TORONTO Alyssa Simaganis had a good pregnancy, and when her daughter Kianna was born in 2012, she was “perfect.” But things took a frightening and unexpected turn three months later. “She ended up getting pneumonia. And then after that she got septic. And then after that she got meningitis. And then she had a massive stroke,” Simaganis, 30, told CTV National News. Kianna was sent to a Saskatoon hospital, fighting for her life. “She ended up in ICU, on a ventilator. She was intubated for about two weeks… I think that was the hardest part of it all was seeing her in an induced coma, not being able to carry her. Her eyes weren t open,” Simaganis said.
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The 16th Annual Roving Eye International Film Festival at Roger Williams University, presented in collaboration with the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, kicks off today April 12th and runs through April 18th as an online program.
This year s programming features over 80 films from across the world including short and feature-length films, numerous World and US Premieres; virtual panel discussions/symposia; Filmmaker Q&A s, and student film showcases. Virtual guests at this year s event have been curated from interviews undertaken by Steven Feinberg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Film and Television Office, for the television series, doubleFEATURE, produced by Flickers on Rhode Island PBS.