Crackie
Directed bySherry White
Written bySherry White
Produced byRhonda Buckley
Jennice Ripley
Sherry White
CinematographyStephen Reizes
Edited byChris Darlington
Music byDuane Andrews
Production
company
Kickham East Productions
Release date
  • July 2009 (2009-07) (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Crackie is a 2009 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sherry White. It stars Meghan Greeley, Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes and Cheryl Wells, and is White's first feature film.

Plot

Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage student who lives with her grandmother, Bride (Walsh) after having been left at an early age by her mother (Wells).[1] Mitsy secretly dreams of leaving her small town to live with her mother in Alberta but finds her life disrupted when her mother suddenly reappears.[2]

Cast

Release

Crackie was an official selection at film festivals including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival in Turin. It won the Grand Prix Focus — Special Mention at Montreal, and the Jury Special Prize at Torino.[3]

References

  1. Deming, Mark, "Crackie > Overview", Allmovie, Rovi Corporation, retrieved January 21, 2011
  2. McGurty, Frank (September 17, 2009), "Growing Up Alone: Girls on Film at Toronto Festival", Reuters, Thomson Reuters, retrieved January 21, 2011
  3. "Torino 28 - International Feature Film Competition", Official website, Torino Film Festival, archived from the original on November 28, 2011, retrieved January 21, 2011


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