Actress and Author Betty White Visits the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Photo credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Betty White holds a lemur frog at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center.
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WEIRD SEX & SNOWSHOES
Documentary Arts/Culture
59:59
p: Garbiela Scholbach
d: Jill Sharpe
pe: Jean Baillargeon
dop: Bongo
m: Graeme Coleman
sw: Dianna Bodnar
os: Tony Gronick/Jo Rossi
r: Paula Sawadsky/Sauching Ng/Elizabeth
Klinck
Prod Co: Omni Film Productions Ltd.
Dist Co: Moving Images Distribution
Contact: Pat Bean
Omni Film Production Ltd.
204 – 111 Water St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1A7
(604)681-6543
pat@omnifilm.com
Fresh, fast paced, and funny – ‘Weird Sex and
Snowshoes’ is a bilingual, 60 minute
documentary that showcases more than 70
Canadian films and interviews 21 of the most
prominent Canadian directors.
V350
WELCOME TO KENTUCKY
Animation
12:00
p: Marcy Page
d: Craig Welch
m: Normand Roger
Prod/Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle
NFB
3155 Côte de Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4N 2N4
(514)283-9805
festivals@nfb.ca
‘Welcome to Kentucky’ evokes a planet
unmoored. Where the waters are rising and
the song of the universe goes unheard.
V389
WHALE OF A TALE, A
Documentary Point of View
p: Ed Barreveld/Peter Lynch/Peter Starr
d: Peter Lynch
pe: Caroline Christie
dop: Stan Denniston/Peter Lynch
m: Anne Bourne
sw: Peter Lynch
r: Sarah Christie
Prod Co: NFB/StorylineEntertainment/
Acqua Film
Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle
NFB
3155 Côte De Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4N 2N4
(514)283-9850
festivals@nfb.ca
A fanciful documentary that speaks to our
gullibility and desire to believe in tall tales. It
is a layered complex tale that twists and turns
and meanders in various tangents, celebrating
life and the power of story telling.
V320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCRA- CBC
WHAT ARE YOU ANYWAYS?
Animation
10:38
p: Ruth Vincent
d: Jeff Chiba Sterns
ad: Jeff Chiba Sterns
pe: Jeff Chiba Sterns
dop: Jeff Chiba Sterns
m: Scott Rankin
sw: Jeff Chiba Sterns
os: Dallas Wilson/Jeff Chiba Sterns
r: Jeff Chiba Sterns
Prod Co: Meditating Bunny Studio
Contact: Jeff Chiba Sterns
Meditating Bunny Studio
2327 Belgo Rd.
Kelowna, BC V1P 1E1
(250)215-4733
sternsjeff@hotmail.com
‘What Are You Anyways?’ is a humorous yet
serious story of struggle and love and finding
one’s identity through the trials and
tribulations of growing up.
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WHEN ERMA MADE HERMAN
Drama
13:00
p: Daniela Pinna/Alana Cymerman
d: Alana Cymerman
ad: Ilinca Balaban
pe: Rory Kenny
dop: Sara Mishara
m: Patrick Watson
sw: Alana Cymerman
r: Olivier Baier
Contact: Alana Cymerman
Ketzi Productions Inc.
4318 a boul St-Laurent
Montreal, QC H2W 1Z3
(514)808-2468
acymerman@sympatico.ca
Erma is an odd-ball inventor. When a
growing hole appears in the wall, her dead
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grandmother screams: ‘It’s cold in here. Get
a boy to fix that hole!’ Erma takes her advice
but then a bigger problem arises… a magical
tale about the imperfections of love.
V354
WHEN HOCKEY CAME TO BELFAST
Children/Youth Productions
50:00
p: Selwyn Jacob
d: Linda Conway
pe: Shelly Hamer
m: Robyn Trailer
sw: Linda Conway
Prod/Dist Co: NFB
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle
NFB
3155 Côte de Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4N 2N4
(514)283-9805
festivals@nfb.ca
It is a story of how Canadian ice hockey is
transcending religious lines. Bringing
Northern Irish youth together in a shared
loved of the game, the rink gives boys and
girls a haven from the turf warfare that
pervades their lives.
V276 . . . . . . . . . . . . BCRA- Jennifer Stewart.
WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?
Nature/Environment
45:34
p: Geoff Bowie
d: Geoff Bowie
pe: Alan Gibb
dop: Derek Kennedy
m: Philippe Lapointe
sw: Geoff Bowie
os: Angie Pajek/Lee de Lang
Prod Co: CBC
Contact: Victoria Goodfellow
CBC
205 Wellington St. W., Rm. 7-A-205
Toronto, ON M5V 3G7
(416)205-5633
victoria_goodfellow@cbc.ca
The inside story of the Mikisew Cree’s
challenge to Shell Oil’s Jack Pine oil sands
project. It follows behind the scenes’ the
Mikisew’s strategy meetings, its negotiations
with Shell, the hearings, and the Alberta
government’s decision.
Vera Sisson, silent film actress
Vera Sisson and Rudolf Valentino
Half Sheet for the 1920 Silent film FRIVOLOUS WIVES ( The Married Virgin) starring Rudolph Valentino and Vera Sisson.
Synopsis: This film, based on the stage play Saturday to Monday by William J. Hurlburt, made a nice vehicle for the charms of Constance Talmadge. Constance plays Suzanne Ercoll, a young widow who believes in women’s suffrage (the feminist cause of the day). When the handsome Foxcroft Grey (Connie’s frequent co-star, Harrison Ford- Harrison Ford was not in any way related to the contemporary superstar of the same name.) proposes marriage, Suzanne isn’t sure she wants to give up her freedom, so she strikes a deal: From Saturday to Monday they will be husband and wife, but the rest of the week, she is single. Grey isn’t thrilled with this idea, but being a bit smarter than his bride, he doesn’t show his displeasure. When Monday morning arrives, he accepts her single status without emotion, which of course, makes Suzanne suspicious. Then he helps neighbor Dot Harrington (Vera Sisson) out of a fix, and Suzanne wonders if the two are having an affair. But she can’t say anything since Grey was with the woman during the "single" part of the week. Her next ploy is to make Grey jealous by visiting with a male friend, Arthur Bernard (Raymond Hatton). But Grey sees right through her, and doesn’t bat an eyelash. Finally, the frustrated Suzanne falls into her husband’s arms and admits that an old-fashioned marriage is much more to her liking.
The Married Virgin
(1918)
In one of his first leading roles, Rudolph Valentino (billed as Rudolfo di Valentini) plays a suave gigolo trying to woo the unhappily married wife of a well-to-do businessman. Interesting silent melodrama also stars Vera Sisson, Frank Newberg. AKA: "Frivolous Wives." 71 min. Silent with music score.
Category: Silents Director: Joseph Maxwell
Actor/Actors: Edward Jobson, Frank Newberg, Jacques Verzier, Kathleen Kirkham, Rudolph Valentino, Vera Sisson
Direction: Joseph Maxwell
Synopsis: The silent screen’s greatest lover in an early performance. "The Married Virgin" is one of the first films
featuring Rudolph Valentino, who would soon star in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "The Sheik,"
establishing him as a silent era screen icon in 1921. Valentino plays Count Roberto di Fraccini, a fortune hunter
having an affair with the wife of a wealthy older businessman while trying to finagle a large sum of money from the
family by any means necessary. Valentino’s striking appearance and the strength of his performance foreshadow the superstar he would soon become.