Prince Edward Island International Film Festival 2008

Nick (NICHOLAS CARELLA) and Vince (CHRISTOPHER JACOT) are well-intentioned idiots with a dream. They are desperate to make the big time 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 fame and fortune. But there are two obvious problems - they have no idea how 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 their incapable journey, they stumble upon their old high-school nemesis, Vijay Nath (PABLO SILVEIRA) who now has a three-picture deal under the pseudonym V.J. Nash. It is through this encounter that the pair becomes linked with Dietrich Baum (MAURY CHAYKIN), head of 'D'Baum Productions' who will lead them to the promised land.Their pursuit of Speedman leads to a few near misses but ultimately results in alienating their loved ones, going to jail and generally ruining their own lives. In the end, 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 Nicholas Carella and Christopher Jacot are Maury Chaykin (Blindness, Where The Truth Lies, Dances with Wolves, Entourage), Dylan Taylor (Charlie Bartlett, Tidelne) and Paul Gross (H20, Due South.) 'Hooked On Speedman' marks the directorial debut of stage and short film director Michelle Ouellet. Director Michelle Ouellet and actor/co-writer Nicholas Carella will be in attendance.

Preparing for a date takes a lot of effort - preparing the food, the Jacuzzi and preparing yourself. It's hard to accomplish all that at the same time. Especially if you keep calling your date to make sure she will actually show up. Then everything might go wrong. Co-directors Josefin Sundberg and Hans Montelius will be in attendance at the festival.

A drug-dealing programmer convinces one of his clients to partake in the latest high: Virtual Reality. Once inside, the program glitches and forces its subject to find an escape or join in as the virtual simulation deconstructs itself.

With the beginnings of the Internet as a military tool, the sound from Invoice has been partly mined from the Internet and altered. The Internet rumor for the origin of the spoken word is that it originated from an American military training video. After conducting a Google search, the following results were found on that day: the word money appeared 659,000,000 times, war 543,000,000, culture 408,000,000, communication 344,000,000 and freedom 209,000,000. The thrown pennies represent ritualized violence, a body count, helplessness, absurdity and seeks allocution.

Against all odds, an injured war vet becomes a rookie sensation and leads the Cleveland Indians to the 1948 World Series." The true story of Gene “Lefty” Bearden. When his ship is torpedoed in the Pacific, Lefty's leg and his dream of playing in the majors seem shattered -- until a gifted Navy surgeon patches him up for a comeback on borrowed time. Separated from his high school sweetheart, Lois, at the outbreak of the War, Lefty and Lois reunite in Hollywood where she dances at Carroll’s Theatre and the Florentine Gardens. Working off-season as a grip in the studios Lefty is “discovered” by Casey Stengel, a struggling minor league coach. Lefty keeps his injuries secret as his baseball comeback continues. Called up by the Cleveland Indians, the rookie’s dazzling knuckleball takes the American League by storm. Lefty is the toast of baseball among the legends of his day: Joe DiMaggio…Bob Lemon…Ted Williams…Bob Feller…Satchel Paige. But when his injuries catch up with him, he must shake off a late-season slump for one last chance to prove to the Cleveland brass -- and to himself -- that he belongs in the major leagues…

KODIAK- Film SynopsisLucky Doucette, a young Vancouver man, must find the resolve to play the biggest ball-hockey game of his life on the day after his long time girlfriend has left him. He struggles to overcome his sorrow by escaping into extravagant fantasies, only to realize that it is the simple love of his childhood pastime that can truly bring him peace. An exploration of Canadian Culture, Kodiak is a story of passion, love, and understanding set against the backdrop of urban Vancouver. The field of dreams of Canadian ball-hockey.

One fateful night, Marla (Sarah Ketcheson), a worn-out single mother, makes a grisly confession that changes the lives of everyone around her.A Lion’s Tale tells parallel stories about a mother seeking forgiveness for her sin and the violent, bullying incident leading up to her confession. A struggling waitress, Marla lives a stinted life in a small town with her son, Davis (Xavier Gould). Her world takes a crashing turn when a bullying incident gets out of hand and Davis’ bully ends up dead. She seeks refuge and forgiveness from Father Holden (Wally MacKinnon) for the murder of the bully who’s tormented her son. As Marla’s confession unfolds, a darker truth is revealed and we learn that not all is as it appears. What results is how far one mother will go to save her son.

When 14-year-old Allie Quinn discovers that the baby-sitting money she'd been saving for her first prom dress is gone, she knows exactly who to blame: her mother.Nora Quinn is a small-time thoroughbred-horse breeder who's still holding out for her big break, even as her small farm crumbles around her. Allie confronts her mother about the missing money, and Nora doesn't deny it. This begins a showdown over their different priorities that reveals a gap between them so huge it seems irreparable, especially when Allie notices a problem with a horse left in her care and can't reach her mother to tell her.