Child-like laughter bellowed through the ancient halls of the ROM tonight as Summercamp made its debut. The three-year project, by directors Sarah Price and Bradley Beesley, documents a delightful group of children over their three-week summer camp. Everyone left the theatre with a sense of warmth, and even got some exercise before the film as its directors and even some of its stars climbed on stage with blinking hats and fluorescent life-jackets, leading the standing audience in some musical, child-ercizing antics.

When introducing the film, TIFF doc programmer Thom Powers confessed that "The two things I think are most overrated in this world are children and nature, but still I fell hopelessly in love with this film."   In Summercamp, we get an intimate look at childhood - sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking. 

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