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| |Eve, a precocious nine year old with an|
| |overactive imagination, was born in the year of|
| |the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families|
| |for producing the most troublesome children.|
| |Caught between her 11-year-old authoritative|
| |sister's fantasies of sainthood and cultural|
| |confusion and her own sense of right and wrong,|
| |Eve faces the challenges of childhood with|
| |fanciful humour and wide-eyed wonder. Sometimes|
| |the most troublesome children are the ones that|
| |touch our hearts most deeply. |
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| | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
| | 5:30 - 7:30 pm |
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| | World Bank J Building - Lower Level Auditorium |
| | JB1-080 |
| | (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and |
| | Pennsylvania Ave.) |
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| | For non bank staff, please RSVP to |
| | InfoShopevents@worldbank.org |
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"Luminous! One of the most beloved films at Sundance this year ?
Intelligent, delicate and touching..." Roger Ebert, Chicago
Sun-Times
"An exceptionally talented cast ? including actors from Canada, the
U.S. and Hong Kong ? beautiful cinematography and art direction,
attention to detail, and Kwan's flawless screenplay, make Eve & The
Fire Horse one of the most enchanting and memorable films made in
this country." Globe and Mail
"An inspired generational document . Eve & the Fire Horse is such a
quiet, clear-eyed meditation on childhood that you barely notice as
it burns its way into your mind. And when it?s over, you?re left
with this magnificent maze of memory, a latticework of images lifted
from the sweet and sombre playground world of two young sisters."
CBC
"Both a finely wrought period piece and a slice of delicately
captured childhood, "Eve & the Fire Horse" reps an exceptional
feature debut for young helmer-scripter Julia Kwan, who loosely
based this film on her own experiences growing up Chinese in the
pre-multicultural Vancouver of the 1970s." Variety
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Discussion with Filmmaker and Director
Julia Kwan
Julia Kwan is a filmmaker living in Vancouver, B.C. A second (or
one and half) generation Chinese-Canadian of immigrant parents. Ms.
Kwan was a director resident at Norman Jewison?s Canadian Film
Centre, where she madeher award winning short, Three Sisters on Moon
Lake. In 2005, Ms. Kwan made her feature film debut with Eve & the
Fire Horse, based on her Writer?s Guild of Canada award-winning
script. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto
International Film Festival and its international premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. Eve &
The Fire Horse also picked up awards at the New York AsianAmerican
Film Festival, Bendfilm Festival, Calgary Film Festival and San
Diego Asian Film Festival. Mostrecently, Kwan won the prestigious
Claude Jutra Award for best first feature director and received
fivenominations, including best supporting actor and actress, at the
Genie Awards (Canadian Oscars).
Welcoming remarks by
Jeff Chelsky
Canada Club Representative
Jeff Chelsky is a Senior Economist in the European Department of the
IMF. Mr. Chelsky was formerly in the IMF's Independent Evaluation
Office and spent 5 years as the Senior Advisor to Canada's Executive
Director on the IMF's Executive Board. Prior to that, Mr. Chelsky
worked for the Canada's Department of Finance and Industry
Department in Ottawa.
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