Crackie is a 2009 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sherry White. It stars Meghan Greeley, Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes

Joel Thomas Hynes

Joel Thomas Hynes is a Canadian writer and performer. He is usually credited as Joel Hynes when acting, but as Joel Thomas Hynes on book covers....

 and Cheryl Wells, and is White's first feature film.

Plot

Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage student who lives with her grandmother, Bride (Walsh) after having been left at an early age by her mother (Wells). Mitsy secretly dreams of leaving her small town to live with her mother in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 but finds her life disrupted when her mother suddenly reappears.

Cast

• Mary Walsh as Bride
• Meghan Greeley as Mitsy
• Cheryl Wells as Gwenny
• Joel Thomas Hynes
  Joel Thomas Hynes
  Joel Thomas Hynes is a Canadian writer and performer. He is usually credited as Joel Hynes when acting, but as Joel Thomas Hynes on book covers....
  
   as Duffy
• Kristin Booth as Gail
• Deborah Jackman as Debbie

Release

Crackie was an official selection at film festivals including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....

 in the Czech Republic, the Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

, the Montreal World Film Festival

Montreal World Film Festival

The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...

 and the Torino Film Festival

27th Torino Film Festival

The 27th Torino Film Festival was held 13 November – 21 November 2009 in Turin, Italy and was directed by Gianni Amelio, in his first year as director of the festival.-Films in competition:*Chi L'Ha Visto...

in Turin. It won the Grand Prix Focus — Special Mention at Montreal, and the Jury Special Prize at Torino.