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Lorraine Ansell as Miss Sponagle.
Photo credit: Eric Walker
Funders:
Ontario Arts Council
National Film Board Filmmakers' Assistance programme
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
SAW Video
ACTRA
Helpless
2001/drama/21:40 min./16mm to BetacamSP
Distributor: CFMDC
Based on a folktale from the work of Maritime folklorist Helen Creighton, Helpless is set in a fogbound world of superstition and magic. When a strange and terrifying illness befalls Walton Collins' son, the fisherman turns to a mysterious stranger with elemental powers to heal the helpless boy.
Cast:
John Koensgen
Jeff Lawson
Jim McNabb
Lorraine Ansell
Shannon Gamble
Brenna Gray
Producer, director, co-writer: Penny McCann
Co-writer and Art Director: Eric Walker.
Cinematography: Nena Toth
SCREENINGS
Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
The Cinema of Penny McCann, Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa, Ontario)
Foggy Lens Filmy Fest (Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia)
Niagara Indiefest (St. Catherines, Ontario)
Canadian Film Institute’s Café Ex, Club SAW (Ottawa, Ontario)
Cultural Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
Under New Management, ODD Gallery (Dawson City, Yukon) & Access Gallery (Vancouver, BC), and Third Space Gallery (Saint John, NB)
Collection:
National Archives of Canada - Film, Video and Sound collection
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