Lives Lived
Hello Friends!
Eva’s parents wrote a wonderful piece that was published in The Globe and Mail a few weeks ago. For anyone who missed it, here it is: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts
It’s been a crazy few weeks with the Vancouver International Film Festival going on in the city. VIFF dedicated one of it’s screenings this year in memory of Eva, which was wonderful because the film they chose was co-edited by Justin Cousineau, Eva’s boyfriend who also worked on 65_RedRoses. The documentary, called Leave Them Laughing, recently won an award at the Hot Docs International Film Festival, and it was voted Most Popular Canadian Documentary at VIFF (we won last year in the same category, as well as taking home the Audience Choice for Best Canadian Feature). As it turns out Leave Them Laughing was directed by John Zaritsky, who taught Phil and I at UBC. He was one of the first people to encourage us to make 65_RedRoses, so it was a special evening getting to see his film, and have the screening dedicated to Eva. I have no doubts that Eva would have absolutely loved Carla (who is the main subject of the documentary and who passed away this year from ALS). I know Eva saw bits of the film while it was in the rough cut stage, and the finished documentary is one you don’t want to miss.
65_RedRoses is being broadcast in Canada (the full version) on November 16th at 9pm on Knowledge. For scheduling details please visit: http://www.knowledge.ca/schedule/2010-11-15
I’ve been working on a small video with Justin that is going to be played at the upcoming CF Gala here in Vancouver. For those of you that want to make a financial donation to a worthy cause please consider the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Their researchers are doing amazing work and are leading the race to find a cure for CF. To make a donation just visit our homepage and click on “download to donate to CF,” and you’ll get a free song written by singer/songwriter Shani Banerjee for Eva.
Can’t wait to tell everyone more about the American broadcast we have coming up in the new year! We just sent off a new cut of the film and are waiting back for notes. We have incorporated new interview footage and videos of Eva and her family. The ending is completely different.
Just two weeks left for the Geminis!
Love, love, love,
Nimisha
