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Jack of Hearts
198623 min 42 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Cynthia Scott
Production: Cindy Hamon-HillGiles WalkerMichael MacMillanAndy ThomsonSeaton McLeanJanice PlattWilliam Weintraub
Script: Jack BlumSharon Corder
Co-produced by Atlantis Films Limited and the NFB with the participation of the Global Television Network and Telefilm Canada.
A drama based on a humorous short story by Isabel Huggan in which a thirteen-year-old girl is mortified to learn that she has been given the role of a boy in a forthcoming ballet recital.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary Works
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksCanadian Literature
- Children and Youth > Discrimination and Stereotyping
Credits
- director
- Cynthia Scott
- producer
- Cindy Hamon-Hill
- Giles Walker
- executive producer
- Michael MacMillan
- Andy Thomson
- associate producer
- Seaton McLean
- Janice Platt
- William Weintraub
- script
- Jack Blum
- Sharon Corder
- photography
- Andreas Poulsson
- sound
- Hans Oomes
- editing
- Richard Todd
- music
- Richard Gresko
- music recording
- Louis Hone
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Shelley Craig
- cast
- John Friesen
- Jill Gamberg
- René Gersovitz
- Joan Heney
- Phaedra Hicks
- Bronwen Mantel
- Patricia Phillips
- Michelle Polak
- Pauline Rathbone
- Susana Urra
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Arts / Literary Adaptations / ElementaryNational Educational Media Network Competition
- Second Prize - Category: Live-action films under 30 minutesInternational Children's Film Festival