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March 25, 2005

THIS Magazine's Film Club

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1st Rule of Film Club: Tell Everyone About Film Club! Please forward to your friends, acquaintances and just about anyone else you can think of. Show your support of our national cinema by checking out a Canadian film.

Please contact us if you know of any Canadian film openings, events or initiatives happening anywhere across the country. Send us an email at filmclub@thismagazine.ca and we will do our best to include the information in our weekly newsletter.

*Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners at the 25th annual Genie Awards. For a complete list of nominees and winners, visit http://www.academy.ca.*

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Film Club Newsletter - March 25, 2005

1. Opening - SEVEN TIMES LUCKY
2. Events & Festivals - THE CORPORATION ON DVD, NFB WORKSHOP & SCREENING, PLUS UPCOMING FILM FESTIVALS...
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Opening

SEVEN TIMES LUCKY
Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto & Montreal - March 25th
http://www.7timeslucky.com/

Kevin Pollak (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) and Liane Balaban (NEW WATERFORD GIRL) star in SEVEN TIMES LUCKY, a con-game neo-noir from writer/director G.B. Yates, his feature film debut. When a veteran grifter (Pollak) loses a stack of the boss' cash on a bad horse tip, his talented young protégé (Balaban) devises a risky scheme to get the money back. SEVEN TIMES LUCKY spins a twisting yarn with a colourful cast of hustlers and thieves out for the big score.

Featuring supporting players James Tolkan (BACK TO THE FUTURE), Gordon Tootoosis (REINDEER GAMES) and Babz Chula (LAST WEDDING).

"Exquisitely shot, expertly directed...Sly, smart, and seriously entertaining." -Toronto International Film Festival

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2. Events & Festivals

a) THE CORPORATION ON DVD!
GENIE-AWARD WINNER FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY!!
Stores across Canada - March 29th, 2005

Order now: http://www.HelloCoolStuff.com/CACorpDVD

THE CORPORATION DVD LAUNCH EVENTS:

VANCOUVER
March 29th - VIRGIN Records, VANCOUVER (Burrard), 5:30pm - 6:30pm
DVD demo, Q and A, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Jennifer Abbott - Director/Editor, Joel Bakan - Writer/Co-Creator and author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, Bart Simpson - Producer, Leonard J. Paul - Composer.

April 2nd - CHAPTERS VANCOUVER (Robson), 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Panel discussion, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Joel Bakan - Writer/Co-Creator and author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, Katherine Dodds - Good Company Communications, Director of Strategy and Communications for The Corporation's grassroots campaigns and Gil Yaron - Researcher on The Corporation, for a discussion about whether we should reform, regulate or rewrite the corporate form!

TORONTO
April 2nd - Chapters Festival Hall, TORONTO (John St.), 12:00pm - 1:00pm
DVD demo, Q and A, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Mark Achbar, Producer, Director, Executive Producer, The Corporation, Maude Barlow, Interviewee, The Corporation, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians.

April 2nd - Sunrise Records, Toronto (336 Yonge St.), 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Panel discussion, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Mark Achbar, Producer, Director, Executive Producer, and special guest Mark Kingwell, Interviewee, The Corporation, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

MONTREAL
April 3rd - HMV, MONTREAL (ste catherine o), 12:30pm - 2:00pm
DVD demo, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Mark Achbar, Producer, Director, Executive Producer, and special guest DJ, Mitchell Akiyama, Musician, The Corporation.

April 3rd - BOITE NOIRE, MONTREAL (rue St-Denis), 3:00pm - 4:30pm
DVD demo, Q and A, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Mark Achbar, Producer, Director, Executive Producer, The Corporation, Ezra Winton - co-founder of überCulture Collective.

VICTORIA
April 3rd - CHAPTERS VICTORIA (Douglas), 2:00pm - 3:00pm
DVD demo, Q and A, signings, giveaways & more. Free admittance.
In attendance: Jennifer Abbott - Director/Editor, Bart Simpson - Producer, Katherine Dodds - Good Company Communications, Director of Strategy and Communications for The Corporation's grassroots campaigns.

HOST A CORPORATION HOUSE PARTY! Join the party! Visit http://www.HelloCoolWorld.com to find out more. Once you register your party, you will be given access to our online house party coordinator's toolkit which will include a party organizing guide, DVD chapter breakdowns, downloadable posters & more. Plus, if you only want to attend a party you can find out what is going on near you.

b) Cinematheque Ontario presents...
DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY
Tuesday, March 29th at 8:15 p.m.
Cinematheque Ontario, AGO's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West, Toronto (McCaul Street entrance)

In this highly original rendering of the great vampire classic, Guy Maddin captures all the undercurrents of passion, eroticism, and danger in Bram Stoker's novel. A transposition of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's stage interpretation, DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY is an odyssey of oneiric intensity, a luscious symphony of sound, colour, and form whose combined elements create an intoxicating result: haunting choreographies of movement and dance, stark imagery (blood-red hues splashed against black-and-white cinematography), and exquisite music by Gustav Mahler. Shown with the permission of Domino Films, Montréal.

All Cinematheque Ontario screenings are held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West, Toronto (McCaul Street entrance). Regular tickets are $6 for Members; $5.50 for Student Members and Seniors; and $10.10 for Non-Members. All screenings are restricted to individuals 18 years of age or older. For ticket information, visit the official website, http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque, the year-round Box Office at Manulife Centre (55 Bloor Street West, main floor, north entrance), or by calling the Bell Infoline at 416-968-FILM.

c) ANIMATOR CHRIS HINTON IS COMING TO TORONTO!
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
Presented by the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS)

Multi-award-winning animator Christopher Hinton will be in Toronto on April 2nd to teach a workshop and screen his films. Chris has animated, written, directed and produced over a dozen National Film Board of Canada films, including the award-winning BLOWHARD (1977) and BLACKFLY (1991) which was nominated for an Oscar. As an independent filmmaker, Chris has animated and directed several films including and A NICE DAY IN THE COUNTRY (1988) and the recent Jutra winner NIBBLES.

WORKSHOP: Animators and artists are invited to join the animator Chris Hinton for a Video and 2D animation workshop. Chris will expand on his work, processes, and techniques and discuss the computer as a contemporary tool for producing 2D animation.
WHEN: Saturday, April 2nd: 12pm to 5pm
WHERE: NFB ATELIER / 150 John Street RSVP TAIS (416-533-7889 / TAIS@BELLNET.CA)
ADMISSION: $20.00, 30 PERSON LIMIT

SCREENING: Chris Hinton presents a selection of his whimsical yet poignant animated shorts. Highlights include the Academy-Award nominated short NIBBLES as well as multi-award winning FLUX. The artist will be in attendance.
WHEN: Saturday, April 2nd: 7:30pm
WHERE: John Spotten Theatre / 150 John Street
ADMISSION: $7.00 GENERAL ADMISSION; FREE FOR TAIS-NFB MEMBERS; FREE FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

d) CANADIAN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL, Toronto
April 7th to April 10th, 2005
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

e) RESFEST, DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL, Toronto
Royal Cinema, Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
http://www.resfest.com/

Check out great videos by SPIKE JONZE, MICHEL GONDRY and a new short by JARED HESS, director of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. You can also see the new film, AUTO DESTRUCT: ONE MAN'S OBSESSION WITH WILLIAM SHATNER. AUTO DESTRUCT is a bizarre, comic and often tragic look into the world of Bob, a man desperately unhappy in his own skin. Director James Wilkes takes the audience on a tour through a strange, unexplored corner of the Sci-Fi fandom universe populated by murderous thoughts, wigged out fans, singing Klingons, Greco-Roman wrestling and an obese transvestite Trekkie. What he ultimately shows us however is that Bob is the strangest, saddest creature of all.

f) 5TH ANNUAL REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto
April 13th to April 17th, 2005
http://www.reelworld.ca

g) JACK LAYTON FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto
Bloor Cinema, April 16th to April 17th
http://www.jacklaytonfilmfestival.ca

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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.

Auto Destruct: One Man's Obsession with William Shatner
ON
http://autodestruct.blogspot.com/
View the video: http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=warpfactorlove

Being Caribou
BC, YT
http://www.beingcaribou.com
http://www.nfb.ca/invitation/being_caribou/

Being Julia
BC, AB, MB, ON
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/

Childstar
AB
http://www.childstar-movie.com

Phil The Alien
BC, ON, QC
http://www.philthealien.com/

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4. Coming Soon

If you know of any upcoming film festivals or events happening across the country, please be sure to email the details to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Saint Ralph
Various - April 1st
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=9424

Siblings
Vancouver & Toronto - April 15th

Hot Docs, Toronto
April 22nd to May 1st, 2005
http://www.hotdocs.ca

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, Toronto
April 29th to May 8th, 2005
http://www.bell.ca/sprockets

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto
May 7th to May 15th, 2005
http://www.tjff.com

Sabah
Vancouver & Toronto - May 27th

5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto
June 10th to June 12th, 2005
http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto
June 14th to June 19th, 2005
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

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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 http://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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Posted by annette FC at 09:24 AM

March 18, 2005

THIS Magazine's Film Club

Show your support for Film Club! Subscribe to THIS Magazine at http://www.thismagazine.ca/subscribe/

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

Please forward to your friends, acquaintances and just about anyone else you can think of. Show your support of our national cinema by checking out a Canadian film.

*THE 25TH ANNUAL GENIE AWARDS will be broadcast on Monday, March 21st, 2005 on CityTV and Bravo at 8 p.m. Be sure to tune in! For a complete list of nominees, visit http://www.academy.ca.*

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Film Club Newsletter - March 18, 2005

1. Events & Festivals
2. Now Playing
3. Coming Soon

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1. Events & Festivals

a) THE CORPORATION ON DVD!
Stores across Canada - March 29th, 2005

Order now:
http://www.HelloCoolStuff.com/CACorpDVD

With this DVD 'toolkit,' containing over 8 hours of extra features including 5 hours of interviews organized by person and by topic, as well as an extensive section on strategies for change, we can offer even more resources to those wanting to explore the issues in the film, and to develop a 'Framework For Action' for corporate harm reduction! Want to do more than just get the DVD?

HOST A CORPORATION HOUSE PARTY!
During April & May of 2005, people all across North America will be organizing & attending Corporation house parties & discussing what can be done to win back our power from corporations. As a party coordinator, we can offer you a discounted rate on DVD orders so you can share THE CORPORATION with your family, friends and neighbors. Invite your boss. Or your boss's boss!

We will be collecting feedback from these events and make the results available to everyone who participated. The makers of THE CORPORATION have created a powerful tool that, with your help, can awaken many people to the evils of corporate misrule. Now it's your turn as citizens of North America to join together and decide on how to take action. This will be our greatest opportunity to maximize the impact of this documentary and we encourage you to take part!

Join the party! Visit http://www.HelloCoolWorld.com to find out more. Once you register your party, you will be given access to our online house party coordinator's toolkit which will include a party organizing guide, DVD chapter breakdowns, downloadable posters & more. Plus, if you only want to attend a party you can find out what is going on near you.

b) CANADIAN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL
Toronto
April 7th to April 10th, 2005
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

c) 5TH ANNUAL REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL
Toronto
April 13th to April 17th, 2005
http://www.reelworld.ca

d) JACK LAYTON FILM FESTIVAL
Bloor Cinema, Toronto
April 16th to April 17th
http://www.jacklaytonfilmfestival.ca

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2. 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.

Auto Destruct: One Man's Obsession with William Shatner
ON
http://autodestruct.blogspot.com/
View the video: http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=warpfactorlove

AUTO DESTRUCT is a bizarre, comic and often tragic look into the
world of Bob, a man desperately unhappy in his own skin. Director James
Wilkes takes the audience on a tour through a strange, unexplored
corner of the Sci-Fi fandom universe populated by murderous thoughts,
wigged out fans, singing Klingons, Greco-Roman wrestling and an obese
transvestite Trekkie. What he ultimately shows us however is that Bob
is the strangest, saddest creature of all.

Being Caribou
BC, YT
http://www.beingcaribou.com
http://www.nfb.ca/invitation/being_caribou/

Being Julia
BC, AB, MB, ON
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/

Childstar
AB
http://www.childstar-movie.com

Phil The Alien
BC, ON, QC
http://www.philthealien.com/

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3. Coming Soon
If you know of any upcoming film festivals or events happening across the country, please be sure to email the details to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Seven Times Lucky
Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto & Montreal - March 25th
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=9422

Saint Ralph
Various - April 1st
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=9424

Siblings
Vancouver & Toronto - April 15th

Hot Docs, Toronto
April 22nd to May 1st, 2005
http://www.hotdocs.ca

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, Toronto
April 29th to May 8th, 2005
http://www.bell.ca/sprockets

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto
May 7th to May 15th, 2005
http://www.tjff.com

Sabah
Vancouver & Toronto - May 13th

5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto
June 10th to June 12th, 2005
http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 14th to June 19th, 2005
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

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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.

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 annette FC at 08:12 AM

March 11, 2005

THIS Magazine's Film Club

Show your support for Film Club! Subscribe to THIS Magazine at http://www.thismagazine.ca/subscribe/

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

Please forward to your friends, acquaintances and just about anyone else you can think of. Show your support of our national cinema by checking out a Canadian film.

Kudos again to Chris Landreth for winning the Oscar for Best Short Animated Film at the 77th Annual Academy Awards. RYAN will be playing in Toronto and across Canada over the next few months. You can watch RYAN seven days a week at the NFB at 150 John Street in Toronto or check out the NFB website at http://www.nfb.ca for times and locations of local screenings. On March 5th and March 6th at 5pm, you can see RYAN at Camera Bar on Queen Street West in Toronto. For more information on these and other Camera screenings, visit http://www.camerabar.ca.

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Film Club Newsletter - March 11, 2005

1. Opening - PHIL THE ALIEN
2. Events & Festivals - THE CHIEFS DVD LAUNCH (+ A THIS MAG REVIEW!), low-budget filmmaking and the JACK LAYTON FILM FESTIVAL!
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Opening

PHIL THE ALIEN
Vancouver, Toronto & Montreal - March 11, 2005
http://www.philthealien.com/

PHIL THE ALIEN is a classic coming of age story, told through the bloodshot eyes of an alcoholic alien. Phil crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver (voiced by Joe Flaherty), and quickly develops a heavy drinking problem. Phil is an innocent lost in the wilderness. He learns that everyone in town (children included) drinks hard liquor and carries a gun. Surrounded by hunters, prostitutes, an ex-CIA operative, a bartender named "Wolf" (played by Graham Greene) and other Northern misfits, Phil becomes close with the local bar band.

Meanwhile over at the "Top Secret American UFO Base" ( located beneath the Niagara Falls), "The General" (John Kapelos) has discovered Phil and ordered his Agents to bring him in. Right wing radicals in fur coats are sent to find and capture Phil. Back up North, the beaver tells Phil that there is a ship in Niagara Falls that can take him home. Phil wants nothing to do with it. Instead he uses his alien powers to perform bar tricks, falling deep into the depraved depths of alcoholism. Phil hits bottom and attacks a cigarette machine.

After a short stint in prison, Phil finds Jesus and joins the band as their singer. When the General learns that Phil is performing miracles on a touring pilgrimage to Niagara Falls he orders Quebecois assassin "Madame Madame" (Nicole deBoer) to kill the alien and his band. PHIL THE ALIEN is an original cutting edge comedy.

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2. Events

a) THE CHIEFS DVD Launch & Free Screening
Monday, March 14, 2005
The Pilot Tavern (Stealth Lounge, 2nd Floor, http://www.thepilot.ca), Toronto

Come for dinner downstairs! The doors for Stealth Lounge open at 7:00pm; the first screening is at 8:00pm and the second screening is at 10:00pm. Admission is FREE!!

THE CHIEFS: A REVIEW FROM THIS MAGAZINE BY DEVON BABIN
Les Chiefs is a classic Canadian movie and not because it involves hockey, beer, and the occasional gap-toothed smile - although it has all those things. No, it is a classic Canadian movie because it was made with a small budget using amazing actors most of us have never heard of.

Inspired by the 70s cult classic Slap Shot, this faux-documentary by Montreal's East Hill Productions focuses on a rag-tag team of hockey players from Laval, Quebec. Les Chiefs are known less for their hockey skills, and more for their ability to fight and stir up a crowd, and that is where the heart of the movie begins.

Following five main characters, the film documents each player's battle with his own limitations, and the decision of whether to remain a big fish in the small pond of Laval, or try to move on.

Through interviews with the characters, family and friends, and scenes of their living and working environments, the filmmakers do a great job at convincing the audience that the characters could be any number of wannabe pro hockey players, in any of Canada's small hockey-obsessed towns.

The movie is real, and unlike Hollywood cookie-cutter productions, the ending isn't necessarily happy for all the characters, just as the ending isn't always happy for many of the failed pro hockey players around the country.

b) LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING BOOT CAMP WITH ELLIOT GROVE!
Toronto
March 19th and March 20th

On March 19th and 20th, Elliot Grove, Founder and Director of both the Raindance UK Indie Cinema Festival and the British Independent Cinema Awards, will teach his much-heralded two-day low-budget filmmaking boot camp for the first time here in Toronto.

Originally from Toronto, Elliot Grove worked here on over 68 feature films and 700 commercials as a scenic artist. During this time he became increasingly disheartened with financial wastage on high-budget sets. Elliot moved to London in the early 80's, a time when British cinematic production had hit an all-time low. 13 years ago, he launched the Raindance Festival, which initially catered to American independents who demonstrated the values of creative innovation and pioneering spirit that Elliot believed could reinvigorate the industry in the UK. In 2004 Raindance's line up featured 70 independent features and 150 shorts from over 40 countries. 5 years after that, Grove also founded the British Independent Film Awards - he is credited by many as having infused the British independent film industry with new life.

His two-day course, Lo-to-No Budget Filmmaking, covers issues of creative pre-production planning for low-budget, creative financing models, production budgeting, mining new investor areas and pitching them, pitching distributors, and the needs of on-set and long-terms marketing and publicity goals. It is the same course that Guy Ritchie took and where he met his production partner for SNATCH, also which has also been taken by the directors of MEMENTO and SHAWN OF THE DEAD. This class will be taught through Toronto's the Learning Annex.

For more info on the Raindance Festival and their education initiatives visit:
http://www.raindance.co.uk/courses/

For more info on this course and to register visit:
http://www.learningannex.com/instructor.taf?id=6384&_UserReference=C0A8C8054

c) JACK LAYTON FILM FESTIVAL
April 16th to April 17th
Bloor Cinema, Toronto
http://www.jacklaytonfilmfestival.ca

Films of social democracy, the human condition, peace, love & understanding...and maybe even a laugh or two!

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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.

Being Caribou
BC, YT
http://www.beingcaribou.com
http://www.nfb.ca/invitation/being_caribou/

Being Julia
BC, AB, MB, ON
http://www.sonyclassics.com/beingjulia/

The Chiefs
Hamilton, ON
Thursday, March 10th at 7pm &
Saturday, March 12th at 7:15pm
at The Movie Palace (526 Concession Street)
http://www.leschiefs.com

Childstar
AB
http://www.childstar-movie.com

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4. Coming Soon
If you know of any upcoming film festivals or events happening across the country, please be sure to email the details to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Genie Awards, Toronto
March 21st, 2005
http://www.academy.ca
The nominations for the 25th Annual Genie Awards in 21 categories were announced on February 8th. For a full list of nominated films, go to http://www.academy.ca. The Genies will be broadcast on CityTV and Bravo on March 21 at 8 p.m.

Saint Ralph
Various - April 1st
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=9424

Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto
April 7th to April 10th, 2005
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

5th Annual Reelworld Film Festival, Toronto
April 13th to April 17th, 2005
http://www.reelworld.ca

Siblings
Vancouver & Toronto - April 15th

Hot Docs, Toronto
April 22nd to May 1st, 2005
http://www.hotdocs.ca

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, Toronto
April 29th to May 8th, 2005
http://www.bell.ca/sprockets

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto
May 7th to May 15th, 2005
http://www.tjff.com

Sabah
Vancouver & Toronto - May 13th

5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto
June 10th to June 12th, 2005
http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 14th to June 19th, 2005
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

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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.

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 annette FC at 08:30 AM

March 04, 2005

March 4, 2005

THIS Magazine's Film Club

Show your support for Film Club! Subscribe to THIS Magazine at http://www.thismagazine.ca/subscribe/

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

Please forward to your friends, acquaintances and just about anyone else you can think of. Show your support of our national cinema by checking out a Canadian film.

CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Landreth for his win at last weekend's Oscars for Best Short Film (Animated)! If you would like to watch this film, produced by the National Film Board, visit http://www.nfb.ca/oscars2005/index_en.html. Enjoy!

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Film Club Newsletter - March 4, 2005

1. Events - Low-Budget Filmmaking Boot Camp!
2. Historica Celebrates the Year of the Veteran with Eight New Historica Minutes
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Events

a) LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING BOOT CAMP WITH ELLIOT GROVE!
Toronto
March 19th and March 20th

For more info on the Raindance Festival and their education initiatives visit:
http://www.raindance.co.uk/courses/

For more info on this course and to register visit:
http://www.learningannex.com/instructor.taf?id=6384&_UserReference=C0A8C8054

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2. Historica Celebrates the Year of the Veteran with Eight New Historica Minutes

The Historica Foundation of Canada announced that they will celebrate the Year of the Veteran through the production of eight new military-themed Historica Minutes. The new Minutes are being sponsored by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Canadian Heritage and will be launched at the reopening of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa on May 8th, 2005.

The acclaimed Historica Minutes are "one minute movies" that commemorate important stories from Canada's past. The new Historica Minutes will join the collection of more than sixty 'classic' Minutes that are regularly broadcast on almost one hundred television stations across Canada. They will also be cherished by the more than 3,000 educators who purchase the Minutes compilation annually for use in their classroom.

Creative Director Patrick Watson will team up once again with Director Gregory Sheppard and Executive Producer Madelaine Atkins from Partners Film Company, as well as with an ensemble of some of Canada's most well-known
actors. They will re-create history on sets that include a section of seawall from the invasion at Juno Beach and the interior of a Lancaster Bomber. The eight stories, filmed in Toronto between February 15th and February 25th, are:

Home from the Wars - Vancouver 1946 - After World War II, veterans confront a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing. Talent includes: Allan Hawco, Barry Flatman and Catherine Disher.

Andrew Mynarski - 1943 - A young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery. Talent includes: Gabriel Hogan, Dmitry Chepovetsky and David Julian Hirsh.

Dextraze in the Congo - Congo 1963 - General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescues a group of hostages from Katangan rebels. It was Canada that proposed a UN Peacekeeping Force in 1956. Talent includes: Graham Harley, Bernard Browne and Arnold Pinnock.

Juno Beach - Normandy June 6, 1944 - On the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy beach. Talent includes: Fabrizio Filippo and Sergio Di Zio.

Vimy Ridge - France 1917 - Canadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I. Talent includes: Richard Fitzpatrick and Cedric Smith.

Tommy Prince - Winnipeg 1976 - Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, one of the most decorated soldiers in Canada's history, is honoured and remembered at his funeral by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Talent includes: Thomas King, Jennifer Podemski and Wayne Best.

Osborn of Hong Kong - Hong Kong 1941 - In World War II, the troops in Hong Kong were the first Canadians to see combat. During an attack, Sergeant Major John Osborn of Winnipeg protected his company by throwing himself on a live grenade. Talent includes: Ted Dykstra, Joseph Ziegler and Steve Cumyn.

Mona Parsons - Amsterdam 1941 Holland 1945 - Mona Parsons is sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping dozens of downed Allied airmen escape. Talent includes: Sonja Smits, Heinar Piller, Greg Ellwand, Jeff Roop and Austin Strugnell.

The Historica Foundation engages Canadians in the stories that define our identity and the events that shape our country's future. Through our programs and resources Historica connects Canadians to the unique history of our nation. We invite you to discover your place in history at http://www.histori.ca.

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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.

Being Caribou
BC
http://www.beingcaribou.com
http://www.nfb.ca/invitation/being_caribou/

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

Childstar
BC, ON
http://www.childstar-movie.com

Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire*
AB, ON
*Shake Hands with the Devil is now playing at Camera Bar in Toronto (it started on February 18th and will run for three weeks; Tuesdays are 1/2 price).
http://www.camerabar.ca

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4. Coming Soon
If you know of any upcoming film festivals or events happening across the country, please be sure to email the details to filmclub@thismagazine.ca.

Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto
April 7th to April 10th, 2005
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

5th Annual Reelworld Film Festival, Toronto
April 13th to April 17th, 2005
http://www.reelworld.ca

Hot Docs, Toronto
April 22nd to May 1st, 2005
http://www.hotdocs.ca

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, Toronto
April 29th to May 8th, 2005
http://www.bell.ca/sprockets

Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto
May 7th to May 15th, 2005
http://www.tjff.com

Sabah
Vancouver, Toronto - May 13th

5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto
June 10th to June 12th, 2005
http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com

Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 14th to June 19th, 2005
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

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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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