Premiere of ARUBA

Oscar Nominated Hubert Davis to have World Premiere of his Latest Film ARUBA at Sundance

ARUBA, the latest film short film by Oscar® nominated director Hubert Davis, has been selected by the Sundance Film Festival - where it will have its 2006 world premiere.

ARUBA, Davis’ first voyage into dramatic storytelling, is the story of an 11-year-old boy who searches for a way out of his home life, where he witnesses domestic violence and drug abuse, and school life, where he is the target of bullying. His only escape is through his imagination. His dreams of escape are visualized on a postcard of a far away place. It is a story about the things we do to survive. It is story about true salvation.

“This is awesome. I learned a valuable lesson with HARDWOOD – write what you know and what is important to you, and your story will emerge. That’s all I wanted to do with ARUBA, tell a good story”, says an overjoyed Davis. “I am thrilled that Sundance is going to be the premiere for this film. Aside from the great support I have received in Canada, the U.S. has also been very good to me…”

Davis, who was nominated for an Academy Award® last year for his directorial debut, HARDWOOD, a co-production between Hardwood Pictures and the NFB, in association with the OMDC AL Waxman Calling Card program and TV Ontario, is a veteran editor and is currently working as a freelance director for Untitled Films.

ARUBA, one of 73 short films selected out of approximately 4,300 short films submitted from all over the world in the international short film category, will have three screenings at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 19 to January 29.

ARUBA, written and directed by Hubert Davis, produced by David Miller, Sam McLaren and Hubert Davis, is a Shine Film production in association with Brown Entertainment, Sienna Films, Bravo!FACT (a division of CHUM Limited), the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board FAP.