"I am honoured my work was selected to be screened. I am grateful for your respect and support!" 

- Sook-Yin Lee, Filmmaker, Toronto, ON

21st Annual
October 26 - 30, 2010

The Films

Vive La Rose

Director/Réalisateur: Bruce Alcock
Producer/Producteur: Tina Ouellette, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima, Bruce Alcock, Kent Martin, David Verrall
Writer/Scénariste: Bruce Alcock, Luke Murphy, Dan Sousa, Dirk Van De
Country/Pays: Canada
Running Time/Durée: 6 min

What a stunning, tender, inspired work of art this is! Genius animator Bruce Alcock and creative produce Annette Clarke have created nothing short of a masterpiece. VIVE LA ROSE transforms a moving, elegiac Emile Benoit tune into a visual tapestry, no easy feat. This gorgeous short film gives us the privilege of hearing Benoit’s unmistakable voice, accompanied by his inimitable fiddle while feasting on a tableau of evocative images conjured by his lyrics. There is a fiercely beautiful magic at work here, and we are so fortunate to be witness to it.