I went for a few reasons.
2. I don't normally go to Toronto After Dark because Horror isn't really my thing but I asked Peter for a ticket to Silver Screamers because it's a documentary and I had a couple of connections to it.
3. I wanted to see the film because I worked with the Director Sean Cisterna many years ago before his first feature film on a little ghostly short film, and always liked his creativity, and he's one of the nice guys in the business.
4. I also wanted to see it because of one of the seniors who appears in the film. Anthony Garramone, who is quite the character. I never met him in person until last night, but he reached out to me to get some You Know Harvey buttons, and he got one of the t-shirts I have online. He calls himself the Harvey of Guelph. He volunteers for many community organizations. He is a super collector of all kinds of things, including wild shirts. Harvey volunteered for most of Toronto's film festivals and anything else he was interested in. Anthony was wearing the You Know Harvey buttons that I sent him at the screening last night. That really made me happy that he has supported Harvey and the film. Now if I can only finish it so people can actually see it. I asked Sean if he could help me finish it as I see it as an extension of his film, plus I am stuck and need some help to get to the finish line and I think he's creative enough to find the way.
5. I wanted to go because both Harvey and Adam are no longer here to be at their favourite festival and Anthony told me there was a little shout out to Harvey in the film, He wears the You Know Harvey shirt towards the end of the film and he wore it to the screening of the short film. Harvey would have loved to see that in the film. Harvey also appears in the Festival promo before the beginning of the festival. So even though he is no longer here he still lives on at Toronto Film Festivals.
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There are still a few people I know running or connected to the festival, so luckily it lives on and finds more gems to program like Silver Screamers.
About the documentary and short films:
Silver Screamers is a project Sean came up with about getting seniors to make a short horror film because trying to find money to make films is hard these days, so he wanted to try something different.
He went to senior homes and organizations to try and recruit adventurous seniors. It wasn't an easy process, given that his recruitment message didn't exactly entice them. After some modification, he found some fantastic seniors with big personalities and various talents. I don't know how he pulled this one off. He basically took a bunch of seniors with loose transferable skills and got some mentors to get them up to speed in film production. Making films is HARD. This was not an easy task.
The Documentary is about the making of the short film that the seniors were mentored to create called The Rug. They got the great Jane Eastwood to play the lead, and the seniors did everything they could to band together and make it a great short film.
Even though I'm not into Horror films, the slasher kills everyone horribly for no reason. I don't mind psychological ones.
The short film THE RUG was both funny and creative. How can you make a $50 rug come alive and kill people?
The documentary Silver Screamers was hilarious and also heartwarming. The seniors looking to get over grief, do something for the community, try something new, or just step out of their comfort zone and fill their time. The documentary digs into their reasons for joining the thought project and how they learn the craft of filmmaking.
This film is really inspirational and shows that you are never too old to try something new.
Cisterna aims to try and bring this to healthcare institutions and seniors centres, and to inspire seniors to learn to make films or other creative endeavours.
Don't miss the creative way the film ends. You won't regret seeing this one. It has so much depth and heart in it and years of experience.
Anthony told me there will be a screening of the documentary in Guelph in November.
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