February 08 2006

Julia Kwan joins Cineworks for the first Cinematic Salon of 2006!

Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is proud to present Julia Kwan: Creative Visions as our first Cinematic Salon of 2006. Fresh from screening her feature debut Eve and the Fire Horse at Sundance, writer/director Julia Kwan will be in conversation with film critic Ken Eisner (Georgia Straight, Variety, CBC), Wednesday February 8th 7:00pm in Cineworks Studio (1131 Howe St., back lane entrance). Admission is by donation.

EVE AND THE FIRE HORSE IN THEATRES JANUARY 27TH

This is a unique opportunity for an in-depth and interactive discussion with Julia about the process of creating her film and her experiences at Sundance. "Eve and the Fire Horse" will be in theatres January 27th. We encourage audiences and filmmakers alike to see the film and come to the Salon with plenty of questions.

Julia Kwan is a Vancouver-based award winning filmmaker. She studied film and psychology at Ryerson Polytechnic University and was a director resident at the Canadian Film Centre. "Eve and the Fire Horse" marks her feature debut from her award winning script. Julia was named one of Playback magazine top 10 to Watch in 2005.

Ken Eisner, originally from the San Francisco area, is a Contributing Editor to Vancouver's entertainment weekly, the Georgia Straight and Canadian correspondent/film critic for Variety in Los Angeles. He has been a frequent arts commentator on CBC TV and radio.

Film Synopsis - 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.