16mm, Black and White, Comedy
13 minutes
2010
Trailer

Credits:
Director: Michael Vass
Writers: Kathryn Mockler & Michael Vass
Producers: Tricia Lee & Michael Vass
Executive Producer: Corey Marr
Cinematography: Catherine Lutes
Production Designer: Jessamyn Horsman
Editors: Michael Vass & Bojan Bodruzic
Music: Bob Wiseman

Screenings:

2010
Toronto International Film Festival

Public Screenings:
Sept 10, 2010 @ 9:15pm, Isabel Bader Theatre
Sept 11, 2010 @ 1:00pm, Jackman Hall

Press/Industry Screening:
Sept 12, 2010 @ 10:00am, Jackman Hall

Press
Eye Weekly

Synopsis:

The Old Ways asks what it would take for a government to justify and enforce the death penalty on a child, and offers a scathingly satirical response: public relations. A pitch black comedy that frames the justice system as spectacle, this film’s treatment of its highly political subject is only outdone by its striking visuals and arresting mise-en-scène.
-Magali Simard (TIFF Programmer)

Principal Cast:
Ian Downie as Max
London Angelis as The Boy
Stewart Arnott as The Governor
Dan Lett as The Warden
Levi McDougall as The Guard
Kathleen Phillips as The Mother
Ryan Blakely as The Father