of Diversity Programs Invite you to a film screening
Eve & The Fire Horse
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.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
5:30 - 7:30 pm
World Bank J Building - Lower Level Auditorium JB1-080
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
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
Senior Economist, IMF
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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About the World Bank Group/IMFCanada Club
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related to Canada among World Bank Group and IMF current and former staff and
relatives, Canadians and people interested in Canada.
About the Office of Diversity Programs
The Office of Diversity Programs is an in-house source of expert advice on
diversity and inclusion. Its goal is to create an inclusive and respectful work
environment that values all human differences and mobilizes them as strategic
business assets in service of poverty reduction. The Office of Diversity
Programs provides guidance on institutional and unit-level strategies to promote
diversity and inclusion, advises on the diversity dimensions of recruitment,
strategic staffing, succession planning, and career development, conducts
research on systemic barriers to inclusion, and shares information on best
practices in diversity management worldwide.
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The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
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