Moving Stories Films 2008 Program Announced

Moving Stories Films is delighted to announce its inaugural program lineup for 2008. The premiere program, curated by Paul Quarrington, produced by Judith Keenan, with illustrious film advisors Robert Lantos, Sarah Polley, Nino Ricci, Gary Thomas and Anne Collins, will be screened at a number of literary and film events across Canada. The tour starts with THIN AIR: Winnipeg International Writers Festival on September 28th, followed by screenings in the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival and Banff-Calgary, Ottawa, and Vancouver International Writers Festivals in October, as well as TINARS Toronto in November.

Moving Stories Films 2008 Program Line-up

THIS HOUR HAS SEVEN DECADES
Dir. Irene Duma / Canada / 5:30 / Mockumentary / This Hour Has Seven Decades / Patrick Watson
A delightful tongue-in-cheek look at a broadcast journalist suffering through some serious storytelling sins.

THE CAVE
Dir. Michael Ramsey / USA / 3:00 / Fiction / The Republic / Plato
An evocative claymation adaptation of the allegory of the cave, a classic commentary on the human condition.

WHEN THE TELESCOPE CAME
Dir. Kate Jessop / UK / 5:00 / Fiction / When the Telescope Came / The Planet-Box / Diana Syder
Ideas and words from cosmology and physics inspire this story about a woman who tries to stop the stars from falling into her house.

A LIFE’S PASSION
Dir. Gary Thomas / Canada / 6:30 / Docu-Drama / Renaldo / James McCreath
A cinematic biography of James McCreath, a man who turned the intensity of his real-life story into an epic novel of faith, hope and love.

WAITING
Dir. Fiona Collins / UK / 1:00 / Comedy / Waiting / Julian Daniel
Sometimes there’s nothing else to do but simply wait.

NO BIKINI
Dir. Claudia Morgado Escanilla / Canada / 9:00 / Fiction / Close to Spider Man / Ivan Coyote
A young girl pretending to be a boy discovers the freedom that comes with no bikini.

NIGHT WORK: A SAWCHUK POEM
Dir. Justin Simms / Canada / 5:00 / Fiction / Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems / Randall Maggs
A poignant reflection of hockey legend Terry Sawchuk, this dramatic short underscores his lasting impression on a young man in a small Newfoundland town, to whom he is both hero and human.

THE GARGOYLE
Dir. Bert Kish / USA / 5:30 / Docu-Drama / The Gargoyle / Andrew Davidson
Author Andrew Davidson recounts the story of Sei, a beautiful Japanese glassblower caught in a dilemma of love and loyalty.

A LETTER TO COLLEEN
Dir. Andy London / USA / 8:30 / Fiction / A Letter to Christine / Andy London
Haunted by the events of his 18th birthday, Andy London writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to put his demons to rest.

FOOD, SEX, AND SALMONELLA
Dir. Kate Hollett / Canada / 4:00 / Documentary / Food, Sex, and Salmonella / David Waltner-Toews
An epidemiologist presents a graphic display of cause and effect tales in a light-hearted tale of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that have made their way into our food supply.

JPOD
W. Bruce Pirrie / Canada / 4:00 / Comedy / JPod / Douglas Coupland
A geek’s stunted but sincere efforts to win the amorous attentions of “the new girl” in the pod cult of video game programmers.

THE PERFECTION OF THE MOMENT
Dir. Corey Lee / Canada / 5:00 / Comedy / Kilter: 55 Fictions / John Gould
A man faced with a series of choices stops questioning and ultimately abandons himself to the perfection of the moment.

NAGASAKI CIRCUS
Dir. Rachel Peters / Canada / 6:00 / Fiction / Nagasaki Circus / Martin Ewen
A masterful puppet show evocative of Lost in Translation takes viewers behind the curtain of a surreal circus, complete with chimp, elephant, poodles and stilt-walking pantomime.

IMPASSE
Dir. Bram Schouw / Netherlands / 5:00 / Fiction / Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Without words, we’re left to consider whether love and attraction can break through the impasse of human intolerance.

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