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September 28, 2007
Film Club Newsletter - October, 2007
FILM CLUB -- October, 2007
Dear Film Club members,
1st rule of Film Club: Tell everyone about Film Club. Please forward to your friends, family, acquaintances -- anyone you can think of. Show your support: check out some Canadian films.
Film Club Newsletter -- October, 2007
1. Now playing
2. October releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) Shake Hands with the Devil
Across Canada, check local listings
Recounting Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire's experience trying to stop the genocide in Rwanda.
Directed by Peter Raymont.
http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/
b) Eastern Promises
Across Canada, check local listings
A Russian-born driver for an organized crime family in London crosses paths with a midwife at a North London hospital.
Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
http://www.focusfeatures.com/easternpromises/
c) Silk
Across Canada, check local listings
A married silkworm merchant becomes obsessed with a beautiful Japanese woman. Set in the 19th century.
Directed by François Girard. Starring Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley
2. October releases/ events
a) One World Film Festival
October 10 - 20, 2007, Ottawa
Highlighting the work of Indigenous people from around the world, including Canadian First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
http://wiam.ca/programs/one-world-film-festival/
b) Darryl's Hard Liquor and Porn Film Festival
October 13, 2007. Bloor Cinema, Toronto
Featuring cheeky porn-themed shorts that are "under four minutes and not boring."
c) St. John's International Women's Film Festival
October 16 - 20, 2007, St. John's
Celebrating work by female filmmakers.
http://www.womensfilmfestival.com/
d) ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
October 17 - 21, 2007, Toronto
An international festival showcasing innovative work by Indigenous peoples from around the world.
e) Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival
October 24 - 28, 2007
Featuring documentaries, dramatic features, shorts, animated and experimental works that look at the state of our world.
3. Coming soon
a) Global Visions Film Festival
November 1-4, 2007, Edmonton
Featuring premiere screenings of documentaries from around the world.
http://globalvisionsfestival.com
b) Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking
Toronto - Nov 12; Vancouver - Nov 17; Edmonton - Nov 24
A docu-drama about Iris Chang's experience researching and writing The Rape of Nanking, The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
Starring Olivia Cheng
c) A Life Less Gone
Release date TBA
An undercover narcotics officer falls in love with a stripper addicted to heroin.
Directed by Jason Lupish. Starring Tracy Rae, Johnny Santiago.
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