Event Description
Kingston writer-director Jay Middaugh's follow-up to his 2017 feature, Live in Kingston, stars Bill Welychka as an entertainment journalist who’s down on his luck when he gets a chance to achieve the national prominence he once enjoyed. But in the course of creating his demo reel – which also serves as a showcase for some of Kingston’s most exceptional musical talent, including The Wilderness, Keaton, Luella and Miss Emily – Bill’s meetings and misadventures help him to escape his inertia and truly find his place in his new community.
Preceding Still Alive in Kingston, the delightful and deeply personal short film Single Woman Seeking Child by former Kingstonian, Blain Watters, the winner of the KCFF’s 25 Years 25 Minutes Pitch Competition. A screenwriter and director who earned wide renown for co-writing Sleeping Giant (KCFF16), Watters based his new short on the experiences of his mother. Vanessa Smythe stars as Sandy, a woman in early-'80s Kingston who bucks the conservative nature of the times when she sets out to fulfill her dreams of motherhood (mostly) on her own. Continually enriched by its warmth, humour and generous supply of local colour, Watters’ short is the best kind of tribute.
Stick around after the screenings for an in-depth Q&A with cast and crew from both films!.
In-Person Event
Sun. March 2nd + Add to Calendar
Kingston Grand Theatre
12:00pm
$27.34
