Boy in film featured at TIFF's SprocketsDiscussion on future of printed A local 11-year-old boy will be on the word at Poetry Month eventbig screen at this years Toronto International Film Festivals childrens As part of this years Poetry Month former editor of theOakville Today,program.Oakville, there will be a panel discus-and David Tucker, documentary pro-The filmSnowmen, which features the sion on the future of the printed word ducer and associate professor at Ryersonlocal Christian Martyn, is part of this Saturday, April 9.University.years Sprockets program, which runs The event, put on by the Oakville The event will take place at theApril 5-17.Literary Alliance, is not a debate. It is Central Library branch, located at 120Snowmen will appear multiple times meant to be an exploration of the future Navy St., from 10 a.m. to noon.and is up for a Best Feature Film award, to of the printed word, through various The event is free but people arebe chosen by a jury of children aged eight perspectives. Audience participation is asked to register by emailing Poetryto 10. The film is also up for an Audience welcome.Month co-ordinator Elka Ruth Enola atChoice Awards, which will be selected by The panelists will be Susan Kun, ere@bell.net.voting audience members. Voting only manager of the Woodside Branch For more information on Poetrytakes place during the weekend screen-library, Pearl Raju, director of digital Month and a list of other events, visitings, of which Snowmen will be viewable access and development for the Oakville www.oakvillepoetry.org and follow theon April 9 and 16.Public Library system, Jody Sanderson, Poetry Month link.Martyn will be present at the April 9 screening to introduce the movie and then he will do a Q&A with audience Author shares stories from world overmembers.Oakvilles Appleby College is hosting an in communities worldwide.Martyn has various other projects on authors presentation in which the author Furthermore, he will donate half thethe go, having just finished shooting for will share his stories from around the proceeds of any book sale at the event tothe filmEdwin Boyd. He can also be heard world.The Alexander Fund, which providesas the voice of Rabbit in the current sea-The event, called Regional Round building materials and supplies for Roundson of Franklin & Friends, which airs on Square of the Americas Conference, Unity Square Internationals projects around theTreehouse.in Community, will take place on Sunday, world.General admission to a Sprockets April 10.The event runs from 10 to 11 a.m. Thescreening is $10. The screenings take OAKVILLE BEAVER FILE PHOTOKeynote speaker and photographer school is located at 540 Lakeshore Rd. W.place at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre in Mark Zelinski will share the images and Zelinski will also be speaking and hold-MAKING IT POP: Oakville actor Christian Martyn isToronto. For more information, a full stories from books, featuring more than ing a book signing at the Chapters book-pictured here after he won four iPOP awards in 2009 in Losschedule and to purchase tickets to 35 years of visiting more than 70 coun-store, 310 North Service Rd. W. later thatAngeles, which resulted in him being cast in Snowmen,Sprockets, visit www.tiff.net and click on tries and how those books are being used day from 1 to 4 p.m.which is being featured at this year's Sprockets.the Sprockets link.Box Offi ce: 905 815-4049 Reserve online: sheridaninstitute.caTHEATRE SHERIDAN PRESENTSFrank Loessers MusicalTHE MOST HAPPY FELLAApril 1223Book, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser19 Wednesday, April 6, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com