BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Prince Edward Island International Film Festiv al 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T123000 SUMMARY:Beyond the Call DESCRIPTION:Ed Artis\, James Laws and Walt Ratterman are three middle-age d men whose idea of adventure is taking desperately needed food and medi cine into the world’s most forbidding yet beautiful places on Earth—the front lines of war. The three men are self-styled Knights of Malta\, fus ing Mother Teresa and Indiana Jones. In 1995\, they formed Knightsbridge International\, a unique humanitarian aid organization\, whose motto is “High Adventure and Service to Humanity.” CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/beyondthecall_peifilmfest2008 UID:159806317-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T141500 SUMMARY:World Shorts DESCRIPTION:A select screening of the best short films from around the wo rld (U.S.\, Canada\, Germany\, Netherlands\, UK). CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/worldshorts_peifilmfest2008 UID:159806377-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T163000 SUMMARY:Hooked On Speedman DESCRIPTION:Nick (NICHOLAS CARELLA) and Vince (CHRISTOPHER JACOT) are wel l-intentioned idiots with a dream. They are desperate to make the big t ime and get out of Toronto\, which they lovingly term 'Nowheresville.' Scott Speedman is their ticket. By making a documentary about how their 'local hero' made it to the top\, they too will bask in the glow of fam e and fortune. But there are two obvious problems - they have no idea h ow to make a movie and they've never met Scott Speedman.The duo head off on an adventure trying desperately to make a successful movie. Along t heir incapable journey\, they stumble upon their old high-school nemesis \, Vijay Nath (PABLO SILVEIRA) who now has a three-picture deal under th e pseudonym V.J. Nash. It is through this encounter that the pair becom es linked with Dietrich Baum (MAURY CHAYKIN)\, head of 'D'Baum Productio ns' who will lead them to the promised land.Their pursuit of Speedman le ads to a few near misses but ultimately results in alienating their love d ones\, going to jail and generally ruining their own lives. In the en d\, we discover that the gods of fate might not be entirely against the duo\, as 'Nowheresville' may be short of two idiots after all.Joining Ni cholas Carella and Christopher Jacot are Maury Chaykin (Blindness\, Wher e The Truth Lies\, Dances with Wolves\, Entourage)\, Dylan Taylor (Char lie Bartlett\, Tidelne) and Paul Gross (H20\, Due South.) 'Hooked On Spe edman' marks the directorial debut of stage and short film director Mich elle Ouellet. Director Michelle Ouellet and actor/co-writer Nicholas Ca rella will be in attendance. CATEGORIES:Canadian (Maple Leaf) LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/hookedonspeedman_peifilmfest2 008 UID:159806570-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T193000 SUMMARY:Prince Edward's Shorts DESCRIPTION:The best short films hailing from the Maritime Provinces (NB\ , PE\, NS) CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/princeedwardsshorts_peifilmfe st2008 UID:159806699-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080920T213000 SUMMARY:One Of Our Own DESCRIPTION:A four-hander that never gets lost in stagy dialogue or direc tion\, "One of Our Own" is a "Who's \nAfraid of Virginia Woolf?" for the Prozac set. Bolstered by a smart script and razor-sharp performances th is impressively taut adult drama reps an edgy yet amusing look at middle -class fertility rites. \n\nCentral couple are suburban Angelenos Dia ne and Stellan (real-life marrieds Claire Rankin and Josh Randall)\, who have been trying for years to have a baby. But when their surrogate mot her has a miscarriage\, they are ready to give up. \n\nJust then\, D iane bumps into Cathy (Kate Beahan)\, a free-spirited younger woman who happens to carry babies for a living. Cathy's approach is a bit differen t from that of other surrogates and leads to an interesting dilemma for our protagonists. \n\nFar more troubling is the sudden appearance of Matthew Lillard's lizard-like Bob\, who runs the refinery where Stellan works. The idea of his boss finding out about the surrogacy scares the bejeezus out of Stellan and Diane\, but it becomes even more complicated when Bob falls in love with Cathy. \n\n"One Of Our Own" is a stylish breakthrough for Abe Levy working from a screenplay he fashioned with pr oducer (and partner) Silver Tree. Storytelling here is scathingly enter taining\, but the viewer still comes away caring about these supposedly grown-up basket cases. \n\nexcerpt from: Ken Eisner ( VARIETY magazin e) \n\n\nClaire Rankin is scheduled to attend the screening. CATEGORIES:Feature, Opening Night Film LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/oneofourown_peifilmfest2008 UID:159806726-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T123000 SUMMARY:Filmmakers Meet & Greet DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/filmmakersmeetgreet_peifilmfe st2008 UID:159807226-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T123000 SUMMARY:Second Sight DESCRIPTION:A cinematic\, non-fiction ghost story. An evocative personal tale featuring the last generation of Gaelic storytellers on Scotland’s Isle of Skye.\n \n“Imagine a film where time crosses over. Imagine a f ilm populated by wise old taletellers who can call the dead to life. Ima gine Bergman meeting Beckett on some ghostly\, fog-bound track on the Is le of Skye\, Scotland. Imagine a film which has everything to do with th e sudden\, quick passages of our lives.” - Peter Wintonick\, Executive P roducer\n \n“Step into the rugged vermillion landscapes of Scotland’s r emote Isle of Skye and meet Donald Angus MacLean\, one of the last of a generation raised with the Gaelic oral tradition rather than electricity and television. “Don Angie” is an old charmer\, a man of the church who has listened with an open and curious mind to a lot of “terribly strang e stories” in his long life. The camera roves with him through gorgeousl y shot craggy hillsides to the sites of these spine-tingling stories of spectres\, ghost cars\, death foretold and the “second sight.” This soft ly painted portrait of a vanishing era spins an irresistible tale that b ecomes a moving study of life and mortality.” - Gisèle Gordon\, Hot Docs Programmer CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/secondsight_peifilmfest2008 UID:159807253-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T133000 SUMMARY:Vanaja DESCRIPTION:Set in rural South India\, a place where social barriers are built stronger than fort walls\, VANAJA explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age. Vanaja (Mamatha Bh ukya) is the 14 year-old daughter of a poor\, low caste fisherman\, stru ggling with dwindling catches and mounting debt. When a sooth-sayer pred icts that she will be a great dancer one day\, she goes to work in the h ouse of the local landlady\, Rama Devi (Urmila Dammannagari)\, in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance while earning a keep.She is hired as a farmh and\, and her vivacious ways and spunk soon catch the landlady‚Äôs eye\, eventually securing her the landlady‚Äôs mentorship ‚Äì first in music\ , and then in dance. Vanaja excels at the art\, and seems to be on a steadily ascending path when Shekhar (Karan Singh)\, Rama Devi‚Äôs 23 y ear old son ‚Äì handsome\, muscular and rather insecure\, returns from t he US to run for local political elections.Sexual chemistry is ignited b etween Shekhar and Vanaja (still a minor at 15)\, as flirtation and innu endo bloom. But\, the situation suddenly turns ugly when Vanaja‚Äôs superior intellect pits her against Shekhar in a public incident which ultimately humiliates him in front of his mother. Matters escalate\, spi raling downwards and she is pitched into a tale of class\, family and an imus from which there is only one escape. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/vanaja_peifilmfest2008 UID:159807296-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T153000 SUMMARY:Pretty Ugly People DESCRIPTION:A dying woman’s wish brings six estranged friends together in the Montana wilderness. Lucy (Missi Pyle) has battled obesity her entir e life and with the “little time she has left”\, she wants to spend a fi nal weekend together with her college friends like once remembered. Upon arriving\, Lucy’s friends soon discover the reality of the situation is n’t what they had expected. On the flipside\, Lucy soon realizes her fri ends are now a far cry from whom she had remembered and that her final w ish wasn’t the best of ideas after all. Stripped of modern conveniences and no place to hide on an arduous four-day hike\, the winding uphill tr ail brings to surface everyone’s inner demons and fears\, with each memb er of the group taking something away from the adventure that they could never have imagined. This film has not been rated. Language\, brief nud ity. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/prettyuglypeople_peifilmfest2 008 UID:159807310-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T173000 SUMMARY:Nobody DESCRIPTION:NOBODY On a cold winter night that never seems to end\, a sha dowy assassin commits a murder and is then attacked by an assailant who seems to anticipate his every move. He escapes\, but an ominous phone ca ll confirms the impossible: his mysterious would- be victim is still ali ve... Time begins to fold in on itself. The people he met don't remember him. The wounds he sustained have vanished from his skin. He unwittingl y kills a man whose body he himself had discovered only hours ago. As th e two ends of the circle close in\, the assassin gears up for a fateful confrontation with his own Double... CATEGORIES:Canadian (Maple Leaf) LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/nobody_peifilmfest2008 UID:159807338-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T193000 SUMMARY:Shorts Finale\, Script Performance & Awards DESCRIPTION:Some of the best short films from around the world saved up f or a finale you wont soon forget. \nThen\, Sit back\, relax and enjoy P EI's best actors perfoming select scenes from the five finalist screenpl ays submitted to the Prince Edward Island International Film Festival. Following the Finale Shorts and Script Reading\, the 2008 Prince Edward Island International Film Festival Winning Films will be announced with a Trophy/Plaque Presentation. CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/shortsprogramscriptperformanc eawards_peifilmfest2008 UID:159807401-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T175126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20080921T220000 SUMMARY:Cat City DESCRIPTION:A tale of infidelity\, deceit\, greed\, and murder. Nick Com pton\, a Palm Springs real estate developer\, cheats on his attorney wif e\, Victoria\, with HER law partner\, Samantha.In fact\, Nick and Samant ha share more than their bodies. They have skimmed the investors in a C athedral City casino project of millions of dollars. Double-crosses beg in when a crooked congressman gives them only a pittance of what they ex pected.A mysterious stranger\, Jonas\, arrives in town and burrows himse lf into the lives of the Comptons\, particularly\, into the intimate lif e of Victoria.Treachery explodes as Samantha is murdered\, and Nick is a rrested for the crime. He blames Jonas\, who they learn is a bilked inv estor\, out for revenge. Did Jonas take the money? Apparently not\, fo r Harold (Victoria's private detective) shoots Jonas just as he is about to kill Victoria\, in a frenzied attempt to regain his investment.Who h as the money? Who killed Samantha? To where does Victoria disappear? H arold\, assists Victoria in learning the facts. It's up to Harold to en d this sordid affair. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:The Guild URL:http://peifilmfest.bside.com/2008/films/catcity_peifilmfest2008 UID:159807425-peifilmfest.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR