Guard cast at Vancouver International Film Festival

[Anne]

From Vancouver Sun

Festival putting on the glitz with a raft of parties
Yvonne Zacharias, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Excerpt:
"Brightlight Pictures and Bridge Studios will be the first out of the gate with an opening party Thursday at CinCin on Robson Street.

Company principals and producers Stephen Hegyes and Shawn Williamson will be the hosts for the evening.

Invited international stars, currently filming in Vancouver, include John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover and Ashley Judd. Lead casts from local productions, including the L Word and Stargate Atlantis, are also among the evening's selected guests.

Confirmed guests to date include the entire cast of the The Guard -- Steve Bacic, Sonya Salomaa, Jeremy Guilbaut, Teryl Rothery, Gordon Woolvett, Eve Harlow --- and Aaron Ashmore of Smallville."

"CRASHER'S GUIDE TO THE VIFF PARTY SEASON

The city will be buzzing with glamorous bashes over the next couple of weeks. Lacking an invitation? Never mind, just put on your party best and dig through your address book for that old film-industry friend who might have a plus-one to spare.

VIFF OPENING GALA
Thursday, Vancouver Aquarium

BRIGHTLIGHT PICTURES AND BRIDGE STUDIOS PARTY
Thursday, CinCin restaurant on Robson Street

CANADIAN IMAGES PARTY, SPONSORED BY INFINITY FEATURES
Friday, District 319 on Main Street

INSIGHT FILM STUDIOS PARTY
Saturday, Edgewater Casino
A prime siting location for star watching will be the Edgewater Casino on Saturday, where actors, producers, writers and lots of pretty people will mingle at the star-studded bash being thrown by Insight Film Studios, Canada's biggest independent film and television maker.

After hosting numerous parties at the Toronto International Film Festival, ET Canada's Rick Campanelli will be here to host this lavish event.

If you hang out around Edgewater located across from BC Place and GM Place on the north shores of False Creek, you might catch a glimpse of national and international celebrities including John Cassini, Nicholas Lea, Michael Eklund, Warren Christie and Zak Santiago, as well as the cast of various national television series including Tyler Labine from Reaper, Steve Bacic from The Guard, Ryan Robbins and Christopher Heyerdahl from Sanctuary, Grace Park and Rekha Sharma from Battlestar Galactica and Gemini nominees Salomaa and Camille Sullivan.

While the guests play, Insight films will be projected on three 18-foot screens in the newly renovated Stadium Club.

The party starts at about 8 p.m.

TALELIGHT NIGHT
Thursday, Oct. 2, Opus Hotel, sponsored by Talelight Films

VIFF SPONSORS PARTY
Saturday, Oct. 4, Vancouver International Film Centre

VIFF CLOSING GALA
Friday, Oct. 10, Sheraton Wall Centre

[Annie]

Here are two more from the Vancouver Sun about The Guard at the VIFF!!!!

Fresh Sheet

Vancouver Sun

Published: Saturday, September 27, 2008

STARS GLITTER AT CASINO

If you are are a star gazer, get out your camera and head down to the Edgewater Casino on False Creek at around 8 p.m. this evening to watch as the limos pull up and actors and actresses walk the red carpet into a giant celebration of Hollywood North.

Entertainment Tonight Canada's Rick Campanelli will be hosting. "It really is an honour when I get to travel the country and meet people who watch the show," he said after landing here Friday. "I love getting out here. It's great to be in Vancouver."

Campanelli said he will be putting on a bow tie and tuxedo for the event. "When it comes to red carpets, everyone is out there to impress," said the perky 38-year-old show guy. "If you are hosting, you want to look at least as good as everyone else."

The Saturday night party is being thrown by Vancouver-based Insight Film Studios, Canada's largest producer of independent films. Around a dozen limos have been booked for the event to bring in local stars like John Cassini, Ben Ratner, Camille Sullivan, Sonya Salomaa, Steve Bacic, Sonja Bennett, Alisen Down and many more.


Brightlight Pictures gala lights up CinCin

Red Carpet party is a sure sign the film festival is in full swing

Malcolm Parry, Vancouver Sun

Published: Saturday, September 27, 2008

GENTLEMEN PREFER:

Do blonds really have more fun? Yes, said naturally blond, Sudbury, Ont. native Sonya Salomaa, who accompanied Croatia-born fellow thesp Steve Bacic to the Brightlight Pictures party. In fact, "I was having too much fun," the forester-turned-actress said, tossing her now dramatically darker mane, "I was bored."

Was going brunette a good move or otherwise? "Good," Salomaa said. "They take me more seriously," they being the producers who cast her in such TV series as The Guard (with Bacic). A Gemini nomination for her role in the series Durham County likely helps, too. Salomaa and Bacic are to host Entertainment Tonight Canada Oct. 7.

[Foxy]

So was that party already on Thursday, 25th or will it be on October, 2nd?

[Anne]

So was that party already on Thursday, 25th or will it be on October, 2nd?

The party was on the 25th.