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