Bitter Lake is the first live action full motion picture to be made in the Furry Fandom and is the second EZwolf and Shay production to date. Produced entirely by the crew itself and sponsored by Eurofurence, Bitter Lake combines the creative skills of a small team of enthusiastic and driven people and shows what can be done with minimum resources in a very short timeframe. The incredible work done when it comes to camera work, script and story writing, music composition, (voice) acting, art and fursuit building is something unique and every piece of the puzzle fits. Shot entirely on location in France and the Netherlands in HD 35 mm.

Bitter Lake premiered at Eurofurence 17 in August of 2011.

The DVD has been for sale in Europe and the US but is no longer available.

Bitter Lake is the first live action full motion picture to be made in the Furry Fandom and is the second EZwolf and Shay production to date. Produced entirely by the crew itself and sponsored by Eurofurence, Bitter Lake combines the creative skills of a small team of enthusiastic and driven people and shows what can be done with minimum resources in a very short timeframe. The incredible work done when it comes to camera work, script and story writing, music composition, (voice) acting, art and fursuit building is something unique and every piece of the puzzle fits. Shot entirely on location in France and the Netherlands in HD 35 mm, Bitter Lake will premiere at Eurofurence 17 in August of 2011 and will feature an original sound track by Fox Amoore.

We are proud to announce that Bitter Lake will be released on DVD immediately after its premiere at Eurofurence this August.

The region free DVD will be sold by Blackpaw in the Dealers Den at Eurofurence. The DVD will feature the full movie, behind the scenes footage and photographs and will be subtitled in English, German and French.

Over the last eleven years, Shay has been working as a creative writer and game designer on several computer games for PC, iPhone and WP7 and has now tried his hand at script writing and movie directing. After the success of Fursuit Theater at Eurofurence 16 (2010) Shay started work on a new and slightly bigger challenge; a full motion picture. For the Bitter Lake movie project he wrote the underlying story, worked out the script, co-produced with EZwolf, voiced the role of Prince Arden of Tolver and the narrator, and sat down in the director's chair.

EZ started his career as an advertisement photographer in the early nineties and became involved in professional video and film producing in 1997. Being a photographer and part of the fandom has resulted in many furry related videos and photographic art.

The Bitter Lake film project is currently EZ's biggest challenge after having performed in the Fursuit Theatre at EF 16 (2010). Next to being co-producer with Shay, EZ is Bitter Lakes' director of photography, lighting-cameraman, production designer and editor. EZwolf also portrays the role of Colonel Raden Drraer.

For 20 of the 25 years of his life, Fox has played Piano. As such it's allowed him to travel the world performing in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, The Cavern Club and countless theatres. As a composer he's worked professionally for nearly 5 years, having done work for Nintendo Wii games, television adverts, and having recently joined the Furry Fandom, is now producing the music for it's first full motion picture. He's currently released three albums, a fourth due for the Summer entitled "Feel", a name derived from the comments he often recieves relating to the known expression he puts into his Orchestral and New Age work. He's currently attending the first ever year of Scotiacon as Guest of Honour, working on "Myre", a collaborative comic between himself and AlectorFencer... and can't function without coffee.

Tiger Tom (or more recently known as Malamutt) works in the UK as a software developer. During his studies, he worked as a part-time cook in several pubs and pursued his interest in photography. Whilst looking for a cook and an EPK photographer the Bitter Lake producers took notice of his experience as Confuzzled's official photographer and part-time cook and quickly found consensus. So, in between organizing groceries, stirring in pots and pans and serving delicious meals, Tom shot almost the entire making-of video and all production stills.

Rin is the only female crewmember in the Bitter Lake crew but that didn't stop her from feeling at home. At the age of five she joined a theater club that presented a play each year. She managed to keep doing that till 2006 when she got asked to work as an extra in the Dutch movie "In naam van de Vader". Her small stature may fool you, but be warned; she is very apt in doing what is asked of her. Next to acting in the Bitter Lake movie project, Rin helped a lot with set dressing and cleaning up. She is very proud to have been part in what she calls 'this epic undertaking' and has enjoyed portraying the role of Belora dan Winters.

StoelBank is the youngest person on the team, but is certainly not the most inexperienced one. He has held a lot of different jobs and practiced quite a number of hobbies which have always fuelled his passion: Creativity. StoelBank is currently studying Visualization in the Netherlands and is aiming to become a freelance artist. He has achieved the goals he has set for himself by never giving up and pushing through no matter what. StoelBank portrays the role of Prince Arden of Tolver in the Bitter Lake movie project, designed the website and created the art for the narration scene.

Forfaox is currently employed as a software developer in The Netherlands. After setting foot into the fandom a few years ago, he quickly took up fursuiting as a hobby and started developing an appreciation for the entertainment aspect of it. Every chance he gets, Forfaox tries to improve himself in the area of interaction with the public and acting in general. When asked if he would like to participate in the Bitter Lake movie project as one of the main characters, he didn't have to think twice and took the opportunity. In the movie, he portrays the role of Careth Dale.

Tillikum got in touch with cameras at a very young age. His dad, a hobby photographer taught him the very basics of image composition and he went from there himself.

In 2001 he bought his first video camera and started to experiment with moving images until he became part of the Eurofurence video team in 2006. Getting used to the camerawork that was needed for the Bitter Lake movie project was quite the challenge for Tilli, seeing his experience with shooting videos came solely from convention or Fursuit-walks in Europe or America. At the end of the shooting days it turned out that his previous experiences with camera work helped him more than even he thought possible.

Nikoshi is an enthusiastic young man who studied camerawork and editing and graduated with flying colors in 2010. After the success of the Fursuit Theatre last year, where Nikoshi got asked to do the lighting, he got asked by Shay to help him out with his newest project: Bitter Lake. Nikoshi's role in the project was purely behind the scenes, being not only the best-boy for grip and lighting but also camera assistant to EZ and Tillikum. Next to driving the crew back and forth and making sure everyone had freshly baked bread every morning, he is also credited for set dresser and visual effects supervisor. He said he never felt a true moment of rest until Shay and EZ said it was a wrap.

With having worked for more than eight years at one of Europe's biggest Broadcast Facilities as a Sound technician, Kwisa was the ideal candidate to join the Bitter Lake crew. His experience with recording TV shows proved invaluable as he could help the crew with setting up camera locations and deal with lighting and grip issues. Kwisa joined the Bitter Lake crew to help out with was the recording of on set sound and foley and the playback of sound for the actors. Because of his job, Kwisa has provided a positive look on furries and fursuiting alike on Dutch television by appearing on several TV shows explaining that Fursuiting is more than what most hype media make it out to be.

Lucy hasn't been in the fandom all that long, she discovered it some four years ago after meeting her partner, Fairlight. She immediately fell for the friendliness of the community, the social aspect of doing things together and the cuteness of the suits. She had a lot of fun joining Fairlight's PawPet UK team and making many new friends, and was surprised and honoured to be asked to voice Belora dan Winters for the Bitter Lake project. She enjoyed recording the voice of the tough little dragon from Sinnah tremendously and looks forward to seeing the final cut.