CANADIAN IMAGESSHELTERED LIFE
Carl Laudan Director Sept 25 – 28
Lori Lozinski Producer Sept 25 – 30, local
Kryssta Mills Co-producer local
For fear of her mother's safety, Josephine Nash makes a call to 911 which results in both of them being taken to a women's shelter. For Josephine, it's a radical change from her rarefied lifestyle and in the end, the shelter offers only a temporary solution. Something more drastic must be done. Carl Laudan directed this strong drama.
Sept 27, 7pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 2, 1:30pm, Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 8, 3:45pm, Vancity
THE ISLANDS PROJECT
Michael Stadtlander Director/subject Sept 25 – 30
Chef/director Michael Stadtländer travels from Ontario to the Gulf Islands in an old school bus equipped with a gourmet kitchen. Celebrating the natural beauty and bounty of the islands, Stadtländer uses local ingredients to create mouth-watering works of art for the artists and farmers who live there.
Sept 28, 6:45pm Granville 7 #2
Sept 30, 4:30pm Granville 7 #2
Oct 7, 4:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS
Carl Bessai Director local
Tantoo Cardinal Actor local
Babz Chula Actor local
Gabrielle Rose Actor local
Camille Sullivan Actor local
This improvised film from Carl Bessai explores the hilarious, the ridiculous and the complicated dynamics of mother/daughter relationships. Three mother/daughter pairs offer a diverse glimpse into the needs, denials and inescapable love that women experience between women. Ultimately, it is a celebration of these inexplicable, universal bonds.
Sept 28, 7pm Ridge
Oct 5, 11:30am, Granville 7 #3
EN PLEIN COEUR
Stéphane Géhami Director Sept 24 – 30
Julie Deslauriers Actor Sept 25 – Oct 1
Thirty-two-year-old Benoit and 14-year-old Jimmy are just two tormented souls looking for love: except these guys steal SUVs! In director Stéphane Géhami's Montréal, full of creepy warehouses and seedy fast-food joints, both find a kind of redemption.
Sept 29, 7pm Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 30, 10:45am Pacific Cinematheque
YELLOW STICKY NOTES (short)
Jeff Chiba Stearns Director Sept 25 – Oct 11
Sept 29, 9:45pm, Granville 7 #1
Oct 1, 3pm, Granville 7 #1
SUIVRE CATHERINE
Jeanne Crépeau Director Sept 25 – Oct 1
This charming film introduces us to filmmaker Jeanne Crépeau as she follows her new girlfriend, Catherine, to Paris and beyond. Crépeau's eye for composition, ear for dialogue and low-key sense of humour elevate this work and make it much more than the sum of its parts.
Sept 29, 4:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 30, 9:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
Oct 7, 11am Vancity
GENERAL IDEA: ART, AIDS, AND THE FIN DE SIECLE (45 min doc) – note that the main subject of the film is AA Bronson, who curated the show currently at the Artspeak Gallery at 233 Carrall)
Erupting onto the art scene in the summer of love, Toronto art collective General Idea would transform conventional ideas about art, activism and popular culture. Director Annette Mangaard celebrates their achievements and profound influence on contemporary art and the fight against AIDS.
Annette Mangaard Director Sept 28 – Oct 2
Sept 29, 9:45, Granville 7 #1
Oct 1, 3pm, Granville 7 #1
UNDER THE HOOD: A VOYAGE INTO THE WORLD OF TORTURE
Patricio Henriquez Director Sept 26 – 28
The war against terror now allows institutionalized violence to be exercised with full impunity. Director Patricio Henríquez looks back at the systematization of torture during the Catholic Inquisition in the Middle Ages, as well as at the shameful history of American complicity with torturers.
Sept 26, 9:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
Sept 28, 4:30pm Pacific Cinematheque
BOREALIS
Frank Wolf Director local
With a sense of humour and a sense of mission, Frank Wolf and his sardonic friend Taku tackle raging rapids and gruelling portages during their 3,100 km canoe trip through the Boreal forest, drawing attention to the social and environmental issues surrounding the region.
Sept 30, 9:45pm, Granville 7 #1
Oct 3, 12:15, Granville 7 #1
LES JEUX D’ENFANTS - short
Audrey Cummings Director Sept 25 – 30
ndrew Smith Actor Sept 23 – 28
Sept 27, 9:45pm Granville 7 #1
Sept 28, 12:15 Granville 7 #1
THE NATURE OF BATTLE – animated short
Nat Dart Director local
Sept 30, 9:45pm, Granville 7 #1
Oct 3, 12:15, Granville 7 #1
THE YOUNG ROMANTIC: A PORTRAIT OF YUNDI LI
Barbara Willis-Sweete Director Sept 25-27
THE U.S. AND US
Quinn Director local
Sept 29, 9:45pm Granville 7 #1
Oct 1, 3pm Granville 7 #1
ONLY
Ingrid Veninger Director Sept 25 – 29
A tender and refreshing take on romantic drama, Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds' film revels in the awkwardness and weirdness of being 12, but explores first love in a pure and powerful meeting of young hearts and minds.
Sept 27, 9:45pm, Granville 7 #1
Sept 28, 12:15, Granville 7 #1
Spotlight on France
CHARLY
Isild le Besco Director Sept 25 – 30
"A delicate, sometimes hilarious coming-of-age adventure, it focuses on a diffident adolescent boy who, on impulse, sets out on a summer hitchhiking trip [and] encounters a gangly-leg young prostitute in a white rabbit-fur jacket... Eccentric and life-affirming, Charly is a no-budget gem."--Film Comment. Directed by up-and-coming actress Isild le Besco.
Sept 26, 7pm, Granville 7 #2
Sept 27, 4:30pm, Granville 7 #2
Oct 5, 11am, Vancity
