22 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday June 29, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Artscene Oakville Beaver · FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2007 Rewind creators have high hopes for short film By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A dysfunctional family adds drugs and guns to the mix in a movie about the power of choice and it all happens in less than 15 minutes. That's the premise of Rewind, a short film shot this past weekend in Oakville by a crew that includes a pair of Abbey Park High School graduates. "This was inspired by sort of the family gone wrong," said Rewind's director and cowriter Lara Azzopardi, while sitting on set at a local home during a break from filming. "It's about a suburban family. In terms of the location and the vibe, it rings Oakville, so why not shoot it here?" Azzopardi, who grew up in Oakville, but now calls Toronto home, wrote Rewind along with Julia Cohen, who she also collaborated with on her first short film, I am an Apartment Building. It screened at various film festivals and picked up the award for Best Canadian Short at the Edmonton International Film Festival. Joining them in co-producing Rewind is Abbey Park grad Molly Merrick. This marks DEREK WOOLLAM / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER BACK HOME: Oakville natives Lara Azzopardi (right) and Molly Merrick (middle) now live in Toronto, but they came home last weekend to shoot a short film Azzopardi wrote along with Julia Cohen (right), called Rewind. It's about a dysfunctional suburban family. her first time as producer. "This is kind of a growing passion of mine to be involved in these kinds of projects," said Merrick, who brings with her more than five years of work in the television and film industry and a background in publicity and promotions. The trio hope to premiere the film at the Sundance Film Festival and show it at various other festivals before it airs on Bravo. Rewind is a drama set in the 1990s and is centered around the Beckett family. A "dream cast" makes up the family, said Azzopardi, including Gemini award winners Martha Burns from Slings and Arrows and H20 II and Tom McCamus of The Sweet Hereafter and The Walter Gretzky Story. They play Heather and Alex Beckett. Adam Butcher plays the son Harrison and Stacey Farber from Degrassi the Next Generation is Georgina, the daughter. From the outside, the director said, "the family looks absolutely perfect and beautiful." "You would never know that there is absolute disaster happening inside." The parents are on the verge of divorce, the father can't find work and the kids are at odds. "This family does love one another, but communication is just out the window," Azzopardi said. That's when drugs and guns enter the picture. "It's either weed or guns that solves the friction," the director said. "Violence and death is staring them right in the face. It's hard to make these people wake up." But drugs, guns and violence isn't what Rewind is about. "It's definitely about the power of choice, but none of our characters know they're See Film page 23 FINAL WEEKEND Open Canada Day! Sunday · 11am - 5pm #1 Sealy Retailer in Canada! Starland Ultra-Premium Posturepedic Queen Mattress Set STRLNDQPK/STRLNDKPK Our Best Sealy Posturepedic Offer This Year! · Free Removal of Old Sleep Set. · Free Delivery to Cottage Country. Save 00 $ 999 800 Lowest Price Ever! Reg. 1799.00 Red Tag Sale While Quantities Last! Also available in Kingsize Reg. $2399.00 MADE WITH SPACE AGE MEMORY FOAM & PRESSURE RELIEVING LATEX Save $800 Sale Price $1599.00 Plus Do Not Pay For 15 Months* Shop our entire mattress selection Now with 21 locations and growing! @ thebrickmattressstore.com PRICE GUARANTEE Oakville 310 N. Service Rd. W., QEW & Dorvall (905) 337-9993 We will beat any competitor's com parable offer on a com parable product by 10% . See in-store for complete deta ils. *Minimum purchase $250. Any Brick delivery charges, applicable taxes and administration fee ($99.95) are payable at time of purchase. Balance due September 2008, Interest may accrue for the final 25 days prior to the promotion's payment due date but will be waived if the payment of the balance is made in full by the due date. +Free gifts cannot be combined with any other discount or free gift offers. One FREE gift per purchase. *Does not apply to products that are exclusive to The Brick. ** With minimum purchase of $999 sleep set and the purchase of an appropriate bed frame. *** When you purchase a mattress pad or UV3 protection. Free Delivery with purchase on Brick Card Platinum. Certain restrictions and limitations may apply. See in-store for complete details. Offer expires July 1, 2007.