(Carole Ducharme, Canada, 2007, 23 min. v.o.f. subtitled).

Ben voyons, Camille ! est une comédie noire sur l’image corporelle et sur la puberté. Afin d’éviter les moqueries, Camille, 13 ans, tente par tous les moyens de cacher à son père alcoolique et à sa mère obsessive-compulsive que ses menstruations ont commencé. Malheureusement, ce qu’elle craint le plus - attirer l’attention - risque bien de se produire !

Ben voyons, Camille ! is a black comedy about body image and puberty. To avoid being teased by her family, 13-year-old Camille goes to great lengths to hide from her alcoholic father and her obsessive-compulsive mother the fact that she has started to menstruate. Unfortunately, the thing she fears most - attracting attention - is likely to be what she gets.

Also shown Feb.13.

CAROLE DUCHARME

Carole Ducharme is an award-winning writer, director, and producer with a history of film financing at an international level. She is the founder of Witness Productions, a production company dedicated to creating innovative films and television programs that shatter boundaries and explode stereotypes. Carole writes, directs and produces projects in English and in French.

Carole was born in Montreal and graduated from the University of Montreal 's Law School . After specializing in film financing, she worked in Paris , France , as Head of International Co-Productions, where she co-produced such Canadian features hits as Michel Brault's Mon Amie Max with Genevieve Bujold.

After returning to Canada to reside in Vancouver, Carole associate produced the 13 half-hour animated television series Cybersix (Canada-Japan co-production) broadcast on Teletoon and winner of the Leo award for Best Animated Television Series. She went on to write and direct the documentary The Neighborhood Kids , winner of the Blizzard Award for Best Non-Dramatic series. Then she co-wrote, co-directed and associate produced the one-hour documentary Man Made Women , about the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant, which premiered at Hot Docs in Toronto in 2002. She also wrote and directed episodes of the educational series Canada à la Carte II . In 2004, she brought her wealth of experience to the 13 one-hour hockey docu-reality series Bell Making the Cut - Le Repêchage Bell . The tight schedule and unique challenges of producing an original French version inspired her to bring her best to the project, which was broadcast in French on the Quebec sports network RDS and in English on CBC. In 2006, she is back story producing and directing the second season of Making The Cut – Last Man Standing , a 17 half-hour & 5 one-hour hockey docu-reality series, broadcast on Global.

Carole Ducharme wrote, directed and produced the notable short fiction film Love Interruptus and the award-winning half-hour comedy Straight From the Suburbs . The latter went on to be a big hit, winning two Nell Shipman Production Excellence Awards (Seattle, USA), including Best Short Film, and was subsequently invited to more than 40 international film festivals. It has been broadcast in Canada , the USA and Australia and is currently being distributed on DVD in Europe . Carole is now developing a comedy series and a feature film based on the short film.

Carole is currently writing and directing the one-hour documentary My Queer Family , produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Additionally, she has written and developed the highly acclaimed feature film script The Women of My Life , with the assistance of Telefilm Canada , BC Film, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Movie Central, and the National Screen Institute Features First Program. The Women of My Life was a finalist at the Moondance International Film Festival 2006 Screenplay Competition ( Hollywood ).

www.witnessproductions.ca

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A PAS DE GÉANTS/ GIANTS LEAP

(Florence Debeugny & Lynsey Hamilton, Canada, 2007, 57 min. v.o.a. subtitled).

Also shown Feb.13.

Une expansion immobilière rapide exerce actuellement une forte pression sur le patrimoine du centre-ville de Vancouver; elle élimine l’évidence physique d’un passé par des choix contestables de constructions de qualité médiocre et néglige les retombées sociales et économiques à long terme. Les résidents doivent partir à cause de la chasse au profit des promoteurs alors que les nouveaux logements ne sont accessibles qu’aux riches. Giants Leap/ À pas de géants, portrait diversifié d’un quartier en pleine transformation, remet en question les valeurs changeantes d’une société concernant le progrès, la préservation du patrimoine, le logement et la culture.

Fast development overlooks the social and economic long-term. The development pressures in Vancouver on old structures and heritage are erasing the physical evidence of the past, replacing it with questionable construction choices. The city is becoming one accessible only for the rich and the quality of architecture has been identified as second or third rate. The residents are being driven out of their homes by developers pursuing profit. Giants Leap/ À pas de géants is a diverse portrait of a changing neighbourhood and the changing values of a society, raising questions of progress, heritage preservation, housing and culture.

FLORENCE DEBEUGNY

Giant Leap/ À pas de géants

Cast List
Michelle Monforton, resident
Sam Campbell, resident
Linda Madeleine Ruppa, resident
Blair Rasmussen, resident
Donald Luxton, president Heritage Vancouver
Penny Gurstein, School of community and regional planning at UBC
Trevor Boddy, architecture critic
Michael Gordon, senior downtown planner

Credit List
Directed and written by: Florence Debeugny and Lynsey Hamilton

Research: Florence Debeugny

Research assistant: Geneviève Lamy

Production assistant: Stéphanie Souillé

Camera: Lynsey Hamilton, Ryan Keenan, Jason Pope

Still photography: Florence Debeugny

Sound recording: Lynsey Hamilton

Sound design: Gordon Cobb

Music recording: Gordon Cobb

Composition: Gordon Cobb

Music performed by: Alison Jenkins, Jon Teague, Gordon Cobb

Post production coordinator: Lynsey Hamilton

Edited by: Lynsey Hamilton

Animations: Lynsey Hamilton

Colour correction: Trent Payton

LYNSEY HAMILTON

Lynsey Hamilton Filmmaker’s Bio
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Lynsey Hamilton immigrated to Canada in 1986. Hamilton is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts with a major in Film. To date she has worked on over 25 short and independent films and has written, directed and shot four original narrative resistant shorts. With a focus on experimental and documentary film Hamilton recently has completed her first full-length documentary.

Filmography
Giants Leap/ À pas de géants- 56 min documentary, 2007
“Sechelt Nnots”- 10 min experimental DV short, 2006
“Counter Point”- 10 min experimental DV short, 2005
“Leah”- 10 min experimental documentary DV short, 2004
“Bocce Balls”- 10 min 16mm comedic narrative, 2003
“Out of Order”- 5 min 16mm experimental short, 2002
“Goin’ Down”- 5 min 16mm experimental short, 2001

Florence Debeugny Filmmaker’s Bio
Born in Paris, France, Florence Debeugny immigrated to Canada in 1979. Debeugny is a self-taught photographer who has presented her photographs in multiple venues and capacities since 1996. In 2000 Debeugny produced a 400-slide, 5 projector, soundtracked installation, collaboration with soundscape composer, Hildegard Westerkamp. This project At the Edge of Wilderness, was Debeugny’s first approach to the marriage of her images with movement and sound, in preparation for her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her first production was the 26-minute experimental documentary, Almost Gone, Remains of Cannery Villages which has since been on display at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum as well as other BC Coast museums.

Filmography
Giants Leap/ À pas de géants- 56 min documentary, 2007
Almost Gone, Remains of Cannery Villages- 26 min e