Canadian Literature's 50th Anniversary Gala

Celebrating 50 years
September 30 - October 3, 2009
The University of British Columbia

Film screening

October 2, 2009 at 8pm, doors at 7:30pm

The films are being screened at the Chan Centre's Royal Bank Cinema (6265 Crescent Road). "A Shine of Rainbows" will be followed by a Question & Answer session with director Vic Sarin.

This event is presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival. We wish to thank Alan Franey and Terry McEvoy for their support.

At the Quinte Hotel

A film by Megan Easton, animated by Bruce Alcock. About Al Purdy, Art (capital A) and Drinking (capital D). "It was brought home to me in the tavern/that poems will not really buy beer or flowers/or a goddam thing/and I was sad/for I am a sensitive man."

Time: 3:30 minutes.

A Shine of Rainbows

Directed by Vic Sarin and written by Sarin and Catherine Spear, based on the novel by Lilian Beckwith. The film, a drama, has been chosen to open the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 1, on the night before our screening.

Time: 101 minutes.