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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.
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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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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Posted by joyceb at October 26, 2004 01:45 PM