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The Reel to Real: A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society is a non-profit registered charity dedicated to showing the best in culturally diverse, authentic programming for youth. Reel to Real presents the annual Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, and media arts programming year-round. Through public screenings, hands-on workshops, interactive panel discussions, and public forums, our mission is to involve youth in actively viewing and discussing professionally made films; expose youth to new ideas and cultural perspectives; offer high-quality cinematic entertainment outside the mainstream; explore issues that are important to youth; engage youth in discussions with filmmakers about their work; SUPPORTING increase understanding of the art and craft of filmmaking; and promote the production and presentation of high quality independent films for youth. CANADIAN AGE + GRADE TICKETS RECOMMENDATIONS TALENT, REGULAR ADMISSIONS All films are listed with an age or grade $6.00 for children and $8.00 for adults recommendation intended to assist parents, guardians, and teachers when selecting CREATING OPENING NIGHT FILM & AWARD films. These recommendations are based CELEBRATION on our experience and knowledge, and $8.00 for children and youth (18 and under) in consultation with educators, but we $12.00 for adults recognize that youth respond in varied CANADIAN ways. We therefore leave the final decision REEL 2 REAL FAMILY PASSES to parents, guardians, and teachers. Where An unlimited pass for a family of four is $45 necessary, we have noted instances of coarse and is available to members only. The pass language, emotionally difficult scenes, CLIENT sexual situations, nudity and/or violence. CONTENT is validTELEFILM at CANADA all regular Festival screenings (not includingTITLE Opening Night Gala and Award Please see film listings on our website for PUB CORPO the Consumer Protection BC ratings. Celebration).PUBLICATION ≥ Telefi lm Canada, proud partner of Reel 2 Real REEL 2 REAL IFF 2010 DATE OF PUB. KEY: International Film Festival for Youth PURCHASEMARCH 2010 AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPISSUE OF ONLY $2 FOR PROGRAM BOOK 6+ 9+ 10+ 13+ 14+ ONEFORMAT YEAR! PDF HI-RES * Indicates a specific age recommendation WithSIZE the purchase of your membership, you can keep5.5” Xup-to-date 8.5” + BLEED on Reel 2 Real’s year round (e.g. for children ages 9 and up) LINE SCREEN Developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry programming,150 LPI workshops and contests through Pour le développement et la promotion de l’industrie audiovisuelle canadienne COLOURS ourB&W email newsletter. Feel good knowing that

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L1_TF10020 Reel2Real2010.indd 1 2/22/10 2:47:10 PM Reel 2 Real Festival Staff 2010 Board of Directors 2010 Reel Attitude Youth Jury 2010 Senior Jury Executive Director: Venay Felton, Ed D Erin A. Brown-John We wish to thank these talented young people Sydney Beatty-Mills Festival Coordinator: Tammy Bannister Thomas A. Falcone who spent hours viewing film from around the Megan Bystricky Auction Coordinator: Molly Samson Kris Fleerackers world. Based on their careful consideration and Summer Campbell Box Office Manager: Mina Khatam Alexandra Leask thoughtful analysis, we have awarded the best Monica Cheema Designer: Laurel Terlesky, studioblanc.com Marie-France Leroi films. Judith Fleerackers Publicity: Helen Yagi Hadas Levy Holly Laslo Mentors: Elisa Chee, Lydia Robyn E. Ludwig Junior Jury Sophia Matthew Fu, Chris Gilpin, Scott Kiborn, Jody Devorah H. Macdonald Miranda Andersen Nigel Moore Kramer, Tracy Lewis, Chad Sorensen Ingrid Putkonen Thomas Bahen Jacob Saltzberg Photographer: Tammy Bannister Bonnie Spence Connor Dwelly Ariana Vaisey Johanna Killas Saskia Vaisey Christopher Sims Elaine Vallis Tyler Wong

Many thanks to the following individuals and organizations: Joni Cooper & Kris Anderson, DOXA + Video Festival; George Harris, Gulf Island Film and Television School; Kathleen Aubry, Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski; Alan Franey & PoChu AuYeung, Vancouver International Film Festival; Drew Dennis & Ross Johnstone, Out on Screen: Queer Film + Video Festival; Jo-Anne Blouin, FIFEM, Montreal’s International Children’s Film Festival; Loreena Weideman Buhl, Flicks: Saskatchewan International Youth Film Festival, Pascal Boutroy, Freeze Frame International Festival of Films for Children; Cheyanne Turions & Jürgen Beerwald, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society; Jan Padgett, Powell River International Film Festival; Allen Braude, SPROCKETS Toronto International Film Festival For Children

Our thanks to the following friends for their generous donation of time on behalf of the Festival: Tom Alexander, Roberta Beiser, Nicolle Binnie, Madeleine Bélisle, Dan Blake, Tracey Bonneau, J. Bradford, Peg Campbell, Elisa Chee, Daniel Chowne, Rebecca Clarke, Genvieve Cloutier, Gordon Cobb, Marie-Soleil Courcy, Barb Cranmer, Jimi Cuell, Walter Daroshin, Brenda Diffley, Sue Donaldson, Claudia Estlin, Gary Fisher, Tracey Friesen, Lydia Fu, Randy Gatley, Amanda Gibbs, Patrick Harrison, Althea Kaye, Scott Kiborn, Elizabeth Kidd, Harry Killas, Beverley Kort, Jody Kramer, Rachel and Jeffery Lando, Hadrien Laroche, Ulrike Laskovski, Julian Lawrence, Gordon Li, Naomi Linklater, Zach Lipovsky, Marie Lopes, Jane Lougheed, Frank Ludwig, Cherryl Board of Directors, Clockwise: Ingrid Putkonen, Thomas A. Falcone, Robyn E. Ludwig, Marie-France Leroi, Masters, Kenji Maeda, Kim Maybee, Michele Mateus, Ximena Melendez, Laura Moore, Hilary Erin A. Brown-John and Venay Felton (Executive Director) Moses, Sarah Muff, Kerry Noon, Juanita Odin, Graham Peat, Jodi Pongratz, Katie Rasmussen, Shelley Robinson, Steve Rosenberg, Anna Russell, Erin Siddall, Lyne Rainville, Cecilia Ramirez, Chad Sorensen, Earl Hong Tai, Sean Tank, Mary and Charles Ungerleider, Angela van den Byllaardt. Danielle Viau, Charmaine Virk, Isolde Winter, Xiaojuan Zhou.

Reel 2 Real would like to thank our many volunteers for their enthusiastic work. We couldn¹t do INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS SOCIETY it without you! #300-1131 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6Z-2L7 We appreciate the support of all the directors, producers, and distributors of participating films. 604.685.3841 Thank you Print sources can be found on our website. www.cineworks.ca www.r2rfestival.org/2010/printsources MESSAGE FROM TELEFILM MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD ------Telefilm Canada is proud to be a part of As a parent, filmmaker and, now, as Reel 2 Real International Film Festival chairperson of the National Film Board of for Youth and to salute the extraordinary Canada, I believe we have a responsibility talent that this nation generates. It is to ensure that Canadian youth have events such as this one that strengthen the the option of enjoying quality, socially industry as a whole by drawing attention to responsible, made-in-Canada media Canadian productions, developing talent productions – and the know-how and and fostering creative collaboration. tools to create their own.

At Telefilm, our objective is to support talent I know that Reel 2 Real shares our throughout Canada, and to encourage commitment. For over a decade, it has the production of content that appeals been active in helping young audiences to audiences at home and abroad. Our to go beyond the traditional movie-going cinema entertains, enlightens, informs experience and deepen their understanding and challenges; it fosters dialogue about of filmmaking — be it through connecting our identity and our values. It represents with directors or acquiring actual hands- us on the international stage, shapes our sense of belonging and contributes to on media-creation expertise. the diversity of our society. That’s why we’re delighted to again be a part of R2R. And why we’re Thank you to the organizers of Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth complementing our great selection of NFB films for youth with outstanding festival for bringing us together year after year. This event will provide festival-goers activities. Once again this year, we’re providing three animation workstations so with an opportunity to discover outstanding works and to enjoy the latest in young festival-goers can learn how to create their own animated tales and make home-grown cinema. some movie magic of their own. We’re again presenting the Best Animated Film Award as part of the NFB’s ongoing commitment to animation excellence in Enjoy the festival! every region of Canada.

------Michel Roy------I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit our online Screening Room Chair of the Board, Telefilm Canada – we’re celebrating its first anniversary by adding High Definition and 3D films to a collection of over 1,400 productions already accessible there. Watch them on the web or on our popular new NFB iPhone app. Visit today and start watching!

------Tom Perlmutter------Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada

  REEL 2 REAL ONLINE AUCTION

The cuts in provincial funding for the arts are having a disastrous impact on arts organizations across the Province. These cuts meant that Reel 2 Real had to curtail the popular animation workshops offered year-round at the Museum of Vancouver. In an effort to make up for this unexpected funding shortfall, Reel 2 Real launched an online auction in January 2010. Feature Films

We would like to thank all who participated in our online auction: Real Decoy who 9+ created the auction site, the generous donors who supplied our items, everyone who CROCODILES forwarded the link to friends and family, and all of our bidders. Thank you for helping Vorstadtkrokodile us to make a difference in the lives of youth. Christian Ditter / Germany / 2009 / 98 min

Arts Club Theatre, Body & Soul Health and Fitness, Ecomarine Ocean Kayak Centre, Emily Carr University, Frank Ludwig, Hair by Linda, Home Depot, Integrative Spa, Museum of Vancouver, Pacific Cinémathèque, Printing Ink, Sequoia Restaurants, Stong’s Market, Vancouver International Film Centre, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver International Fringe Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Village VQA Wines Dunbar.

In German with English subtitles Ten-year-old Hannes must pass a dare before he can join the coolest group of kids in town, known as the Crocodiles. He must climb the roof of the old brickyard. On his way down, the rusty ladder gives way. Kai, who had an accident that left him quadriplegic, sees Hannes dangling from the roof through his telescope and calls for help. The Crocodiles are grateful, but divided. Hannes suggests making Kai a Crocodile, but the others are against it. How can wheelchair-bound Kai be a useful member? Everything changes when the shop run by Hannes’ Mom is robbed, and Kai’s unique skills are needed to help the Crocodiles on their quest to catch the thieves. Based on a beloved German young-adult novel, this humourous, multi-award winning film explores themes of understanding difference and finding the courage to accept help. Warning: course language, brief scenes of fighting.   DIARIES 13+ George Ryga’s HUNGRY HILLS 13+ Diari Rob King / Canada / 2009 / 92 min Attilio Azzola / Italy / 2008 / 93 min In Italian with English subtitles After two years in a welfare residence for boys, fifteen-year-old Snit Mandolin is Three different characters are brought eager to return home to his family farm together by chance: sixteen-year-old Leo in Saskatchewan, and his reclusive Aunt is looking for a way to reach her father, Matilda. Faced by a community that still who left her ten years ago; Alì Trabelsi is a shuns him, confronted by the impossibility talented manga artist who tries to win the of surviving on his aunt’s farm, Snit falls in love of his schoolmate, creating a parallel with Johnny Swift, who makes moonshine identity on the web; and Michele Mancia is and sells it through a local bootlegger. The a distinguished retired professor with two boys work together and become fast friends. great passions: old tango melodies and his love for Maria. The film was awarded the Soon Snit finds first love with a free-spirited Grand Prix Ecrans Juniors award at the 2008 Cannes film festival. local girl, Robin. Their adventure is interrupted by the enigmatic and unpredictable Roy Kane, the district’s private cop, who uses the boys to get to the bootlegger. Dogged PG: course language by Kane, betrayed by a bootlegger and plagued by the ghosts of the past, the boys’ friendship is broken. Alone once more in the community that rejected him, Snit comes to a violent crossroads. This beautiful adaptation of the acclaimed Canadian novel by George Ryga stars two Vancouver actors, Gabrielle Rose and Alexia Fast. Gary Fisher 13+ FRENCH GIRL wrote the screenplay. PG: course language; violence Française Souad El-Bouhati / France/Morocco / 2008 / 84 min THE INDIAN 6+ In French with English subtitles De indiaan Ineke Houtman / Netherlands / 2009 / 90 min “So which are you: French, African, In Dutch with English subtitles Moroccan or Arab?” This loaded question Eight-year-old Koos is very close to his loving is posed to ten-year-old Sophia, the middle Dutch parents who adopted him from Peru daughter of a Moroccan family living in a when he was a baby. When he finds out that French suburb. When her father suddenly his mother is expecting a baby, Koos worries finds himself out of work, the family must that his parents won’t love him as much return to their homeland. Eight years later, as their own biological baby. Through a Sofia is a precocious, questioning and chance meeting with a Peruvian boy named headstrong university student, who rebels Illari, Koos learns that he is an Indian and a against Moroccan tradition and becomes consumed by an overwhelming desire to return descendant of the Inca people. Determined to her beloved France. Souad El-Bouhati’s finely observed debut feature explores issues to embrace his roots, Koos goes on a journey of origin, dislocation, hybrid identity, and cultural contradiction. of self-discovery in order to find out who he really is and where he comes from. This sensitive and insightful film looks at the fears and curiosities some adopted children PG: violence experience. The Indian is also a wonderful reminder that the love between a parent and child isn’t defined by geography or ancestry, but by the love a family shares with one another. 10 11 THE SECRET OF KELLS 8+ SCHOOL DAYS WITH A PIG 8+ Buta gaita Kyoushitsu Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey / Ireland/France/ Belgium / 2009 / 75 min Tetsu Maeda / Japan / 2008 / 106 min English subtitles will be read aloud by an experienced reader. Mr. Hoshi, a young and energetic grade 6 teacher, wants his students to learn about the connection between life and food. He decides that in their final year of elementary school, the class will adopt a piglet and care for it over the course of a year, but at the end of the year, the pig will be eaten. The students eagerly accept the challenge. They name the piglet “P-Chan,” build a home for it, and take turns caring for it. The more attached they grow to P-Chan, the more difficult the question of the pig’s fate becomes. Based on a true story that became a subject of national controversy in Japan, School Days With a Pig is a thoughtful and warmhearted engagement with issues of consumption, quality of life, and personal responsibility. Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. A new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears and venture into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him fulfill his dangerous quest. Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together in a colourful story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. PG: course language; violence.

BRENDAN ET LE SECRET DE KELLS 8+ version française Brendan, jeune moine de douze ans, vit dans l’abbaye fortifiée de Kells en Irlande, au 9ème siècle. Grâce à sa rencontre avec le Frère Aidan, maître enlumineur et «gardien» d’un fabuleux livre inachevé, Brendan sera initié à l’art de l’enluminure, pour lequel le garçon révélera un talent prodigieux. Leur amitié entraînera le jeune moine dans de rocambolesques aventures. Afin d’achever le fabuleux livre du Frère Aidan, Brendan entrera dans la forêt enchantée où de dangereuses créatures mythiques se cachent. C’est là qu’il rencontrera Aisling, la jeune enfant loup qui l’aidera tout au long de son périple à défier ses propres peurs. Brendan va-t-il réussir sa mission et prouver que l’art est la meilleure fortification contre les barbares? En français. Supervision parentale. Non recommandé pour les jeunes enfants.

12 13 FESTIVAL VIEW FILMS 4 FAMILIES & WEEKEDAY MATINEES ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE 181 Roundhouse Mews (Pacific Blvd & Davie Street) Friday, April Wednesday April 14 Monday, April 12 - WAVING Wednesday, April 14 - Vancity Theatre 9 Vancity Theatre FLAGS: Celebrating Diversity EXPERIENCE NECESSARY 6:30 PM 10:00 AM Crocodiles Wave a Red Flag Little Thunder Opening Night Gala & Award Presentation 12:30 PM Hungry Hills Deedah Higglety Pigglety Pop! 7:00 PM - The Indian Preceded by Funky Prairie Boy Lightheaded Recipe for Disaster Preceded by Mokopuna Roundhouse Community Centre Nappy Heads The MisInventions of Milo Saturday, April 10:00 AM Experience Necessary (P) Button Blanket Weatherby 10 11:45 AM Experience Necessary (P) A Water Tale The Reel Man Granville 7 Cinemas 1:00 PM The Secret of Kells (EN) Thursday April Tuesday, April 13 Thursday, April 15 - 3:00 PM Brendan et le secret de Kells (FR) 15 FACING FEARS AND CHALLENGES ANIMATION NATION: The Nature 5:00 PM French Girl Vancity Theatre Cleats of our World 7:00 PM Hungry Hills 10:00 AM The Indian A Bicycle Made of Salt Kate and Bradbury Preceded by Preceded by Funky Prairie Boy Mokopuna Kate and Bradbury Elephants 12:30 PM Dancers of the Grass Lightheaded Sunday, April Brendan et le secret de Kells (FR) Elephants The Moth and the Firefly 11 Roundhouse Community Centre Beast of Burden Why Don’t we Ride Zebras? Vancity Theatre 11:30 AM Reel Popular Shorts (P) 10:00 AM Animation Nation: The Nature Crossing the Line Walk-in-the-Forest TBA - see website of our World (P) Runaway Home is Where the Food Is 1:00 PM School Days with a Pig (R) 11:45 AM Animation Nation: The Nature

of our World (P) 3:00 PM Crocodiles Friday, April 16 - 5:00 PM Young Filmmakers Showcase and CULTURAL BRIDGES Award Presentation Beckons 7:00 PM Diaries Friday, April Expiration 16 Barbie Butcher Monday April 12 Roundhouse Community Centre Higher Education Roundhouse Community Centre 9:30 AM Cultural Bridges (P) Mémère Métisse 10:00 AM Waving Flags: Serving BC from Vancouver’s Peggy Baker Four Phrases Celebrating Diversity (P) FR French version Saved by Hope EN English version convenient & uncongested 11:45 AM Waving Flags: The Art of Drowning P Program of shorts South Terminal. When I Grow Up Celebrating Diversity (P) R Subtitles will be read aloud by an experienced reader Anahim Lake, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Campbell River, Tuesday April Comox, Cranbrook, Klemtu, Masset, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Film programs will be screened at Powell River, Trail, Vancouver, Victoria, & Williams Lake. 1 VENUES 10:00 AM and 11:45 AM Vancity Theatre 3 10:00 AM School Days with a Pig (R) Granville 7 Cinemas (855 Granville Street) Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street) 1.800.663.2872 or call your travel agent 12:30 PM French Girl Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Round- www.pacificcoastal.com Roundhouse Community Centre house Mews) 10:00 AM Facing Fears and Challenges (P) 11:45 AM Facing Fears and Challenges (P) SUBTITLES All foreign-language films are presented in their original language with English subtitles unless otherwise indicated. 14 15 BOLLYWOOD BECKONS Sophie Ann Rooney / Canada / 2008 / 20 min Short Films Neeru dreams of being a Bollywood actress, but her family would like her to lead a ‘normal life.’ THE ART OF DROWNING Diego Maclean / Canada / 2009 / 2 min Dive into this skillfully drawn rendition of poet Billy Collins’s contemplative reflection on life’s final moments.

BUTTON BLANKET Zoe Hopkins / Canada / 2009 / 4 min This short impressionist documentary looks at the BARBEE BUTCHER creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the Sophie Lagues / Czech Republic, Netherlands / 2008 / 1 min performance of a traditional dance with the art of the A claymation figure dismembers a Barbie doll and adapts West coast Heiltsuk people. some of the parts with hilarious results.

CLEATS Maria Carter / USA / 2009 / 7 min * World Premiere BEAST OF BURDEN Inspired by a true story of sacrifice and dignity, this short drama is about how Sam Carter / USA / 2009 / 13 min an immigrant family’s humble yet heroic efforts help make their dreams come Wally is broke and has just been fired from his job. Wally’s true. friend Chet, a vampire, and his motley crew of ghouls try to bring him out of his slump in this tale of growing up and moving on.

A BICYCLE MADE OF SALT CROSSING THE LINE Una bicicleta de sal Tracey Deer / Canada / 2009 / 4 min Trinidad Lemos / Argentina / 2008 / 15 min The conflicts of a playground sandbox turns into an Nine-year-old Ceferino’s dream is to learn how to ride a allegory for the way nations treat one another, and bike. In the town where she lives in the north of Argentina, the borders seem to do more harm than good. the streets are full of children, but during the day all the bicycles are gone. What will she do to fulfill her dream?

In Spanish with English subtitles.

16 17 DANCERS OF THE GRASS FUNKY PRAIRIE BOY Melanie Jackson / Canada / 2009 / 3 min Mike Schultz / Canada / 2008 / 19 min This animation vividly depicts the majesty of the A young boy living in a small prairie town befriends hoop dance, a tradition symbolizing the unity of all nations. the only black kid at his school, and soon discovers the prejudice that exists within his community--and himself.

DEEDAH Brooke May / USA / 2009 / 25 min This documentary is an honest, touching and often humorous HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP or There Must Be More to Life firsthand account of a seven year old girl’s relationship with her six year old brother, who has Down syndrome - or as he Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski / Canada/USA / 2010 / 24 min calls it, ‘Up’ syndrome. Jennie goes on a surreal, suspenseful and unexpectedly moving journey to gain new experiences and realize * World Premiere her dream of becoming the star of the World Mother Goose Theatre.

ELEPHANTS Sally Pearce / UK / 2008 / 13 min A girl’s life is turned upside down when her totally gray home becomes infested by a bunch of colourful but camouflaged HIGHER EDUCATION elephants. Made by Perpetual Pictures / Canada / 2009 / 4 min A mean and miserable kindergarten teacher dies suddenly in class. When brought before god, all the cruel things she’s done in life are projected on a screen. She finds a way to change the images—but will she get to heaven? EXPIRATION Mark Nickelsburg / USA / 2009 / 4 min A man learns a hard lesson in this zany tale about the dangers Home is Where the Food Is of ignoring the expiration date on a carton of milk... Jody Kramer / Canada / 2009 / 6 min This animated film follows every ingredient of a delicious meal to its source, visiting a dairy farm, mill/ bakery, and a busy marina, all on Vancouver Island. A tasty and tantalizing look at both the personal, and global, benefits of eating locally.

18 19 Kate and Bradbury Mémère Métisse Colleen MacIsaac / Canada / 2009 / 1 min Janelle Wookey / Canada / 2008 / 30 min This hand-drawn animation is about the friendship between Cecile St. Amant has been keeping a deep secret all a bicycle and a kite. her life. Cecile is Métis. Her granddaughter sets out to find out why the family’s Métis blood has been such an embarrassment to her Mémère. After 60 years of shame, can Mémère’s mind and eyes be opened to an enlightened view of her own Métis heritage?

Lightheaded The MisInventions of Milo Weatherby Mike Dacko / USA / 2009 / 5 min William Whirity / USA / 2009 / 23 min Temperature sensitive creatures emerge from a candle and When Milo’s newest invention, the Reverse Microwave, decide to explore their world though the journey may require actually turns out to be a time machine, he and his the ultimate sacrifice. best friend Levi set out on an adventure through time.

Little Thunder Nance Ackerman / Canada / 2009 / 3 min Little Thunder reluctantly leaves his family and sets out on a cross-country canoe trip to become a man. Mokopuna Ainsley Gardiner / New Zealand / 2009 / 11 min After meeting a young Maori boy at school, Mary, a middle-class part-Maori, questions her own cultural identity. Is she ready to embrace her Maori roots?

The Moth and the Firefly Daniel Stedman, Aron Epstein / USA / 2008 / 5 min High-contrast images and photographic effects illustrate a moth’s journey to find a new light during a New York City blackout and the unlikely friend he discovers.

20 21 Nappy Heads The Reel Man Sabrina Moella / Canada / 2008 / 3 min Kieran Heilbron / Canada / 2009 / 3 min Infectiously cheerful, this black-and-white documentary is a A man finds a hat in a park, but things begin to go rhythmic and invigorating tribute to Afro hair. wrong when it is stolen from him.

Peggy Baker: Four Phrases Runaway Howie Shia / Canada / 2009 / 5 min Cordell Barker / Canada / 2009 / 10 min Built around a selection of intimate interview excerpts, this Happy passengers are having a great time on a short celebrates a dancer’s work and legacy. crowded train, oblivious to the unknown fate that awaits them around the bend.

Recipe for Disaster Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope) Eric Hayes / Canada / 2009 / 3 min Tara Mahoney / Canada / 2009 / 28 min In rural France, a baker encounters numerous troubles, as This documentary follows Phil Fontaine as he leads a he gets ready for work. delegation of Indian residential school survivors to a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Navigating through Vatican protocol, Phil is on a quest to regain identity, pride and dignity for those he represents.

Walk-in-the-Forest Diane Obomsawin / Canada / 2009 / 4 min This whimsical animation follows medicine man on a walk in the woods that leads to the discovery of an intriguing secret world.

22 23 A Water Tale WORKSHOPS SJ Chiro / USA / 2009 / 15 min A young girl is transported to an underwater kingdom, where the “Kingfish” Reel Focus, The Art and Science of Image filmmakers from British Columbia. All submissions can informs her of the impact of pollution - caused by increased storms and Making (April 12-15) be viewed on our website. A one-hour program of storm water runoff - on the sea. Students in grades 4-7 attend a program of short selected films will be screened, and are eligible to films. Each film program is accompanied bya win one of five prizes. workshop where students gain a practical, interactive introduction to the filmmaking process. Reel Focus Year-round programs workshops include: Claymation, Cut-Out Animation, In our effort to seek innovative ways to engage youth Chalk Animation, Digital Filmmaking, Green Screen, in discovering their community’s stories and learning Handmade Film, , and Storyboarding. the history of our multicultural city, Reel to Real also presents a variety of year-round programs and Talent Lab (April 16) screenings. Wave a Red Flag Talent Lab aims to ensure that students are inspired Animating History is an innovative workshop Adam Jones / Canada / 2009 / 5 min and equipped to analyze, appreciate, explore, create and share screen media. Through film program for youth that connects media literacy On her way to school, a girl’s display of Native pride sparks a celebration viewing and master classes, students get to work with and storytelling with building a sense of community of community and culture. and learn from some of Vancouver’s top film industry through the creative exploration of local history. professionals. During these workshops youth create a one-minute historical animated film at the Museum of Vancouver Students attend a program of short films in the morning, and Port Moody Station Museum. Students work and a workshop of their choice in the afternoon. with a professional and learn “hands on” The goal of the Talent Lab Master Classes is to give all parts of the animation process. The full day course students a chance to work with a professional artist includes a museum tour, storyboarding the film’s plot, in their area of expertise. Master Classes are lecture- art making, camera-work, and editing. based with some hands-on activities and interactive When I Grow Up discussions, providing students with new insights, skills, BC Stories empowers youth in inner-city and rural Toshimi Ono / Canada / 2009 / 10 min and creative ideas. This program is recommended for schools to conceive, plan, shoot, edit, and screen high school students in grades 8-12. School groups short animated films that speak about their lives, This documentary is a portrait of Jan Walls, who teaches and individual students are welcome. language and community. The workshops provide the Chinese language and performs the “kuai ban shu / low income and Aboriginal youth unprecedented bamboo clappertale.” Master Classes include: Animation, Digital Filmmaking, access to innovative training and facilities for digital Directing, Documentary, Green Screen, Screenwriting, image making. The program also improves access Sound Design, and Writing for Shorts. to media arts and technology education to the many talented youth who are not served by the traditional Youth Jury Program education system. Our Youth Jury Program fosters a deeper appreciation for from Canada and around the Family Films Series globe. This popular program includes a feature Throughout the year, children ages eight and up Why Don’t We Ride Zebras? film screening, followed by a free workshop in film can enjoy Sunday afternoon screenings of the best Hannah Smith Walker / USA / 2008 / 11 min criticism. A challenging and interactive experience, international children’s films. Please sign up for our students sharpen their critical eye, gain an appreciation monthly newsletter for monthly announcements. Have you ever wondered why so few animals have the right stuff to become for different of film, and learn what makes a a hamburger, perfect pal, or a trusty steed? Find out what traits and film great. Two Youth Juries are chosen from among personality characteristics make for a good domestic animal in this partially many successful workshop graduates (ages 9-12 and animated documentary. 13-19). These juries evaluate every film in their age category, and chose the award winners.

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