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LYON KING
Comedy
14:00
p: Lawren Bancroft-Wilson
d: Mark McGuckin
ad: Lindsay Thibault
pe: James Popcorn
dop: Calum MacLeod
m: Martin Lachance
sw: Mark McGuckin
os: Scott Sayer
r: Mark McGuckin
Prod Co: Assume Nothing Productions
Contact: Mark McGuckin
Assume Nothing Productions
22715 Reid Ave.
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 4G7
(604)785-6754
mcguckin77@hotmail.com
The face of international hockey legend Paul
Henderson will be replacing that of William
Lyon MacKenzie King on the Canadian $ 50
bill. Only one man can stop this sacrilegious
substitution from transpiring…a man by the
name of Lyon King.
V375
MABEL’S SAGA
Animation
15:04
p: JoDee Samuelson/Kent Martin
d: JoDee Samuelson
m: JoDee Samuelson
sw: JoDee Samuelson
Prod Co: NFB/Canoe Cove Productions
Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle
NFB
3155 Côte de Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4N 2N4
(514)283-9805
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festivals@nfb.ca
‘Mabel’s Saga’ is a touching, funny film
without words that celebrates menopause as a
natural transition, rather than a medical
condition to be feared.
V349
MAGIC LION, THE
Animation
06:51
p: George Johnson/Svend-Erik Eriksen
d: Charles Githinji
pe: Ian Roe
m: Celso Muchado
Prod/Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle
NFB
3155 Côte de Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4N 2N4
(514)283-9805
festivals@nfb.ca
‘The Magic Lion’ is about an African boy who
goes on a quest to save the life of his gravely
ill grandfather.
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MAHER ARAR
Documentary Point of View
40:33
p: Radio-Canada
d: Kathleen Royer/Jean-Luc Paquette
pe: Pierre Ducrocq
dop: Alfonse Mondello/Serge Brunet/Michel
Kinkead/Gaston Robitaille/Patrice
Massenet/Yves Meunier
sw: Luc Chartrand
os: Diane Gaudreau/Mary-Ann Porter/Marc
Doiron/François Gladu
Prod Co: Radio-Canada
Contact: Isabelle Brousseau
Radio-Canada
1400, Boul. René-Lévesque Est – 10e étage
Montréal, QC H2L 2M2
(514)597-4381
isabelle_brousseau@radio-canada.ca
Maher Arar, Canadian citizen of Syrian birth,
arrested in New York by the US security,
suspected of links with Al Qaeda, deported to
Syria, imprisoned and tortured for one year.
He wants to clear his name publicly of all
suspicion and find out the truth of who was
behind all of this.
V385
MAN FEEL PAIN
Drama
11:00
p: Wendy Russell
d: Dylan Akio Smith
ad: Kirsten George
pe: Tony Dean Smith
dop: Dylan Akio Smith
m: Allan Levy
sw: Kris Elgstrand
r: Mario Loubert
Prod Co: Love Your Work Productions
Dist Co: Britshorts
Contact: Dylan Akio Smith
#5-1075 Burnaby St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1N9
(604)762-4953
akio_33@hotmail.com
Karl’s experiment with self-inflicted pain leads
to his inadvertent martyrdom when his
insomniac neighbor, Clint enters his life.
Seeing the answer to the end of universal
suffering in Karl’s desperate act, Clint, aided
by Estella, an equally disturbed building
resident, tries to spread Karl’s “message” to
others.
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MAP OF THE MIND FIELDS: Managing
Adolescent Psychosis
Science/Medicine
56:30
p: Sharon Bartlett/Maria LeRose
d: Nijole Kuzmickas
pe: Bonni Devlin
dop: Max Lindenthaler
m: Lesley Sutherland
sw: Nijole Kuzmickas/Helen Slinger
os: Jude White
r: Stewart Lake/Lez Morrison /George
Colmer/Ken McDonald
Prod Co: Bartlett LeRose Productions
Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Beth McArthur
Knowledge Network
4355 Mathissi Place
Burnaby, BC V5G 4S8
(604)431-3431
bethm@knowledgenetwork.ca
Adolescent psychosis was once thought of as a
brain disorder that robbed its sufferers of hope
to regain a typical life. But there has been
major scientific headway. “Map of the Mind
Fields” sheds light on symptoms, community
resources, and emphasizes the importance of
early treatment. Recovery is possible.
V125
MAYASITIW
Aboriginal
09:35
p: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
d: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
ad: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
pe: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
dop: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
sw: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
os: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
r: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
Prod Co: Mezzinjah Productions
Contact: Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot
Mezzinjah Productions
5-2725 15th Ave.
Regina, SK S4T 1S5
(306)581-6249
gmezzinjah@yahoo.ca
Gabriel Yahyahkeekoot is a multi-disciplinary
artist from Beardy’s and Okemasis First
Nation, residing in Regina, SK. Gabriel’s first
film ‘Moment of Clarity’ had it’s debut in the
spring of 2003 at the Independent Film and
Video annual national conference. This film
was also part of a collaboration for the
Mackenzie Art Galleries Exhibition ‘That’s My
Wonderful Town‘ and later was purchased for
the Mackenzie’s permanent collection in 2004.
Student filmmakers attend workshops at VFS during the 2009 BC Student Film Festival
The 2009 BC Student Film Festival featured a number of student workshops at Vancouver Film School.
Find out more about the BC Student Film Festival at bcstudentfilmfestival.com.
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