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October 22, 2004

Film Club Newsletter - October 22, 2004

1. Opening
2. Special Events
3. Film Festivals
4. Now Playing
5. Coming Soon

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1. Opening

a) BEING JULIA
October 22nd
Montreal & Vancouver
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/

BEING JULIA, a joint production from Canada, the United Kingdom and Hungary, opened in Toronto on October 15th.

b) STUPIDITY (television premiere)
On CBC Newsworld's Rough Cuts
Saturday, October 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

STUPIDITY is Albert Nerenberg's hard-hitting and often hilarious look at stupidity as a driving force in society. The documentary is a controversial investigation into what may be a characteristic unique to our species - a chronic resistance to intelligence. STUPIDITY sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming and the origins of the word 'moron', Nerenberg examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture.

Directed by Albert Nerenberg
http://www.cbc.ca/roughcuts/feature_141004.html
http://www.cbc.ca/roughcuts/

For more STUPIDITY screening dates, please see "Now Playing" below.

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2. Special Events

a) IT ALL HAPPENS INCREDIBLY FAST
Stay tuned to the Film Club newsletter for information on special screenings of IT ALL HAPPENS INCREDIBLY FAST featuring a Q&A with the filmmaker on Sunday, October 31st at the Carlton Cinemas!

b) Toronto Benefit Screening for THE TAKE
A film by AVI LEWIS & NAOMI KLIEN
Monday, October 25, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
Varsity Cinemas, Toronto
Tickets are $12 each and are selling fast (ticket outlets listed below).

Join filmmakers AVI LEWIS (Counterspin) & NAOMI KLEIN (No Logo) for this
preview screening hosted by the Centre for Social Justice.

Benefit proceeds to go to the Centre for Social Justice & the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. See "Coming Soon" below for Canadian release dates.

For more info about the film, visit: http://www.TheTake.org.

Are you ready to Fire The Boss?

In Argentina, groups of workers are taking over bankrupt workplaces and
running them democratically - without bosses. THE TAKE, a political thriller
directed by Avi Lewis and written by Naomi Klein, is one answer to the
question posed by both critics and supporters of radical movements
worldwide: "We know what you're against, but what are you for?"

Occupy. Resist. Produce. See This Film.

Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE - 489 College Street, Suite 303
Phone 416-927-0777
Email tickets@socialjustice.org
Order online at http://www.socialjustice.org/

Another Story Books - 164 Danforth Avenue (Danforth & Broadview)
Pages - 256 Queen West (at John)
Play De Record - 357A Yonge Street (Yonge & Dundas)
Soundscapes - 572 College Street (College & Euclid)
Theatre Books - 11 St.Thomas (south of Bloor near Yonge)
This Ain't the Rosedale Library - 483 Church (at Maitland)
Toronto Womens Bookstore - 73 Harbord St (at Spadina)

For more information, to view the trailer, and to find out when it is playing in theatres, please visit: http://www.thetake.org.

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3. Film Festivals

a) 33rd Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema
October 14th to October 24th
Montreal
http://www.nouveaucinema.ca

The complete program is now available online. The Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema is proud to announce that MÉMOIRES AFFECTIVES by Francis Leclerc will close the Festival's 33rd edition on Sunday, October 24th at Ex-Centris. Director Francis Leclerc will attend along with actors Roy Dupuis, Rosa Zacharie, Guy Thauvette, Nathalie Coupal, Karine Lagueux, Benoît Gouin, Maka Kotto, Robert Lalonde and producer Barbara Shrier.

The Festival of Nouveau Cinema is made possible by the financial support of
SODEC, Telefilm Canada, the government of Quebec, the government of Canada, the City of Montreal, Tourisme Montreal and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology.

For more information, visit http://www.nouveaucinema.ca.

b) imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
October 20th to October 25th
http://www.imaginenative.org/

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival promotes, advances, and fosters emerging and established Canadian Aboriginal filmmakers and media artists in an international context.

Since its inception in 1998, imagineNATIVE (known also as the Centre for Aboriginal Media, imagineNATIVE's legal entity) continues to evolve to reflect the needs of its constituencies. Founded by Cynthia Lickers-Sage with the help of Vtape and other community partners, imagineNATIVE is now regarded as one of the most important Aboriginal film and media arts festivals in the world.

The four-day imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and its annual tour (that takes selected programming to remote Aboriginal communities) fill a void in the artistic and cultural landscapes of Toronto in which Aboriginal filmmakers and media artists are often underrepresented or misrepresented.

For film/event schedules and ticket information, visit http://www.imaginenative.org.

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4. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT
Visit the website (http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/filmcircuit/index.html) to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

Here is a partial list of films that are playing across Canada, listed by title. You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

Being Julia
ON
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/

The Corporation
ON
http://www.thecorporation.com

Going The Distance
QC
http://www.goingthedistancethemovie.com

La Grande Séduction / Seducing Dr. Lewis
ON
http://www.allianceatlantisfilms.com

I, Claudia
Camera Media Gallery, 1028 Queen Street West, Toronto
Screenings at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm; $10.
Until October 28th.

Intern Academy
Wide Release
http://www.internacademymovie.com

My Brother's Keeper
Various - Check Local Listings
http://www.gearshift.ca/files/mbk.htm

Stupidity
October 29 - November 3, 2004 - Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB
November 20 - November 21, 2004 - Regina Public Library, Regina, SK
http://www.stupiditythemovie.com

Touch of Pink
ON
http://mongrelmedia.com/films/TouchOfPink.html

Wilby Wonderful
BC, ON, NS
http://www.wilbywonderful.com/

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5. Coming Soon

BEING JULIA
October 29th - Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Victoria, Halifax

IT ALL HAPPENS INCREDIBLY FAST
October 29th - Toronto

THE TAKE
October 29th - Vancouver, Toronto & Montreal
November 5th - Ottawa
November 12th - Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg & Halifax

SEE GRACE FLY
November 12th - Toronto

8TH ANNUAL TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 24th to November 28th - Toronto

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ATTENTION Canadian Film Enthusiasts:
Check out http://www.academy.ca or http://www.genieawards.ca for regular updates of Canadian film listings, and to get links to official film websites and distributor sites! Information will be updated on a weekly basis. Note that listings are subject to change at any time.

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Visit the award-winning Northern Stars® website, devoted to Canadian actors
and actresses, directors and films:
http://www.northernstars.ca/nowplaying_2.html.

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Please let us know about any other Canadian screenings going on anywhere and everywhere and we will do our best to include the details in our postings.

These and other film industry events can be found in the Event Calendar at
www.FilmType.com, as well as job postings, crew and casting calls, equipment trade, crew directory and other resources for the filmmaking community!

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October 15, 2004

Film Club Newsletter - October 15, 2004

1. Special Events
2. Film Festivals
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Special Events

a) ARCfest (Art For Real Change Festival)
October 13th to October 17th - Toronto
http://www.arcfest.org

ARCfest is a five-day festival that will combine multiple forms of artistic expression with panel discussions and speakers to explore human rights issues within Canada. Drawing primarily on members from Toronto's artistic community, the Festival will showcase theatre, music, film, poetry, dance, photography as well as panel discussions and speakers.

b) PIONEER PALOOZA II
a motion picture industry event

Shmooze Night Club
15 Mercer Street, Toronto (King & John St.)
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 at 7pm

Advance Tickets $10; $15 at the door.

Please join us in support of the Motion Picture Pioneer fund. For more information, or to purchase tickets, email pioneerpalooza@mijo.ca.

Canadian Picture Pioneers - helping the people of the Canadian Motion
Picture Industry. Formed in 1940 as an organization dedicated to the
welfare of all men and women of the motion picture industry in Canada.

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2. Film Festivals

a) Edmonton International Film Festival
October 14th to October 19th
Edmonton
http://www.edmontonfilm.com

The program for the 18th annual Edmonton International Film Festival has been announced. For more information, visit http://www.edmontonfilm.com.

b) 33rd Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema
October 14th to October 24th
Montreal
http://www.nouveaucinema.ca

For more information, visit http://www.nouveaucinema.ca.

c) imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
October 20th to October 25th
http://www.imaginenative.org/

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival promotes, advances, and fosters emerging and established Canadian Aboriginal filmmakers and media artists in an international context.

For film/event schedules and ticket information, visit http://www.imaginenative.org.

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3. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT
Visit the website (http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/filmcircuit/index.html) to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

Here is a partial list of films that are playing across Canada, listed by title. You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

The Corporation
ON
http://www.thecorporation.com

Going The Distance
QC
http://www.goingthedistancethemovie.com

La Grande Séduction / Seducing Dr. Lewis
ON
http://www.allianceatlantisfilms.com

I, Claudia
Camera Media Gallery, 1028 Queen Street West, Toronto
Screenings at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm; $10.
Until October 28th.

Intern Academy
Wide Release
http://www.internacademymovie.com

My Brother's Keeper
Various - Check Local Listings
http://www.gearshift.ca/files/mbk.htm

Stupidity
October 29 - November 3, 2004 - Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB
November 20 - November 21, 2004 - Regina Public Library, Regina, SK
http://www.stupiditythemovie.com

Touch of Pink
ON
http://mongrelmedia.com/films/TouchOfPink.html

Wilby Wonderful
BC, ON, NS
http://www.wilbywonderful.com/

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4. Coming Soon

IT ALL HAPPENS INCREDIBLY FAST
October 29th - Toronto

THE TAKE
October 29th - Vancouver, Toronto & Montreal
November 5th - Ottawa
November 12th - Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg & Halifax

8TH ANNUAL TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 24th to November 28th - Toronto

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Visit the award-winning Northern Stars® website, devoted to Canadian actors
and actresses, directors and films:
http://www.northernstars.ca/nowplaying_2.html.

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Please let us know about any other Canadian screenings going on anywhere and everywhere and we will do our best to include the details in our postings.

If you would like to volunteer or subscribe to THIS Magazine's Film Club newsletter, please send an email to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Remember...1st Rule of Film Club: Tell Everyone About Film Club!

Posted by joyceb at 01:48 PM

October 8, 2004

Film Club Newsletter - October 8, 2004

1. Opening
2. Special Screenings
3. Special Events
4. Film Festivals
5. Now Playing
6. Coming Soon

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1. Opening

WILBY WONDERFUL
October 8th - Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax
http://www.wilbywonderful.com/

Written and directed by Daniel MacIvor, WILBY WONDERFUL is a bittersweet
comedy about the difference a day makes. Over the course of twenty-four
hours, the residents of the tiny island town of Wilby try to maintain
business as usual in the face of very unusual business.

As a scandal threatens to rock the very foundation of Wilby Island, Duck
MacDonald (Callum Keith Rennie), the town's dyslexic sign-painter, keeps
interrupting the depressed video store owner Dan Jarvis (James Allodi)
during his half-hearted suicide attempts. Meanwhile, Dan has enlisted the
blindly-ambitious real estate agent, Carol French (Sandra Oh), to sell his
house in an effort to quickly tie up the last of his loose ends. Carol
however is more interested in selling her recently deceased mother-in-law's
house to Mayor Brent Fisher (Maury Chaykin), in order to get on-side with
the in-crowd.

To take her social step up, Carol could use the help of her police officer
husband, Buddy (Paul Gross), but Buddy has his hands full with
perennially-sexy, wrong-side-of-the-tracks Sandra Anderson (Rebecca
Jenkins), who can never decide if she is coming or going. Sandra's daughter,
Emily (Ellen Page), is none too thrilled about her mother repeating her
typical pattern of late nights and married men, but Emily herself is just
about to have her heart broken for the very first time. Of course
everyone's concerns are going to be very different tonight when someone
finds the body in the closet. Welcome to Wilby.

WILBY WONDERFUL will be released theatrically on October 8th, 2004 in
Toronto (Carlton Cinemas and Canada Square), Vancouver (Tinseltown), and
Halifax (Empire 8 Park Lane). Check local listings for showtimes. WILBY
WONDERFUL will also be playing in communities across Canada through the Film Circuit program. Please visit
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/filmcircuit/circuit_centres.asp to find out if
the film will be playing in your community this fall.

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2. Special Screenings

I, CLAUDIA
Camera Media Gallery, 1028 Queen Street West, Toronto
Screenings at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm; $10.
Until October 28th.

A film by Chris Abraham and Kristen Thomson, I, CLAUDIA is an adaptation of
the hit one-woman play starring Kristen Thomson. Claudia is an "official"
pre-teen, still reeling from her parents' divorce. Her father is getting
re-married, she has a science fair project coming due, and she is in the
physical and emotional throes of puberty. Claudia speaks to us from inside
the boiler room of her school where she stores all the things that are
secret and dear to her. Incensed and incredulous at the adult world around
her, she is irrepressibly funny about it at the same time. Some important
adults in Claudia's life - her grandfather Douglas, her father's new
girlfriend Leslie and the school custodian Drachman - shed light on her
situation.

The new Camera Media Gallery is a small film venue developed by Atom Egoyan and Hussain Amarshi. Look for THE TAKE to begin screenings at the Camera Media Gallery on October 29th.

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3. Special Events

PIONEER PALOOZA II
a motion picture industry event

Shmooze Night Club
15 Mercer Street, Toronto (King & John St.)
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 at 7pm

Advance Tickets $10; $15 at the door.

Please join us in support of the Motion Picture Pioneer fund. For more
Information, or to purchase tickets, email pioneerpalooza@mijo.ca.

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4. Film Festivals

a) Edmonton International Film Festival
October 14th to October 19th
Edmonton
http://www.edmontonfilm.com

The program for the 18th annual Edmonton International Film Festival has been announced. For more information, visit http://www.edmontonfilm.com.

b) 33rd Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema
October 14th to October 24th
Montreal
http://www.nouveaucinema.ca

For more information, visit http://www.nouveaucinema.ca.

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5. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT
Visit the website (http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/filmcircuit/index.html) to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

Here is a partial list of films that are playing across Canada, listed by title. You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

The Corporation
ON, QC
http://www.thecorporation.com

The Delicate Art of Parking
BC
http://thedelicateartofparking.com

Going The Distance
AB, ON, QC
http://www.goingthedistancethemovie.com

La Grande Séduction / Seducing Dr. Lewis
ON
http://www.allianceatlantisfilms.com

Intern Academy
Wide Release
http://www.internacademymovie.com

My Brother’s Keeper
Various - Check Local Listings
http://www.gearshift.ca/files/mbk.htm

Stupidity
October 29 - November 3, 2004 - Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB
http://www.stupiditythemovie.com

Touch of Pink
ON, QC
http://mongrelmedia.com/films/TouchOfPink.html

Les Triplettes de Bellevilles / The Triplets of Belleville
ON
http://www.sonyclassics.com/triplets

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6. Coming Soon

8TH ANNUAL TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 24th to November 28th - Toronto

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ATTENTION Canadian Film Enthusiasts:
Check out http://www.academy.ca or http://www.genieawards.ca for regular
updates of Canadian film listings, and to get links to official film websites and distributor sites! Information will be updated on a weekly basis. Note that listings are subject to change at any time.

------

Visit the award-winning Northern Stars® website, devoted to Canadian actors
and actresses, directors and films:
http://www.northernstars.ca/nowplaying_2.html.

------

Please let us know about any other Canadian screenings going on anywhere and everywhere and we will do our best to include the details in our postings.

If you would like to volunteer or subscribe to THIS Magazine's Film Club newsletter, please send an email to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Remember...1st Rule of Film Club: Tell Everyone About Film Club!

Please forward widely.

Posted by joyceb at 01:45 PM