It’s a family affair! Well, that’s one way to describe this year’s festival.
Fernanda Rossi’s three-year-old son Milo was an amusing added attraction during Springboard at the Vic, where the Documentary Doctor, as she’s called, conducted her workshop on “trailer mechanics.”
Rossi’s not a real doctor. She just plays one on TV and in the movies, as the joke goes. The story consultant goes so far as to point this out, noting on her website she’s “neither a medical clinician or a therapist.”
Suzanne Chisholm and her husband Michael Parfit also turned heads at The Office when they brought along Christopher, their adorable newborn to the reception after the ViFPA showcase screening of The Whale.
I love seeing intense, driven film types turn to mush.
All we can say is Be afraid, Brad Pitt. Be very afraid. Christopher’s a real cutie.
So was Aspen, producer Trish Dolman’s 10-month-old son who accompanied mommy to the screening of Foreverland, Max McGuire’s terrific new Canadian road flick starring Max Thieriot and Juliette Lewis.
“He’s been to five festivals already,” said the B.C. producer, who’s been taking him on the road while she promotes her other recent film, the Paul Watson documentary Eco Pirate.
“He even gets his own badge now.”
And on the hot tickets front, they’re going fast for Wednesday’s additional screening of Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz, and for Midnight Son on Thursday night at the Vic after its first showing at Parkside Victoria’s little HD cinema everyone’s raving about.
To accommodate Wednesday's extra Take This Waltz screening at Cap 6, Donor’s 9:15 show is moving to the Vic.
And as festivalgoers who showed up for Marecages (Wetlands) Sunday discovered, celluloid might hold a special place in our hearts but it’s nowhere near as practical as digital.
There was a problem with the 35mm print and you simply can’t “rewind” a film as you would a disc.
Well, you could – technically. But it would have taken at least 30 minutes to get back to the start.
Apologetic organizers have scheduled a free private screening of the film for Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Vic, for filmgoers who bring their original ticket stubs. Advance ticket purchasers are also being contacted by email, but – everyone else, take note – they can’t sell tickets to the additional screening of this great film.
