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RCMP × 72andSunny · Stefan Szary
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A director recommendation from Koloc
directed by Stefan Szary
One walk. One officer. One country.
Sixty seconds of sidewalk that show what paper never can.
01 · The idea, as we read it
Only a walk can show the person.
Seven qualities, read out like a posting. Seven moments on one stretch of sidewalk that prove them. Our job is to make every line of that paper feel lived in.
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Frames: Stefan Szary · Ski-Doo
02 · The director
“I’m a proud Canadian director, and I make confident, gritty films that inspire belief in the realness behind them.”
Stefan Szary
Stefan builds an instinctive kind of cinema, carried by movement, texture and raw emotion. He films in intense conditions, and frames every shot with intent.
His work has an energy you can feel on screen, and a way of turning every project into a strong visual experience, where form becomes as expressive as substance.
His signature is bold editing and a textured image he fully owns: grain, experimental filters, organic treatments and in-camera effects woven into the storytelling. A different eye, complementary to Koloc's DNA. More instinctive, more current, resolutely distinctive.
Selected brands
03 · The work
Recognized at Cannes Lions, the Clios and D&AD. Start with the reel, then his latest film, for the Canadian Armed Forces.
04 · The brief, answered
Straight from your director brief, criterion by criterion. Each answer links to the work that proves it.
01
You asked for
Born in Calgary, raised in Vancouver, now raising a family in Quebec's Eastern Townships. His latest film is for the Canadian Armed Forces, and his reel is built for Canadian brands like Ski-Doo, Can-Am, BRP, CCM and Sport Chek, very often in Canadian winters. He knows what minus twenty does to a crew, a lens and a face.
02
You asked for
Stefan's work is almost entirely wordless. Emotion travels through breath, eyes, gesture and rhythm, never through lines. Förena and Ski-Doo Your Life are built on exactly what Foot Patrol needs: a face that tells you everything while the body keeps moving.
03
You asked for
His most recent film is for the Canadian Armed Forces: a national institution with its own uniforms, protocols and people. Brand sets like BRP's put specialists in the blocking too. We will run Foot Patrol the same way: RCMP advisors in prep, in rehearsal, and in a dedicated seat beside Stefan at the monitor.
04
You asked for
Riders, runners, real people: most faces in Stefan's work are not actors. His method is built for them. Tasks instead of emotions, short takes, a camera that waits for the real moment instead of forcing it.
05
You asked for
Vehicles at speed, camera cars, drones, snow and dust in the same frame. A one-take walk with a K9, a horse and a pipe band is choreography first, and choreography is where Stefan lives. The blocking for Foot Patrol is already drawn, right below.
05 · The walk · blocking for the :60
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00 / 10 · Open
06 · Beat by beat
Timing, camera, stitches and what the RCMP brings to each moment. Cut-down columns show our proposed path for the :30, :15 and :06, to align with you.
Timings are a first pass on the :60. The :90 cinema version extends beats 03, 05 and 08.
07 · Canada Street
A single stretch of sidewalk that reads as a microcosm of the country. Lived in, never an ad set. The regions arrive through weather, wardrobe, signage and the faces in the background.
References: 72andSunny director brief
What we scout for
Regional nods along the walk
As a Montréal company working in both official languages, bilingual signage and French-language authenticity are native to us, not an add-on.
08 · With the RCMP
Authenticity is a production department on this job. Here is how RCMP representatives sit inside the process, from the first meeting to the last take.
RCMP consultants join creative prep from award. Every beat gets a procedure check: K9 tactics, first response, evacuation, uniform and hair protocol.
A rehearsal day on location with the K9 handler, the Musical Ride and the Pipe and Drum band. Handlers set the timing; camera and talent adapt.
A dedicated authenticity seat in video village with a direct line to Stefan, and a kit check before every setup. Nothing rolls that an advisor would correct later.
RCMP review folded into the agency edit reviews, so approvals stay inside your post schedule to the December 18 ship.
What the RCMP brings
Per 72andSunny production bid specs
Animals, handled right
Beat 05 · Indigenous partnership
The smudging scene is marked FPO in the script, pending consultation. We agree, and we would go further.
We propose engaging an Indigenous cultural advisor at award, so the Elder, the protocol, the medicines and the framing are shaped with partners before we lock the shot. If the community asks for changes, the film changes.
09 · Music
A bagpipe cry and a tight snare open a traditional march, which morphs into a driving modern track, and finally strips down to one steady heartbeat. Emotional, never saccharine.
On set
Whoever composes it, we shoot to it. A temp at the agreed tempo plays from rehearsal day, so Maya's stride, the band and the horse lock to the final bars.
Original score
Original composition, with the option to sample or rearrange a public-domain march. Traditional RCMP pipes and drums against modern instrumentation.
The drop
At "Step forward" the pipes peel away and only Maya's beat remains. The loudest moment of the film is the silence around her stride.
10 · Two days, one walk
Mid-November gives us about nine and a half hours of light. The plan protects the golden-hour finale, keeps RCMP units to a single day, and rehearses everything that moves the day before.
Rehearsal day · in prep
Day 1 · Nov 18 TBC
Day 2 · Nov 19 TBC
Snow, leaves and smoke are art-directed, so we never wait on the sky. Order subject to RCMP unit availability and the final location.
11 · The road to December 18
Built on your WIP calendar. Stefan is available for the full window, from briefing call to master ship.
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12 · Koloc
Koloc is a Montréal production company: directors, producers and post under one roof, working in English and French. A place where ideas take their time. We observe, exchange, test, and start again.
Director · STEF
Executive producer
Partner
Partner
Step forward.
Briefing calls Oct 14 · Treatment and bid Oct 21
