the reel world film festival in april open with a gala performance of the make in canada film a winter tale . it win the award for best canadian feature at the festival which include film from a number of country . it the work of british born and trinidad raise france anne solomon whose experience embrace award winning feature film and television production for the bbc . leonie forbes and jamaica first lady of film win the festival award of excellence for her telling performance a miss g and the proprietor of a small restaurant in toronto parkdale district and where the entire tale be set during bleak winter time . after a ten year old boy be shoot by a stray bullet a social worker try to form a black men support group seek a witness to the crime . but it an uphill struggle against fear of retribution from neighborhood and drug deal gang be portray . a winter tale offer a search perspective on the timely issue of gun violence and set against the backdrop of a caribbean community hope and tribulation . the film and although fictional be direct and film with a documentary like sense of realism . it remind one how shallow be the reality tv show when art can imitate life in such a telling fashion . at present and i can not tell you where this moving film might be show theatrically and but please watch out for a winter tale .