Twelve Canadians reveal how moving to Canada at the age of 12 has changed their lives. Written and Directed by Lester Alfonso

WINNER of the 2008 Reel Diversity Competition, a National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

CANADA DAY FESTIVAL 2010
Global to Local: The World in Canadian Films
Harbourfront Centre – Studio Theatre
235 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, July 1 at 3:30pm | followed by Q & A with Lester Alfonso

SCREENING HISTORY

2010

U of T, ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Professional Development screening | Thursday, May 27 at 12:00pm

TWELVE screenings during the Winter Olympics,
NFB Cinema, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, BC
Feb 15, 19, and 25 at 12:30 pm

TRENT UNIVERSITY, Canadian Studies
Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 12:00pm

2009

WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Capitol Theatre & Arts Centre
Saturday, November 14 at 2:45pm

BARRIE FILM FESTIVAL
Downtown’s Community Theatre
Sunday, October 25 at 3:00pm

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Canadian Embassy, Washington, D. C.
Monday, October 5 at 6:30pm (U.S. Premiere)

PIER 21 IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Wednesday, July 1 at 3:00pm

ED VIDEO MEDIA ARTS CENTRE special event
Guelph, Ontario | Friday, May 29 at 8:00pm

FREE SUNDAY MATINEES FROM THE NFB
Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
Sunday, June 21 at 3:30 pm

OM REUNION PROJECT
outdoor screening, Collingwood, Ontario
Thursday, June at 10:00pm

CBC NEWSWORLD The Lens (National Television Broadcast)
Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00pm | 1:00am | 4:00am

ReFRAME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough, Ontario
Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm

2008

ReFRAME special event
Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough, Ontario
Sunday, November 30 at 3:00pm

TORONTO REEL ASIAN INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
Innis Town Hall (room 222) | Saturday, November 15 at 11:00am
NFB Theatre | Friday, November 14 at 3:15pm (World Premiere)

Director’s Statement (CBC Website)
The National Film Board of Canada Film Collection (NFB Website)

PRESS

TWELVE on CBC tomorrow
(The Peterborough Examiner, Mar. 9, 2009)
Local Filmmaker’s Feature to Screen at ReFrame
(The Arthur, Trent University, Jan. 11, 2009)
Selections from Q&A for Twelve with director Lester Alfonso at Reel Asian 08
(November 23, 2008)
Soul Coaching Day 13: Attitude of Gratitude
(November 14, 2008)

I’m grateful to know that if this 12-year-old me and Lester’s
12-year-old him would have met, we would have been nice to each
other. I’m sure of it…