Crackie

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

Crackie
Directed by	Sherry White
Written by	Sherry White
Produced by	Rhonda Buckley Jennice Ripley Sherry White
Cinematography	Stephen Reizes
Edited by	Chris Darlington
Music by	Duane Andrews
Production company	Kickham East Productions
Release date	July 2009 (2009-07) (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

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).^[1] Mitsy secretly dreams of leaving her small town to live with her mother in Alberta but finds her life disrupted when her mother suddenly reappears.^[2]

Cast

• Mary Walsh as Bride
• Meghan Greeley as Mitsy
• Cheryl Wells as Gwenny
• Joel Thomas Hynes 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 in the Czech Republic, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival in Turin. It won the Grand Prix Focus — Special Mention at Montreal, and the Jury Special Prize at Torino.^[3]