On Screen Manitoba

Feature Film

FAUST
Dir. F.W. Murnau | 1926 | Germany | 85 MIN
Starring Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman

* with live score by blunderspublik
* Special event admission: $10 non-members / $8 members

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE

Faust is one of the great classic works of German silent cinema from director F.W. Murnau as it features astonishing photography and magnificent art direction which retain the power to amaze.

"The demon Mephisto has a bet with an Archangel that he can corrupt a righteous man's soul and destroy in him what is divine. If he succeeds, the Devil will win dominion over earth.

blunderspublik (Curtis Walker) is a sound and video artist. He approaches his audio and visual work in similar ways – by beginning with synthetic and organic sources that are translated to binary code, sculpted, and organized into complex structures and abstract narratives.

Upcoming Films

YOU NEVER BIKE ALONE
Sat Aug 28 at 7:30 PM
Sun Aug 29 at 7:30 PM
Wed Sep 1 at 7:30 PM
Thu Sep 2 at 7:30 PM

You Never Bike Alone follows the story of the Critical Mass biking movement in Vancouver.

Feature Film

GROWN UP MOVIE STAR
Fri Aug 20 at 9:30 PM
Sat Aug 21 at 9:30 PM
Wed Aug 25 at 9:30 PM
Thu Aug 26 at 9:30 PM

Dir. Adrianna Megs | 2010 | Canada | 95 MIN

Grown Up Movie Star tells the story of disgraced NHL star Ray and his precocious daughters Ruby and Rose. Once the town hero, Ray has returned home to Newfoundland from the US following a drug conviction, only to have his wife Lillian leave him for another man and aspirations of stardom. With Lillian gone, Ray flails from woman to woman trying to find a replacement for her, while struggling against a growing awareness of his homosexuality.

At loose ends for lack of guidance, Ruby attempts to follow her mother's starlet dreams with make-up and sexual behaviour, and in a desperate plea for attention, begins putting herself in increasingly risky situations. Ruby begins spending more and more time with Ray's best friend Stuart. When Stuart finds himself attracted to Ruby, dangerously motivated by fear and anger, he leads the three of them towards a heartbreaking conclusion.

Upcoming Films

EXCITED
Wed Aug 18 at 7:30 PM

Acclaimed Canadian Director Bruce Sweeney brings his wit and honesty to a new film about a man searching for the right woman and trying to overcome his other major problem: a certain over-eagerness in the bedroom.

REEL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
Thu Aug 19 at 7:30 PM

The Reel Youth Film Festival is a touring festival of short films created by people under 20 aimed at empowering youth in the community. FREE ADMISSION!

H2OIL
Fri Aug 20 at 7:30 PM
Sat Aug 21 at 7:30 PM
Sun Aug 22 at 7:30 PM
Wed Aug 25 at 7:30 PM

An important new documentary which reveals the struggle being fought over oil and water in the Alberta Tar Sands.

The Winnipeg Film Group is pleased to announce three short films from their distribution catalogue are to be featured in this year’s Short Cuts Canada programme at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 9 - 19, 2010.

WFG members Caroline Monnet, Matthew Rankin and Cam Woykin will see their short films premiere at the 35th anniversary of TIFF, arguably one of the most important film festivals in the world.

Warchild, directed by Caroline Monnet and produced by Kevin Lee Burton is part of a trilogy of experimental documentary focusing on students from Northern Manitoba who come to live at a boarding school in Winnipeg for Aboriginal youth. Monnet, who grew up between the Celtic coasts of France and the Algonquin territory of Outaouais, QC and currently lives in Winnipeg just completed a photography residency in Berlin. She premiered her short experimental film, IKWÉ, at the festival in 2009.

A short film collaboration long in the making, Negativipeg, directed by Matthew Rankin and produced by Walter Forsberg, tells the story of Rory Lepine, who shot to Herostratic fame in 1985 when he attacked Winnipeg rock legend Burton Cummings with a beer bottle in a North End 7-Eleven. Rankin, a filmmaker from Winnipeg currently living in Baku, Azerbaijan has previously had two other short films in the festival, 2006’s Où est Maurice?, co-directed with Alek Rzeszowski and 2008’s Cattle Call, co-directed with Mike Maryniuk.

Director and Producer Cam Woykin, originally from Calgary and later Winnipeg, is currently completing his MFA in film production at York University in Toronto. Woykin’s new short film, Open Window, co-produced by Boaz Beeri, intimately depicts the portrait of a family and the rising tension of the unspoken in a single continuous shot.

"Short Cuts Canada highlights the best of new Canadian short film each year, and we're thrilled that we have films from Manitoban filmmakers that represent their diversity, creativity and passion so vividly in their work. We're looking forward to welcoming Matthew Rankin and Caroline Monnet back to the festival with world premieres of their newest films, as well as introducing audiences to Cam Woykin with his first appearance at the festival," says Alex Rogalski, Programmer for Short Cuts Canada.

All three filmmakers will be present in Toronto to see their films premiere at the largest festival in Canada, which will screen only 40 short films in the Short Cuts Canada programme this year.

Also featured this year as part of the Essential Cinema exhibition, the inaugural exhibition at TIFF”s Bell Lightbox, will be Hauntings I and II, eleven new silent short film installations by Winnipeg Film Group honourary lifetime member Guy Maddin. “Hauntings I involves eleven projections of reclaimed fragments of cinema’s lost history. Shot in Winnipeg earlier this year with Fassbinder legend Udo Kier, Louis Negin and Tattiawna Jones hired to star, the fragments range from lost avant-garde projects by Hollis Frampton (left on a subway) and Michael Snow to lush dramas from F.W. Murnau and Oscar Michaux. Hauntings II is an original work based on outtakes and inspirational moments from the making of Hauntings I.”

(Noah Cowan, artistic director of TIFF’s Bell Lightbox)

Upcoming Films

EXCITED
Dir. Bruce Sweeney | Canada | 2009 | 83 MIN

Fri Aug 13 at 9:30 PM
Sat Aug 14 at 9:30 PM
Sun Aug 15 at 7:30 PM
Wed Aug 18 at 7:30 PM

After eight years without a date, golf course owner Kevin just wants to meet the right woman. He drops “subtle” hints, like leaving neatly wrapped luxury watches on their desks after knowing them only briefly, but that just seems to scare them away. Because he's already been divorced once, Kevin's overly concerned mother is worried that her chances of being a grandmother may be dwindling. Then along comes Hayaam. Beautiful, funny and smart, she seems perfect. But Kevin must overcome his other major problem: a certain over-eagerness in the bedroom.

A dynamic cast brings writer and director Bruce Sweeney's characters to full realization. Cronin gives a pained and comic performance worthy of Woody Allen, and Sadiq provides the perfect level of sultry angst as Hayaam. Rose delivers her usual zeal to the role of the overbearing mother, bringing both humour and sadness to her blustery character. Funny and sexy, Excited inverts the romantic comedy, making a movie that is more about what keeps people apart than what brings them together.

BABIES
Fri Aug 13 at 7:30 PM
Sat Aug 14 at 7:30 PM
Sun Aug 15 at 2:30 PM

Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmès simultaneously follows four babies around the world in this joyful look at the beginning of humanity.

Upcoming Films

BABIES
Fri Aug 6 at 7:30 PM
Fri Aug 6 at 9:30 PM
Sat Aug 7 at 7:30 PM
Sat Aug 7 at 9:30 PM
Sun Aug 8 at 7:30 PM
Wed Aug 11 at 7:30 PM
Thu Aug 12 at 7:30 PM
Fri Aug 13 at 7:30 PM
Sat Aug 14 at 7:30 PM
Sun Aug 15 at 2:30 PM

Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmès simultaneously follows four babies around the world in this joyful look at the beginning of humanity.

Upcoming Films

PELADA
Fri Jul 16 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 17 at 7:30 PM
Sun Jul 18 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 21 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 22 at 7:30 PM

Two former college soccer stars embark on a journey around the world, visiting over 20 countries to play pick up soccer.

THE ROOM
Fri Jul 16 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 17 at 9:30 PM
Fri Jul 23 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 24 at 9:30 PM

The Room returns to Cinematheque. Get in line for what is emerging as the funniest cult film since Plan Nine From Outer Space - Tommy Wiseau's melodramatic story of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée and his best friend.

MOSIAC WOMEN'S FILM PROJECT 2.0
Sun Jul 18 at 2:30 PM

The Winnipeg Film Group and MAWA are thrilled to present the premiere of two new works by Jody Leigh Pacey and Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot. FREE ADMISSION!

Cinematheque News

JOB POSTING

The Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque is currently accepting applications for the postion of Head Projectionist. The application deadline is July 27, 2010.

THE RED SHOES
Sat Jul 10 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jul 11 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 14 at 7:30 PM

Dirs. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1948 | UK | 133 MIN

Newly restored 35 mm print!

Michael Powell's beautiful work of cinema is the story of a young ballerina who must choose between the composer who loves her and the ballet impresario who offers her the lead in his new ballet. Widely considered Powell Pressburger’s masterpiece, The Red Shoes is a haunting story which combines romance, ballet, magnificent choreography, art direction and set design. This rare 35mm print was recently restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive with help from Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation.

“Quite simply this is one of the miracles of cinema.” - Louise Oliver

GREENBERG
Wed Jul 7 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 8 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 9 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 10 at 9:30 PM

Academy Award-nominated director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) brings us a darkly comic, touching story of two souls adrift in Los Angeles.

GREENBERG

Fri Jul 2 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 2 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 3 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 3 at 9:30 PM
Sun Jul 4 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 7 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 8 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 9 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 10 at 9:30 PM

Acclaimed independent director Noam Baumbach (The Squid and The Whale) has created his finest work yet, about two souls trying to find a place in the world. Florence is an aspiring singer struggling to find her place in the world. She works as a personal assistant to the Greenberg family, beginning and ending each day tending to other people’s needs. When the family takes an extended trip abroad, Florence checks up on the family’s dog Mahler and Roger, who has come to L.A. to house sit. Single and fortyish, Roger is intelligent, witty, and sharp-tongued – and, like Florence, something of a lost soul; he is at a crossroads in his life. Roger purses an affair with her but it becomes clear it will never really work.

ONE FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR
Wed Jun 30 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 7:00 PM

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur examines beat poet Jack Kerouac's escape from post ‘On The Road’ fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur.

LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL
Wed Jun 30 at 9:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 9:00 PM

Reg Harkema, one of Canada’s best independent directors (Monkey Warfare and A Girl Is a Girl), has created an incendiary new film, Leslie, My Name is Evil, loosely-based on the trial of Charles Manson and his followers.

CLOSED FOR THE LONG WEEKEND
Thu Jul 1 at 6:00 PM
Fri Jul 2 at 6:00 PM

Please note that the Cinematheque and Winnipeg Film Group's offices will be closed Thur July 1 and Fri July 2, for the Canada Day long-weekend.

Upcoming Films

ONE FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR
Fri Jun 25 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 26 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 30 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 7:00 PM

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur examines beat poet Jack Kerouac's escape from post ‘On The Road’ fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur.

LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL
Fri Jun 25 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jun 26 at 9:30 PM
Wed Jun 30 at 9:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 9:00 PM

Reg Harkema, one of Canada’s best independent directors (Monkey Warfare and A Girl Is a Girl), has created an incendiary new film, Leslie, My Name is Evil, loosely-based on the trial of Charles Manson and his followers.

48 HOUR FILM CONTEST - SCREENING
Sun Jun 27 at 7:30 PM

All films completed for this year's 48 Hour Film Contest will premiere at Cinematheque on Sunday June 27 at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5. All are welcome!

FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS
DIR. CAROLE HART | 2009 | USA | 90 MIN

Fri Jun 18 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jun 20 at 7:00 PM

In 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, North America, and at a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, For the Next 7 Generations follows what happens when these wise women unite. Facing a world in crisis, they share with us their visions of healing and a call for change now, before it's too late. This film documents their unparalleled journey and timely perspectives on a timeless wisdom.

The film is presented in solidarity with the first community event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, June 16 to 19 in Winnipeg, near The Forks. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is mandated to create a complete historical record and to collect individual statements about residential school experiences and impacts.

Upcoming Films

LAST TRAIN HOME
Wed Jun 16 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 17 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 9:00 PM

The remarkable story of a single migrant Chinese family caught up in the journey of factory workers attempting to return home by train.

Cinematheque News

James Culleton wins Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest - Available Now
CONGRATS TO JAMES CULLETON

Local artist James Culleton is the winner of this year's Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest. He created the new Cinematheque T-Shirt which depicts a movie audience watching a film, wearing 3-D glasses, with the Cinematheque logo on the top right shoulder on the back of shirt. Various colours and sizes are available. Show your support by sporting one of these great shirts today. T-shirts can be purchased for $25 online or in the Winnipeg Film Group office.
We thank all those who submitted designs for the contest.

James Culleton
James Culleton studied painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba, where he received his BFA Honors in 1997. In 2002 he began using blind contour drawing to document his surroundings and has since published a book called Contouring Quebec, which documents the rediscovery of his french roots using blind contour and a GPS. He is currently working on an exterior art project for the West End Cultural Centre using the same technique.

WFG'S 48 HOUR FILM CONTEST
Friday June 25 - Sunday June 27, 2010

Try your hand at guerrilla filmmaking! Can you shoot and edit a short in 48 hours?

REGISTRATION • FRIDAY JUNE 25 between 5:30 - 6:00 PM in the Cinematheque lobby (100 Arthur St., in the Exchange District in downtown Winnipeg)

ENTRY FEE • A mere $10 per team/film

THE SHAKE UP • For the first time ever teams will randomly draw a genre, line of dialogue/text, and prop/item to include in their film

RULES • You must shoot and edit your entire film (max 4 minutes) in the designated 48 hours using the items chosen

DEADLINE • Completed films are to be dropped off at the Cinematheque on SUNDAY JUNE 27 between 5:30 - 6:00 PM

FORMATS • Films must be submitted on either:

* playable, non-looped DVDs
* miniDV
* 16mm
* 35mm

SCREENING • All films will premiere at Cinematheque on SUNDAY JUNE 27 at 7:30PM. Admission is $5. All are welcome!

For more info: distribution@winnipegfilmgroup.com | (204) 925-3452

OTHER NOTES ABOUT THE CONTEST

* The contest is open to all interested parties. You do not have to be a member of the WFG to enter.
* You do not have to live in Winnipeg to participate but you must be present at the beginning and end of the 48 hour period to be eligible.
* You must register with the $10 entry fee. Cash only!
* Only 25 teams will be entered into the contest.
* No equipment will be provided to filmmakers but you can call the WFG at 925-3455 if you need to rent gear.
* The entered films can be about anything you choose but must contain the randomly drawn items chosen by a team member at registration time.
* Completed films must be submitted to the Cinematheque on playable, non-looped DVD, miniDV, on 16mm or on 35mm by 6:00PM on Sunday, June 27.
* DVDs should be non-looped, and de-interlaced. Please include screening ratio on your DVD.
* Prizes will be awarded!
* Films are not screened prior to the premiere on Sunday so they may contain imagery and situations not suitable for all audiences. Films will not be rated.

Note: The WFG encourages all filmmaking teams to follow City of Winnipeg filming rules and we accept no responsibility for filmmakers while on shoots for this contest. Please act conscientiously while on your shoots.

Visit the City of Winnipeg’s Film & Special Events website for more information: http://www.winnipeg.ca/filmandspecialevents/FilmOffice/
 

SIFTING HISTORY: THE WORK OF PAULA KELLY is a retrospective look at Winnipeg filmmaker Paula Kelly’s career in conjunction with her recent award, the Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. This award,designed to provide recognition to the depth of local directing talent Manitoba has right here at home, is funded with the generous support of the Province of Manitoba.

* FRI JUNE 11 - 7 PM: The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong (with a selection of shorts)
* SAT JUNE 12 - 7 PM: Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté
* FREE ADMISSION

Shadows and light, the arrangement of objects in space, relationships between people and their worlds are the stuff of filmmaking. Paula Kelly’s strength as a filmmaker lies in her ability to imagine, and define and reshape, compelling stories. Central to her filmic storytelling is a dedication to, and love for, comprehensive research. Resisting limits to both her inspiration and her form of expression,she works in the experimental, documentary and dramatic genres... Paula’s varied background as a history student, reporter and writer, and her sensitivity to the visual aesthetic, surface in the subjects she explores and how she brings the stories to the screen. Her films have screened around the world and a number of awards and honours have been bestowed upon the filmmaker and her projects. (Tricia Wasney, excerpted from her essay With Abundant Curiosity: The Film Work of Paula Kelly)

Upcoming Films

THE NOTORIOUS MRS. ARMSTRONG
Fri Jun 11 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg director Paula Kelly`s documentary, The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong, follows the political career of a working class mother, well-known in Winnipeg in the early 1900s as a radical agitator and often ended up in jail for her endeavours. FREE ADMISSION

LAST TRAIN HOME
Fri Jun 11 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jun 12 at 9:15 PM
Sun Jun 13 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 16 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 17 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 9:00 PM

The remarkable story of a single migrant Chinese family caught up in the journey of factory workers attempting to return home by train.

APPASSIONATA: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE & MUSIC OF SONIA ECKHARDT-GRAMATTÉ
Sat Jun 12 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg director Paula Kelly will introduce her remarkable documentary portrait of composer Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) Eckhardt-Gramatté. Will include a special live performance by musical guest by Oleg Pokhanovski performing Violin Caprice # 7: The Departing Train (Le depart d’un train). FREE ADMISSION

Danishka Esterhazy’s stunning new film BLACK FIELD Held Over @ THE CINEMATHEQUE June 3rd – June 10th !!

“A Beautifully shot gothic period drama…Danishka Esterhazy is a filmmaker to watch.”
Randall King / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

“Sexual danger shimmers throughout…gorgeously photographed horizons that echo the landscapes of John Ford.”
Kenton Smith / UPTOWN

“Four stars. A perfect example of independent cinema...executed with precision and affection. Winnipeg cinematographer Paul Suderman does phenomenal work here, with a style reminiscent of the legendary Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men).”
Sam Hagenlocher / THE UNITER


CINEMATHEQUE
100 Arthur St., Winnipeg Manitoba
www.winnipegfilmgroup.com

For screeners, interviews or other press requests, please contact dave@winnipegfilmgroup.com

WHAT’S PLAYING NOW:

Thurs. / June 3rd
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Fri. / June 4th
7:00 PM –BLACK FIELD - Q & A with Danishka Esterhazy
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Sat. / June 5th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Sun. / June 6th
7:00 PM - BLACK FIELD

The Cinematheque will be closed on Monday and Tuesday evening / June 7th and June 8th

Weds. / June 9th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD

Thurs. / June 10th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
 

FILM INFO:

BLACK FIELD

DIR DANISHKA ESTERHAZY | 2009 | CANADA | 80 MINS. |

Starring Sara Canning, Mathiew Bourget, Ferron Guerreiro, Darcy Fehr

Inspired by the gothic novels of the Bronte sisters,(Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) Danishka Esterhazy’s captivating first feature is a suspenseful drama unfolding on a Canadian prairie landscape in the 19th century. One of the best local features in some time this beautifully photographed film is the story of Maggie McGregor (played by Sara Canning of The Vampire Diaries) and her sister Rose who have no remaining family to help with the harsh physical labour needed to run their farm. The two sisters lives are forever changed when a mysterious and charming man named David Latouche arrives at their isolated farm. As the mesmerizing French Canadian trapper wins the sisters over, sparks start to fly. Black Field is a story about love and lust, truth and desperation.

“Black Field is filled with beautiful visuals that immerse viewers in the 1800’s prairie setting. Evenings are barely lit with candles, casting the farm in shadows.” Vancouver Film Festival

“ A gothic love letter to the prairies…Esterhazy’s tale of romance and betrayal is a striking period piece.” Uptown

Danishka Esterhazy is a graduate of the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre (founded by Norman Jewison) and has written and directed several short films which have screened at film festivals around the world. She was the 2008 winner of the Kodak New Vision Award sponsored by women in Film and Television in Toronto. She is currently developing a new sci fi feature Level 16.

ME AND ORSON WELLES

Dir. Richard Linklater | 2009 | USA | 109 MIN. |

Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles is one of the best movies about theatre I’ve ever seen. The film involves the Mercury’s (the company of Orson Welles) first production, a Julius Caeser set in Mussolini’s Italy. It sees this enterprise through the eyes of Richard Samuels (Zac Ephron) a young actor who is hired as a mascot by Orson Welles, and somehow rises to a speaking role. He is star struck and yet self possessed and emboldened by a sudden romance that overtakes him with a Mercury cohort Sonja Jones (Clare Danes) The film is steeped in theatre lore. The impossible hours, the rehearsals, the gossip, the intrigue, the hazards of stage trap doors, the quirks of personalities, the egos…

Fri May 28 to Thu June 10

Winnipeg director Danishka Esterhazy’s striking feature debut, Black Field, is a historical drama set in 19th century Manitoba about two sisters and the man who comes between them. Inspired by the gothic novels of the Brontë sisters, Black Field is the story of Maggie McGregor and her sister Rose, who find themselves left without any help to support their farm following the death of their father. The young sisters’ lives are forever changed when a mysterious and charming man, David Latouche, arrives at their isolated farm. As the mesmerizing French Canadian trapper starts to win the sisters over, love, lust, desperation, and – finally – tragedy unfold, all surrounded within the stunning cinematography of Winnipeg’s Paul Suderman.

BLACK FIELD
Fri May 28 at 7:00 PM
Fri May 28 at 9:00 PM
Sat May 29 at 7:00 PM
Sun May 30 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 2 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 3 at 7:00 PM
Fri Jun 4 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 5 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jun 6 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 9 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 10 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg director Danishka Esterhazy's award winning debut feature is the story of two sisters and the mysterious and charming man who changes their lives forever.

SEND + RECEIVE: 10 YEARS OF SOUND
Sat May 29 at 9:00 PM

The premiere of a superb new documentary marking 12 years of the the send+receive festival of sound art featuring rare interviews and live performances from local and international artists.

I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’AI TUÉ MA MERE)

The debut feature film of 20 year old Québec director Xavier Dolan, I Killed My Mother is a semi-autobiographical film about a gay teenager at odds with his mother, a divorced lower-middle class suburban mom who seems to be doing the best that she can. I Killed My Mother made its stunning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home four awards, and went on to become Canada’s official nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Academy Awards.

Upcoming Films

OUR NEON CITY
Wed May 19 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg filmmaker Kevin Nikkel digs through Winnipeg's historical past to reveal five documentary portraits through their use of neon signs.

SNAKE RIVER
Wed May 19 at 8:30 PM

Winnipeg director Joe Novak melds the samurai genre to a western theme about a Union cavalry soldier who seeks respite from the horrors of war.

DOWNTIME
Thu May 20 at 7:00 PM

One of the best feature films ever made in Winnipeg, Greg Hanec's Downtime depicts the lives of young adults struggling to survive in the world of dead end jobs.

ZOOEY & ADAM
Thu, May 20 at 8:30 PM

Adam and Zooey have been trying to have a baby for several months, only to end up pregnant after a rape. Unsure of the patronage of their child, they decide to have the baby anyway. Haunting and emotionally devastating, this film has sparked debate wherever it has played.

AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
Fri May 21 at 7:00 PM
Sat May 22 at 7:00 PM
Sun May 23 at 4:00 PM

Winnipeg director Katharina Stieffenhofer has created a remarkable new documentary about a school project which teaches students to create their own organic garden. This project has caught the eye of many influential organizations including the David Suzuki Foundation, Manitoba Conservation and even the United Nations.

I KILLED MY MOTHER
Fri May 21 at 8:30 PM
Sat May 22 at 8:30 PM
Sun May 23 at 7:00 PM
Wed May 26 at 7:00 PM
Wed May 26 at 9:00 PM
Thu May 27 at 7:00 PM
Thu May 27 at 9:00 PM

Xavier Dolan's Quebec feature debut about Dolan as a young homosexual at odds with his mother, won critical raves as one of the most auspicious debuts by a new young filmmaker.

Cinematheque News

VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Cinematheque is looking for volunteers for various upcoming projects. Filmmaker user members can accumulate credit for their volunteer work and apply them towards equipment and facility rentals at the Winnipeg Film Group. Please contact Kristy for more details at 925-3459 or kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com

EVEN FLOWERS WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
Sat, May 15 at 7 PM
* FREE ADMISSION

Brenda Longfellow will introduce a series of exceptional short films she has curated, based on feminist filmmaking practices. Works featured include Kara Blake's The Delian Mode, Alexandra Grimanis' Lucky Girl, Althea Arnaquq-Baril's Inuit High Kick, and Shazia Javed's Namrtaa. This 80 minute program of shors reveals the excellent independent work being accomplished by women filmmakers in Canada.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE MERCH

Local artist James Culleton, winner of this year's Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest, created the new Cinematheque T-Shirt which depicts a movie audience watching a film, wearing 3-D glasses, with the Cinematheque logo on the top right shoulder on the back of shirt. Various colours and sizes are available. Show your support by sporting one of these great shirts today.

Upcoming Films

THE MEMORIES OF ANGELS
Fri, May 14 at 7:00 PM

A stunning film portrait of Montreal composed entirely of very rare film excerpts from classic NFB films from the 1950’s and 60... poetry, history, and documentary in a brilliantly edited montage. FREE ADMISSION

THE WHITE STRIPES: UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Fri, May 14 at 9:30 PM
Sat, May 15 at 9:30 PM
Sun, May 16 at 7:00 PM

This incredible new documentary covers The White Stripes ambitious tour across Canada featuring electrifying concert performances along the way. * Sat May 15 Live Performance by The Cannon Bros. – Cole Woods and Alannah Walker

THE ROOM
DIR. TOMMY WISEAU | 2003 | USA | 99 MIN.
Starring Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero

First released in 2003, The Room is overtaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a camp masterpiece and Ed Wood’s Plan Nine from Outer Space as possibly the worst movie ever made. Made for over $7 million, and independently financed, word of mouth about this film is spreading like wildfire. It has been described by one critic as being “compelled by madness so strong that it leaks into the real world” and has earned the acknowledgement that “cinematic travesties this complete only happen once in a generation.” Is this film worthy of its increasing recognition as a cult classic? You decide.

Upcoming Films

CLUB NATIVE
Wed May 5 at 7:00 PM
Thu May 6 at 7:00 PM

Falling in love with the wrong person can have devastating repercussions for Mohawks on the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec. Award-winning director Tracey Deer takes a courageous look at her home community, raising questions of identity, history and tradition through the lives of four inspiring Mohawk women. With warmth, depth and humour, stories unfold about the heartbreaking costs of "marrying out" of their Mohawk Nation, the challenges faced by kids of mixed backgrounds, and the conflict between love and preserving the fabric of their community.

ANTICHRIST
Wed May 5 at 9:00 PM
Thu May 6 at 9:00 PM

A controversy when it first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Antichrist is the story of a grieving couple who repair to the woods to repair a broken marriage only to discover a darker nightmare on the horizon.

COOKING WITH STELLA
Fri May 7 at 7:00 PM
Sat May 8 at 7:00 PM
Sun May 9 at 7:00 PM
Wed May 12 at 7:00 PM

Described as a “cross-cultural satire with a side dish of Bollywood antics,” Cooking with Stella is a comedy about a Canadian diplomat, her husband living in New Delhi, and their cook – Stella.

THE ROOM
Fri May 7 at 9:00 PM
Sat May 8 at 9:00 PM
Wed May 12 at 9:00 PM
Thu May 13 at 9:00 PM

Get in line for what is emerging as the funniest cult film since Plan Nine From Outer Space - Tommy Wiseau's melodramatic story of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée and his best friend.

Cinematheque News

THANK YOU!
A big thanks to everyone who supported and came out to our Annual Fundraising Gala on Saturday, May 1. Honouring Michael Drabot's contribution to Manitoba film and video making, we featured a rare screening of his 80s film and video work, then the party gathered in the Cinematheque lobby for delicious wine, punch and chocolate. The Winnipeg Film Group and Cinematheque thanks you for your support.

MAY/JUNE PROGRAM CALENDAR
Our May/June Program Guide is now available for download

THE WINNIPEG FILM GROUP's ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA: PROFILING MICHAEL DRABOT
A special evening honouring Michael Drabot's contribution to film + video in Manitoba

Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 7 PM at the Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque, followed by a post screening reception

This year, the Winnipeg Film Group will honour Michael Drabot and his contribution to Winnipeg film and video making over the decades, in an evening that will feature a special overview of Drabot's career as well as a screening of some of his 80's film and video work. Michael Drabot will be present.

The Winnipeg Film Group's annual fundraising gala raises funds in support of the organization's general operations, while honouring important figures within the Winnipeg film community.

Tickets are available via our online store or through the WFG office at 925-3456.

Cinematheque News

DAVE BARBER SHIRTS ARE IN!

The classic Dave Barber shirt has arrived. If you ordered one (or would like to order one) and would like to pick it up, please contact Kristy at 925-3459 or kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com. They can also be picked up or purchased at the Winnipeg Film Group Fundraising Gala on Saturday, May 1.

Upcoming Films

A HARD NAME
Thu Apr 29 at 7:00 PM

Alan Zweig has created a new documentary which delves into the lives of ex-cons to uncover their deepest secrets. The result is a riveting portrait which humanizes a side of prisoners that we rarely see. A Hard Name was voted one of the Top Ten Films at last year’s Hot Docs Festival.

DREAMLAND
Fri Apr 30 at 7:00 PM

The NUNA Festival presents the story of how the natural resources of Iceland are being exploited by outside economic interests.

Upcoming Films

THE SUPER 8 CINEMA OF JOHN PORTER: CONDENSED RITUALS AND CAMERA DANCES
Fri Apr 23 at 7:00 PM

Super 8 filmmaker, photographer, performer and writer John Porter is probably Canada’s best known spokesman for super 8 filmmaking. Known in his native Toronto as the king of super 8, John has made more than 300 short films and has performed more than 80 solo shows internationally. During this presentation, Porter will perform live in front of the audience while screening a selection of his works. Porter’s films are dynamic, humorous and revealing, enjoyed by people of all ages (families are encouraged to bring their kids!). They reveal and highlight the excitement and risk taking of creating a super 8 film.

A HARD NAME
Sat Apr 24 at 7:00 PM
Sun Apr 25 at 7:00 PM
Wed Apr 28 at 7:00 PM
Thu Apr 29 at 7:00 PM

Alan Zweig has created a new documentary which delves into the lives of ex-cons to uncover their deepest secrets. As each of the characters in the film tries to adapt to life on the outside, they share their stories, reflect on their past, and explore the path that led them to prison in the first place.

Special Events

FUNDRAISING GALA: PROFILING MICHAEL DRABOT
Sat May 1 at 7:00 PM

The WFG annual fundraising gala raises funds in support of the organization's general operations, while honouring important figures within the Winnipeg film community. This year we will be honouring Michael Drabot and his contribution to Winnipeg film and video making over the decades, in an evening featuring a special overview of Drabot's career as well as a screening of some of Michael's 80's film and video work.

FRANK COLE
Life Without Death

Canadian filmmaker, writer and critic Mike Hoolboom and Tom McSorley have edited a new book titled Frank Cole: Life Without Death. Cinematheque presents a book launch along with screenings of Cole's works.

"Legendary Canadian filmmaker Frank Cole entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the first man to cross the Sahara on foot. Meticulous, fearless, obsessive and the maker of at least two bonafide masterpieces, there has never been anything in the cinema like Frank Cole. His murder in Mali in 2000 left us with a legacy of two features, a pair of award-winning films and a mystery that may never be solved" - Mike Hoolboom

Upcoming Films

THE FILMS OF FRANK COLE: THE MAN WHO CROSSED THE SAHARA
Fri Apr 16 at 7:00 PM

Tom McSorley, executive director of the Canadian Film Institute, will launch a new book on the late filmmaker Frank Cole with a screening of his legendary work.

THE FILMS OF FRANK COLE: A LIFE
Fri Apr 16 at 8:30 PM

Tom McSorley introduces A Life, Frank Cole's unforgettable story of one man's struggle with mortality.

THE FILMS OF FRANK COLE: LIFE WITHOUT DEATH
Sat Apr 17 at 7:00 PM

Rigorously constructed and powerfully life affirming, Life Without Death is an extraordinary cinematic experience.

HIGH LIFE
Sat Apr 17 at 9:00 PM
Sun Apr 18 at 7:00 PM
Wed Apr 21 at 9:00 PM

“High Life, based on Lee MacDougall’s play of the same name, is a brilliantly acted gangster flick of a bank heist that goes wrong, thanks to the absolute ineptitude of its drugged-out protagonists.” – The Globe and Mail

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
Sun Apr 18 at 2:00 PM

The Gospel According To St. Matthew is Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s poetic film of the life of Jesus Christ from the ancient to the modern world.

Annual Fundraising Gala at Cinematheque, followed by a Wine & Chocolate Reception
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Cinematheque

The WFG annual fundraising gala raises funds in support of the organization's general operations, while honouring important figures within the Winnipeg film community.

This year we will be honouring Michael Drabot and his contribution to Winnipeg film and video making over the decades, in an evening featuring a special overview of Drabot's career as well as a screening of some of Michael's 80's film and video work.

Joining us will be Director of Photography Michael Marshall, sharing anecdotes and stories of the early Drabot years, as a longtime peer, collaborator, and friend.

Guest of honour, Michael Drabot will be present so please come and join us for a few glasses of wine and chocolate while we celebrate Drabot's generous contributions to the independent film scene.

Tickets are $55 each with a $40 charitable tax receipt or four for $200 with a $140 charitable tax receipt.

Tickets may be purchased via our online store.

DOWNLOAD the wicked cool pamphlet of Winnipeg Film Groups Upcoming Workshops

Click here to view workshops and register

BASIC FILMMAKING WORKSHOP - MAY
A workshops series geared towards introducing the basics of independent filmmaking. A perfect starting course for anyone wanting to get into the world of making cinematic art! May 4 to June 12, 2010. $399.00

EXPERIMENTAL SERIES: A SUPER 8 DEMONSTRATION WITH JOHN PORTER
Experimental Series: A Super 8 Film Demonstration presented by John Porter. April 24, 2010 $30.00

EXPERIMENTAL SERIES: ONE TAKE SUPER 8 AND HAND PROCESSING
Experimental Series: One Take Super 8 and Hand Processing workshop led by Andrew Milne. June 6 & 13, 2010 $90.00

FCP EDITING SERIES: CREATIVE CUTTING
FCP EDITING SERIES: Creative Cutting led by Jaimz Asmundson. June 19, 20 & 21, 2010 $120.00

FCP EDITING SERIES: EDITING 101
FCP EDITING SERIES: Editing 101 led by Jaimz Asmundson. May 22, 23 & 24, 2010 $120.00

FILMMAKER ESSENTIALS: DIGITAL POST PRODUCTION WORKFLOW
Filmmaker Essentials: The Digital Post Production Workflow led by Les Klassen.
April 18 & 25, 2010 $90.00

FILMMAKER ESSENTIALS: FEMINIST SHORTS FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATES
Filmmaker Essentials: Feminist Shorts for Beginners and Intermediates led by Brenda Longfellow. May 15, 2010 $50.00

TEEN BASIC FILMMAKING CAMP
This two-week camp will expose teens to the basic components of film and video production. (Session 1: Jul 26-Aug 6, Session 2: Aug 9-Aug 20) $350.00

ART & COPY | Dir. Doug Pray | 2009 | USA | 89 mins.

This powerful new film about advertising and inspiration, Art & Copy by Doug Pray, ( director of Surfwise, Scratch, Hype!), reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creative’s of our time. These people have profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding from advertising's "creative revolution" of the 1960's, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation, featuring brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce and human emotion.

The screening of this film has been generously sponsored by Tactica.

Cinematheque News

MARCH APRIL - 2010 PROGRAM GUIDE
Download a copy of our NEW March/April Program Guide

CINEMATHEQUE AUDIENCE SURVEY
Congratulations to Juan Carrassco - the winner of last months' survey prize draw! Please fill out our survey and have the chance to win our monthly draw, the next draw date is set for April 23, 2010.

Upcoming Films

NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW
Thu. Apr 1 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Apr 1 | 9:15 PM
Fri. Apr 2 | 9:00 PM
Sat. Apr 3 | 9:00 PM
Wed. Apr 7 | 9:00 PM
Thu. Apr 8 | 9:00 PM

In 2009, Neil Young teamed up with director Jonathon Demme to make a concert documentary that is dominated by his love of unvarnished hard rock. Sponsored by Long & McQuade.

ART & COPY
Fri. Apr 2 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Apr 3 | 7:00 PM
Sun. Apr 4 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Apr 5 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Apr 6 | 7:00 PM

Got creativity? Got manipulation? Got art? Advertising’s profound effect on modern culture is unquestionable. Art & Copy, directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, HYPE!,and SCRATCH) takes us inside a powerful, yet surprisingly unknown industry to reveal the most influential creative forces tapping the zeitgeist of our time.

THROW DOWN YOUR HEART: BELA FLECK IN AFRICA
Fri. April 9 | 7:00 PM
Sat. April 10 | 9:00 PM
Sun. April 11 | 4:00 PM
Wed. April 14 | 7:00 PM

Legendary Banjo player Bela Fleck takes us on an extraordinary musical journey through Africa to find the roots of the banjo. A co-presentation with the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Winnipeg Film Group News

WFG offices closed for Easter
The Winnipeg Film Group's offices will be closed Friday April 2 and Monday April 5. We will reopen again Tuesday April 6 at 10 AM.

TEEN BASIC FILMMAKING CAMP 2010
First Session: Mon July 26 to Fri Aug 6, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)
Second Session: Mon Aug 9 to Fri Aug 20, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)

For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Film Group is offering a Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp for 13 to 17 year-old youths. With a maximum of 12 participants and 2 instructors per session, this two-week camp gives participants hands-on experience with filmmaking equipment, including learning the basics of filmmaking such as pre-production, planning, camera, lighting, sound and editing. Participants will shoot two short videos and one film project and, although no experience is required, the Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp is designed for those with a keen interest in learning about the art of filmmaking. Please contact Darcy Fehr, 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com, for more information.

Neil Young's Trunk Show | Dir. Jonathan Demme | USA | 2009 | 120 mins

Neil Young's Trunk Show is a travelling display of unique goods, packed and unpacked along the way. In this documentary, Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married, Philadelphia) explores Neil Young's musical and spiritual soul. We see Young, on a stage full of long-time touring bandmates: Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony "Sweet Pea" Crawford, and an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like Sad Movies and Mexico; mesmerising electric travelogues into the artist's psyche (No Hidden Path); searing, chaotic anthems including Like a Hurricane and Cinnamon Girl; and rarely performed pieces like Kansas and Ambulance Blues that provide glimpses of Young's less public persona. Shot with a mix of video and film cameras (HDCam, HDV, Super 8mm), mostly handheld, Neil Young's Trunk Show presents the kinetic reality of a Neil Young performance in a breathtakingly intimate fashion. Young and his band are captured with great immediacy, and the film is dominated by his love of unvarnished hard rock with plenty of his trademark noisy guitar solos.

The screening of Neil Young Trunk Show has been generously sponsored by Long & McQuade Musical Instruments.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE AUDIENCE SURVEY
Next prize draw date is March 26, 2010!

Please fill out our survey and have the chance to win our monthly draw! Click on the link below to go to our survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG

MARCH APRIL - 2010 PROGRAM GUIDE
Download a copy of our NEW March/April Program Guide

Upcoming Films

NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW
Fri. Mar 26 | 7:00 PM
Fri. Mar 26 | 9:15 PM
Sat. Mar 27 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Mar 27 | 9:15 PM
Sun. Mar 28 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 31 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 31 | 9:15 PM
Thu. Apr 1 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Apr 1 | 9:15 PM
Fri. Apr 2 | 9:00 PM
Sat. Apr 3 | 9:00 PM
Wed. Apr 7 | 9:00 PM
Thu. Apr 8 | 9:00 PM

In 2009, Neil Young teamed up with director Jonathon Demme to make a concert documentary that is dominated by his love of unvarnished hard rock. Sponsored by Long & McQuade.

ART & COPY
Fri. Apr 2 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Apr 3 | 7:00 PM
Sun. Apr 4 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Apr 5 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Apr 6 | 7:00 PM

Got creativity? Got manipulation? Got art? Advertising’s profound effect on modern culture is unquestionable. Art & Copy, directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, HYPE!,and SCRATCH) takes us inside a powerful, yet surprisingly unknown industry to reveal the most influential creative forces tapping the zeitgeist of our time.

Winnipeg Film Group News

TEEN BASIC FILMMAKING CAMP 2010
First Session: Mon July 26 to Fri Aug 6, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)
Second Session: Mon Aug 9 to Fri Aug 20, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)

For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Film Group is offering a Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp for 13 to 17 year-old youths. With a maximum of 12 participants and 2 instructors per session, this two-week camp gives participants hands-on experience with filmmaking equipment, including learning the basics of filmmaking such as pre-production, planning, camera, lighting, sound and editing. Participants will shoot two short videos and one film project and, although no experience is required, the Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp is designed for those with a keen interest in learning about the art of filmmaking. Please contact Darcy Fehr, 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com, for more information.

Cinematheque News

MARCH APRIL - 2010 PROGRAM GUIDE
Download a copy of our NEW March/April Program Guide

Cinematheque Online Survey - CONGRATULATIONS TO TUTU ILLELABOYE!
Ongoing

Cinematheque has created an online survey in order to collect feedback from our audience about what we do. It only takes a few minutes to complete and you have the chance to win our monthly draw. Please click this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG to start the survey. Thank you! Congratulations to Tutu Illelaboye who won this month's Cinematheque Survey prize draw, we will be announcing the next survey prize draw winner on March 26, 2010.

Special Events

LA BELLE VISITE (JOURNEY'S END) Intro + Q&A with director Jean-François Caissy
Thu. Mar 18 | 7:00 PM

Co-Presentation with Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ), this poignant new documentary about the gentle world of growing older recently premiered at the prestigious 2010 Berlin Film Festival. FREE ADMISSION!

THE 3D STEREOSCOPIC WORLD OF THE VLADMASTER (SPECIAL EVENT ADMISSION - $5, ONE NIGHT ONLY!)
Sat. Mar 20 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Mar 20 | 8:30 PM

Oregon filmmaker Vladimir will present a magical world through her 3D stereoscopic disks which she has been hand-making and selling since 2003. Her handmade View Master TM reels make use of toys, neglected household objects, and odd ephemera to tell 28 picture tales of train chases, missing steam shovels, disastrous dinner parties, and overly adventurous cockroaches. Generously sponsored by Multimedia Risk and a special thanks to Kier-la Janisse and Big Smash! Productions for the original programming research and idea.

COLOGNE: WINNIPEG FILMMAKER INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY ARTIST TALK (FREE ADMISSION)
Sun. Mar 21 | 2:00 PM

Three Winnipeg filmmakers, Danishka Esterhazy, Jeff Erbach, and Jaimz Asmundson will discuss the work they completed during an international filmmaker residency in Cologne, Germany.

Upcoming Films

THE END OF POVERTY?
Wed. Mar 17 | 7:00 PM

With so much wealth in the world, why is there so much poverty? The End of Poverty? brilliantly explores the nature of how poverty continues in the world.

ANTICHRIST
Wed. Mar 17 | 9:00 PM
Thu. Mar 18 | 9:15 PM
Fri. Mar 19 | 9:00 PM
Sun. Mar 21 | 7:00 PM

One of most celebrated filmmakers of our time, Lars von Trier is back with the beautiful, terrifying, and altogether engrossing Antichrist.

HENRI - GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO
Fri. Mar 19 | 7:00 PM
Sun. Mar 21 | 4:30 PM
Wed. Mar 24 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Mar 25 | 7:00 PM

Part of the Official Selection of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, this documentary is about the great French director Henri-Georges Clouzot and the innovative film that almost killed him. Clouzot's reputation is founded on the works The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diabolique (1955) and it might have been enhanced if he had completed his last project, L'Enfer (Inferno), in 1964 about a jealous husband driven towards insanity. This film explains what went wrong - the director, having alienated cast and crew with his obsessive behaviour and then suffered a heart-attack - and unearths vast amounts of footage and experiments in kinetic art that show how very remarkable the film might have been if completed. (French with English Subtitles)

NEIL YOUNG TRUNK SHOW
Fri. Mar 26 | 7:00 PM, 9:15 PM
Sat. Mar 27 | 7:00 PM, 9:15 PM
Sun. Mar 28 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 31 | 7:00 PM, 9:15 PM
Thu. Apr 1 | 7:00 PM, 9:15 PM
Fri. Apr 2 | 9:00 PM
Sat. Apr 3 | 9:00 PM
Wed. Apr 7 | 9:00 PM
Thu. Apr 8 | 9:00 PM

In 2009, Neil Young teamed up with director Jonathon Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia )to shoot this new, spontaneous and raw concert documentary. Both electrifying and poignant, the film is dominated by Young's love of unvarnished hard rock, with plenty of his trademark guitar solos, extended workouts with his band and the feeling that the stage is the place where he is able to create his music exactly as he wants it. Sponsored by Long & McQuade.

Winnipeg Film Group News

TEEN BASIC FILMMAKING CAMP 2010
First Session:
Dates: Mon July 26 to Fri Aug 6, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)
Second Session:
Dates: Mon Aug 9 to Fri Aug 20, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)

For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Film Group is offering a Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp for 13 to 17 year-old youths. With a maximum of 12 participants and 2 instructors per session, this two-week camp gives participants hands-on experience with filmmaking equipment, including learning the basics of filmmaking such as pre-production, planning, camera, lighting, sound and editing. Participants will shoot two short videos and one film project and, although no experience is required, the Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp is designed for those with a keen interest in learning about the art of filmmaking. Please contact Darcy Fehr, 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com, for more information.

Local Events and Happenings

Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival
March 15 - 27, 2010
Berney Theatre

The Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival presents the best feature films and documentaries from around the globe on subjects of Jewish identity, culture, history and diversity. The 12-day festival which runs from March 15 - 27, 2010 is presented by The Asper Foundation Performances and the Rady Jewish Community Centre. All films will be screened at the Berney Theatre, Asper Jewish Community Campus. For more info, please go to www.radyjcc.com.

A co-presentation with Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ):
LA BELLE VISITE (JOURNEY’S END) * FREE ADMISSION
Wed. Mar 18 | 7:00 PM
Dir. Jean Francois Caissy | Canada | 2009 | 80 mins – French w / English subtitles
Introduction and Q&A with director Jean-François Caissy
Introduction et sessions questions/réponses avec le réalisateur Jean-François Caissy

In the far reaches of the Quebec countryside, between a road and a headland that plunges into the sea, an abandoned motel has been converted into a retirement home. In this former travelers’ retreat, time seems to have ground to a halt. La Belle Visite is an elegiac exploration of old age, set in a place at once physical and allegorical. Set against the backdrop of the rolling sea and changing seasons, the film takes us inside this microcosm, slowly revealing the workings of a self-contained world. By sharing in the lives of two dozen seniors over the course of five seasons, the viewer is drawn into the pace of old age; rather than providing answers, the film elicits reflection.

Situé aux confins de la campagne québécoise, entre une route régionale et un cap tombant droit dans la mer, un motel abandonné a été converti en résidence pour personnes âgées. Dans cet ancien lieu de passage, le temps semble finalement arrêté. La belle visite est une exploration lyrique sur la vieillesse dont le point d’ancrage est ce lieu physique et allégorique.Bercé par la mer et le changement des saisons, le film nous fait pénétrer entre les murs de ce microcosme en dévoilant tranquillement les rouages d’un univers singulier. En partageant ainsi la vie d’une vingtaine de personnes âgées sur une période se déroulant sur cinq saisons, le spectateur est invité à vivre au rythme de la vieillesse, dans un film qui propose davantage de pistes de réflexion que de réponses.

Special Events

A 3D STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING WORLD with LIVE PERFORMANCE BY VLADAMIR (Special event pricing - all admissions $5)
Sat. Mar 20 - 7:00 PM & 8:30 PM

Oregon filmmaker Vladimir will present a magical world through her 3D stereoscopic disks which she has been hand-making and selling since 2003. Her handmade View Master TM reels make use of toys, neglected household objects, and odd ephemera to tell 28 picture tales of train chases, missing steam shovels, disastrous dinner parties, and overly adventurous cockroaches. Generously sponsored by Multimedia Risk and a special thanks to Kier-la Janisse and Big Smash! Productions for the original programming research and idea.

Cinematheque News

MARCH APRIL - 2010 PROGRAM GUIDE
A PDF version of Cinematheque's Program Guide is now available for download

CINEMATHEQUE AUDIENCE SURVEY
Next prize draw for survey participants is March 26, 2010

Cinematheque has created an online survey in order to collect feedback from our audience about what we do. It only takes a few minutes to complete and you have the chance to win our monthly draw. Please click this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG to start the survey. Thank you!

Upcoming Films

THE END OF POVERTY? (Discussion on Friday, March 12 following the 7:00 PM screening)
Fri. Mar 12 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Mar 13 | 7:00 PM
Sun. Mar 14 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 17 | 7:00 PM

With so much wealth in the world, why is there so much poverty? The End of Poverty? brilliantly explores the nature of how poverty continues in the world. This screening is sponsored by the University of Manitoba's Department of Sociology, Global Political Economy Program.

ANTICHRIST
Fri. Mar 12 | 10:00 PM
Sat. Mar 13 | 9:00 PM
Sun. Mar 14 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 17 | 9:00 PM

One of most celebrated filmmakers of our time, Lars von Trier is back with the beautiful, terrifying, and altogether engrossing film Antichrist.

HENRI - GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO (L'Enfer de Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Fri. Mar 19 | 7:00 PM
Sun. Mar 21 | 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 24 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Mar 25 | 7:00 PM

Part of the Official Selection of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, this documentary is about the great French director Henri-Georges Clouzot and the innovative film that almost killed him. Clouzot's reputation is founded on the works The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diabolique (1955) and it might have been enhanced if he had completed his last project, L'Enfer (Inferno), in 1964 about a jealous husband driven towards insanity. This film explains what went wrong – the director, having alienated cast and crew with his obsessive behaviour and then suffered a heart-attack – but it also unearths footage of camera tests and experiments in kinetic art and colouration that suggest how very remarkable the film might have been if completed. (French with English Subtitles)

Winnipeg Film Group News

WRITERS' SERIES: WRITING THE SHORT SCREENPLAY with DANISHKA ESTERHAZY
Sun Mar 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Sun Mar 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM

ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE (Fee: $90/members | $120/non-members) This workshop will explore how stories are structured for short film screenplays. Participants will examine the elements that make for a successful short film script as well as learning tips about how film festivals evaluate these kinds of works. This class is suitable for any level and students will be encouraged to write a new short screenplay, or revise an existing work. Please contact Darcy Fehr, 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com, for more information.

TEEN BASIC FILMMAKING CAMP 2010
First Session:
Dates: Mon July 26 to Fri Aug 6, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)
Second Session:
Dates: Mon Aug 9 to Fri Aug 20, 2010 (10 AM to 3 PM)

For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Film Group is offering a Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp for 13 to 17 year-old youths. With a maximum of 12 participants and 2 instructors per session, this two-week camp gives participants hands-on experience with filmmaking equipment, including learning the basics of filmmaking such as pre-production, planning, camera, lighting, sound and editing. Participants will shoot two short videos and one film project and, although no experience is required, the Teen Basic Filmmaking Camp is designed for those with a keen interest in learning about the art of filmmaking. Please contact Darcy Fehr, 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com, for more information.

CINEMA + LIGHT: LIVE FILM PERFORMANCES BY ALEX MACKENZIE + HEIDI PHILLIPS SATURDAY, SATURDAY MARCH 6 | 7:00 PM

SPECIAL EVENT PRICING - ALL ADMISSION $ 5

Join Cinematheque this weekend for a special presentation by Vancouver writer, curator and filmmaker Alex Mackenzie and Winnipeg filmmaker Heidi Phillips, who will each premiere a new work of Expanded Cinema. Each artist works with their own tools - Mackenzie uses hand processed film loops and rare analytic projectors while Phillips works with found footage, scratch marks and chemical spills to escape the slick production look of modern technology.

Alex Mackenzie will also be our guest artist for this months' Cinema Lounge: Critical Dialogue on Canadian Cinema series. Mackenzie will introduce a short film series and an accompanying essay relating to the topic of The Western Influence: Films by Ellie Epp, Chris Gallagher, Al Razutis and David Rimmer. Mackenzie curated this selection of influential experimental films from Canada's West Coast which have greatly influenced his own artistic practice as well as that of many others.

Special Events

CINEMATHEQUE T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST - EXTENDED DEADLINE to MARCH 5
New deadline is March 5

Cinematheque T-Shirt Design Competition, please click below for more details. Email your design to us today!

CINEMA LOUNGE: CRITICAL DIALOGUE ON CANADIAN CINEMA - THE WESTERN INFLUENCE: FILMS BY ELLIE EPP, CHRIS GALLAGHER, AL RAZUTIS AND DAVID RIMMER (FREE ADMISSION)
Sat. March 6 | 9:00 PM

Vancouver writer, curator and multimedia artist Alex MacKenzie introduces The Western Influence: Films by Ellie Epp, Chris Gallagher, Al Razutis and David Rimmer. Come experience this series of short films by four Vancouver-based experimental filmmakers whose image works are sometimes beautiful, sometimes disturbing and always rigorous explorations of landscape, structure, light and the tools of cinema.

Upcoming Films

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Wed. March 3 | 7:00 PM
Thu. March 4 | 7:00 PM

The riveting story of how one man's actions changed the course of American history. This film explores one of the most important news stories of the 1970's that involved a bureaucrat named Daniel Ellsberg, who - so torn by his conscience over the state of the Vietnam War - decided to turn over top secret government papers to the New York Times that revealed that the war was a lost cause to begin with. The impact of his actions had a strong influence on public opinion and is credited with helping lead to a series of events that ended the war.

PRECIOUS
Fri. March 5 | 7:00 PM
Sun. March 7 | 7:00 PM
Wed. March 10 | 7:00 PM
Thu. March 11 | 7:00 PM

Nominated for six Academy Awards and acclaimed around the world, Precious is the story of an overweight and illiterate Harlem teenager named Clareece "Precious" Jones who is subjected to a constant diet of abuse and humiliation from her mother and father. When she gives birth to a second child she is sent to an alternative school learning program where she finally discovers the light in her soul by learning to read.

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
Fri. March 5 | 9:00 PM
Sat. March 6 | 11:30 PM
Wed. March 10 | 9:00 PM
Thu. March 11 | 9:00 PM

Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are brilliant anti-globalization activists and satirical performance artists known as The Yes Men, who pull off political pranks to draw attention to world issues.

ANTICHRIST
Fri. March 12 | 10:00 PM
Sat. March 13 | 9:00 PM
Sun. March 14 | 7:00 PM
Wed. March 17 | 9:00 PM
Thu. March 18 | 9:15 PM
Fri. March 19 | 9:00 PM
Sun. March 21 | 7:00 PM

One of most celebrated filmmakers of our time, Lars von Trier is back with the beautiful, terrifying, and altogether engrossing Antichrist. Starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a grieving couple retreat to 'Eden', their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. Antichrist was the talk to the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where Charlotte Gainsbourg took home the award for Best Actress. Warning: This film contains explicit violence and sexual content.

THE END OF POVERTY?
Fri. March 12 | 7:00 PM
Sat. March 13 | 7:00 PM
Sun. March 14 | 4:00 PM
Mon. March 15 | 7:00 PM

With so much wealth in the world, why is there so much poverty? The End of Poverty? brilliantly explores the nature of how poverty continues in the world.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE ONLINE AUDIENCE SURVEY - NEXT PRIZE DRAW IS FRI. MAR 26, 2010
Ongoing

Cinematheque has created an online survey in order to collect feedback from our audience about what we do. It only takes a few minutes to complete and you have the chance to win a monthly draw of ten Cinematheque passes or a copy of the Winnipeg Film Group's latest 136-page publication PLACE: 13 essays, 13 filmmakers, 1 city . This information will allow us to better serve our Cinematheque's community. We greatly appreciate the time you take to share your thoughts and all the information and ideas submitted will be kept strictly confidential. Please click this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG to start the survey, thank you!

CINEMATHEQUE RENOVATIONS

Renovations to include a stage Cinematheque's theatre is now complete (the stage size is approx. 10ft x 29 ft.). Please click the link below to see a slideshow of the finished renovations. For rental information and other theater inquiries, please contact Kristy Muckosky at 925-3459 or email kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com.

MARCH/APRIL PROGRAM GUIDE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Cinematheque's new Program Guide now available for download.

Local Events and Happenings

Freeze Frame International Children's Film Festival (Reduced admission)
Select screenings are taking place at Cinematheque on March 6, 7 + 13, 2010. Please see Freeze Frame's website (www.freezeframeonline.org) for more information about this event.

Every March, Freeze Frame presents an award winning collection of films for children and young people. They strive to be an international leader in providing an enriching cinematic experience through the delivery of diverse and innovative programming that educates, inspires and empowers children and youth.

PETER WINTONICK: GUEST FILMMAKER AT THE WINNIPEG FILM GROUP AND CINEMATHEQUE
FEBRUARY 26-27, 2010

Peter Wintonick is a pioneering Canadian filmmaker, producer, critic, a documentary media activist and a recipient of the Governer-General Media Arts Award. Well-known around the world as a documentary diplomat, he spreads the gospel according to reality through his films (pilgrlMAGE, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment, Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News).

Wintonick also facilitates workshops with international emerging filmmakers, and helps operate a production company called Necessary Illusions in Montreal - his home base. He is currently developing several films with partners in Sweden, Canada and Asia.

Please join us for a screening of his latest film pilgrIMAGE on Fri. Feb 26 at 7:00 PM (introduced by Peter Wintonick), a Master Workshop: Documentary Storytelling on Sat. Feb 27 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM and a free screening of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood on Sat. Feb 27 at 4:00 PM which will be introduced by Wintonick and is part of Cinematheque's ongoing film series, Cinema Lounge: Critical Dialogue on Canadian Cinema.

Calls for Submissions

CINEMATHEQUE T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST
Deadline to submit is March 1, 2010.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE ONLINE AUDIENCE SURVEY - NEXT PRIZE DRAW IS FRI. FEB 26, 2010!
Ongoing

Cinematheque has created an online survey in order to collect feedback from our audience about what we do. It only takes a few minutes to complete and you have the chance to win a monthly draw of ten Cinematheque passes or a copy of the Winnipeg Film Group's latest 136-page publication PLACE: 13 essays, 13 filmmakers, 1 city . This information will allow us to better serve our Cinematheque's community. We greatly appreciate the time you take to share your thoughts and all the information and ideas submitted will be kept strictly confidential. Please click this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG to start the survey, thank you!

CINEMATHEQUE RENOVATIONS
Renovations to include a stage Cinematheque's theatre is now complete (the stage size is approx. 10ft x 29 ft.). Please click the link below to see a slideshow of the finished renovations. For rental information and other theater inquiries, please contact Kristy Muckosky at 925-3459 or email kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com.

Special Events

pilgrIMAGE (INTRODUCED BY DIRECTOR PETER WINTONICK)
Fri. Feb 26 at 7:00 PM

Peter Wintonick and his daughter take a journey through documentary film-making around the world. They trek through the present and future of film and image-making, using significant contemporary and historical cinematic sites and personal encounters as their points of departure. pilgrIMAGE is a trans-generational, cine-genetic meditation on media and its personal and social consequences.

CINEMA LOUNGE: THE ADVENTURE OF FAUSTUS BIDGOOD (INTRODUCED BY PETER WINTONICK)
Sat. Feb 27 at 4:00 PM

Ten years in the making, The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood is probably the most important independent feature every to come out of Newfoundland. Featuring an all star cast of actors from the East Coast, this film is unlike any other produced in Canada. It shows the epic struggle for an independent Newfoundland and a tall tale about one man's increasingly precarious world view of reality. This classic of Canadian independent filmmaking will be introduced by documentary pioneer Peter Wintonick. (FREE ADMISSION)

CABIN FEVER: FANTASTIC ANIMATION (FREE STOP-MOTION ANIMATION WORKSHOP WITH FREEZE FRAME)
Sun. Feb 28 at 2:00 PM

A cute selection of new animated shorts by award winning filmmakers including Cordell Barker's Runaway. (creator of The Cat Came Back). This film selection also includes Sarah Guindon's Wiggles and Giggles, in which a dancing playful group become aware that they're being watched by a huge, menacing head and Philip Edoll's Git Gob where two creatures wonder, "what is a hole?" that leads to an idea to change the world (FREE ADMISSION).

Upcoming Films

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Sat. Feb. 27 at 7:00 PM
Sun. Feb 28 at 7:00 PM
Wed. Mar 3 at 7:00 PM
Thu. Mar 4 at 7:00 PM

The riveting story of how one man's actions changed the course of American history. This film explores one of the most important news stories of the 1970's that involved a bureaucrat named Daniel Ellsbert, who - so torn by his conscience over the state of the Vietnam War - decided to turn over top secret government papers to the New York Times that revealed that the war was a lost cause to begin with. The impact of his actions had a strong influence on public opinion and is credited with helping lead to a series of events that ended the war.

Winnipeg Film Group News

MASTER SERIES: DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING
Sat. Feb 27 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Documentary Pioneer, Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media) visits the Winnipeg Film Group for a four hour workshop on Documentary Storytelling to be held at Cinematheque. Workshop runs Sat Feb 27 - 11 AM to 3 PM and the registration fee is $30 for members and $60 for non-members.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST
March 1, 2010 Submission Deadline

As part of Cinematheque's fundraising and profile raising initiatives, we have created a limited edition T-Shirt Design Competition. The winning design will be unveiled at the Winnipeg Film Group Fundraising Gala on May 1, 2010. The winner will receive a prize package that includes $200 of WFG equipment rental, an Individual Cinematheque Membership, WFG merchandise and a copy of their unique T-shirt design.

CINEMATHEQUE AUDIENCE SURVEY
NEXT SURVEY PRIZE DRAW WILL BE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Cinematheque has created an online survey in order to collect feedback from our audience. It only takes a few minutes to complete it and you have the chance to win a monthly draw of ten Cinematheque passes or a copy of the Winnipeg Film Group's latest 136-page publication PLACE: 13 essays, 13 filmmakers, 1 city. We appreciate the time taken to share your thoughts with us. Please be advised that all the information and ideas submitted will be kept strictly confidential. Follow this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9D76BSG to start the survey, thank you!

Special Events

PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FAR NORTH
Thu Feb 18 at 7:00 PM

Filmmakers and researchers Ian Mauro (Winnipeg) and Zacharias Kunuk (Igloolik) will show clips from a work-in-progress and discuss their upcoming documentary on climate change and the far north.

Panel discussion with filmmaker and scientist Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change), filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen), Danny Blair (Chair of the Department of Geography at the U of W and Co-Chair of Climate Change Connection), Curtis Hull (Manitoba Project Manager for Climate Change Connection) and Ryan Galley, a Research Associate for the Center for Earth Observation Science.

CABIN FEVER: SECRET OF THE SWORD (FREE ADMISSION)
Sun Feb 21 at 2:00 PM

Based on the TV cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Secret of the Sword features all your favorite He-Man characters: Battle-Cat, Man-at-Arms, Beast Man, She-Ra, Tri-Clops and more! FREE ADMISSION!
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Upcoming Films

COLLAPSE
Thu Feb 18 at 7:00 PM

Collapse is a powerful and terrifying documentary film by acclaimed director Chris Smith ( The Yes Men, The Pool and American Movie ) about a reporter, author and radical thinker named Michael Rupert who eerily predicted the current economic crisis in his self-published newsletter. Reminiscent of Errol Morris's work, this film will stay with you long past the screening.

SNAKE RIVER
Fri Feb 19 - Sun Feb 21 at 7:00 PM
Wed Feb 24 at 7:00 PM

The premiere of the independent feature film Snake River, shot locally for a mini-budget of $5,000. This film is directed by Joe Novak and based on a screenplay by Jonathan Ball and David Navratil called Way of the Samurai.

CRUDE
Fri Feb 19 + Sat Feb 20 at 9:00 PM
Sun Feb 21 at 4:00 PM
Wed Feb 24 + Thu Feb 25 at 9:00 PM

Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits on the planet. Crude is an insider's look at the famous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case. (English and Spanish with English subtitles)

BEST OF THE imagineNATIVE FESTIVAL (FREE ADMISSION)
Thu Feb 25 at 7:00 PM
INTRODUCTION BY CURATOR NIKI LITTLE

A selection of short film works from Toronto's ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, which screens the most compelling and distinctive indigenous works from around the globe.

About Niki Little
Little is a member of Garden Hill First Nation and the Program Director at Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art. Little recently returned to Winnipeg via Montreal and Banff where she was a Studio Assistant for Algonquin artist Nadia Myre and a participant of the Visual Arts Aboriginal Administrative Work-Study as the Banff Centre for the Arts. She has studied at the University of Manitoba, the National Screen Institute, and the Camberwell College of Art, in London, UK and is currently participating in the MAWA Foundation Mentorship Program.

pilgrIMAGE (INTRODUCTION BY DIRECTOR PETER WINTONICK)
Fri Feb 26 at 7:00 PM

Peter Wintonick and his daughter take a journey through documentary film-making around the world.

CINEMA LOUNGE: THE ADVENTURE OF FAUSTUS BIDGOOD
Sat Feb 27 at 4:00 PM
Documentary pioneer Peter Wintonick introduces this classic of Canadian independent filmmaking. (FREE ADMISSION)

Winnipeg Film Group News

MASTER SERIES: DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING WITH PETER WINTONICK
Sat Feb 27 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
* Registration fee: $60 non-members / $30 members
* Space is limited: please register in advance

Canadian documentary pioneer, producer, critic, media artist, editor and recipient of the Governor-General Media Arts Award, Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media) will visit the Winnipeg Film Group for a four hour workshop on Documentary Storytelling at Cinematheque. For more information, please contact Darcy Fehr, Training and Outreach Programs Coordinator at 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com

Special Events

11 ON THE 12th: NEW SHORTS FROM THE WFG CATALOGUE ($5 Admission)
Fri. Feb 12 | 7:00 PM
Sat. Feb 13 | 7:00 PM

The Winnipeg premiere of a remarkably eclectic range of new independent works from the Distribution Department of the Winnipeg Film Group.

CABIN FEVER: ONLY (FREE ADMISSION + SPECIAL GUESTS)
Sun. Feb 14 | 2:00 PM

ONLY is a coming-of-age piece which finds a pair of 12 year olds enacting a junior courtship over one faintly enchanted afternoon. Please join us for this special presentation by the lead actors from this film, Jacob Switzer and Elena Hudgins Lyle, for a post screening Q&A. NOTE: ONLY is a film recommended for children aged 10 +. The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the generous support of the Assiniboine Credit Union for our Cabin Fever: Free Films for Kids series.

Dave Barber T-Shirt - Cinematheque Fundraiser
Deadline for pre-order is February 16 | 5:00 PM

These limited edition Dave Barber T-shirts are part of our fund-raising efforts here at the Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque. If you don't know Dave Barber personally, he has been the Cinematheque Programming Coordinator for 25 years and he's a nice guy. His image will be printed black on gray shirts from American Apparel. For an additional $5 - Dave Barber will personally sign the shirt for you. All proceeds from this sale will go to helping support Cinematheque, Winnipeg's ONLY Artist-Run Cinema.

PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FAR NORTH
Thu. Feb 18 | 7:00 PM

Filmmakers Ian Mauro and Zach Kunuk will show clips and discuss their new documentary work-in- progress regarding climate change with Danny Blair, Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg and Co-Chair of Climate Change Connection (Manitoba's principal climate change outreach organization), Curtis Hull, the Manitoba Project Manager for Climate Change Connection, and Ryan Galley, a Research Associate for the Center for Earth Observation Science. Kunuk and Mauro's community-based work involves research into the significant contributions that Inuit people have made regarding climate change impacts and the associated adaptation strategies.

Upcoming Films

COLLAPSE
Wed. Feb 10 to Sat. Feb 13 | 9:00 PM
Sun. Feb 14 + Wed Feb 17 | 7:00 PM
Thu. Feb 18 | 9:30 PM

Directed by Chris Smith | 2009 | USA | 82 mins. Collapse is a powerful and terrifying documentary film about a reporter and author named Michael Ruppert who eerily predicted the current economic crisis. Ruppert is a former Los Angeles cop who became a rogue investigative reporter and author, who discusses where he thinks the United States is now heading. Reminiscent of Errol Morris' work, this film will stay with you long past the screening.

pilgrIMAGE (SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY DIRECTOR PETER WINTONICK)
Fri. Feb 26 | 7:00 PM

Peter Wintonick and his daughter take a journey through documentary film-making around the world. Equal parts vérité film-journal, digital-diary and ciné-blog, through a series of Socratic father-daughter dialogues, gleaned from years of inter-continental film-gypsy journeys, they meet other renowned film 'pilgrims' and media practitioners.

Winnipeg Film Group News

PETER WINTONICK MASTER WORKSHOP: DOCUMENTARY STORY-TELLING (Feb 27)
Sat. Feb 27 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
*Registration fee: $60 non-members / $30 members
*Space is limited: advanced registration is required.

Peter Wintonick, a Canadian documentary pioneer, will give a workshop on the unique ways of telling a story through the documentary genre. Wintonick is well respected in the world documentary community having co-directed on of the most successful Canadian documentaries ever made, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. For more information, please contact Darcy Fehr, Training and Outreach Programs Coordinator at 925-3450 or by email at darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com.

Fri. Feb 12 + Sat. Feb 13 | 7:00 PM
$5 ADMISSION

Twice a year the Cinematheque is host to a membership screening featuring a selection of the newest short films and videos in distribution at the Winnipeg Film Group.

**Please join us for a post-screening reception at the Kingshead Pub on February 12th starting at 8:30 pm!

Here is the full list of films being screen for this special event!

TATTOO STEP
by Mike Maryniuk | 1:15 mins. | 2008 | Animation

FRAGMENTS
by Kevin Nikkel | 18:00 mins. | 2009 | Drama

IKWÉ
by Caroline Monnet | 4:30 mins. | 2009 | Experimental / Fantasy

SITKA
by Olga Zikrata | 4:45 mins. | 2009 | Experimental

LOVING THE BOMB
by Alison Davis | 4:00 mins. | 2009 | Animation

BELT BUCKLE / QUONSET HUT
by Terry Mialkowsky | 1:30 mins. | 2009 | Comedy

STATIC
by Tyler Funk | 2:30 mins. | 2009 | Experimental

TRUCE
by Cam Patterson | 16:30 mins. | 2010 | Drama

MAINTENANCE MAN
by Roger Boyer | 7:30 mins. | 2009 | Drama

THE SNOWBANK: A WINNIPEG STORY
by Cindy Murdoch | 2:30 mins. | 2009 | Comedy

LAZER GHOSTS 2: RETURN TO LASER COVE
by Stven Kostanski | 9:00 mins. | 2008 | Comedy/Sci-fi

is designed to support a local, Manitoba filmmaker who has been practicing for at least five years to further develop their careers by providing them with added profile and with funding to support self-directed development work.

This award includes $10,000 in cash, and $5,000 in services and a full user membership from the Winnipeg Film Group. Additionally, the award-recipient will be provided with a special, retrospective screening at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque.

There is one award annually. A filmmaker can receive the Manitoba Film Hothouse Award only once.

* APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 12 @ 4 PM
* DOWNLOAD: Application Guidelines / Form

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

• Eligible applicants are practicing Manitoba filmmakers who have been working as creators / directors in film or video for a minimum of five years and who have produced a recognizable body of independent work that has been presented within a professional context.

• Applicants should be able to articulate the self-directed development work that they seek to engage in over a minimum four month period supported by this award, including any project-related expenses. Examples of eligible self-directed development work include – but are not limited to – research, experimentation, script writing and process-based development.

• Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and have lived in Manitoba for at least one year prior to submitting an application for this award.

• Applicants must be over 18 years of age and cannot be full-time students.

• Applicants can hold a Manitoba Film Hothouse Award concurrent with a Production Fund and / or a Marketing Fund Award.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

The award recipient will be selected by a committee of experienced independent filmmakers and other film professionals such as programmers, curators and arts administrators.

The jury will base its decision on the following criteria:

1. The historic artistic achievements of the filmmaker, as demonstrated by their history of professional presentation, awards and other distinctions, as well as the overall quality of their body of work.

2. The artistic merit of the self-directed work proposed and its connection to the filmmaker’s artistic career trajectory.

3. The capacity of the resources of this award to assist the filmmaker in their overall career development objectives.

Inquiries about this program can be directed to Cecilia Araneda, Executive Director at cecilia@winnipegfilmgroup.com or 925-3451.

The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the generous funding of the Province of Manitoba for the Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development.

In the Shadow of the Company (Curated by Kevin Nikkel)
Fri. Feb 5 to Sun. Feb 7, 2010 | Multiple screenings and events

In the Shadow of the Company is a program of films and events that offers a critical viewing of an integral part of Canadian, Manitoban and Winnipeg history. The stories of the Hudson's Bay are vast, the history is long and the territory is massive. There are also many voices that tell the stories of this place. How do we interpret these histories to make meaning or to make entertainment? How do different filmmakers make sense of the topic in different ways? In the end, the fragmentary views of this history amount to different versions of the Hudson's Bay, from documentary realism to dramatic recreation, mythologizing and satire, or a hybrid of film genres. (Kevin Nikkel)

The Winnipeg Film Group gratefully acknowledges the funding support of The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine, Manitoba Film and Music and Saint Margaret's Anglican Church for sponsoring this series.

Special Full Series Pass: $50 non-members/ $35 members (Available for purchase through our online store).

THE BISHOP WHO ATE HIS BOOTS (INTRO BY BOB LOWER)
Fri. Feb. 5 at 7:00 PM

This film is a remarkable work by former Winnipegger and pioneer Canadian cinematographer Richard Stringer. Before Stringer's sudden passing in 2007, he was working on this film about about his grandparents, Bishop Isaac O. Stringer and his wife Sadie who were adventurous missionaries who were stationed in Canada's Arctic and faced incredible obstacles and challenges. The film explores the history of this Anglican missionary, from the late 1800s and early 20th century, including the bizarre and harrowing 51-day journey of Bishop Isaac in the frozen wastes of the Canadian Northwest through the use of rare photos and archival footage.

NANOOK OF THE NORTH (LIVE SCORE PERFORMED BY NATHAN REIMER, MARK PENER, KURT YOUNGBLOOD AND NIKI KOMAKSIUTIKSAK)
Fri. Feb 5 at 8:30 PM

Robert Flaherty's 1922 film, Nanook of the North is a widely shown and praised silent documentary which described a year in the life of Nanook and his family, and showed the ways of trading, hunting, fishing and migrations used by a group barely touched by industrial technologies. Special presentation featuring a live musical score by Nathan Reimer and Mark Penner (of Moses Mayes), Kurt Youngblood and Inuit throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak. (Special Event Admission is $10 for members / $12 non-members)

WORKSHOP: A Master Class with John Walker
Sat Feb 6, 2010 - Noon - 3:00 PM

In this special master class, acclaimed Canadian documentarian John Walker will present his views on genre, his approach to working with historical material within both dramatic and documentary structures.

PANEL DISCUSSION: FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE VAULTS
Sat. Feb 6 at 3:30 PM

Using a screening of rare archival footage piece, (Adventures on the Bay from 1934 - with original score by Nathan Reimer and Mark Penner of local group Moses Mayes) from the Hudson's Bay archives, this panel discussion will explore current issues facing filmmakers and historians. Panel discussion with moderator Kevin Nikkel, Jody Baltessen of the City of Winnipeg Archives, Peter Geller, author of the book Northern Exposures: Photographing and filming the Canadian North, 1920-1945 filmmaker Paula Kelly, director of Souvenirs and more.

PASSAGE (SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR JOHN WALKER)
Sat. Feb 6 at 7:00 PM

Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, a stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession. It challenges the way we look at history.

SHORTS FROM THE NORTH
Sun. Feb 7 at 7:00 PM

A selection of short films which all interpret the north through dramatic, satirical and documentary themes. Featuring Man Of The Northwest, The Chronicler, Adventures On The Bay, and The Other Side Of The Ledger: An Indian View of The Hudson's Bay Company.

UPCOMING FILMS

CABIN FEVER: 101 DALMATIANS (FREE ADMISSION)
Sun. Feb 7 at 2:00 PM

The original version of the Disney classic is the story of the wicked villainess Cruella de Ville who kidnaps a hundred dalmatians with the goal of creating her own line of personal fur coats.

MARK LEWIS: THE CINEMA OF INVENTION
Wed. Feb 10 at 7:00 PM
Thu. Feb 11 at 7:00 PM

Featuring two short documentaries (Back-story and Cinema Museum) from one of Canada's most renowned and internationally acclaimed artists working in digital and film moving image media and photography.

COLLAPSE
Wed. Feb 10 at 9:00 PM
Thu. Feb 11 at 9:00 PM
Fri. Feb 12 at 9:00 PM
Sat. Feb 13 at 9:00 PM
Sun. Feb 14 at 7:00 PM

Collapse is a powerful and terrifying documentary film about a reporter and author named Michael Rupert who eerily predicted the current economic crisis.

MASTER CLASS WITH JOHN WALKER
A Special Presentation With DOC WINNIPEG
(A part of the film weekend of panels and screenings @ THE CINEMATHEQUE - IN THE SHADOW OF THE COMPANY)

ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE

* Dates: Sat Feb 6 (12 PM – 3 PM)
* Fee: $25 / members | $40 / non-members
* Instructor: John Walker

For more information on workshops, please contact the Training & Outreach Programs Coordinator at 925-3450 or darcy@winnipegfilmgroup.com

Bending Genre: Hybrid Documentaries W/ JOHN WALKER
As filmmakers push the boundaries of genre and form, documentary hybrids, features documentaries that borrow and adapt, bend and remake the notion of non-fiction filmmaking have emerged. From Guy Maddin's MY WINNIPEG to John Greyson's FIG TREES, hybrid films are increasingly popular with directors and audiences alike. John Walker's PASSAGE is among this new form. In this master class, Walker will present his views on genre, his approach to working with historical material within both dramatic and documentary structures that resists recreation, and how he broke both fiction and non-fiction ideas apart to create the stunning, innovative and provocative work that is PASSAGE. Walker will review the process of making PASSAGE from its original proposal to the aesthetic choices that resulted in casting actors to present historical facts in a documentary feature, and his unique twist on those facts. He will present clips from the film and comment about scene structure, story editing, pacing and making his approach work in the editing suite.

Background ON John Walker:
A pioneering documentary Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker John Walker launched his career behind the camera in 1970 as a photographer based in Montreal. He began working as a cinematographer for Crawley Films in 1975 and over the years has worked on a superb body of work beginning with his first film, the multiple award-winning Chambers: Tracks and Gestures (about Canadian artist Jack Chambers) produced by Atlantis Films in 1981. The following year, his passionate commitment to the documentary form led him to co-found the Canadian Independent Film Caucus (now the Documentary Organization of Canada), a lobby group for point-of-view documentaries. Walker has credits on more than sixty films as producer, director or cinematographer many which have received international acclaim and have been widely broadcast and screened at many of the world’s major film festivals. Walker’s numerous international honours include a Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary (Strand: Under the Dark Cloth, 1990). He has also earned five Gemini Awards and his most recent film Passage has been released to wide acclaim. (Film Reference Library)

PASSAGE ( BLU RAY PREMIERE )
Dir. John Walker | 2009 | 108 min. | Canada
Sat./ Feb. 6 / 7:00 PM
THE CINEMATHEQUE, 100 ARTHUR STREET

INTRODUCED BY JOHN WALKER
It was news that shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. A Scottish doctor John Rae, had discovered what six years of searching by British, Americans, French, and Russian had failed to do. With PASSAGE, filmmaker John Walker employs an innovative approach to structuring the incredible multilayered story of John Rae and brings it to vibrant life using a unique blend of dramatic action, and behind-the-scenes documentary footage. PASSAGE is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession. It challenges the way we look at history.

”Provocative… no one who has any knowledge or feelings about either Franklin or Rae should miss seeing it.” Russell Potter

“Nothing in this daring film is straightforward. As much as it chronicles Rae's journey across the Arctic, Passage also traces a journey across time, an encounter with the Victorian world that will mesmerize viewers." (Michael Robinson, Humanities Department, University of Hartford)

Congratulations to OSM Members Danishka Esterhazy and Mike Maryniuk who are headed to Cologne, Germany!

Winnipeg filmmakers Jaimz Asmundson, Jeffrey Erbach and Danishka Esterhazy will shortly begin their international artist-in-residence terms in Cologne, Germany, where they will work with the support of the Kölner Filmhaus.

Winnipeg Film Group staff member Mike Maryniuk, an accomplished filmmaker in his own right, will also be on-site in Cologne to support the residents' work and to lead workshops in the DIY filmmaking techniques for which Maryniuk is renowned.

All four filmmakers will have special screenings at the Kölner Filmhaus Kino:

* Wed Feb 3: The short films of Mike Maryniuk, including Bush Wact (2003), Asleep at the Wheel (2005), Fish Arms (2007) and Cattle Call (2009)

* Fri Feb 5: Recent work by Danishka Esterhazy

* Mon Feb 6: The short films of Jaimz Asmundson, including Attack of the 50 Foot Chihuahuas from Outer Space (1999), Liquid Lunch (2004), Drawing Genesis (2006) and Goths! On the Bus! (2009)

* Web Feb 10: Jeffrey Erbach's feature film The Nature of Nicholas (2003)

Following their return to Winnipeg, Asmundson, Erbach and Esterhazy will discuss the work completed during their residency in Cologne at an artist talk session at Cinematheque, Sunday, March 21 at 2 PM (admission is free).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This international residency is a collaboration between the Kölner Filmhaus and the Winnipeg Film Group. In May, three filmmakers from Cologne will travel to Winnipeg to engage in production and development works supported by the resources of the Winnipeg Film Group.

This international artist exchange is the first of its kind facilitated by the Winnipeg Film Group. It has been developed and coordinated by Cecilia Araneda of the Winnipeg Film Group, and Yvette Krause and Christian Rall of the Kölner Filmhaus, and has been designed to provide both a unique creative development opportunity as well as to support an increased international profile for the selected participants.

The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council for this program. Additionally, the individual artists' travel has been generously supported by On Screen Manitoba, the Winnipeg Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

ZOOEY & ADAM

Dir. Sean Garrity | 2009 | Canada | 85 mins.

Winnipeg Cinemateque
Fri Jan 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM (Opening Night)
Fri Jan 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jan 30, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jan 31, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Mon Feb 1, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Tue Feb 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Wed Feb 3, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Thu Feb 4, 2010 at 7:00 PM

* Opening night screening introduced by Winnipeg director Sean Garrity

One of Canada's most imaginative independent filmmakers, Sean Garrity (director of Inertia, Winner Best Canadian Film / Toronto Film Festival 2001 and Lucid, Winner CITY TV award / Vancouver International Film Festival) has created a controversial new feature which will split audiences everywhere.

Adam and Zooey have been trying to have a baby for several months, only to end up pregnant after a rape. Unsure of the patronage of their child, they decide to have the baby anyway. Haunting and emotionally devastating, some festivals have refused to screen the film on the grounds that it is too contentious, yet it has sparked an incredible debate everywhere it has played. You decide.

TKARONTO (Opening Night Intro by Dir. Shane Belcourt)
Fri. Jan 15 at 7:00 PM (Intro by Dir. Shane Belcourt)
Sat. Jan 16 at 7:00 PM
Sun. Jan 17 at 7:00 PM

Shane Belcourt's multi-award winning Tkaronto is a provocative exploration of two Aboriginal thirty-somethings' caught in the urban crossroads: Ray and Jolene discover an unexpected connection when their paths' cross in Tkaronto (the original Mohawk word for Toronto). The opening night screening will be introduced by the film's director, Aboriginal Artist in Residence Shane Belcourt.

CABIN FEVER: THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF WALLACE AND GROMIT (FREE ADMISSION)
Sun. Jan.17 at 2:00 PM
FREE ADMISSION

Featuring three of their best stories including the hilarious stop-motion animated adventures of inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit as they face the world in Nick Park's ingenious, short films - A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. FREE ADMISSION! The Winnipeg Film Group gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Assiniboine Credit Union for our annual CABIN FEVER: FREE FILMS FOR KIDS SERIES.

determiNATION SONGS (Opening Night Intro by Shane Belcourt)
Sat. Jan. 16 at 9:00 PM (Intro by Shane Belcourt)
Wed. Jan. 20 at 9:00 PM
Thu. Jan 21 at 9:00 PM

The latest film by Paul Rickard and former Winnipegger Michelle Smith, determiNATION songs interweaves the stories of three talented native singer/songwriters - Samian, Cheri Maracle and CerAmony - through the artists' creative process, inspiration, commitment and involvement with the resistance movements in their communities. (Introduced by Aboriginal Artist in Residence, Shane Belcourt)

THE STORYTELLING CLASS
Wed. Jan 20 at 7:00 PM
Wed. Jan 21 at 7:00 PM
Sun. Jan 24 at 7:00 PM

Group rates and booking are available for The Storytelling Class by contacting Kristy Muckosky, Cinematheque Operations Coordinator at kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com or 925-3459.

Back by popular demand, The Storytelling Project is a documentary made by local filmmaker John Paskievich and teacher/ filmmaker John Whiteway who made this film that discovers the healing power of storytelling in a unique project at Gordon Bell High School. The film is based on a worshop inititiated by Marc Kuly, a dynamic teacher at Winnipeg's Gordon Bell High School. Kuly developed an after-school storytelling class which enable immigrant students to share their stories with their school peers. This documentary follows the inspiring and influential effect that storytelling had for its participants.

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This week's guest: Shane Belcourt.

Shane is the Winnipeg Film Group's Aboriginal Artist-in-Residence 2010. We will talk about how identity plays a role in his films. Shane will be conducting workshops and presenting his films, follow link below for more information.

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Jan 18th, 2010: TBA

Jan 25th, 2010: Sean Garrity

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Upcoming events at Cinematheque from January 6 to January 14, 2010.

Cinematheque reopened on January 2, 2010 following the completion of a few renovations to our theatre. We have added a new stage in order to accomodate the various concerts, discussion panels and cinematic events that we have planned for our audiences this year. The following newsletter outlines some of the events happening in the next week and half. For information about theatre rentals or screenings, please contact our Cinematheque Operations Coordinator, Kristy Muckosky at kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com. We look forward to seeing you in the new year!

PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI
Wed. Jan 6 at 7:00 PM
Thu. Jan 7 at 9:00 PM

In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008, Freeman offered again and this time the school board accepted; and history was made.

GOOD HAIR
Wed. Jan 6 at 9:00 PM
Thu. Jan 7 at 7:00 PM

Good Hair is an amusing, poignant and surprisingly candid look at the topic of black women's hair culture with a disarming Chris Rock coaxing answers and opinions from an eclectic cross section of African Americans.

GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD ($5.00 Admission for Groundswell Subscribers)
Fri. Jan 8 at 7:00 PM (Opening night introduction by Diana MacIntosh of Groundswell)
Sat. Jan 9 at 7:00 PM
Sun. Jan 10 at 7:00 PM

A poet, a figure of mystery and a musical genius, world renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate us twenty seven years after his untimely death. This new film weaves together an array of never before seen film footage, photographs and excerpts from Gould’s private home recordings and diaries.

BEST OF OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION TOUR 2009
Fri. Jan 8 at 9:00 PM
Sat. Jan 9 at 9:00 PM
Sun. Jan 10 at 4:00 PM
Wed. Jan 13 at 10:00 PM
Thu. Jan 14 at 9:00 PM

A fabulous showcase of outstanding animated films from around the world selected from the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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