Prince Edward Island International Film Festival 2008

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Screenplay (unproduced)
This script is a finalist but will not be included in the reading. The true story of Dick Bong, a young WWII pilot caught up in a deadly race to break the old record of America's top scoring ace. On his quest to become the new heavyweight of the skies, he must confront the bitter realities of war and the sacrifices he must make -- at home and in the Pacific.
Animation
Animated Terra slowly discovers her world is 2D animated. She longs to break free and become real. When she discovers Real Terra in the mirror her world starts changing.
Documentary
He's a man of steel and carbon fiber. "One-arm" Willie Stewart is set to defy his physical limits, training for the physically challenged triathlon. Determined to help others with disabilities, this world-class athlete demonstrates that anything is possible. Featuring music by the Foo Fighters, Armed for the Challenge takes you on a ride through humor and passion, proving that disability doesn't mean inability.
Canadian (Maple Leaf)/Featured
A lone dancer hears a little voice that propels him to reach further; challenging his skills and patience. A modern twist on an old favourite... "Banana Who?" is an experimental dance film featuring Matthew Waldie & Matthew Parkin, making it's North American Premiere at the PEI Film Festival.
Feature
Ed Artis, James Laws and Walt Ratterman are three middle-aged men whose idea of adventure is taking desperately needed food and medicine 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, fusing 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.”
Short
In 1930's Studio City, a little girl from the desert struggles to find a sense of belonging when forced to move in with grandparents she has never met. She soon discovers her estranged grandmother is hiding behind a wounded heart, and Marian's resemblance to her lost daughter is almost too much to bear. Despite her grandmother's wishes, Marian cannot let go of her rural past, leading them through a journey of secrets and confrontations that ultimately transform their relationship.
Short
A revolver lies threateningly on the kitchen counter in a mansion. What is going on in the life of successful architect Erik Faber (Ralph Herforth)?He should be a happy man: he lives with his lovely wife Jenny (Zora Holt) and their two children in a dream house which he himself designed.Yet he senses a terrifying truth lying hidden behind his perfect life. Strangers claiming to know him speak to him on the street. Hallucinations haunt him even at home. Reality and phantasm threaten Faber's family. Is the affair with his beautiful assistant Iris (Lauren Talbot) the clue? Faber has but one night to find a way out. It will be a decision between life and death.
Feature
A tale of infidelity, deceit, greed, and murder. Nick Compton, a Palm Springs real estate developer, cheats on his attorney wife, Victoria, with HER law partner, Samantha.In fact, Nick and Samantha share more than their bodies. They have skimmed the investors in a Cathedral City casino project of millions of dollars. Double-crosses begin when a crooked congressman gives them only a pittance of what they expected.A mysterious stranger, Jonas, arrives in town and burrows himself into the lives of the Comptons, particularly, into the intimate life of Victoria.Treachery explodes as Samantha is murdered, and Nick is arrested for the crime. He blames Jonas, who they learn is a bilked investor, out for revenge. Did Jonas take the money? Apparently not, for Harold (Victoria's private detective) shoots Jonas just as he is about to kill Victoria, in a frenzied attempt to regain his investment.Who has the money? Who killed Samantha? To where does Victoria disappear? Harold, assists Victoria in learning the facts. It's up to Harold to end this sordid affair.
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