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w w w .in s id e h a lto n .c o m | O A K V ILLE BEA VE R | Thursday, June 2 2 , 2 0 1 7 | 4 8 Marta Marychuk Reporter mmarychuk@oakvillebeaver.com Artscene "Connected to your Community " Filmfestival documentary follows comic book artists' behind-the-scene struggles by Marta Marychuk Oakville Beaver Staff The Willson Oakville Film Festival presents Heroes Manufactured -- a Ca nadian documentary that follows artists and their struggles to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and the craze of comic book conventions. The film will be presented on Sunday, June 23 at 3 :3 0 p.m. at film.ca Cinemas, 171 Speers Rd. The festival returns for a fourth year from Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25, presenting 19 feature films and docu mentaries. In addition to a wide range of films, this year' s festival includes exclusive events and opportunities to meet direc tors, actors and filmmakers from across Canada and North America. Director Yaron Betan said Heroes Manufactured was a year in the making, featuring the lives of five comic book artists. "It' s a behind-the-scenes film about the comic book industry," he com m ent ed. One of the artists featured is Alfon so Espinos. The film shows Espinos' s struggles, said Betan. Espinos is an award-winning Cana dian comic book creator and illustrator. He is the founder of Studiocomix Press, where he is the project's chief editor, publishing the ongoing series The Night Spike. Espinos's work focuses on publish ing his own original material. He also supports and works alongside a team of new emergent graphic artists and comic enthusiasts to start up in the indie com ic book business by developing titles for almost all kinds of genres. Heroes Manufactured also features the work of artist Stan Lee, who is credited as creating the Marvel Comics char acters in the 1960s, which introduced more complex characterizations for su perheroes. Lee is widely known for the block buster movies Iron Man (2 0 0 8 ), SpiderMan (2 0 0 2 ) and Iron Man 3 (2 0 1 3 ). The film also showcases the work of American artist Kevin Smith, who is an accomplished screenwriter, actor, producer, director, comic book writer and author, who wrote a graphic novel about Jay and Silent Bob entitled Chas ing Dogma. Artists Shane Kirshenblatt and Mark Shainblum are also featured in the film. Espinos to appear at screening Espinos will be present for the screen ing of Heroes Manufactured and will be available for questions. There will also be a comic book art display and comic characters present during the event. For further details about the Willson Oakville Film Festival or for ticket in formation, visit www.offa.ca. The Oakville Centre for the Perform ing Arts will be the venue for all gala screenings, while the films will be pre sented at Film .ca Theatres -- Oakville. fi m ca cin em a s 171 Speers Road (at Kerr) Oakville 905-338-6397 w w w .film .c a W ONDER W O M A N (PG) JUNE 2 CARS 3 (G) JUNE 16 TRANSFORMERS: THE l a s t k n ig h t (PG) ju n e d e s p ic a b l e m e 3 21 (sTC) JuNE 30 THE h o u s e (stc) j u n e 30 facebook.com/filmca ©FilmCaCinemas