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The heroic efforts of pee wee hockey players both on and off the ice in Sticks and Stones have won this television movie the prestigious $50,000 Shaw Rocket Prize for most innovative and creative Canadian production of 2009 for youth and families.
Sticks and Stones is a compelling and heart-warming movie inspired by a true story that made headlines around the world. A Canadian pee wee hockey team organizes the Friendship Series Tournament to make amends for the ill-treatment that an American team received during a visit to Canada.
PRESS BOX ...
“I enjoyed Sticks and Stones because it showed great emotion and feeling as well as wonderful acting and cinematography and was very believable.”
North Vancouver, BC
“I liked everything about this movie – the actors, the script and music. This movie ROCKS!”
St. Catherine's, ON
“Sticks and Stones – a fantastic movie that managed to include elements of family life, of growing up, and of the cross-border issues with some very heightened moments of dramatic reality. I thought what the producers and the writers did very well was interpret a major global situation in a way that we could all feel and understand; they made it all more human.”
Head of BBC Switch, UK
BENCH SUPPORT
"It is a great honour to receive the Shaw Rocket Prize. Sticks and Stones sends an important message to all ages, especially the younger generations. Therefore, this award is especially meaningful to us, because it is granted by a jury of young viewers."
Producers:
Josée Vallée, André Béraud, Richard Speer, Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier.
Production Companies:
Cirrus Communications Inc.
www.cirruscommunications.ca
Dream Street Pictures Inc.
www.dreamstreetpictures.com
Broadcaster:
CTV
www.ctv.ca
BEHIND THE SLAP SHOTS
Since 1996, Cirrus Communications, an Attraction Media Company in Montréal, Québec, has served local, national and international television networks and distributors through the production of award-winning documentary and fiction series and feature films. Dream Street Pictures Inc. is an award-winning full service independent film and television company in Moncton, New Brunswick, specializing in drama, documentary and arts programming. Cirrus and Dream Street partnered in the making of Sticks and Stones.
SHAW ROCKET PRIZE
Now in its 5th year, the Shaw Rocket Prize rewards the best in Canadian programming for children, youth and families. Awarded by the Shaw Rocket Fund, it is one of the largest prizes of its kind in Canada, and is unique worldwide for its national student jury of over 700 Canadian schoolchildren who choose the winner from a short list provided by an international jury of industry experts.