020 he produced the narrative feature, All Joking Aside, which took home the New Visions Award at its festival premiere at Cinequest.

Jon is a past board member of the BC chapter of the Documentary Organization of Canada. 

AMF is not accepting any unsolicited script submissions at this time.