A local lens will spotlight Lloydminster stories, thanks to a Telus grant.
Kim Capiral, owner at Narra Studios, says he was the recipient of the Pan-Asian Storyteller 2025.
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“Telus was looking for Asian filmmakers from B.C. and Alberta,” he said. “You have to pitch a story it could be a documentary; it could be a short film.”
The grant provides $20,000 in production funding to produce a 20-45 minute locally reflective documentary, scripted film or series pilot along with 30-60 minutes of bonus content.
“My proposal was to do four short stories of things around Lloyd,” he said, noting he’ll be spotlighting people in Lloyd and specific industry in the city.
Capiral gave a breakdown of the stories he’ll be telling courtesy of the grant.
“The four stories are, James Foley, he’s a bucking bull breeder,” he said. “We always see the bull riders, but we never see the bull. And to think about it, the bull is an athlete.
“The second one is Peyton Walker. Just to follow her, but also backtrack to what happened before. It’s a nice resiliency story.”
The third in Capiral’s series of local stories would put a spotlight on the operations of the rescue squad.
“The third one would be the rescue squad. Almost like following the day in the life of the rescue squad,” he said. “I want to dig deeper and because I know a lot of what they do is rescue people that have already passed and they bring that closure to the family.”
The final story would put him on the other side of the camera.
“Then the fourth one would be my story,” he said.
Through the grant, Capiral would be paired with a mentor that will help him through the filmmaking process.
“We’re doing the process of pairing us with a mentor,” he said. “What I’m seeking and I mentioned it there, like budgeting. How do you budget? Then also distribution, that’s the hardest part of making a film, where can we see the film.”
Production for the projects starts on Nov. 5, the deadline for production to finish is Nov. 30, 2026.
“The main content, those four stories would have to be done November of next year,” he said.
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