Colour Picture is a psychological drama with the architecture of a murder mystery — set across a single week in a family home unraveling.
When Hunter dies unexpectedly during a family gathering, a man arrives the next day identifying himself as a detective. Over the course of the week, he interviews each woman connected to Hunter: his wife, his sisters, his mother. What emerges is not a clear account of events, but a fractured emotional truth — one shaped by memory, repression, and long-standing resentments.
As the layers peel back, the film explores how grief, control, and silence shape a family’s legacy — and how far people will go to preserve the stories they tell about themselves.
It’s a story for anyone who grew up in a household where the real tension lived just beneath the surface. For anyone who learned to read tone instead of words. For anyone now brave enough to ask: what really happened back then?
We’re in a moment where younger generations, especially Gen Z and millennials — are redefining their relationships to family, memory, and silence. Colour Picture doesn’t offer easy catharsis. It offers witness
This is a tightly contained, ethically produced microbudget feature with a clear emotional and visual blueprint.
- 7-day shoot in Ottawa and surrounding areas
- 6 speaking roles (4 women, 2 men), no extras
- 2-person core crew (Director of Photography and Sound Recordist)
- 3 interior locations (1 house, 2 apartments)
- Owned equipment (camera, sound, lighting)
- All production design and post handled in-kind by the director
We’re raising $15,000 through crowdfunding to pay cast and crew fairly at $300/day. The director is not taking a salary. If we reach our stretch goal of $20,000, we’ll be able to include a small contingency buffer for safety and flexibility.
This is a film made with precision and purpose. The scale is small. The stakes are not.
Dominik Denis DiMario
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Dominik Denis DiMario is a Canadian filmmaker focused on emotionally grounded, psychologically layered storytelling. With a background in narrative shorts, his work explores silence, memory, and the power of subtext, often through minimalist visual structure and intense character focus.
With Colour Picture, Dominik brings lived experience into sharp, cinematic form, working with a trusted micro crew and a tightly scoped production plan to bring a larger emotional truth to life.
Portfolio: dimariodirect.myportfolio.com
Pre-Production: Script lock, casting, location confirmation (Fall 2025)
Production: 7-day shoot, single company setup (Winter 2025–26)
Post-Production: Edit, sound, score, and colour completed in-house (Spring 2026)
Festival Submission & Distribution: Starting Summer 2026
Films like Colour Picture don’t get made by institutions. They get made by communities. By people who understand the quiet power of honesty. Who know what silence costs.
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We’re not chasing spectacle. We’re building a space for something true.