Been a while since I saw this short film. From what I remember, it was a low budget, very grainy but adorable short with lots of charm. Ida decides to make a movie using a 8mm (I think) camera to submit into a competition. While she is making it, a "friend", wearing a soldier-like hat for reasons I cannot quite remember, appeared in the home movie as a main character. Ida asks him to remove the hat, but he refuses. When it is submitted, the judges accept it, but because of the hat, they think it is a anti-war film, when the film is actually a protest-against large amount of garbage mankind throws away. If I remember right, the film ends with Ida telling the judge(s) what the film is actually about, and she is still given the award.
Occasionally included in the "The Kids of Digrassi Street" television syndication package, this is one 1979 short to look out for.
Occasionally included in the "The Kids of Digrassi Street" television syndication package, this is one 1979 short to look out for.
