{{Short description|Canadian short film series directed by John Greyson}} '''''Murder in Passing''''' is a Canadian short film series directed by John Greyson,<ref name=platform>"TTC offers new platform for mystery". ''Toronto Star'', January 7, 2013.</ref> which was broadcast as a series of 42 30-second episodes through January and February 2013 on Pattison Outdoor Advertising's video screens in the Toronto Transit Commission's subway system.<ref name=drama>"High drama for commuters". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 12, 2013.</ref>
The series stars Alexander Chapman as Epicene, a transgender detective investigating the murder of Mars Brito (Chase Joynt), a bike courier, in the fictional town of Passing, British Columbia.<ref name=platform /> The cast also includes Guillermo Verdecchia, Arsinée Khanjian, Moynan King and Nina Arsenault.<ref name=yfile>[https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/02/06/hold-film-profs-whodunit-murder-in-passing-captivates-toronto-commuters/ "Film prof's 'whodunit' Murder in Passing captivates Toronto commuters"]. ''yFile'', February 6, 2013.</ref>
The series was commissioned in 2007 as an outgrowth of the Toronto Urban Film Festival, an annual event in which Pattison screens one-minute short works by artists and filmmakers on its network of subway video screens.<ref name=drama /> The episodes were also distributed as a web series,<ref name=drama /> additional clues to the mystery were published via Twitter and in the Toronto edition of ''Metro'',<ref name=yfile/> and Greyson indicated plans to expand it into a feature film.<ref name=drama/> In the web series edition, each episode is followed by a 30-second opera aria, written by David Wall, which also shares clues to the murder.<ref>[https://filmmakermagazine.com/61947-murder-in-passing-transmedia-on-the-toronto-subway/#.VfUSRH2tpG0 "Murder in Passing: Transmedia on the Toronto Subway"]. ''Filmmaker'', January 7, 2013.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1msb5FYoFeHBPyoWcqxbPg ''Murder in Passing'']
Category:2013 web series debuts Category:Canadian drama web series Category:Canadian LGBTQ-related web series Category:Films directed by John Greyson Category:Toronto Transit Commission Category:Transgender-related television shows Category:Mystery web series Category:2010s Canadian LGBTQ-related drama television series Category:Crime drama web series