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Film Screenings are listed in chronological order as Day, Month @ Time and Venue.
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A Beginner's Guide to EndingsPresented by: CIBC Wood GundyFriday, September 23 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Jonathan Sobol, 2010
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TOP BILLING: Opening Night Screening and After PartyA Beginner’s Guide to Endings follows three sons as they deal with their gambler father's somewhat complicated legacy; upon learning they only have a few days left to live, they set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Featuring the legendary Harvey Keitel, the film also stars Scott Caan, Paolo Costanzo, Wendy Crewson, Tricia Helfer, Jason Jones, and J.K. Simmons.
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Director Jonathan Sobol in attendance.
Saturday, September 24th |
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Le nom de gens (The Names of Love)Presented by: Mark A. Rizzo, CIBC Wood GundySaturday, September 24 @ 1:00 pm
Director: Michel LeClerc, 2010
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war" to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results – until she meets Arthur Martin, a Jewish middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), the duo improbably fall in love. Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton |
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Life in a DayPresented by: Robert T. Hill / Joel Smith /
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The crowd-sourced documentary takes a look at July 24, 2010 through the lenses of tens of thousands of average folks who submitted videos of their day to the film’s creators through YouTube. The resulting film comes in at 90 minutes, but started out as 80,000 individual clips amounting to 4,500 hours of electronic footage. |
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The TripPresented by: The Hutton FamilySaturday, September 24 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Michael Winterbottom, 2010
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Playing loose versions of themselves, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reprise their hilariously fictionalized roles from Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. Tapped by The Observer to review fine restaurants throughout the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, Steve finds himself without a traveling companion after his girlfriend decides not to go at the last minute. After being turned down by everyone else he knows, Steve extends an invitation to Rob, and together the pair attempt to navigate the winding back roads of rural England, impersonating popular celebrities such as Michael Caine, Woody Allen and Liam Neeson (among many others) and bickering along the way. |
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Cinema ParadisoPresented in partnership with Cinema Insieme, Festitalia, and the City of HamiltonSaturday, September 24 @ 7:30 pm (dusk)
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Cinema Paradiso offers a nostalgic look at films and the effect they have on a young boy who grows up in and around the title village movie theater in this Italian comedy drama that is based on the life and times of screenwriter/director Giuseppe Tornatore. The story begins in the present as a Sicilian mother pines for her estranged son, Salvatore, who left many years ago and has since become a prominent Roman film director who has taken the advice of his mentor too literally. |
Join us from 5:00 to 7:00 pm for free entertainment and children’s storytelling. Food venders available or bring your own picnic! Following the screening, enjoy a free performance by Charly Chiarelli & Sunamabeaches. |
Sunday, September 25th |
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Small Town Murder SongsPresented by: BankoMediaSunday, September 25 @ 1:00 pm
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly, 2010
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Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident some months before. As the young woman is identified, it becomes apparent that Walter's former love interest may be lying. |
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L'Amour fouPresented by: Frisina GroupSunday, September 25 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Pierre Thoretton , 2010
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
Yves Saint Laurent built one of fashion's most celebrated empires. This moving documentary chronicles his rise, his lifelong partnership with Pierre Bergé and their decision to auction off a lifetime of precious art and objects. Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton |
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Meek's CutoffSunday, September 25 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Kelly Relchardt, 2010
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The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in each other’s instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as the natural enemy. |
Monday, September 26th |
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Project NimMonday, September 26 @ 1:00 pm
Director: James Marsh, 2011
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Programming Partner: Ancaster Film Fest
From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment that aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling. |
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Phil Ochs: There But for FortuneMonday, September 26 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Kenneth Bowser, 2011
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Programming Partner: Ancaster Film Fest
As the United States continues to embroil itself in foreign wars and once again pins its hopes on a new leader's promise for change, the feature-length documentary, Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune is a timely tribute to an unlikely American hero. Phil Ochs, a folk singing legend, who many called the emotional heart of his generation, loved his country and he pursued its honour, in song and action, with a ferocity that had no regard for consequences. Wielding only a battered guitar, a clear voice and a quiver of razor sharp songs, he tirelessly fought the good fight for peace and justice throughout his short life. |
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Midnight in ParisPresented by: Scott W. Nichols, CIBC Wood GundyMonday, September 26 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Woody Allen, 2011
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Programming Partner: Ancaster Film Fest
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni among others. |
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2D version)Presented by: Guido Di Cesare / Raj Aujla /
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Having gained unprecedented access through the tightest of restrictions and overcome considerable technical challenges, Werner Herzog has captured on film, the interior of the Chauvet Cave in southern France. This is where the world’s oldest cave paintings – hundreds in number - were discovered in 1994. The film reveals to us a breathtaking subterranean world and leads us to the 32,000-year-old artworks. In that deeply moving moment of encounter, we come face to face with pristine and astonishingly realistic drawings of horses, cattle and lions, which for the briefest second come alive in the torchlight. In true Herzogian fashion, his hypnotically engaging narration weaves in wider metaphysical contemplations as we learn more about the Paleolithic art and its creators. |
Tuesday, September 27th |
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In the Realms of the UnrealTuesday, September 27 @ 12:00 noon
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Born in 1892, Henry Darger lived in Chicago and worked as a janitor for most of his life. When he died in 1972, his landlord found his life's work: The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion (often simply referred to as The Realms). A massive, multiple-volume fantasy novel, The Realms also contains nearly 300 illustrations of collages, drawings, and paintings. Rather than interview art scholars and psychologists, Yu chooses to look at Darger's work from the viewpoints of those who knew him. Yu also incorporates animation segments into the documentary, using Darger's original images. |
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El abrazo partido (Lost Embrace)Tuesday, September 27 @ 4:00 pm
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Argentinean filmmaker Daniel Burman writes and directs this ensemble film, a follow-up to his 2000 feature Waiting for the Messiah. Daniel Hendler plays Ariel, a young man who lives in a Jewish working-class section of Buenos Aires. Since his father went missing in the war, his mother Sonia (Adriana Aizenberg) and brother Joseph (Sergio Boris) work in the shopping and business district. With no interest in school or work, Ariel hangs out and sleeps with Rita (Silvina Bosco). He finally gets the idea to move to Poland, so asks his grandmother (Rosita Londner), ex-girlfriend Estela (Melina Petriella), and Rabbi Benderson (Norman Erlich) for help. Meanwhile, a host of characters make up Ariel's multicultural neighbourhood. |
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The First GraderPresented by: Effort TrustTuesday, September 27 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Justin Chadwick , 2010
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In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied - even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds. |
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SPARK: Igniting ChangeCo-presented by Kate and Carl Turkstra
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This signature event features accomplished leaders and a multi-media mix of film, dance, performance, music, and discussion.
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Wednesday, September 28th |
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Waiting for SupermanWednesday, September 28 @ 12:00 noon
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A shocking number of students in the United States attend schools where they have virtually no chance of learning - failure factories likelier to produce drop-outs than college graduates. And despite decades of well-intended reforms and huge sums of money spent on the problem, American public schools haven't improved markedly since the 1970s. Why? From An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim comes Waiting for 'Superman', a provocative and cogent examination of the crisis of public education in the United States told through multiple interlocking stories - from a handful of students and their families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system. |
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Bobby Fischer Against The WorldWednesday, September 28 @ 1:00 pm
Director: Liz Garbus, 2011
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Programming Partner: Ancaster Film Fest
Bobby Fischer Against the World is the first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, from his troubled childhood, to his rock star status as World Champion and Cold War icon, to his life as a fugitive on the run. This film explores one of the most infamous and mysterious characters of the 20th century. |
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3-IronWednesday, September 28 @ 4:00 pm
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A battered woman finds her soul mate in a most unusual manner in this drama from Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. Tae-suk (Jae Hee Song) is a young drifter who appears to be homeless by inclination as much as necessity; he squats in the homes of strangers while they're away, carefully seeing to it that no damage is done to the property and sometimes performing small household chores as a display of gratitude. |
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A Better LifeWednesday, September 28 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Chris Weitz, 2011
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Programming Partner: Ancaster Film Fest
From the director of About a Boy comes A Better Life - a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had. |
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Snow Flower and the Secret FanPresented by: Fred K. Walsh, CIBC Wood GundyWednesday, September 28 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Wayne Wang, 201
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In 19th-century China, seven year-old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai. Drawing on the lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection, hidden from them in the folds of the antique white silk fan, or risk losing one another forever. |
Thursday, September 29th |
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La Vita è bella (Life is Beautiful)Thursday, September 29 @ 12:00 noon
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In this tragicomedy, famed Italian funnyman Roberto Benigni portrays Guido, who moves during the '30s from the country to a Tuscan town, where he is entranced by schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi, Benigni's real-life wife). Dora likes Guido, but she remains faithful to her pompous fiancé, so Guido has an uphill struggle. Meanwhile, anti-Semitic attitudes lead to attacks against Guido's Jewish uncle (Giustino Durano). Five years later, during WWII, Guido and Dora are married and have a son Giosue (Giorgio Cantarini). After they are imprisoned in a concentration camp, Guido goes to elaborate lengths to keep his son from understanding the truth of their situation. |
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Life, Above AllPresented by: Ross & McBride LLPThursday, September 29 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Oliver Schmitz, 2010
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Just after the death of her newly-born sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumour that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth. Life, Above All is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl (Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. Directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz (Mapantsula), it is based on the international award-winning novel Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton. |
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CLiC Cinema Hamilton NightProud Partner: RBC
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A cocktail party and screening of award-winning short format films as voted by Hamilton24, Hamilton Film Festival and Hamilton Music and Film Festival. Join us as our judges vote on their choice for best short format independent film of the festivals. Doors open at 6:30 pm, screenings at 8:00 pm, followed by dancing with DJ Devon until midnight. Cash bar. Cocktail-style event, limited seating.
Featuring: Airknob (Nathan Fleet),
Entrada (Daniel Dunlop),
Showdown (Joe DiBenedetto),
I’m Gonna Stay That Way (Ryan Furlong),
Axiom (Jeremy Major and Aaron Lam),
Just Plane Me (Nastazja Palonka),
Meta 24,
Beware Pickpocket (Michael Laicini),
Night of the Living (Mark Stevenson), and
Kingdom of Frogs (Jesse Ewles).
Host: Roz Allen |
Friday, September 30th |
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Le Cirque (The Circus)Friday, September 30 @ 12:00 noon
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Programming Partner: National Film Board
In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamour and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death. Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton |
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The IllusionistFriday, September 30 @ 4:00 pm
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The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafés. Then, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever...
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TerriFriday, September 30 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Azazel Jacobs, 2011
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A hit at the Sundance Film Festival, Terri, directed by Azazel Jacobs (Momma's Man) and produced by the team behind Blue Valentine and Half Nelson, is a moving and often funny film about the relationship between Terri (Jacob Wysocki), an oversized teen misfit and the loquacious but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) who reaches out to him. |
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Another EarthPresented by: Scott W. Nichols, CIBC Wood GundyFriday, September 30 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Mike Cahill, 2011
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Rhoda Williams, a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs, has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child with his loving wife. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined. Estranged from the world and the selves they once knew, the two outsiders begin an unlikely love affair and reawaken to life. But when one is presented with the chance of a lifetime opportunity to travel to the other Earth and embrace an alternative reality, which new life will they choose? |
Break it Down & Rewind: Friday Night Festival Party - Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St W, downtown Hamilton.As the Festival winds down, this is the final official festival party. After you watch Another Earth, join us at the AGH, bring your dancing shoes, and celebrate with staff, partners, and Festival volunteers! Free admission. Cash bar. |
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2D version)
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Programming Partners: Burlington Art Centre and Encore Cinemas
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting. |
After Party - RED CANOE BISTRO, 398 John Street, downtown Burlington.Explore the treasures of the South of France at Red Canoe Bistro. Show your film tickets after the screening and enjoy complimentary French-themed hors d'oeuvres, along with featured wine from the caves of France, plus beer and cocktail specialties. Reservations recommended. |
Saturday, October 1 |
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Memory FadeSaturday, October 1 @ 11:00 am
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Presented by Hamilton Artists Inc. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Carl Brown's characteristic use of saturated colour is showcased in Memory Fade, his latest masterpiece, exquisitely crafted on dual-screen 35mm film (presented here on DVD). Employing his transformative alchemical techniques. Processed media images keep time to a spectral dance, not lost in this powerful film, but preserved eternally. Accompanied by an original composition by media artist Dan Browne. Memory Fade made its world debut in Paris at the Georges Pompidou Centre, before screening at the Jeu de Paume: Recontres Internationales Paris /Berlin /Madrid. |
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It Might Get LoudSaturday, October 1 @ 1:00 pm
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Programming Partner: Picks and Sticks Music
Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing favourite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist’s musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music from each artist. |
| Reste Avec Moi (Stay With Me)Saturday, October 1 @ 1:00 pm
Director: Robert Ménard, 2011
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
In this poignant ensemble film, lives are shaken and adversity forces the characters to re-examine what bonds them to others. Stay With Me tells the interconnected stories of people grappling with tragedies that they did not see coming. Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton |
Join us! Cocktail Reception from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at the Westdale Theatre. Cash bar. |
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GerryPresented by: G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) Ltd.Saturday, October 1 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Alain Desrochers, 2010
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
Gerry is a biographical film shot in Quebec about the Canadian rock singer Gerry Boulet (1946 – 1990) from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Written by Natalie Petrowski and directed by Alain Desrochers. Gerry was filmed in Quebec; the live concert scene where Boulet and his band Offenbach perform at the Montreal Forum required the presence of 3000 spectators.
Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton
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A Drummer's DreamSaturday, October 1 @ 4:00 pm
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Programming Partner: Picks and Sticks Music
A rare and unique assembly of some of the greatest drummers in the world. Explosive talent, passion, humour and irresistible personality come together in a magical setting when seven diverse drummers create a profound and unforgettable experience. You’ve never seen drummers like this before! Featuring Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers, Kenwood Dennard, Horacio “El-Negro” Hernadez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Mike Mangini and Raul Rekow, the film engages us with the rich music styles and influences that are as dynamic as the performers themselves. |
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HappythankyoumorepleaseSaturday, October 1 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Josh Radnor, 2010
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Programming Partners: Burlington Art Centre and Encore Cinemas
Josh Radnor (CBS' How I Met Your Mother) wrote, directed and stars in happythankyoumoreplease, centered on a group of New Yorkers struggling to figure out themselves, their lives and their loves. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam Wexler makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends-Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye. |
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The TreePresented by: The Histed Investment Group
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The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. |
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Oliver ShermanPresented by: CCXIT Computer ServicesSaturday, October 1 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Ryan Redford, 2010
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Programming Partners: Burlington Art Centre and Encore Cinemas
Tensions arise when Sherman visits the home of Franklin, a fellow soldier who saved his life back in the war. Franklin has long since moved on – to a wife, two children and a reliable job, but the stability he has worked so hard to establish is soon threatened by Sherman’s presence. The film stars Donal Logue, Molly Parker and Garret Dillahunt.
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After Party - Big Tomato Pizza Pasta Bar, 421 Brant Street, downtown Burlington.Show your film tickets after the screening and enjoy our complimentary Italian Hors d'oeuvres Party. |
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SubmarinePresented by: Tom Cosentino, CIBC Wood GundySaturday, October 1 @ 9:00 pm
Director: Richard Ayoade, 2010
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Programming Partner: 93.3 CFMU Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' sex life by charting the dimmer switch in their bedroom. He also forges suggestive love letters from his mom to dad. Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out. Based on Joe Dunthorne's acclaimed novel, Submarine is a captivating coming-of-age story with an offbeat edge. |
Casting Call After Party - London Tap House, 31 John Street South, downtown Hamilton.After the screening of Submarine, join us at the London Tap House. Come to the screening for complimentary wristband for the After Party and a chance to arrive to the party in style with Hamilton Limo! |
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MillionsSunday, October 2 @ 1:00 pm
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Ethics, being human, and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of pounds Sterling just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of. |
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La SacréePresented by: Cogeco Inc.Sunday, October 2 @ 1:00 pm
Director: Dominic Desjardins, 2011
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
François Labas is a penniless professional impostor on the verge of making it big... if he can get his girlfriend, a cosmetics queen, pregnant. His only problem is that he is sterile. Reluctantly, he must leave Montreal and go back to Fort-Aimable, his native Franco-Ontarian village, where La sacrée, an old artisanal beer with special powers, will change the destiny of the dying community and its prodigal son.
Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton
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Join us! Cocktail reception and Q+A following the screening. Cash bar. |
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Potiche (Trophy Wife)Presented by: Grant ThorntonSunday, October 2 @ 4:00 pm
Director: François Ozon, 2010
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Programming Partner: Le Centre français Hamilton Inc.
Set in 1977 in a provincial French town, Potiche is a free adaptation of the eponymous hit comic play. Catherine Deneuve is Suzanne Pujol, a submissive housebound ‘'trophy housewife' (or "potiche") who steps in to manage her wealthy and tyrannical husband’s (Fabrice Luchini) umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone’s surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when her husband returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated. Gérard Depardieu plays a former union leader and Suzanne’s ex-beau who still holds a flame for her. Festival du film Francophone de Hamilton |
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Millennium ActressSunday, October 2 @ 4:00 pm
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A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in. The key was given to her as a teenager by a painter and revolutionary that she helped to escape the police. She becomes an actress because it will make it possible to track him down, and she spends the next several decades acting out that search in various genres and eras. |
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Midnight in Paris [Second screening]Presented by: Simplex GrinnellSunday, October 2 @ 4:00 pm
Director: Woody Allen, 2011
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Programming Partners: Burlington Art Centre and Encore Cinemas
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni among others. |
Special performance by Burlington Student Theatre prior to this screening. 
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Oranges and SunshinePresented by: Ralph Manley, CIBC Wood GundySunday, October 2 @ 7:00 pm
Director: Jim Loach, 2010
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Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times; the mass deportation of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Single-handedly and against overwhelming odds, Margaret reunited thousands of families and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead and sent to children's homes on the other side of the world, where many were subjected to appalling abuse. These forgotten children were promised oranges and sunshine but they got hard labour and life in institutions. |
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