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January 27, 2006

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Film Club Newsletter - January 27, 2006

1. Opening - EVE AND THE FIREHORSE
2. 2006 Genie Award Nominations
3. Canada's Top Ten 2005
4. Festivals, Screenings & Events
5. Now Playing
6. Coming Soon

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1. Opening

a) EVE AND THE FIREHORSE - January 27, 2006
Vancouver & Toronto
http://www.eveandthefirehorse.com/

Eve, a precocious nine year-old with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. When her older sister Karena becomes fascinated with Christianity, crucifixes pop up next to the Buddha in the family's house and Eve must contend with a Sunday school class where her wild imagination is distinctly out of place. Caught between her sister's quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humour and wide-eyed wonder. Sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.

For more information on the movie and showtimes, visit the film's website or http://www.tribute.ca.

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2. 2006 Genie Award Nominations

The nominations for the 2006 Genie Awards were announced on January 25.

The five films nominated for Best Motion Picture are:
C.R.A.Z.Y.
FAMILIA
IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG
SAINT RALPH
WATER

Produced for a third year by CHUM Television, Live! At the Genies will air on Monday, March 13th, 2006 live on Star!, Bravo!, Citytv Toronto and MusiMax at 9:00pm ET, Citytv Winnipeg, Citytv Edmonton and Citytv Calgary at 10:00pm CT/MT and Citytv Vancouver at 9:00pm PT.

For more information on all of the nominees, visit http://www.genieawards.ca/.

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3. Canada's Top Ten 2005

On December 13, the Toronto International Film Festival Group announced Canada's Top Ten films of 2005.

The Canada's Top Ten list is published alphabetically and without any preferential order:
C.R.A.Z.Y
FAMILIA
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
HORLOGE BIOLOGIQUE (DODGING THE CLOCK)
THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO
MEMORY FOR MAX, CLAIRE, IDA AND COMPANY
LA NEUVAINE
A SIMPLE CURVE
WATER
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES

Canada's Top Ten Screenings
January 27th to February 5th, 2006
The only place to see the finest Canadian films of 2005 in ten days! Tickets are on sale now and the complete line-up is now available online. A unique event, CANADA'S TOP TEN was established in 2001 by the Toronto International Film Festival Group to honour excellence in contemporary Canadian cinema. In the past five years, it has grown into a highly anticipated programme, bringing Canada's most acclaimed filmmakers and eager audiences together for an exciting Canadian film experience. The creativity, diversity, and innovation of these films and filmmakers keep audiences coming back for more. Call or click for more details: 416-968-FILM or http://www.topten.ca.

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4. Festivals, Screenings & Events

a) TRIGGER CUT
Jonathan Culp: Film and Video Works 2005-1989
Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 8:00pm
The Cameron House back room, 408 Queen St. West, Toronto
$5 at the door (free with DVD purchase)
http://www.satanmacnuggit.com

Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts presents
TRIGGER CUT
Jonathan Culp: Film and Video Works 2005-1989

"Toronto's most indefatigable underground video guru!" - NOW Magazine

Satan Macnuggit is proud to announce the release of TRIGGER CUT, a two-DVD overview of the diverse and dazzling output of Satan Macnuggit's Jonathan Culp.

Fusing activist inquisitiveness with haywire individualism, defying divisions between high and low art, and blazing trails in his use of collage editing techniques, Culp has been a fixture on the Toronto film and video scene for over a decade. Trigger Cut includes 25 of his best short subjects, ranging from hand processed Super 8 to found footage to satirical slapstick comedy - with their combined budget not exceeding that of Robert Lantos' humidor.

The release event will feature two programmes selected from this luxurious 3+ hour package, including:
- the family-snapshot horror show "Death Mask" (2004)
- the prescient 9/11 pop pastiche, "Plasticman and the Justice League" (2002)
- the emo protest dreamscape "Eventually" (2005)
- the mental-hygiene hypnosis act "How Does It Work?" (2001)
- two separate films about malevolent stuffed animals ("Jonathan Culp!" (1996) and "Knife Machine" (2000))

In between programmes, there will also be a special musical performance by Jonathan, featuring songs from his upcoming CD.

*Jonathan Culp is co-founder of the Toronto Video Activist Collective, long active in the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, and a member of Trinity Square Video. He organizes the pioneering Satan Macnuggit Video Road Show, and writes the popular "Stupid Journey" zine. He has performed in the bands Loogan Bin and the Biters. His first feature, "Grilled Cheese Sandwich," will be released in spring 2006.

For more information, please call 416-652-8946 or email jonathan@satanmacnuggit.com.

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5. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT: Visit the new website at http://www.filmcircuit.ca/ to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

a) C.R.A.Z.Y.
ON
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=10573

b) Water
BC, AB, ON
http://water.mahiram.com
http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/Water.html

c) Where The Truth Lies
AB
http://www.serendipitypoint.com/wttl/frameset.asp

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6. 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.

a) Rhinoceros Eyes
February 24th, 2006
http://www.rhinoceroseyes.com/

b) Beowulf & Grendel
March 2006
http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/

c) Lucid
March 17, 2006 - Toronto, Vancouver, & Winnipeg
http://www.lucidthemovie.com

d) Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto
March 23rd to March 26th, 2006
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

e) Niagara Motel
March 24th, 2006
http://www.muse.ca/4105/fiche.asp?id=107

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ATTENTION Academy Members and Canadian Film Enthusiasts: Check out http://www.aflick.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 annette FC at 11:51 AM

January 20, 2006

THIS Magazine's Film Club

Show your support for Film Club and subscribe to THIS Magazine: 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.

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Film Club Newsletter - January 20, 2006

1. Canada's Top Ten 2005
2. Festivals, Screenings & Events
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Canada's Top Ten 2005

On December 13, the Toronto International Film Festival Group announced Canada's Top Ten films of 2005.

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2. Festivals, Screenings & Events

a) SPEED, MADNESS AND FLYING SAUCERS
A Film By Martin Deckert and Chloe Griffin
North American Premiere
Thursday, January 27, 2006 at 8:30pm
Metro Theatre, 667 Bloor St. W., Toronto
FREE

SPEED, MADNESS AND FLYING SAUCERS is a 30-minute film that uses the parameters of a Hollywood formula: director, actors and crew, to convey in an experimental format the story of Zederick and Zipper. These main characters are colorful and manic low lives whose attempts and ideas of making a movie never get past their coffee cups. The narration of the movie is suspended at times and fragmented into coded references.

There are no key indications of where the story is going, the action in the film is deliberately spun out and slowed down at specific intervals, jarring the viewer into an unfamiliar style of entertainment where no major clues are given as to what is taking place. The main characters, Zipper and Zederick, are situated in various changing backdrops while their conversation revolves repeatedly around fragments of their plan to make a movie.

Co-founders Martin Deckert and Chloe Griffin created Patrick and Kitty Productions in 2004 working together with noise experimentation and video and have produced work that has been screened in Montreal, New York, Ottawa, San Francisco, Vancouver and Berlin. This latest project has been funded by a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

b) TRIGGER CUT
Jonathan Culp: Film and Video Works 2005-1989
Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 8:00pm
The Cameron House back room, 408 Queen St. West, Toronto
$5 at the door (free with DVD purchase)
http://www.satanmacnuggit.com

Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts presents
TRIGGER CUT
Jonathan Culp: Film and Video Works 2005-1989

"Toronto's most indefatigable underground video guru!" - NOW Magazine

Satan Macnuggit is proud to announce the release of TRIGGER CUT, a two-DVD overview of the diverse and dazzling output of Satan Macnuggit's Jonathan Culp.

In between programmes, there will also be a special musical performance by Jonathan, featuring songs from his upcoming CD.

For more information, please call 416-652-8946 or email jonathan@satanmacnuggit.com.

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3. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT: Visit the new website at http://www.filmcircuit.ca/ to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

a) C.R.A.Z.Y.
ON
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=10573

b) Maurice Richard
QC
http://officecom.qc.ca/Media-film/Fiche/MauriceRichard.html
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=10959

c) Water
BC, AB, ON, QC
http://water.mahiram.com
http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/Water.html

d) Where The Truth Lies
ON
http://www.serendipitypoint.com/wttl/frameset.asp

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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.

a) Eve & the FireHorse
January 27th, 2006
http://www.eveandthefirehorse.com/

b) Rhinoceros Eyes
February 24th, 2006
http://www.rhinoceroseyes.com/

c) Beowulf & Grendel
March 2006
http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/

d) Lucid
March 17, 2006 - Toronto, Vancouver, & Winnipeg
http://www.lucidthemovie.com

e) Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto
March 23rd to March 26th, 2006
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

f) Niagara Motel
March 24th, 2006
http://www.muse.ca/4105/fiche.asp?id=107

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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 12:39 PM

January 13, 2006

THIS Magazine's Film Club

Show your support for Film Club and subscribe to THIS Magazine: 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.

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Film Club Newsletter - January 13, 2006 - Happy New Year!

1. Canada's Top Ten 2005
2. Festivals, Screenings & Events
3. Now Playing
4. Coming Soon

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1. Canada's Top Ten 2005

On December 13, the Toronto International Film Festival Group announced Canada's Top Ten films of 2005.

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2. Festivals, Screenings & Events

a) Canadian Filmmakers Festival Accepting Submissions for 2006 Line-Up

The Canadian Filmmakers Festival, a forum dedicated solely to the advancement of Canadian film, is pleased to announce that the third annual Festival will be held in Toronto from March 23rd to 26th, 2006.

Filmmakers from across the country are invited to submit their short and feature length films for consideration by the Festival jury.

Submission forms and rules are available on the Canadian Filmmakers Festival Web site: http://www.canfilmfest.ca. Deadline for submissions is January 13th, 2006.

The Festival, held in association with Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, was created to provide a forum for Canadian filmmakers to showcase their films and meet to exchange ideas and discuss their work. "Though Canadian filmmakers and their films are beginning to emerge as industry contenders, we live in the shadows of Hollywood and we still have a long way to go before we can call ourselves fully self-sustaining," said Bern Euler, Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Filmmakers Festival. "Less than five percent of the movies seen by Canadians are made by Canadians, so we've created a forum for filmmakers to exhibit their work in addition to giving the public a chance to see some of our country's best new movies."

The Canadian Filmmakers Festival was also created to promote Canadian Culture. "When we think about feature films we generally think of them only as entertainment," Euler said, "But the movies a country makes do more than entertain, they provide us with ideas, issues and images about who we are and the world around us. Films educate as they entertain, and therefore help to create the unique culture that makes us Canadian. As a country, we need to take more steps to offset the influence that foreign films have on Canadian culture - one of the key goals of the Festival."

Last year's Festival highlights included an animated interactive panel, led by industry experts including Sarah Polley (Genie Award Winner, MY LIFE WITHOUT ME), that examined how to advance the Canadian film industry while enabling filmmakers to tell their Canadian stories. Another notable Festival moment included Don McKellar making a surprise appearance and introduction at the closing night Festival film CHILDSTAR.

For more information please visit The Canadian Filmmakers Festival Web site at: http://www.canfilmfest.ca {http://www.canfilmfest.ca}.

b) SPEED, MADNESS AND FLYING SAUCERS
A Film By Martin Deckert and Chloe Griffin
North American Premiere
Thursday, January 27, 2006 at 8:30pm
Metro Theatre, 667 Bloor St. W., Toronto
FREE

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3. Now Playing

FILM CIRCUIT: Visit the new website at http://www.filmcircuit.ca/ to see which Canadian films are playing near you.

You can also check out http://www.cinemaclock.com/ to see what other films may be playing in your town.

a) C.R.A.Z.Y.
ON
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=10573

b) The Dark Hours
ON
http://www.thedarkhours.com/
http://www.northernstars.ca/titles/2005/dark%20_hours.html

c) Maurice Richard
QC
http://officecom.qc.ca/Media-film/Fiche/MauriceRichard.html
http://www.tribute.ca/synopsis.asp?m_id=10959

d) Water
AB, ON, QC
http://water.mahiram.com
http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/Water.html

e) Where The Truth Lies
ON
http://www.serendipitypoint.com/wttl/frameset.asp

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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.

a) Eve & the FireHorse
January 27th, 2006
http://www.eveandthefirehorse.com/

b) Rhinoceros Eyes
February 24th, 2006
http://www.rhinoceroseyes.com/

c) Beowulf & Grendel
March 2006
http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/

d) Lucid
March 10th, 2006 - Toronto, Vancouver, & Winnipeg
http://www.lucidthemovie.com

e) Canadian Filmmakers Festival, Toronto
March 23rd to March 26th, 2006
http://www.canfilmfest.ca

f) Niagara Motel
March 24th, 2006
http://www.muse.ca/4105/fiche.asp?id=107

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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!

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Posted by annette FC at 10:29 AM