Edmonton International Film Festival 2010

Western Canada Premiere! Documentary filmmaker Paul Shepard is in a funk. Ever since his last award-winning film took the festival circuit by storm, he’s been uninspired, unfocused, and just flat out miserable. That is until he gets a phone call from cult-phenom Sadie, a poet and his former muse. She’s putting out a new book about modern relationships. And that’s all that takes to spark Paul’s interest in exploring that territory for himself.

His skeptical producer Ray, who would much rather Paul make a film about the Panda book he just optioned, doesn’t have much faith in the project. But nevertheless, production starts with Paul’s teenage nephew, Phil, running the camera (providing he can figure out which buttons do what!).

As Paul starts to navigate his own relationship past he discovers that not all is what it seems. Sadie’s new book, “Poems & Thoughts for the Man I Love to Hate” is actually about him! His relationship with actress/model Haley didn’t end as amicably as he remembered, and last but not least, Samantha - the girl that got him into his funk to begin with - doesn’t really want to have a whole hell of a lot to do with him. If Paul is ever going to understand the modern relationship, he’s first going to have to understand himself.