A Winter Tale
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| A Winter Tale | |
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 Leda Serene Films presents a Frances-Anne Solomon film A Winter Tale |
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| Directed by | Frances-Anne Solomon |
| Produced by | Frances-Anne Solomon, Susan Fueg, Michele Lonsdale Smith |
| Written by | Frances-Anne Solomon, Michele Lonsdale-Smith |
| Starring | Peter Williams, Leonie Forbes, Michael Miller |
| Music by | John Welsman Mauri Hall |
| Cinematography | Kim Derko |
| Editing by | Michele Francis |
| Distributed by | CaribbeanTales Releasing, (Canada),Goldmine Entertainment, (Caribbean) |
| Release date(s) | Feb 13, 2008 (Canada),April 9, 2008,(Caribbean) |
| Running time | 100 mins. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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A Winter Tale is a 2007 Canadian dramatic feature film, written, directed and produced by Frances-Anne Solomon, featuring Canadian actor Peter Williams and Caribbean stars Leonie Forbes and Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall. It premiered at the ReelWorld Film Festival where it won Solomon the Outstanding Canadian Feature Film Award, as well as Special Mention in the Outstanding Screenplay category. It subsequently screened at the Montreal World Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Bite The Mango Film Festival (Closing Night), Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (Opening Night, Best Feature Award) & The New York African Diaspora Film Festival (U.S. Premiere - Opening Night).
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[edit] Synopsis
A Winter Tale tells the story of a Black men's support group that begins to meet at a Caribbean Takeaway restaurant in the aftermath of the shooting death of a local child. It was developed through a collaborative improvisational process with the cast, who were drawn from Toronto's Caribbean and multicultural communities. It was shot on location in Parkdale, Toronto.
[edit] Cast
- Peter Williams ... Gene
- Leonie Forbes ... Miss G.
- Michael Miller ... DX
- Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall ... Professa
- p! Barrington ... Clip
- R. O. Glasgow ... Lloyd
- Sabio Emerencia Collins ... Andrew
- Lucky Ejim ... Sam
- Peter N. Bailey ... Ian
- Ryan Ishmael ... Sibeka
- Mike G. Yohannes ... Mickey
- Valerie Buhagiar ... Elaine
- Finlandia Casellas ... Rain
- Nicole Stamp ... Julie
- Shakura S'aida ... Charmaine
- Bobby del Rio ... Guy
[edit] Production
The script was developed between 2003 and 2006 by Michele Lonsdale Smith and Frances-Anne Solomon, working collaboratively with the actors. Production began in Feb 2006, on location in Parkdale Toronto and some pickups were shot a year later in January 2007. Editing and post-production were completed in April 2007.
[edit] Critical Reception
A Winter Tale opened the 7th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival and took home the Tonya lee Williams Award for Outstanding Canadian Feature film. It then screened at a number of international film festivals including Montreal, and Halifax in Canada and the !5th New York African Diaspora Film festival in Manhattan, where it was the opening Night Feature. It has received positive reviews particularly from audiences, with the Montreal Gazette called it "a must see". It won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, and Best Foreign Film at the San Diego Film Festival.
A Winter Tale opened theatrically in Toronto on Feb 13th at the Revue Cinema, and then at Rainbow Cinema Woodbine. It opened in Jamaica on April 9th on general release to very positive critical reception. And is scheduled for wide theatric release in the Caribbean from April 8th (Jamaica), followed by Trinidad (May 14th) and then Barbados (May 21) and Antigua (May 23).
