Christal is proud to announce THE GREEN CHAIN in competition at Vancouver International Film Festival
After a successful World Premier at the Montreal World Film Festival, Mark Leiren-Young’s The Green Chain, makes the move to British Columbia - “ground zero” for the international logging debate. It will compete in Vancouver for the newly launched $25,000 Kyoto Planet “Climate for Change” Award, a prize given to films bringing fresh focus to environmental issues. Written and directed by Leiren-Young, the film was produced by Tony Wosk of Canada’s Middle Child Films, Leiren-Young of Perpetual Motion Productions, co-produced by Jim Desroches and Executive Produced by Donna Wong-Juliani. Dylan loves trees and he's living on a platform a hundred feet up to prove it. Ben loves trees too -- and he cuts them down for a living. Leila loves trees -- and she loves the publicity that comes with saving them, what drop dead gorgeous superstar doesn't? The Green Chain combines seven powerful, funny and thought-provoking stories about the people willing to risk their lives to save the forests and the people who survive by cutting them down. Mark Leiren-Young is one of Canada’s most prolific and versatile writers. He has written for virtually every medium, in almost every genre. He is an EarthVision award winner for his eco-comedy Greenpieces, writes a column for Vancouver’s alternative on-line newspaper The Tyee, and is an acclaimed screenwriter, playwright and journalist. Most recently, Leiren-Young was part of the writing team on the CHUM/Lifetime TV series Blood Ties, which is currently airing in Canada and the USA. The film’s cast is comprised of some of Canada’s most heralded actors including Tricia Helfer and Tahmoh Penikett from TV’s Battlestar Galactica, Genie and Gemini award winner and current Emmy nominee August Schellenberg (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; The New World), Genie and Gemini award winner Brendan Fletcher (RV, 88 Minutes), Gemini Award winner Babz Chula, and Vancouver actors Jillian Fargey (Mount Pleasant) and Scott McNeil (Sleeping With Strangers). The production of The Green Chain was financed in participation with Telefilm Canada, TMN – The Movie Network and Movie Central and will be distributed by Christal Films across Canada in 2008. www.thegreenchain.com