Felicity’s View


1999 – 16mm, digital. Colour. 20 min.


 Do you have 23 minutes to spare to become amazed and delighted? Then this short production is for you. Elizabeth Shepherd is wonderful as Felicity… Edie Steiner directed with feeling.

– Jim Bawden, TV Highlights, Toronto Star, July 9, 2000

A short drama about two aging people whose lives are transformed by the rekindling of desire. With performances by stage and screen legend Elizabeth Shepherd and the late Lew Lehman.

Genres & Themes: Drama, Independent, Women, Senior/Aging.

Music from the film available for listening on SoundCloud: lyrics & vocal by Edie Steiner, music by Colin Offord, Daniel Rojas:

Distribution:
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Filmmakers Co-operative, NY
Extra Sensory Productions Inc.

CREDITS:

Featuring: Elizabeth Shepherd, Lew Lehman

Writer, Director, Producer: Edie Steiner
Director of Photography: Derek Rogers
Production Designer: Lillian Sarafinchan
Costume Designer: Alex Kavanaugh
Music Composers: Colin Offord, Daniel Rojas, Edie Steiner
Editor: Josephine Massarella
Sound Editors: Stephen Barden, Stephen Roque
Line Producer: Krista Mitchell
Produced with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada (FAP).

AWARDS:

Bronze Award, Original Short Drama, 2000 Houston International Worldfest
Jury Prize, 2000 Festival of Nations, Austria

BROADCAST:

CBC, Canadian Reflections
WTN (Women’s Television Network)

SELECTED SCREENINGS:

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Short Film Program, 2003
Female Eye Film Festival, 2001
Festival of Nations, Austria, 2000
Houston International Worldfest, 2000
Sex & Death Film Festival, 2000
Montréal World Film Festival, 1999