Adams and Calarco up for best screenplay

Music and Film in Motion
News release

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North Bay artists Jim Calarco and Susan Adams are both finalists in the Best Screenplay category at this year’s Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards.

Jim Calarco is nominated for “That Was Easy”, his first foray into screenwriting. Jim has been writing short stories since university. In 2001, Forum magazine published one of his humorous articles entitled “You know it’s time to retire when…”. When not writing, he works as an actor and in recent years has appeared in “Shania”, “Conviction”, and “That Beautiful Somewhere”.

Susan Adams is nominated for the film “The Devil’s Kitchen”. Susan has a background as a psychiatrist. She has written a number of short and feature length screenplays. She has produced and directed two short films; “Tom” and “Point of Order”, based on her original screenplays.

The awards will be handed out on Saturday May 10th at the Radisson Hotel in Sudbury, Ontario. To view the films in full or to see a finalist’s live performance, you can attend the Official Talent Showcases on the evening of Friday May 9th. For more information on any event at the 2008 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards and Conference, log on to our website at thinknorth.ca or call us toll free at 1-866-674-9954.

If you wish to arrange an interview with finalist Jim Calarco, he can be contacted by phone at 705-840-1364 or by e-mail at [email protected]. To arrange an interview with finalist Susan Adams, call 705-752-2442 or e-mail [email protected].
Music and Film in Motion is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to foster and promote the development of the music and film industries in Northern Ontario.

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