Toronto, Can. – The Paradigm Shift – the award-winning short film directed by Jon Barr and written/produced by Sam Holdren – has been accepted to screen as part of the upcoming ReelHeART International Film Festival on Saturday, June 27, 2009. This is the 11th festival screening for the film, and the very first acceptance to screen outside the United States.

According to the festival, ReelHeART is proud to call themselves a ‘truly open festival’, accepting films of all genres, countries and film lengths. Over the past few seasons, they have garnered the nickname: "The Filmmaker’s Film Festival", which symbolizes their commitment to independent filmmakers and screenwriters and a badge they wear proudly.

The Paradigm Shift is about an activist history professor (played by H. Michael Walls - 12 Monkeys) who assigns his class to design a plan to assassinate the President.  The repercussions are immediate for everyone involved, particularly upon the professor’s teaching assistant (Nicholas Wilder - Flogging Margaret), a timid young man whose reluctance to choose a side plants the young man right in the middle. 


The Paradigm Shift has previously won the Audience Award at the Main Line Film Festival in Wayne, PA; Best Student Narrative at the Peace On Earth Film Festival in Chicago, IL; Best Student Film (College/University) from the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines, IA for Barr and Holdren, as well as Best Actor from the same festival for the film’s lead actor H. Michael Walls.


More information, along with trailers, is available at the OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE.

 

ReelHeART International Film Festival

FESTIVAL DATES: June 22 - 27, 2009
PARADIGM SCREENING DATE: Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7pm block
VENUE: Main "B" Program - Theater 222, Innis College
ADDRESS: 2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
TICKET PRICES: $10, organizations, seniors, or students w/ID $5