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March 31, 2009
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FILM CLUB -- April, 2009
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 -- March, 2009
1. Now playing
2. April releases/ events
3. Coming soon
1. Now Playing
a) Saving Luna
Across Canada, check website for details
An award-winning documentary about Luna, the lonely Orca that tried to befriend humans on B.C.'s Nootka Sound.
Directed and produced by Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit.
www.mountainsidefilms.com/savingluna
b) Pontypool
Across Canada, check local listings
A deadly virus infects a small Ontario town.
Directed by Bruce McDonald. Written by Tony Burgess. Starring Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle
c) The Green Chain
Select cities, check website for details
Lumberjacks and environmentalists clash over logging.
Written and directed by Mark Leiren-Young. Starring Tricia Helfer, Babz Chula
www.thegreenchain.com
d) One Week
Select cities, check local listings
A man motorcycles from Toronto to Tofino after being diagnosed with a terminal disease.
Directed by Michael McGowan. Starring Joshua Jackson
2. April releases/ events
a) Fifty Dead Men Walking
April 24. Across Canada, check local listings
A young man is recruited by the British police to infiltrate and spy on the Irish Republican Army in the late '80s.
Directed by Kari Skogland. Starring Jim Sturgess, Rose McGowan
b) Dawson City International Short Film Festival
Dawson City, Yukon. April 9-12, 2009
A four-day celebration of short film, including screenings, awards presentations and workshops.
www.dawsonfilmfest.com
c) Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto. April 18-26, 2009
Highlighting films by Jewish filmmakers.
www.tjff.com
3. Coming Soon
a)Hot Docs
Toronto, April 30-May 10
Screening documentaries from around the world.
www.hotdocs.ca
b) Love at the Starlight Motel
May 3 & May 9, The Royal Cinema, Toronto, during Hot Docs
A glimpse at the personalities that converge at the busiest by-the-hour motel in Miami's Little Havana. Winner of the NFB/ Documentary Channel Feature Film Fund.
Film by Alison Rose.
Posted by annette FC at March 31, 2009 01:43 PM