In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

A case study panel discussion with producer Alison Owen, followed by the screening of the feature film. 

ALISON OWEN (producer), one of the UK’s leading film and television producers, earned an Academy Award® nomination and a BAFTA Award (Best Film) in 1998 for Shekhar Kapur’s historical drama, “Elizabeth,” which collected a total of seven Academy Awards® and twelve BAFTA nominations. More recently, “Saving Mr. Banks”, which garnered a total of five nominations at this year’s BAFTA awards, including Outstanding British Film. She is the founding partner of Ruby Film, which she launched as a production company in 1999.

Projects in the works include: “Gemma Bovery”, a take on the classic “Madame Bovary”; “Suffragette”, from an original screenplay written by Abi Morgan, directed by Sarah Gavron, with Carey Mulligan starring in the ensemble piece about the Suffragette movement and the tumultuous love story set against the artistic world of 17th century Amsterdam, “Tulip Fever” adapted by Tom Stoppard, directed by Justin Chadwick, and starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz and Judi Dench Owen executive produced Stephen Poliakoff’s “Dancing on the Edge”, an original series for the BBC and Starz starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and earned Jacqueline Bisset a Golden Globe® award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV movie; the first series of the detective show “Case Histories” starring Jason Isaacs as Kate Atkinson’s hero Jackson Brodie, with a second series airing on the BBC in 2013.

Owen also executive produced the Emmy®-winning “Temple Grandin,” HBO’s inspiring true-life drama, which picked up seven Emmy® awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Lead Actress (Claire Danes) and Outstanding Directing (Mick Jackson).