SCREENING TODAY AT THE NFB

Hi Everyone!
Thanks for coming out on Monday for the ReelWorld Case Study of A Winter Tale. We had a very interesting discussion and it was great to see you all ...

Don't forget: This morning THURSDAY 13th @ 10.30am is our special screening at the NFB!!!

On Friday I am heading off to Atlantic Canada - my first time - and on Tuesday, heading home.... to TRINIDAD where A Winter Tale will be screening at the TTFC.

Please check out these festival websites, they look really nice, and I am proud of them:

A Winter Tale @ Atlantic film festival:

A Winter Tale @ Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival : OPENING NIGHT FILM

A Winter Tale @ Bite The Mango FIlm Festival : CLOSING NIGHT GALA -

Have I mentioned that A Winter Tale will be screening at the Abuja Film Festival in Nigeria? Our Nollywood premiere!...

I'll continue to send you updates from my travels...

Love, FA

Tonya Lee Williams' Indie Film Lounge

The reception for the Indie Film Lounge was for me the place to be at TIFF last night. It was good to see so many well-heeled, well-spoken folks of color come together in this city to celebrate the next generation, "The Emerging 20". It was also fantastic to recognise that there are now a number of us doing significant work and being recognised for it... something like a critical mass of creative and business individuals of color in Canada.... creating great shows, sustaining our careers...


The Indie Film Lounge Case Studies are at the Pilot Tavern - I will be there tomorrow Sept 10th, with "A Winter Tale", and on Tuesday 11th reps from the NFB will discuss their diversity program.

Also: Don't miss the special screening of A Winter Tale on Thursday 13th at 10.30 am at the NFB, 140 John Street. Space is limited so make sure you RSVP to awintertale@gmail.com.

Photos: Reelworld's CEO Tonya Lee Williams with filmmaker Clement Virgo; Reelworld Programmer Hayet Benkara and actor Rupinder Nagra, First Fridays Warren Salmon & friends, Indie Film Lounge Co-ordinator Gloria Kim amid the Emerging 20, Director Sudz Sutherland and his wife and Producer Jennifer Holness with Clement Virgo; Global's Production Executive Karen King.

September Screenings of A Winter Tale

ReelWorld Indie Film Lounge - Case Study
September 10th, 12pm - 1.30pm @ Pilot Tavern, 22 Cumberland St, Toronto
This event will take the form of a Case Study of the film from development through to distribution. I'll be joined by Anne Frank and Indira Guha of Telefilm Canada; the moderator is award-winning filmmaker Lalita Krishna.

Special Toronto Screening @ NFB Mediatheque
September 13th, 10.30am. @ 140, John Street, Toronto
Join me for this special Toronto screening of A Winter Tale... Space is limited so if you'd like to come, RSVP to: awintertale@gmail.com.


Atlantic Film Festival
September 16, 7pm @ Empire 8, Park Lane, Halifax, Nova ScotiaWe're heading east and look forward to meeting up with potential community partners from Canada's largest Black community, in anticipation of the Halifax leg of TALK IT OUT – our nationwide anti-violence tour of the film - scheduled for next year.

Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival
September 19, 8pm & September 23, 5pm @ MovieTowne Cinema, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Our Caribbean premiere, in my home town. I am especially proud that A Winter Tale will be opening the festival on Wednesday September 19th, with an added screening on Sunday September 23rd.

Bite The Mango Film Festival, UK
September 27, 7pm @ National Media Museum, Bradford, UK
A Winter Tale will be crossing the pond to premiere in the UK at this important European festival of World Cinema...
A Winter Tale will be the Closing Night film !

4th Annual Abuja International Film and Video Festival
25th - 28th of September 2007 @ the Shehu Musa Yardua Centre Abuja. Date TBA. Our African premiere!

A Winter Tale @ The 13th Bite The Mango Film Festival

Friends:
Please join me for the UK Premiere of my film A Winter Tale @ The 13th Bite The Mango Film Festival. A Winter Tale will be the Closing Night Gala!

September 27th - 8.00pm
@ National Media Museum, Bradford

Invite your friends. Spread the word!

See you there,
Frances-Anne Solomon
Director.
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About "A WINTER TALE" (Canada, 2007)

Frances-Anne Solomon's award-winning feature A Winter Tale tells the emotional story of a Black men's support group that begins to meet at a Caribbean restaurant, following the shooting death of a young child. It features a talented ensemble cast led by Canadian stars Peter Williams and Michael Miller, and Caribbean icons Leonie Forbes and Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall.

The movie opened this year's ReelWorld Film Festival, and took home the Tonya Lee Williams Award for Outstanding Canadian Feature.

"A Winter Tale is an intensely powerful story about the reinstallation of moral responsibility in Toronto's black male community. Its prime movers walk it in real life like they talk it in this must-see fiction feature... - The Montreal Gazette

"...violence is not a spectator sport, and nowhere in this film could you simply watch — you felt the call to action, and even discussion." Expose Entertainment Magazine.

The Bite The Mango Film Festival is one of Europe's most important showcases of World Cinema, presenting an eclectic mix of award-winning feature films, inspirational short films, masterclasses, seminars and star guests.

For more information about the film, please visit AWinterTale.ca
For festival Info please visit The Bite The Mango Film Festival