On Screen Manitoba

WEST WIND:THE VISION OF TOM THOMSON

DIRS. MICHÈLE HOZER & PETER RAYMONT | 2011 | CANADA | 95 MIN

“If there is one iconic image in Canadian art it must be Tom Thomson, pipe in mouth, daubing paint on a board in the stern of a canoe. His brief career ended in the summer of 1917 in Algonquin Park under mysterious circumstances, either accidental drowning or murder most foul. As in their recent collaboration Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, Raymont and Hozer investigate a genius and the nature of his genius.Thomson painted 45 canvasses and over 300 sketches in an extraordinary creative burst in the last four years of his life. Shot in Algonquin Park, Georgina Bay, Leith, Toronto and Seattle, West Wind features newly discovered interviews with those who knew Thomson, letters from his

Advance tickets available for Fri Mar 23

Fri Mar 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Sat Mar 24, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Sun Mar 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Wed Mar 28, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Thu Mar 29, 2012 at 7:00 PM

THE DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART

DIRS. AMANDA POPE AND TCHAVDAR GEORGIEV | 2010 | RUSSIA, USA & UZBEKISTAN | 80 MIN |

The Desert of Forbidden Art tells a compelling story of an obsessed art collector named Igor Savitsky who spent years amassing a treasure trove of banned avant garde Russian artworks.

Wed Mar 21 at 7:00 PM
Thu Mar 22 at 7:00 PM

FATHER'S DAY

DIRS. ASTRON-6 | 2011 | CANADA & USA | 100 MIN

Starring Adam Brooks, Mackenzie Murdock, Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, Meredith Sweeney, Brent Neale, Garrett Hnatiuk, Ross McMillan

Lock up your fathers! Winnipeg filmmaking collective astron-6 has teamed up with Troma to bring you Father’s Day, an offside thrill ride about a cannibalistic, dad-defiling psychopath and the one-eyed, well-armed vigilante desperate to stop him. As goofy as it is gory, take the humour of The Evil Dead, stir in the street trashiness of Hobo with a Shotgun, set it to the retro beat of a Dario Argento-style electro-score and you’re in for an exploitation explosion that promises no dad is safe and nothing is sacred when it comes to Father’s Day!

* Winner of Best Feature and Audience Award at the 2011 Toronto after Dark Festival

Wed Mar 21 at 9:00 PM
Thu Mar 22 at 9:00 PM
Fri Mar 23 at 9:30 PM
Sat Mar 24 at 9:00 PM

For more details about the presentations and other events, please visit the Cinematheque website here.