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