FESTA DVD

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A feature-lengthen documentary following the expat-Sicilian community of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as they celebrate a three-day Festa Maria SS. Del Monte, held annually in Racalmuto, Sicily for more than 500 years.


Terrance Odette’s features played to critical acclaim, (Variety, Village Voice, Globe & Mail. Screened at Sundance, Berlinale, TIFF, BFI London. His 4th feature “FALL” received 5 CANADIAN SCREEN Nom:  Best Picture, Best Actor, DGC nom BEST DIRECTOR. Odette has 2 other feature docs in production. FESTA is his 5th feature & 1st doc.

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​A feature-lengthen documentary following the expat-Sicilian community of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as they celebrate a three-day Festa Maria SS. Del Monte, held annually in Racalmuto, Sicily for more than 500 years.
 
By the late 1960's, people living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with a direct connection to Racalmuto, Sicily, outnumbered the total population of Racalmuto. Since 1988, The Fratellanza Racalmutese Club of Hamilton have celebrated Festa Maria SS. Del Monte, mirroring the festival held annually in Racalmuto for over 500 years. Filmed over three days in June 2018, Filmmaker Terrance Odette, with a camera, microphone and life-long fascination for culturally significant parades and ceremonies, captures a people’s commitment to community, rain or shine. Through food, play, and religious ceremony the film celebrates the value of cultural performance within the fabric of Canada’s multiculturalism.

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"Thank God there are filmmakers like Terrance Odette around. His no-compromise low-budget aesthetics and gnarly compassion for his down-on-their-luck protagonists are qualities that seem endangered these days."   
- Ken Eisner  Variety/Georgia Straight
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Gloss, a belligerent alcoholic, sightless, due to diabetes escapes from the hospital ward in an attempt to save his old dog from being euthanized. Sent after him is Thomas, a medical attendant. 
 An unlikely bond is formed as both confront their demons.


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