Website Updates, 2026, & Beyond!

It’s been a while since we’ve had any updates on this website because we’ve been very busy settling back into Windsor and building a film community here again. That being said, we’ve added two more movies that we worked on for the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) 48 Hour Flick Fest, including Sorting (2024) and Ricky’s Quickies (2025).

We also have some exciting announcements headed our way this year! We will be ramping up to finish a new short horror film, and announcing a casting call for a new County House Pictures original to be released this year. Announcements will be made here and on social media in the coming months.

Check out our latest film projects here:

Ricky's Quickies Film by County House Pictures, Plateau Entertainment, and Budding Sky Studios
Sorting Short Film by County House Pictures

Finding Orleen Digital Release

The time has come! After a lengthy Film Festival run, Wendy German and Daniel Pike are so very pleased to finally present the digital release of our 2021 film, Finding Orleen to the public!

On 24/12/23, the film will release on YouTube! Please stay tuned, give it a watch, and please share with your friends and family. The 24th of December marks 14 years to the day that our star Pam discovered the name of her birth mother, Orleen. Help us mark this occasion by watching the film with us online!

WATCH IT HERE – VIDEO GOES LIVE ON DEC 24 AT 12:00 P.M. EST:

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Ally Fiola breathes life into Blue & White Soundtrack

We’re super excited to be working and collaborating with Ally Fiola, a saxophonist and composer from Nova Scotia. Her collaboration and work on our upcoming short film Blue & White, shows off her jazz expertise, as well as her playful experimentation with tones and melody. She brings with her an air of excitement and professionalism that would be a valuable asset to any filmmaker.

In collaboration with Plateau Entertainment, Blue & White (2022) focuses on one man’s daily struggle living with ADHD.

Ally Fiola, Nova Scotia Saxophonist and Composer

Ally’s band, The Next Quest, performs all of her original arrangements, and Ally herself plays at shows across all of Atlantic Canada. She has even performed with Unidentified Funk Object, an East Coast Music Award Nominated band.

Ally comes from a traditional Jazz background, and her unique talents are greatly showcased in her original album Dreaming Away released in 2018, which was nominated for Jazz Recording of the Year at the 2019 Music Nova Scotia Awards, and Ally herself was nominated for Best Jazz Musician of the year in 2019 and 2021 for The Coast newspaper in Halifax.

Ally has worked with a wide variety of talented musicians and composers, has received her Masters in Film Composition in the United Kingdom, where she also performed across London, including at the award-winning Pheasantry Jazz Club. For her full biography, visit: allyfiola.com

AllyFiola.com

Film Composer Needed

Film composer needed for an upcoming short-film about a man living with ADHD. BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and or Female Composers welcome to submit.

(PAID: Small Honorarium)

Send samples and or a demo reel to: countyhousepictures@gmail.com

County House Pictures Favourite, Wendy German, scores role in Netflix film!

Wendy German, Producer and Director of County House Pictures’ upcoming short documentary Finding Orleen (2021), makes headlines across Canada including this article in the Blackburn News. Wendy, also known for her role as The Curator in County House Pictures’ The Acrylic (2019), tells us how she landed this role. 

“Wendy German has a long list of television credits, but the Windsor woman is about to add a feature-length film to her resume. In ‘Clash’, she plays a Canadian mother with a big secret.

“My agent sent me a breakdown and said, ‘hey, do you want to go to Toronto for this?’ I was living in Windsor at the time,” she said. “They auditioned me, and I knew something was happening because as soon as I finished, the director looked at me and said, ‘can you do that again?’ So, I did it again, and then he jumped out from behind the table and was giving me all these directions. That doesn’t usually happen at an audition.”

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Technical Award Winner | Indie Shorts Awards 2021 | The Acrylic (2019)

Marking the end of our Festival Run, the “little short horror that could” won TWO technical categories this month in the Indie Short Fest.

One for best Visual FX, and the other for best MakeUp FX, by Rhonda Morley Causton of ReelTwistedFX!

Congrats to everyone for helping make this film a reality!

Click here to see the other technical category winners: https://indieshortfest.com/award-winners-of-april-2021…/

Finding Orleen | Official Trailer

As we make our way through post-production, we are super excited to showcase our announcement trailer here on our website! Check it out and stay tuned for more updates on our latest film!

Finding Orleen 2021 | Behind the Scenes Photography

Check out the Behind the Scenes Photography for our upcoming short documentary film, Finding Orleen to be released later in 2021.

Executive Producers
Daniel Pike & Wendy German