Female Eye Film Festival Program
Screening Tickets are $8 at the
door (Carlton Cinema and
For advance
tickets, visit TicketBreak.com or call 1-866-9-GET-TIX.
Panel Discussions, Workshops & Script
Female Eye Networking Brunch & Special Tribute to Honourary Mary Harron is
$25.00 – Novotel Toronto Centre – Dining Room.
*Discounts for Students and
Seniors. WIFT Members receive 20% off.
**Please note when
purchasing tickets that each film is attached to a specific program, if you are
looking for a specific film make sure you select the correct program. Consult
our online program guide to find which program your film is attached to.
Wednesday
March 16th 2011
12:00PM- 4:00PM : ⇑ WELCOME
FILMMAKERS & SCREENWRITERS!
Location: Novotel Centre, Cafe Novotel, 45 The Esplanade
FeFF Welcome High Tea & Toronto Film Tour
Join us, for a HIGH
TEA & STUDIO TOUR, 12pm at Novotel
Toronto Centre – Cafe Novotel, 45 The Esplanade.
– Goodies freshly baked, teas and coffee.
Location: WARC Gallery,
⇑ Meniscus - Dir. Maria-Elena Doyle (WP, 08 min: 20 sec, New Zealand,
2010)
Meniscus will take you on a
journey into human nature where we learn what some would say our souls already
know. The spirit is more powerful than the flesh. Naked bodies move together as
one body of flesh, pulsing to the rhythm of life. Meniscus
will envelope you in intoxicating and evocative images of human being’s
physical and spiritual cycle of birth, death and life.
⇑ Gizmo Kaleidoscope - Dir. Susan Shaw (WP, Experimental, 03 min :
17 sec, New York, NY, 2010)
Optical and mechanical —
rotating, tumbling, reassembling, rearranging, arrested and in flux, loose and
continuous — a view of
⇑ Kwam Kit - Dir. Pear Kansaranat Nerngchamnong (WP, Experimental, 06 min :
20 sec, Thailand, 2010)
A girl is traveling through
her emotions and her thoughts in order to accept the lost of her significant
love one.
⇑ Land of Morning Calm - Dir. Jessica Bardsley (WP, Experimental, 15 min., Chicago,
IL, 2010)
An
epistolary video essay that charts a long distance correspondence between two
friends – one American, the other South Korean. It
is a work of experimental ethnography, which uses personal memory as a mode of
exploring female intimacy, self discovery, and issues of cross-cultural
translation.
Q & A with directors to follow
screening.
Intermission (15 min)
3rd Edition of Student Super 8 Filmmaking Workshop 2011:
A young woman who drinks and does drugs still manages to hold her
life together. She’s on a quest to find a balance… or a way out. She still
hasn’t decided.
⇑ Paper CUTS - Dir. Sarah Nanibush. Mentor: Amanda Strong
School can take over your
life and kill you…literally.
⇑ Craving - Dir Leslie Kachena McCue (Ojibway, Curve Lake First Nation) Mentor: Jules Koostachin
Lost in a world full of
expectation, a young woman finds herself consumed by the way beauty is
portrayed in magazines. She is craving acceptance, love and understanding. She
finally realizes that her imperfections make her the beautiful person she is.
⇑ I Don’t Want It - I Don’t Need It - Dir Eva Rose Tabobondung. Mentor: Jules Koostachin
Love and family always
comes first in our community. No matter where we end up we can always look back
and remember who we are through them.
⇑ Niso Kakastesinowin
(Two Reflections) - Dir Jules Koostachin
In Cree culture twins are
believed to carry medicine over from the spirit world. One day, an older
Native male spirit visits our world speaking of the special gifts that twin
boys Pawaken (Totem) and Tapwewin
(Truth) will share during their life on Earth.
⇑ Long Way From Home - Dir Deandra
Wells. Mentor: Peggy
Anne Berton
Living the Big City life, trying to get by to live your dreams but
can’t help being so homesick for all your loved ones, you keep in your heart
& for the safety of “home” but still trying to make them proud of you
living the “Big City Life”.
⇑ A Sidewalk Indian - Dir Alana Brascoupe. Mentor: Peggy Anne Berton
Did anyone ever stop to think
about how that sidewalk Indian got there? And what type of life they lived and
the effects that history has done to First Nations people in
⇑ Honey For
Sale - Dir Amanda Strong.
The
tenuous life of the honeybee in an attempt to expose the fragility of human
existence.
Event
Sponsored by WARC Gallery. Special thanks to LIFT Workshop Facilitator, Zoe
Gordon.
Q & A with filmmakers to follow
screening.
⇑ LIVE SUPER 8 FILM: Are You Experienced? - Dir Peggy Anne Berton - Music
by Marc St Aubin.
Film performance with
projected super 8, improvised storytelling and live music.
Produced in partnership with
ANDPVA and Liaison of Independent Filmmaker (LIFT). Produced under the auspices of the Ontario
Arts Council (OAC).
Event Sponsored by WARC Gallery.
Thursday
March 17th 2011
11:00AM – 4:00PM : ⇑ THE
FEMALE EYE BEST IN THE BIZ SERIES: HONOURARY DIRECTOR BRUNCH AND TRIBUTE
HONOURARY DIRECTOR TRIBUTE: Mary Harron
11am – 1pm – BRUNCH:
Novotel Toronto Centre, Café Nicole, 45 The Esplanade
2pm – 4pm – TRIBUTE –
INTERVIEW: Novotel Toronto Centre –
Tickets are available at the door for $25.00 on a
first come, first served basis, advance tickets available at Ticketbreak.com
THE FEMALE EYE BEST IN THE BIZ SERIES – TRIBUTE proudly
presents an Intimate Conversation with our 2011 Honourary
Director, acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron (American Psycho, The
Notorious Bettie Page, I Shot Andy Warhol and The Moth Diaries).
Join moderator Carol Whiteman, the award-winning producer of
the Women in the Director’s Chair program followed by a mini-master
class from one of
Canadian writer and director Mary Harron
is best known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol, American
Psycho, The
Notorious Bettie Page and soon to be completed, The Moth
Diaries. Harron first made an impact on the world of American
independent cinema with her 1996 feature directorial debut I Shot Andy Warhol.
Join moderator Carol Whiteman, the award-winning producer of the Women In the Director’s Chair program followed by this mini-master
class from one of
Mary Harron also worked for a number of
British publications, including New Musical Express, for which she wrote a
history of the Velvet Underground, and Melody Maker, for which she wrote a
detailed history of Andy Warhol and the Factory. Harron
began her film career as the director of a number of documentaries for BBC TV
and Channel Four. She also made six short films about pop culture,
including one entitled How to Make an Oliver Stone Movie. Following I Shot Andy Warhol,
her acclaimed feature directorial debut, Harron began
adapting (along with co-writer Guinevere Turner) Brett Easton Ellis’
controversial novel American Psycho for
the screen. The Notorious Bettie Page released in 2005, is about the 1950s
pinup model who became a cult icon of sexuality and who helped popularize
pornography. Harron shows Page as the daughter of
religious and conservative parents, as well as the fetish symbol who became a
target of a Senate investigation of pornography. Harron
saw Page as an unwitting feminist figure who represented a movement for women’s
sexual liberation, ironically similar, yet dissimilar to Solanas.
Audience Q & A with
Director, Mary Harron.
12:00PM – 2:00PM : ⇑ CANADIAN ABORIGINAL FILMMAKER
PROGRAM
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⇑ I am Lake Ontario - Dir. Sarah Moffat (WP, Documentary, Activist, 01:00,
Toronto, Canada, 2011)
⇑ Thirst - Dir. Gail Maurice (Documentary, 14:15, Toronto, Canada, 2009)
Over 200 First Nations
communities are without clean drinking water – they call this a developed
world. Thirst is a story about one community with poisoned water, poisoned with
uranium.
⇑ Remembering Inninimowin - Dir. Jules Koostachin (TP, Documentary, 01:00:16, 2010)
This two-year student
documentary film project is the personal journey of a Cree woman, the documentarist, as she starts to remember her first
language, Inninimowin (Cree). The film addresses the
impacts of genocide on the Inninuwak, who have been
systematically severed from their language. More specifically, it focuses on
the Cree peoples who originate from the Mushkegowuk
territory, in northern
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
2:30PM – 4:30PM : ⇑ CANADIAN SHORTS AND DOCUMENTARY
PROGRAM
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Hanging suspended in layers
of dense fog is a city that cannot see the forest, or the trees. ‘Terranaughts’ follows a young boy’s adventure though this
eerie, sweeping landscape as he searches for the source of a mysterious light.
⇑ Rush - Dir. Elif Isikozlu (WP, Experimental, 04 min : 25 sec, Whitby, Ontario)
A solo male performer
confronts a white wall that stands relentlessly in front of him. RUSH is about
the power of momentum to drive and destroy us.
Set in the Canadian Arctic,
this is an intimate, first-hand account of how the tiny, isolated Inuit
community of
Once upon a time a small
band of artists, activists, and cancer survivors believed they could change the
world. Together they created the art exhibition, ‘Survivors In
Search of a Voice: The Art of Courage’. For more than 3 years, the exhibit
toured North America where it became known as the
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
4:30PM – 6:00PM : ⇑ NORTH
AMERICAN SHORT DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
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A sexy look at how the
modern human functions within its societal bounds.
Life and art intersect on a
spectacular
In the Shadow of Buddha
takes us to the seldom seen world of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in northernmost
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
7:00PM – 9:00PM : ⇑ GALA
FEATURE FILM AND RECEPTION – AMAZON FALLS
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Location: Carlton Cinema,
Opening Statement by FeFF
Founder/Executive Director, Leslie Ann Coles and City of
⇑ GAYKEITH - Dir. Leslie Hope (CP, Animation, 09 min
: 59 sec, Los Angeles, CA, 2010)
Meet Scott: a 260 pound
red-headed, fun-lovin’, bi-polar, hockey-playin’ sexual deviant who recently turned forty and who
has spent the last 15 years living in
It’s a hot summer day.
Thirteen-year-old Tina loves to dream. But today she must confront the idle
pleasures and confusions of teenage life.
FEATURE GALA – A DEBUT FEATURE PRESENTATION with
Director, Katrin Bowen
Starring
April Telek, Anna Mae Routledge,
Zak Santiago, and William B. Davis.
Q & A with Dir. Katrin Bowen, and special guests to follow the screening.
9:30pm,
Friday
March 18th 2011
11:00AM – 1:30PM : ⇑ DIRECTORS
ROUND TABLE: FEMALE FILMMAKERS AND SUCCESS
Location: Novotel Toronto Centre – Alsace
Room, 45 The Esplanade
The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)
is proud to announce the return of the Directors Round Table workshop to this
year’s festival line-up. Lead
facilitators for this workshop will be Founder/ Executive Festival
Director, Leslie Ann Colesand award-winning Women In the Director’s Chair, WIDC
Producer, Carol Whiteman will be joined by invited Industry
Guests. Within a round table discussion format
invited Industry Guests will engage in facilitated conversations with session
participants including the festival’s attending filmmakers and interested
members of the public, with the aim of provoking thought, lively debate,
observations, and even some recommendations around the topic of Success and the
Female Filmmaker.
Following a brief
introduction by the lead facilitators, Industry Guests,
will be placed at each table and given a key Debate Question to discuss with
session participants for up to 30 minutes. Then session participants
will rotate in turn to the three other Discussion Tables. The
Industry Guests will stay at their designated table and continue to discuss the
question with other participants in turn.
At the end of the table
rotations, the Industry Guests will report out to the assembled group on the
outcomes of their respective discussions. As time permits, at the head table
Industry Guests will be encouraged to engage each other in a discussion about
the session outcomes.
Following the FeFF Directors Round Table the Female Eye Film Festival
will undertake to issue a report outlining the outcomes of this session along
with pertinent recommendations about what women filmmakers might want to start
doing; stop doing; and continue doing in order to be more
successful? Recommendations to government and / or the industry at
large may also be among anticipated outcomes of these discussions.
Debate Questions include:
1. GETTING FILMS MADE: with
funding dollars being squeezed even more, and women-driven projects still not
fairing well in larger budget categories, what strategies can women filmmakers
utilize to get their films made in today’s economy? Is it time for a
new model? Perhaps a Women’s Filmmaking Cooperative?
2. DISTRIBUTION: The distribution
of theatrical release films is getting so competitive that the smaller, more
intimate films directed by women do not stand a chance. What
innovations can women filmmakers utilize to get their films to audiences?
Industry
delegates TBA
11:00AM – 12:00PM : ⇑ FEATURE
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
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⇑ Assume Nothing - Dir. Kirsty MacDonald (CP, Documentary, 80:00, Auckland,
New Zealand, 2009)
Many of us assume that
there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex
of our biological bodies. Inspired by the photographs of acclaimed New Zealand
photographer Rebecca Swan, Assume Nothing focuses on the art, photography and
performances of five “alternative” gender artists of Maori, Samoan-Japanese,
and Pakeha-European descent, posing the questions:
“What if “male” and “female” are not the only options? How do other genders
express themselves through art?” Intimate present-day interviews and actuality
are interspersed with lush Super-8, 2-D and 3-D animations and beautifully
staged performances – blurring the conventions of documentary, animation, drama
and gender in the process. Meticulously crafted, playful and
provocative, Assume Nothing travels from
Q & A with special
guest.
12:15PM – 1:15PM : ⇑ CANADIAN SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY
PROGRAM
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⇑ Small Currents - Dir. Carolyn Combs (TP, Drama, 19 min, Vancouver, BC,
2010)
Caught between her
upbringing and a desire for intimacy with Hassan, Tabitha turns towards the
insights of her six year old daughter to help determine their future.
⇑ The Guests - Dir. Taghreed Saadeh (WP,
Documentary, 46 min : 00 sec, Mississauga, ON, 2010)
The Guests tells the story
of so many Palestinian refugees who seek asylum in
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
1:30PM – 3:45PM : ⇑ SHORT
FILMS AND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
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⇑ Hunger - Dir. Deborah Lohse (WP, Experimental, 10 min : 20 sec, New York, NY, 2010)
Some appetites aren’t
easily satiated, “Hunger” is the story of a group coming
together for a typical dinner party, which we quickly discover is anything but.
Within the suspension of time, secret desires are acted out upon with those
seated at the table. What would you do with/to the person sitting across the
table from you if there were no repercussions? What is your most intimate
hunger that goes unfed?
⇑ Broken Art - Dir. Pepa Albornoz (WP, Experimental, 17 min : 36 sec, Reseda, CA, 2010)
Broken hearts confess their
stories through monologues modeled after famous paintings.
⇑ Drop - Dir. Kristin Waterson (WP, Comedy, 09 min
: 28 sec, Toronto, Canada, 2010)
It’s the last night of the
summer in
⇑ Abandon Me - Dir. Sayer Frey (CP, Drama, 19 min
: 00 sec, Minneapolis, MN, 2110)
Set in 1940′s rural
⇑ Prom Date - Dir. Jessica Schoen (CP, Musical Comedy, 15 min, Toronto,
Canada, 2010)
Prom Date is a musical
comedy about asking people to prom in an overly romantic high school. Evan
Jacobs wants nothing more than to ask his dream-girl, Deanna to Prom, but will
he be brave enough to go through with his plan? This is a story about high
school, unrequited love, friendship, dreams, and above all, getting what you
want, no matter what.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Out Late is an
inspirational and moving documentary about five individuals who made the
courageous and life altering decision to “come out” as senior citizens. Their
stories are nothing less than extraordinary: many lived straight lives complete
with marriage and children, and now face the challenge of beginning again late
in life. Why did they wait until their 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s to come out? And
what was the turning point that caused each of them to openly declare their
sexuality? From
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
1:00PM – 4:00PM : ⇑ GOOD TO GO - SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM ** Closed Door session
Location: Novotel Toronto Centre – Café
Nicole, 45 The Esplanade.
Screenwriters: Franky Sanchez,
“That White Girl”; Matt Hilliard- Forde, “Kindred”; Natalie
Hanson, “Aftermath”; Mark Winzer, “Queen of Vengence”; Johnny Sanchez, “That
White Girl”, Dorothy A. Atabong,
“Daisy’s Heart”; Michael O’Day & Pepa Albornoz, “Fe Esther”
; Patti
Flather, “Kiss That Alaska Highway” and Denise
Landau, “Wasp Coffee”.
Industry Guests: Christine Tyson, Head of Development Buffalo Gal
Pictures; Byron Martin, Byron A. Martin Productions Inc.; Angela Argento, Literary Agent, Catalyst Talent
Creative Management and more delegates.
Presented by
4:30PM – 5:30PM : ⇑ THE FEMALE EYE: BEST IN THE BIZ
SERIES – TRIBUTE
NOVOTEL TORONTO
CENTRE – Champagne
Tickets are: PWYC (Pay what you can). All
proceeds will be donated to The Cayle Chernin Memorial Fund.
An Intimate Conversation
with Female Eye Maverick Award Winner 2011, Anne Tait. The
Female Eye Maverick Award signifies innovation, creativity, and perseverance in
the Film and Television Industry. Last year, the award was presented to Kit
Redmond, and to Linda Schuyler of Epitome Pictures (2009). Facilitated
by Television & Interactive Producer,LAURA JAMES of Mulberry Media.
“I’m thrilled to be honoured with the
Female Eye Maverick Award – by a Festival I admire so much. As a casting
director, I have championed the talent of hundreds of women, and recently I
produced the award-winning film
ANNE TAIT is a producer,
casting director, writer, director and broadcaster. For 7 seasons she was the
head casting director of Road to Avonlea,
has cast hundreds of feature films and TV series, written and directed stage
plays and screenplays, hosted a TV public affairs series and a radio series for
CBC.
Her film
Anne was nominated for an Emmy and won 2 Anik Awards
for casting. She also cast 2 seasons for the Stratford Festival.
4:30PM – 6:30PM : ⇑ INTERNATIONAL
FILMMAKER SERIES
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I want to spend the rest of
my life with you.
⇑ A Burning Tale of Desire - Dir. Amanda Daniels (CP, Animation, 14 min
: 38 sec, Chicago, IL, 2010)
An introverted romance
novel addict, Becka, goes out on a blind date, and
gets an unexpected visit by Juan Philipe, a character
from one of her books.
⇑ Mental - Dir. Joy Gohring (WP, Drama, 07 min
: 08 sec, Los Angeles, CA )
Dave is a seemingly ‘normal’
psychologist who ultimately discovers that his patients aren’t exactly who they
appear to be.
⇑ Yogurt Cups - Dir. Kamila Ticha (CP, Drama, 12
min, New York, NY, 20100)
Yogurt Cups is a closely
observed film about a relationship between a retired widower and his spirited
caretaker. Mr. Kolar lives on a farm in a rural area
of the
⇑ The Pond - Dir. Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders (WP, Drama, 16 min
: 20 sec, Austin, Tx, 2010)
Living amongst the ruins of
the Dust Bowl and in the absence of a mother who has fled, Claire longs for
freedom from a father who blames her for the family’s misfortunes.
⇑ Requiem for Herstory - Dir. Minji Kang (WP, Drama, 25 min, Brooklyn, NY,
2010)
A young girl; a lover of
music, yearns for some sense of peace and identity while suffering under the oppression
of mother’s demands. With a little help from her dreams and the music she loves
the most, she transcends her anguish via an uncanny metamorphosis.
⇑ Small, Stupid, and Insignificant - Dir. Valerie Buhagiar (WP, Drama, 42 min, Toronto, ON,
2010)
Marie is a single mom, her
sister is in a coma, and her Mama is a rosary clutching leave-it-to-God kind of
woman. Marie is haunted by her sister, who has been in a coma for 3 years, to
pull the plug. And yet, neither of them feels like living. This all changes
after one intoxicated night when Marie meets a wandering spirit that helps her
realize not only her sister’s wish for freedom, but also her own.
Featuring a stellar cast of Canadian talent including Tara Nicodemo,
Elana McMurtry, Maria Vacratsis, Rosie Elia and Richard
Clarkin, this magical film stirs up the meaning of
being alive.
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
6:45PM – 8:45PM : ⇑ CANADIAN
FEATURE PRESENTATION
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⇑ A LOVER’S FRAGMENTS - Dir. Hayoung Jeon ( WP, Experimental, 23 min : 10 sec, Chicago, IL)
A LOVER’S FRAGMENTS is
about remembering and forgetting. There are two lovers who are separated from
each other in each part. A letter – form Part 1 deals with materiality of
memory showing how it works when it worn away. The physicality of memories
transforms onto the film from digital image, which was shot originally as a
home video from the director’s real life partially using optical printing. A
diary – form Part 2 is shot in fictional way and it turns its attention to a
lover who struggles to forget the loved one over time. The repetitive action
mimics the character’s attempt to forget. Combining both experimental and
narrative ways of film shooting, this film is expanding its perspective.
FEATURE PRESENTATION
Deborah Chow’s dark drama
centers on the burgeoning relationship between an unlikely pair. . . Nathalie
(Isabelle Blais) is expecting her first child and
Henry (Zach Braff) is on his way to his next drug
deal. Their paths fatefully collide one night in an event that will irrevocably
change their lives. A marvel in her raw performance as a woman carrying the
tragic reminder of a shattered dream, Blais is the
perfect counterpoint to Braff’s conflicted Henry, who
manages to earn our sympathies in unexpected ways. The two capture the
cross-currents of emotion in their inevitably doomed relationship and enliven
Chow’s fine script. Chow has clearly cultivated the talent she displayed in her
short film The Hill, which premiered at the Female Eye Film Festival in 2004.
It is a delight to present her mature, heartfelt and accomplished debut
feature.
9:00PM – 10:30PM : ⇑ SUSPENSE
AND THRILLERS
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⇑ Pillow Talk - Dir. Bonnie Anderson (WP, Drama, 5 min, Toronto, 2010)
Pillow Talk is a story of
love gone sour. Boy meets Girl. Boy loses Girl. Boy finds another Girl.
⇑ Two Cities - Dir. Nadia Awad (WP, Drama, 15 min, Toronto, ON,
2010)
A female Canadian aide
worker, Lisa, is kidnapped in
⇑ Missing - Dir. Anna Sikorski (TP, Drama, 23 min., Montreal,
Quebec, 2009)
⇑ Ludlow - Dir. Stacie Ponder (WP, Experimental Drama, 01 hr : 06 min : 15 sec, Los Angeles, CA)
Krista (Shannon Lark)
leaves her boyfriend behind and drives to a rundown desert motel to await the
arrival of her sister Maddy (Elissa
Dowling). Broken and abused, Krista downs prescription pills and cheap vodka to
forget her troubled past and her grip on reality lessens.
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
10:45PM – 12:00AM : ⇑ NORTH
AMERICAN SHORTS AND FOREIGN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
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Max is an offbeat writer
caught between his past and future tenses. His words take on a life of their
own as they fly off the typewriter carousel and guide him to decisive moments
in his past. This uniquely vivid landscape leads him on a journey of reflection
and self-discovery.
⇑ The Game - Dir. Bonnie Anderson (WP, Drama, 18:45 min. Toronto,
Canada, 2010)
Five strangers find
themselves around a Black Jack table in an unknown location served by a
mysterious croupier and an omniscient supervisor, who tests their humanity in
the Petri-dish of a casino. As the stacks of chips rise
so do the gambler’s spirits. But when luck turns, their true selves emerge and
we find ourselves looking into the darkest corners or human nature. In true
“Twilight Zone” fashion, some secrets are kept and new truths are exposed.
FOREIGN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
⇑ Loving Sophia - Dir. Ohad Itach (NAP, Documentary, 54 min., Israel,
2010)
Language: Hebrew and
Russian with French & Russian subtitles. The dark corners of growing up as
a new immigrant are powerfully explored in this intense documentary. Sophie’s
wrenching journey into darkness is strikingly documented as her decent into
drugs and prostitution leads not only to a powerful film, but to the
possibility of moving on.
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
Saturday
March 19th 2011
10:30AM: ⇑ CTV WIDC Career Advancement
Module (CAM) Panel: Thriving on the Curve of Change
Location: Novotel
Toronto Centre – Champagne
10:30 AM- 12PM: CTV WIDC CAREER ADVANCEMENT MODULE
Moderated by Carol Whiteman, President & CEO CWWA and
Producer of The Women In the Director’s Chair program
(WIDC).
Industry insiders including Rebecca Dipasquale (SPACE), Anne Frank (Telefilm
Canada), and another mentor to be confirmed, discuss the current shifts in the
marketplace and what it now takes for content creators to tell their stories
and sustain healthy careers while navigating the relentless curve of change. Presented by Creative Women Workshops Association through the
support of the CTV-CHUM Tangible Benefits and in collaboration with the Female
Eye Film Festival.
12PM – 1PM : CTV WIDC COFFEE
BREAK
Join us for refreshments
and networking
1PM – 5:00PM: CTV WIDC CAM ** Closed door
session.
The FeFF congratulates the
following directors:
Katrin Bowen, dir. “
Valerie Buhagiar,
dir. “Small, Stupid and Insignificant” (
Anna Sikorski,
dir. “Missing” (
and former FeFF Alumni Director, Sharon
Lewis (
12:00PM – 5:00PM : ⇑ SCRIPT READING SERIES
Location: Novotel
Toronto Centre – Champagne
Tickets are: PWYC (Pay what you can). All
proceeds will be donated to The Cayle Chernin Memorial Fund.
Sponsored by Quebecor Fund. Presented by
Title: “Daisy’s
Heart”, written by Dorothy A. Atabong.
Logline: A
white entrepreneur and a black South African clothing designer embark on an
indissoluble love affair despite prevalent clashes and unfortunate
circumstances that propel them toward tragedy.
Title: “Kiss
That Alaska Highway” , written by Patti Flather
Logline: Kiss That Alaska
Highway is a feature drama about a retired African-American historian who must
return to the wartime highway he helped build and face past demons to create
the family he always wanted.
Title: “That
White Girl” , written by Johnny
Sanchez
Log line: A teenage white girl, immersed in the urban culture of
hip-hop, becomes a graffiti artist and a member of the infamous
African-American gang, the Crips. Inspired
by a true story.
Title: “Wasp
Coffee” , written by Denise
Landau
Logline: Country-girl Reba, from
Industry delegates TBA.
12:00PM – 2:00PM : ⇑ INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS AND
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
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⇑ Knock off - Dir. Rosanne Flynn (CP, Drama, 12 min, UK, 2010)
Teenager Jude is happy and
confident about her pregnancy until she overhears her father Michael telling
her teacher it’s a terrible mistake. Feeling hurt and betrayed, Jude flees the
school and Michael chases her into a busy street market. Only Jude’s brave
stand when a Chinese DVD seller is mugged shows him he needs to stand up for
his daughter.
⇑ Pussy - Dir. Debbie Howard (CP, Drama, 03 min
: 26 sec, United Kingdom, 2009)
Ellie is in high school and
has been trying to deal with unwanted sexual attention from an older boy. She’s
been unable to cope with this on her own and has started staying away from
school. Ellie eventually gets help in order to stand up to her bully, and sees
him as he really is.
⇑ Entre Deux/
In Between - Dir. Nadine Valcin (Drama, 14 min. ,
Toronto, Canada, 2009)
On a cold fall evening,
Leila is left alone to tend the family convenience store. A series of strange
clients keep her in a constant state of apprehension. Language and cultural
barriers also contribute to the making of a nerve-racking evening.
⇑ Grandmothers - Dir. Sarah Moffat ( WP, Documentary,
20 min, Toronto, Canada, 2011)
Canadian Grandmothers
welcome African Grandmothers to
⇑ My Slave Sister Myself - Dir. Gwen Ragsdale (WP, Documentary, 55 min., Cherry
Hill, NJ, 2010)
My Slave Sister Myself is a
compelling documentary film that depict the effects of the Transatlantic slave
trade on enslaved African females and correlate them with feelings deeply
embedded in the souls of today’s African American women. The comparisons are
compelling! It also exposes how slavery shaped perceptions about African
American manhood. My Slave Sister Myself sheds light on a dark and tragic
period in American history and addresses a myriad of issues that were borne in
slavery, yet continue to plague African Americans today. Men, women, young and
old alike of all ethnicities can benefit from the information this film
conveys.
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
2:30PM – 4:45PM : ⇑ TORONTO
FILMMAKER SERIES AND CANADIAN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
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⇑ Girls! Girls! Girls - Dir. Shana MacDonald (WP, Experimental, 08 min, Toronto,
ON)
A
collaboration with poet Margaret Christakos, based on her
poem “Girls, Girls, Girls”. Drawing from the dominant themes in the poem, the
film reflects on the desires of girlhood from the vantage point of a woman
through a kaleidoscope of paper dolls, Renaissance paintings, textured fabrics
and colourful jewelry. The film includes both filmed
and cameraless imagery, and draws on the unique colour saturation and textures of photograms
and re-photographed super 8 images.
⇑ Second Bodies - Dir. Sandra Danilovic (CP, Documentary, 46 min, Toronto,
Canada, 2009)
Second Bodies is an
intimate and semi-autobiographical exploration of the avatar experiences of
three women in online gaming. This part-Machinima
documentary poetically reflects on the perception of self, disability/body
image, mental illness, feelings of otherness, and unrequited love, via the
virtual reality world of Second Life.
Olivia, a young girl
learning to swim, meets the Underwater Princess in her backyard pool. Escape
into another world.
Feature Documentary:
Atlantic Crossing: a
Robot’s Daring Mission is the story of a passionate team of scientists led by
world-renowned oceanographer Scott Glenn, who make history by successfully
navigating the first autonomous underwater robot across the
Q & A with directors
to follow screening.
5:00PM – 6:30PM : ⇑ NORTH
AMERICAN SHORTS AND DEBUT FEATURE
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⇑ Foreward - Dir. Suneet Pabla (WP,
Experimental, 02: 21 sec, Woodbridge, ON, 2010)
An autobiography told in a
dreamlike state and in which the idea of dreams are explored as related to
fragmented memories.
⇑ Coming Home - Dir. Tara Mac Donald (WP, Music Video, 03 min, Dartmouth,
NS, 2010)
Independent Crissi Cochrane shines in this music video’s journey
through
⇑ Little Black Dress - Dir. Deborah Correa (CP, Dramedy,
20 min, Los Angeles, CA, 2010)
A high-powered fashion
director must confront her relationship regrets when she discovers that her
little sister is getting married. Add notables?
DEBUT FEATURE:
Lily returns once again to
her family’s lake cabin for the summer. Only this time, Mom and Dad are not
around, and her friend Lady has come along for the ride. A chance encounter at
a gas station brings best friends, Lady and Lily, together with a local
off-the-grid boy. Set along the scenic landscapes of
Q & A with director , Danielle Barbieri,
cast member, Eileen Barbieri, David Brandwein (producer, music supervisor, sound designer) and
Thomas Barbieri (Executive Producer) to follow
screening.
7:00PM – 9:00PM : ⇑ NORTH
AMERICAN SHORTS AND DEBUT FEATURE
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⇑ Self Serve - Dir. Abby Lambert (WP, Experimental, 02
: 09 sec, Toronto, Canada, 2010)
Stuck in her domestic
routine, a woman discovers a sense of authority and pride within her domestic
work. Her control of her domestic environment allows her to obtain a sense of
power similar to that in which her male counterparts contain in every other
environment.
⇑ Beautifully Broken - Dir. Luna Balthazar (WP, Animation, 03 min
: 06 sec, Brooklyn, NY, 2009)
Mother and daughter dolls
live together in their ruined home. They spend all of their time together in
this dystopian world.
⇑ Happy Pills - Dir. Tanya Lemke (Drama, 08 min :
08 sec, Toronto, Canada, 2009)
A power struggle between an
embittered father and his dutiful daughter ends with a potent lesson in honesty
and trust.
DEBUT FEATURE
Peach Plum Pear is the
story of Jesse, a troubled young man from
Q & A with producer Annelise Dekker, writer Samantha Genovese, and cast Mackenzie phillips, Tyler Blackburn, Alanna Masterson and Joris Jarsky to follow screening.
Q & A with directors to follow screening
9:30PM – 12:00AM : ⇑ LATE NIGHT THILLER SUSPENSE
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⇑ Play Dead - Dir. Vanessa Revard Roman (CP, Suspense Drama, 33 min, St.
Louis, MO)
A young girl with a
mysterious past uncovers a family secret that puts her in great danger from a
determined supernatural force.
DEBUT FEATURE:
A
vacationing couple discover their camp site isn’t as
secluded or safe as they had hoped in this thriller written and directed by Vilma Zenelaj. When Eva (Greta Zenelaj) and Steve (David Landry) are nearly shot by Carl (Rocco
Di Nobile), a careless and mysterious hunter, the couple
quickly suspect his presence in the forest is more than a coincidence.
With Carl watching their every move and his attraction to Eva becoming more
evident by the moment, the couple try desperately to flee these mountains where
phone service is nonexistent and the way out is miles away on foot. When Steve
breaks his ankle, it is up to Eva to find a way out of the forest for both of
them! Anora Wolff and Keyvan
Kiafer co-star in this thriller that’s sure to keep
only the most adventurous campers from daring to venture… INTO
THE WOODS.
Q & A with director to follow screening
Sunday
March 20th 2011
10:30AM – 12:00PM :⇑ DIRECTORS PANEL DISCUSSION
Location: Novotel
Toronto centre – Champagne West, 45 The Esplanade
“Women In
Film, Women and Story”, a moderated panel discussion with Female Eye
Founder/Exec. Director, Leslie Ann Coles and directors.
11:00AM – 1:00PM : ⇑ SUPERNATURAL
SHORTS AND FEATURE
Location:
⇑ Bunky The Vampire Killer - Dir. Teresa Alfeld (WP, 14 min :
59 sec, Vancouver, BC, 2010)
Fourteen-year-old Roberta
is set to perform in her
According to the doctrine,
32,000 years ago, a fleet of spacecraft arrived into
⇑ Mal’occhio (The Evil Eye) - Dir. Agata De Santis (WP,
Documentary, 52 min, Montreal, Quebec, 2010)
Filmmaker Agata De Santis sets out to
uncover the world of the evil eye – where one can become physically ill by
another’s envious glances, where the only remedy is a phone call to the old
woman down the street, and prevention involves wearing strange-looking amulets.
Q & A with director
and cast to follow screening.
12:00PM – 5:00PM : ⇑ SCRIPT READING SERIES
Location: Novotel
Toronto Centre – Champagne
Tickets are: PWYC (Pay what you can). All
proceeds will be donated to The Cayle Chernin Memorial Fund.
Sponsored by Quebecor Fund. Presented by
Title: “Kindred” written by Matt Hilliard – Forde
Logline: An unorthodox female detective struggles for her sanity when
she discovers she’s related to the serial killer she’s hunting.
Title: “Aftermath”,
written by Natalie Hanson
Logline: A woman and her boyfriend believe the tragedy of Hurricane
Katrina will provide them the perfect opportunity to commit a heinous crime:
the murder of the woman’s ex-husband. A corrupt cop who discovers their crime
and the nation’s greatest natural disaster add to the chaos as they all
desperately try to stay one step ahead of catastrophe.
15 minute Intemission
Title: “Queen of
Vengence” ,
written by Mark Winzer.
Logline: A passionate leader, a loving mother…and the slayer of 70,000.
Based on the true life of Queen Boudicca, whose legend has become an
international icon of feminine power.
Title: “FE,
ESTHER”, written by Michael O’Day and Pepa Albornoz
Logline: Perceptions can be deceiving. A Colombian journalist covers the
appearance of the Virgin Mary in a Venezuelan border town. A deeper story then
unravels involving deception, Colombian guerrillas and her
own past.
Industry Guests TBA
1:00PM – 2:30PM : ⇑ EXPERIMENTAL AND FOREIGN FEATURE
DOCUMENTARY
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⇑ Pretty Ballerina - Dir. Magda Booth (NAP, Experimental, 07 min : 12 secs, Australia, 2010)
Pretty Ballerina focuses on
a ballerina’s journey in mastering the art of ballet over time. The ballerina
experiences much joy and freedom initially Over time
this joy is destroyed as the ballerina descends into excruciating pain,
ultimately becoming trapped by her red dancing shoes.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY:
Punk has grown up and is
now called DIY (= Do It Yourself): A globally interconnected scene, built on
autonomy and solidarity, has declared war on capitalism and the status quo: “We
want more than we find in this society and at the same need a lot less than it
offers.” Whether they are squatters in Barcelona, antifascists in Moscow, queer
inhabitants of Berlin’s self-governed trailer parks, Dutch unionists, or aging
activists of England’s CRASS collective – they can all be brought down to one
common denominator: their protest and music as their means and tool to express
it. “Maybe music can’t change the world, but it can be a soundtrack!”
Consequently, two filmmakers set off on a journey through sub cultural
Q & A with directors
and to follow screening.
3:00PM – 4:30PM : ⇑ FOREIGN SHORT AND FRENCH CANADIAN
FEATURE
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⇑ Bubbles - Dir. Dalia Schlesinger (WP, Drama, 09 min
: 50 sec, Israel, 2010)
The film takes place on a
sultry night in Tel Aviv night, the kind that has become a tiring routine. Shira, a woman in her early thirties, is forced to face her
inner turmoil and resolve her long lasting conflicts. While waiting for her
husband to return from a business trip abroad, she has to deal with taking a
pregnancy test that will force her to make a choice between two men.
FEATURE PRESENTATION
It is late winter. A young
violinist has been murdered in her apartment by an unknown assailant.
Devastated by the violent death of her only child, Anna, Françoise leaves
Montréal and takes solitary refuge in Kamouraska, in
the house she inherited from her maternal ancestors. There, she attempts to
reconstruct her interior life by getting back in touch with the river, with
nature, and with the house and the objects that remind her of her daughter. But
Françoise’s grief is profound: she no longer wishes to live. In the forest, a
man discovers her letting herself die of cold and saves her. They recognize
each other from adolescence. Édouard is now a painter
who returned to live in his childhood home a while ago. Gradually, the loving
feelings of their youth spontaneously resurface. The presence of this man and
the gentle spirits of her deceased grandmother, mother and daughter help
Françoise rediscover the desire to live.
Q & A with directors
and to follow screening.
Tickets are: PWYC (Pay what you can). All
proceeds will be donated to The Cayle Chernin Memorial Fund.
Location:
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Cayle Chernin
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The film and television industry lost a beloved talent, one who
graced the screen of the Female Eye Film Festival since its inaugural event in
2001. Actress Cayle Cherninfought
a noble battle against ovarian cancer, which tragically took her life on
February 18th, 2011.
Cayle Chernin worked with so many great
We are pleased to present a selection of award winning short films,
along with a peek at the original Goin’ Down the Road (1969) directed by Donald Shebib and
a sneak peek at the much anticipated sequel, Goin’ Down the Road Again (2011).
Film Program:
Not A Fish Story,
directed by Anita Doron
The Princess of
Car Lady and Bike Girl, directed by Maria Theodorakis
Tea With Mother,
Co-Produced by and Starring Cayle
Goin’ Down the Road, directed by Don Shebib
This event will be hosted by Canadian actress Jaÿne
Eastwood, a
close friend to Cayle and her co-star in Goin’ Down
the Road (1969). Eastwood was one of the original cast members
of the Toronto branch of The Second City,
was a semi-regular on SCTV and has enjoyed a notable and
celebrated career in film and television. Currently, Eastwood can be seen on CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie and she recently reprised her original role as
Betty in the sequel to Goin’
down the Road, Goin’ Down
the Road Again.
Moderated Q & A with the
directors to follow.
*Please
join us for the Closing Gala and Reception at 6PM.
6:00PM : ⇑ CLOSING GALA AND CLOSING AWARDS
RECEPTION
Location:
Paramnesia is
an experimental moving image. Deciphering the meaning of paramnesia in terms of psychiatry: the definition is a
distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused. I reflect
and depict the poignant derivation of a pregnant female figure with her
garment, furniture, and natural force based on my experience and
indistinguishable recollections.
⇑ Sis - Dir. Deborah Haywood (WP, Drama, 11 min
: 00 sec, United Kingdom, 2010)
Five year old Lauren is
trying to get her sister’s attention by showing off her gymnastics. But all
Natalie is interested in is her boyfriend, Noggin. What’s more, Lauren’s plan
to grow a baby like her pregnant sister isn’t going to plan. Natalie’s
boyfriend and his mate come round to see Natalie and Lauren and her friend Amy
show off their gymnastic skills. They are unappreciated. Lauren and Amy
overhear the older kid’s conversations, and conclude that the local pedophile
might be able to help them out with a baby. So they go and track him down and
show him their gymnastics. And Lauren finally gets her sister’s attention.
⇑ Closing Night Gala Film: Black Ocean - Dir. Marion Hänsel (2010, 87 min., Belgium,France, Germany)
The Female Eye is delighted
to close its 9th annual celebration with a distinctive, female
perspective on the psychology of nuclear arms circa: the cold war.
Black Ocean; written, produced and
directed by accomplished award winning filmmaker, Marion Hänsel, will Close the FeFF,
March 20th, 2011 at Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, followed by the
annual Awards Ceremony at The Novotel Toronto Centre.
A glimpse into the lives of young French naval soldiers aboard a vessel
conducting nuclear tests in the pacific in 1972, Black Ocean is a character
driven coming of age story lead by a stellar cast including Romain
David, Nicolas Gob and Adrien Jolivet.
An official TIFF selection,
*A long admirer of Hänsel, the Female Eye Film
Festival will present a retrospective of her work at the 10th Annual
festival in 2012.
8:00PM : ⇑ AWARDS
CEREMONY AND CLOSING RECEPTION
Location: Novotel
Toronto Centre – Cafe Nicole, 45 The Esplanade
