Contact Us

Kathleen Duborg, Executive Producer (view bio)
kathy@reelfastfilms.com
604 737-1118

Derick Cobden, Executive Producer (view bio)
derick@reelfastfilms.com
604 351-7272

Thrasso Petras, Producer/Publicist (view bio)
thrasso@reelfastfilms.com
604 731-6267

Minty Thompson, Sponsorship Coordinator (view bio)
minty@reelfastfilms.com
604 737-0877

Bios

Kathleen Duborg, Executive Producer

Kathleen co-founded the Cold Reading Series in 1993 to allow local writers the opportunity of hearing their scripts read by an incredibly talented body of actors, and to foster and develop the Vancouver theatre and film communites. In 1999 she created the ReelFast 48 hour Movie Making idea and with fellow producer , Derick Cobden, began to cajole the film makers of Vancouver into participating in this break-neck creative process.

A graduate of the UBC Theatre and Film Department, Kathleen is a Jessie Richardson Theatre award winner and has performed on numerous stages in Vancouver and throughout Canada. She has just returned from a 2 year stint in Toronto where she worked as an actor and attempted to get a more rounded opinion of the 'Canadian' film and theatre industry from an eastern perspective. Film credits include: Cold Creed Manor(dir: Mike Figgis), Last Wedding, Dirty and Live Bait(dir: Bruce Sweeney). Television includes: Call of the Wild(series lead), Stargate, Doc, Sue Thomas F.B. Eye., Outer Limits, and Mysterious Ways.



Derick Cobden, Executive Producer

Derick has an extensive background in producing and marketing film and television products. The past 10 years of his life have been spent in audio post production management, coordination marketing and sales. During this time he has attended major marketplaces such as MIP-COM, MIP-TV, NATPE & E3. He is currently the Director of Sales and Marketing at Airwaves Sound Design Ltd and has developed a network of contacts worldwide. Derick has successfully worked with companies such as FOX, SONY, Universal, MGM, Nelvana, Marvel, CBC, YTV and many others. Some projects Derick has produced include the feature film high incentive (Neil Every), a 1/2hr television production, The Woods (Rob Wenzek), The DGC Kickstart short film Reflection (Tony Dean Smith). Derick has just recently completed post supervising the short film Say Yes (Neil Every) feature film as well as the sucessful Canadian Independant feature film See Grace Fly (Pete McCormick) in 2004. Derick is a co-developer and producer of the very popular and successful ReelFast 48hr Film Festival as well as the long-standing and highly regarded Cold Reading Series, a writers/actors workshop based in Vancouver, Canada. All of these accomplishments have reinforced his conviction that there is such a thing as "creative producing". Coupled with Derick's experience and determination this philosophy has been invaluable to his success as a producer and a person.



Thrasso Petras, Producer/Publicist

Thrasso is a Vancouver based theatre artist and publicist. This is his fifth year working with ReelFast and he couldn't be prouder.

Theatre credits include: Frank in Daniel MacIvor's Never Swim Alone; Joshua in the Canadian premiere of Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi; and Solyony in Chekhov's Three Sisters.

Selected film: Romeo! (Nickleodeon); John Doe (Fox); and The Chris Isaak Show (Showtime).

Directing: Such a Sweet Thing and Someone Else for the Walking Fish Festival, and the world premiere of House and Home for Cor Departure.

Publicity credits: The Vancouver International Dance Festival; The Chutzpah! Festival; Asian Heritage Month; Reel to Real Family Film Festival; and DOXA Documentary Film & Video Festival.

Thrasso is a graduate of UBC and TOOBA Physical Theatre Centre and an Artistic co-Director of Cor Departure Theatre Ensemble (cordeparture.com).





Minty Thompson, Sponsorship Coordinator

Minty has a background of twenty years in marketing, promotions, and graphic design. She has owned an art gallery and several small businesses over the years. She has also produced plays for the Edmonton and Vancouver Fringe Festivals, as well as small local Vancouver theatres. Additionally, Minty has produced short films, film screenings for the National Film Board of Canada and independent film companies, many special events, charitable fundraisers for Parents for Science, and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and youth conferences pertaining to health, science and art. She has also designed tool kits for conferences and special events. She manages all aspects of the events, fundraisers, films, and conferences that she produces. Minty is the sponsorship manager for the ReelFast 48 Hour Film Festival. She is also the filmmaker's forum manager for the Whistler Film Festival. Minty is the producer for the Alibi Unplugged Reading Series and is marketing and special events manager for The First Weekend Club. Minty has served on the boards of many theatre and production companies such as Women in Film and Video Vancouver Board of Directors. Minty is the Executive Director of The Planet Theatre where she produces film screenings, film festivals and special events.