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Film Club Newsletter - May, 2008
FILM CLUB -- May, 2008
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 -- May, 2008
1. Now playing
2. May releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) Up the Yangtze
Across Canada, check website for details.
A documentary set on China's Yangtze waterway, which is home to the world's largest mega-dam and the main route of a luxury cruise boat that carries many wealthy Western tourists.
Directed by Yung Chang.
b) Emotional Arithmetic
Across Canada, check local listings
Three people who bonded at a World War II detention camp are reunited 35 years later.
Directed by Paolo Barzman. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, Susan Sarandon
2. May releases/ events
a) Prom Wars
May 9. Across Canada, check local listings.
Students at a private high school for girls challenge the boys at a nearby school to a series of "battles" leading up to prom.
Directed by Phil Price. Starring Raviv Ullman, Alia Shawkat
b) The Stone Angel
May 9. Across Canada, check local listings.
A feisty woman escapes after her son tells her she must move into a nursing home. On her journey, she reflects on past experiences. Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence.
Directed by Kari Skogland. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne
c) Vancouver Student Film Festival
May 24, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver
Showcasing work by film students and recent grads.
3. Coming Soon
a) CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
June 10-15, Toronto
Highlighting the top 250 short films selected from submissions from more than 80 countries worldwide.
www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com
b) Young People Fucking
Summer, 2008
Following four couples and one threesome who all run into complications throughout a "crazy night of sex."
Directed by Martin Gero. Starring Carly Pope, Aaron Abrams, Josh Dean
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