Now how are we supposed to choose what to see and do during the festival? Did you see the schedule? There is so much going on, and everything looks great. The problem is things are doubled-up; the learning forums are going on at the same time as some of the film screening.
Nooooooo!!!
I hate missing out. Hate, hate hate it.
Which reminds me of the plot of a short film called Eastern Shore that will be screened at the festival.
In Eastern Shore, the main character, Kat, has to make a difficult choice too. She has to choose between her passion for surfing – and love.
Here’s what director Eve Madden has to say about her film:
You can love someone, and want to be with them, but if that means you have to give up too much of yourself, or something that you truly love – in Kat’s case surfing and the ocean – then I think that sacrifice has the potential to change you and not always for the best. You become a different person, maybe less of what you were. When Kat moves to the city, she is restless and unhappy, and ultimately, not the same girl Jake fell in love with. How can she be loving in the relationship when she is unhappy? And conversely, how can Jake be happy going back to a life he no longer wants?
I don’t know Eve. How? How?
I gotta check this film out because I love that the lead character is a surfer – and that’s just way more exciting to me than a cheerleader, or shopper. Way to go.
Eastern Shore plays Saturday October 20th, 3-4 pm at The Majestic.
Which, by the way, we all can see without having to choose, as no forums are planned at the time.
Coinkydink?
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Tags: Eve Madden, Eastern Shore, St. John’s International Women’s Film Fest, Newfoundland, women directors
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