(Toronto Film Scene)

 *Winner of Special Jury Award (Canadian Feature) and Top Ten Audience Award at Hot Docs 2010 (May 2010).

* Invited to screen at Best of Hot Docs 2010 in Ottawa (June 2010).

* Globe and [...]]]>

“An emotional roller coaster of fabulous proportions!”

(NOW – Toronto)

“Incredibly touching, uplifting, heartbreaking and hilarious.”

(Toronto Film Scene)

 *Winner of Special Jury Award (Canadian Feature) and Top Ten Audience Award at Hot Docs 2010 (May 2010).

* Invited to screen at Best of Hot Docs 2010 in Ottawa (June 2010).

* Globe and Mail (Canada’s National Newspaper) list of Top Ten ‘must-see’ at VIFF (out of 340 films shown at this year’s festival).

* Carla Zilbersmith, the hero of LEAVE THEM LAUGHING, was nominated for the Artistic Merit Award by the Vancouver chapter of  Women in Film and TV for her wonderful performance in the film and garnered a Jury Special Mention.

* Winner of the National Film Board Audience Award as the most popular Canadian documentary at Vancouver International Film Festival 2010. 

* Winner of 2010 Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Favorite Documentary Award (out of 27 documentaries shown at this year’s festival).

* Invited to screen at Bergen International Film  Festival in Norway (Nov. 2010).

* Invited to screen at Detroit International Film Festival (Nov. 2010)

* Winner of the 2010 Canadian/ American Grand Prix Peoples’ Choice Award (Windsor International Film Festival/Detroit Film Institute annual film competition).

* Winner of Best of Festival Award and Best Documentary over 30 minutes (as selected by special jury) at Picture This…International Disability Film Festival 2011 (out of 89 films).

* Invited to screen at Whistler Film Festival (Dec. 2010).

* Invited to screen at Gabriola Island Film Festival (Jan. 2011).

* Invited to screen at Documentary Edge Film Festival in New Zealand (Feb. 2011).

* Invited to screen at the Sedona International Film Festival (Feb. 2011).

* Invited to screen at Vancouver Women in Film Festival (Feb. 2011).

* Invited to screen at the Sonoma International Film Festival (Mar.  2011).

http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=3129

http://www.ptff.org/ptff_main/2011-festival.html

May 6 9:15pm – World Premiere – Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St. W.

11:00pm – reception following screening Cafe 7 West – 7 Charles St. [...]]]>

Please join us for the World Premiere of LEAVE THEM LAUGHING in Toronto at Hot Docs (North America’s biggest international documentary film festival) followed by a reception (cash bar). Everyone is welcome!

May 6
9:15pm – World Premiere – Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St. W.

11:00pm – reception following screening
Cafe 7 West – 7 Charles St. West – (main floor)

May 8th
3:15pm – Second Screening – Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor St. W.

5:00pm – reception following screening
Insomnia – 563 Bloor St., West – (back of room)

Tickets to attend screening available at www.hotdocs.ca. Only a few tickets remaining so get yours today!

We are proud to announce that Canada’s legendary band “Trooper” likes Leave Them Laughing and we love their music!  Carla Zilbersmith, the hero of our film, had already rocked out to Trooper in high school. One of Trooper’s songs accompanies one of the film’s most beautiful, vibrant scenes. [...]]]>

Spring has sprung..
It’s high time for some fun…..

We are proud to announce that Canada’s legendary band “Trooper” likes Leave Them Laughing and we love their music!  Carla Zilbersmith, the hero of our film, had already rocked out to Trooper in high school. One of Trooper’s songs accompanies one of the film’s most beautiful, vibrant scenes. Can you guess which song it might be?  Many great prizes, including 2 VIP/meet and greet the band at a future concert and meet and greet Academy Award-winning director John Zaritsky at the World Premiere of Leave Them Laughing at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 6/8 or at a future screening of the film.
 
A bit about Trooper:
Millions of records, a couple dozen hits, sold-out coliseums across Canada, a Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy) for Band of the Year. The Vancouver Sun called them “Canadian rock heroes of the first order … the best performing band in Canada.”
The great reviews continue. In 2009, Peter Assaff of the Northern Light hailed Ra McGuire and Brian Smith as “the Canadian version of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards” and Joel Rubinoff of The Record wrote: ” … this frolicking, rollicking showcase for McGuire’s soaring pop melodies and whimsical wordplay is arguably one of the biggest Canadian bands of all time.”
They’ve backed up a who’s who of Rock including Aerosmith, AC/DC, Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck, REO, Styx, and many others.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Trooper has become a Canadian legend.
For more about Trooper and to research Trooper’s albums and songs, please visit www.trooper.com. You can even have a brief listen and check out future concert details.
 
The rules are simple:
Tell us the title of the Trooper song that’s included in the film. Please include your reason for choosing this particular song. You may enter more than once and feel free to comment on other entries as well. Don’t forget to tell us which grand prize you’d prefer. Both will be awarded as well as a number of additional prizes! Winners will be chosen at random from correct entries. Please note that everyone who has seen the film and knows which song it is is excluded from this contest. (We know who you are!)
 
Grand Prizes:
2 VIP tickets to a future Trooper concert including meet and greet the band
2 VIP tickets to the World Premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 6 or 8 (or a future screening) including meet and greet Academy Award-winning director John Zaritsky.
(Prizes are for tickets only and exclude travel and accommodation. Prizes are not exchangeable for cash.)
 
Additional Prizes:
1 Trooper T shirt
1 Trooper Hot Shots (Greatest Hits) CD
1 autographed band photo
1 autographed copy of John Zaritsky’s recent Gemini Award winning film “The Wild Horse Redemption”
 
Increase your chances of winning one of the additional prizes by becoming a fan of Trooper on Trooper’s facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/trooperband
 
and by becoming a fan of Leave Them Laughing on the film’s facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/leavethemlaughing

Need some help figuring out which great Trooper song is in the film?
We’ll be giving clues along the way right here, so check back often.
 
1st clue:
This song is played at weddings and funerals alike.

2nd clue:
Lyrics were written sitting on a big log on Kitsilano Beach

3rd clue:
The song is great to dance to (but not the slow smoochy kind).

4th clue:
The song was released as a single.

5th clue: This still of Carla, the hero of Leave Them Laughing, was shot during the glorious scene that is accompanied by the Trooper song in question. Carla’s expression says it all!

Carla Zilbersmith having a blast!

Last clue: :
“And the sun is shining, in this rainy city.” (Hope we didn’t give it away, did we?)

Post your entries as a comment below.
 
Contest closes on April 25. We will announce the winners and post the entire glorious scene right here on April 26!
 
Let the games begin and have fun!