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Inaugural film festival a success for young actors by Dominik Kurek Oakville Beaver Staff Artscene "I think the night did all of that. It really resembled a red carpet that would be somewhere in Toronto, at a larger theatre. The kids absolutely got that experience. They all felt like stars. The film festival included an appearance by McLeod's Life with Boys co-star Jake Goodman, who plays the youngest brother in the family. Furthermore, the evening event featured some Family Channel stars, including Brennan Wilson from The Next Step, and Niamh Wilson, Will Jester and Austin MacDonald from Debra! Casting director Krisha Bullock and producer/writer Stuart Alexander, among others, hosted on a Q&A session. see Young on p.18 17 | Wednesday, September 4, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" Oakville's Innovative Acting formed last summer and to cap off a year of helping budding thespians become stars, the local private acting school hosted a film festival to showcase its students' achievements. The organization hosted its inaugural Innovative Acting Film Festival Sunday, Aug. 18 at Encore Oakville Mews Cinema and saw approximately 150 attend. The festival showcased 11 short films by the acting school's students, but the event was much more than that. 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