Patricia Rozema
The Female Eye Film Festival opens tonight in Toronto with a screening of Deborah Kampmeier’s Hounddog. Established in 2001, the Festival is Ontario’s only festival highlighting films directed by women. Part of the festival includes a script development program.
The festival will honor Canadian Patricia Rozema with the 2009 Female Eye Honourary Director Award. Her films include I’VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING, WHITE ROOM, WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING, MANSFIELD PARK , and most recently KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL, starring Abigail Breslin as a determined 10-year-old struggling with changes brought about by the Great Depression. She also wrote the script for the upcoming HBO version of Grey Gardens.
Here are some of the other activities:
THURSDAY, MARCH 26th – 3:30pm – 5:30pm: INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION
The Weight of Women – Realities vs. Perceptions of Women in the Entertainment Industry
Moderated by Sadia Zaman (Executive Director, WIFT) and featuring Linda Schuyler (Recipient of the 2009 Female Eye Maverick Award, Co-Creator / Executive Producer of the Degrassi Franchise), Karen King (Production Executive, CanWest Global), Carol Whiteman (Producer – Women In The Director’s Chair, President & CEO – Creative Womens Workshops), and Christopher Heard (Author / Broadcaster).
FRIDAY, MARCH 27th – 12:30pm – 2pm: DIRECTOR’S PANEL DISCUSSION
Women In Film, Women In Story
Moderated by Carol Whiteman (Producer – Women In The Director’s Chair, President & CEO – Creative Womens Workshops), Lara Leavoy (Co-Director MTV Presents: Degrassi in Kenya), Deborah Kampemeier (Director, HoundDog, USA), Meghna Haldar (Director, Dirt, Canada), Minji Kang (Director, Actually Adieu My Love, USA), Nancy Nicol (One Summer In New Paltz, A Cautionary Tale, Toronto), Liv Weisberg (The Feminist Initiative, Sweden) and Leslie Hope (Director, What I See When I Close My Eyes).
The Festival which runs through March 29th, 2009, will screen a selection of quality features, short films, and documentaries by debut, emerging and established female directors at the Rainbow Cinemas – Market Square (80 Front Street East), Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West) and Mediatheque – National Film Board of Canada (150 John Street).
For advance tickets, visit Ticketbreak or call 1-866-9-GET-TIX. Screening Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door. For more information about the festival including full program schedule, please visit Female Eye Film Festival
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Yay for Patricia Rozema! I’ve seen almost all her movies and really like them. I thought that “Mansfield Park’ was an interesting (and successful) adaptation of the novel. I didn’t know that she also directed “Kit Kittredge”-yet another reason for me to check the movie out.