Development / Story / Writing / Packaging
Pre-Production / Production Management / Art Direction
Production / Directing / Cinematography / Sound Recording
Post-production / Editing / Colour / mix
Distribution / audience impact Strategy
biography
Kai Cabodyna explores story as a container for change - metaphors for the universal questions that every generation asks. His work is in service to community resilience & cultural legacy.
Born from Philipino-Canadian roots, Kai unearthed a natural inclination for film early in life. He’s collaborated with a wide spectrum of artists, communities & organizations to produce a diversity of works (scripted/non-scripted/off-screen). His 1st documentary & web-series catalyzed a love for the land, water & local food. Producing alongside indigenous elders deepened his reverence & responsibility to the Muse. Kai was invited to speak about art at The Alberta University of the Arts. His drawings & paintings can be found in private collections and on public walls.
Currently; he is co-producing & directing a 2nd documentary, the Grounded Living web-series and developing a slate of narrative films to launch a production company. Kai and partner; Ru Rose, raise a family, tend gardens and build their mountain homestead in the Slocan valley.
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Artist / Hunter
Portrait
A portrait piece of artist & hunter, Ric Fedyna. Get inside the mind of a passionate creative who seeks inspiration from the heart of nature by directly connecting within the circle of life. See how experiences in the wild influence time in the studio.
Cinematography / Sound Recording / Editing / Colour
Take it to the water
Short Documentary
A journey into a Sinixt Cultural Practice centred on Water. Through rich sounds and visuals of the mountain-waterscapes of the Sinixt Təmxʷúlaʔxʷ (homeland) in BC, Canada. Sinixt Matriarch; Marilyn James, shares this indigenous practice and a group of children reflect on their experience of Taking It To The Water.
Post-Production Supervision / DCP / EPK / Festival Management
cultivating calgary
Feature Documentary
A meditation on Calgary's local food movement. Exploring barriers to a sustainable system and visions for resilient local food cultures everywhere. Hear insights from farmers, restaurant owners, city councillors and everyday people taking action.
Produced / Directed / Cinematography / Editing / Colour / Event Premier
The womb
Music Video
Original Song by Ru Rose. Recorded live off the forest floor.
Cinematography / Sound Recording / Editing / Colour
Make music here
Web Series
Music has long been a building block of community and culture in the Slocan Valley and our eclectic communities have a long history of celebrating through music.
Cinematography / Sound Recording / Editing
are we listening?
Art Film
The piece explores the power of listening and what it means in relation to ourselves, each other and nature. A collaboration with award winning poet Zaynab Mohammed.
Cinematography / Editing


