Barrie Film Festival

Papi Chulo - 4PM
2019-06-06 16:00 - 17:38, 2019-06-05 16:00 - 17:38 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Papi Chulo

Screening:
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, June 6, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: John Butler
Cast: Matt Bomer, Alejandro Patino, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Elena Campbell-Martinez
Drama/Comedy, 14A – mild language, non-sexual nudity, adult content, not recommended for children, 98 minutes (Ireland)

“Apart from fantastic performances from its cast, especially Bomer and Patiño, Papi Chulo’s biggest strength is the subtlety and grace with which it deals with the wide cross-section of issues it touches upon.” – Bedatri D. Choudhury, Vague Visages

“It’s the synergistic performances of Matt Bomer, playing raw and broken, and Alejandro Patino, conveying decency and nonjudgmental compassion behind his deadpan raised eyebrows, that makes the movie click.” – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

Following his acclaimed coming-of-age film Handsome Devil, Irish writer-director John Butler returns with this poignant and very timely story of two worlds colliding in the same great city — and the delightfully unlikely friendship that emerges.
Devastated with heartbreak, a Los Angeles TV weatherman, Sean (Matt Bomer), has an on-air meltdown in the midst of predicting a heat wave. The station insists he take a sabbatical and his friends urge him to find someone to talk to, but Sean opts to swap self-care for home improvement. From a huddle of men seeking day labour outside the hardware store, Sean hires Ernesto (a brilliantly deadpan Alejandro Patiño) to paint his deck.
Their initially straightforward business arrangement rapidly extends to strolling and boating excursions during which Sean tells Ernesto all about himself, despite the fact that the two don’t share a common language. In fact, this affluent, white, gay celebrity and this working class, Mexican father of five don’t appear to have much in common at all. Does Sean want a tradesman or a sounding board? And just how much immersion in Sean’s emotional mire can Ernesto be expected to bear?
At once a heartwarming examination of empathy in action, a charming culture-clash comedy, and a sharp critique of xenophobic stereotypes, Papi Chulo reminds us of the importance of truly seeing others… even while tending to our own internal wounds. (MICHÈLE MAHEUX, TIFF)

Papi Chulo - 7PM
2019-06-05 19:00 - 20:38 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Ghostbusters - RESCHEDULED to June 8
2019-06-01 21:00 | Programs
Rescheduling due to rain – see you June 8th!

Ghostbusters (1984)
Saturday, June 8, 2019 – Updated
at dusk, weather permitting
Centennial Beach, Barrie
Admission is FREE
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, William Atherton, David Margulies
Action/Comedy/Fantasy, Rated PG for scary scenes, mild language and suggestive content, 105 min. (USA)

When Doctors Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) suddenly find themselves downsized from the University’s parapsychology department, they decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghastly ghosts, unappetizing apparitions and the occasional insolent succubae. But the paratroopers of the paranormal face their greatest challenge when the beautiful Dana Barret (Sigourney Weaver) discovers her refrigerator door leads directly to the gates of hell! Now with the whole world watching, it’s up to the Ghostbusters to keep Manhattan from becoming a madhouse in this hilariously-haunting action-comedy.

Presented by The City of Barrie in partnership with the Barrie Film Festival.

Goalie - 7PM
2019-05-16 19:00 - 20:59 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Goalie
Screening: Thursday, May 16, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Co-written and Directed by: Adriana Maggs
Cast: Mark O’Brien, Kevin Pollak, Georgina Reilly
Drama/Sports/Biography, PG, 119 minutes (Canada)

“Director Maggs tells a tough, sympathetic story in an imaginative way that makes Goalie feel like a war story.” – Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail

The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Even with a wife and seven children at home, he is haunted by the void left from his childhood which he tried to fill with cheering crowds. Following Sawchuk from his youth in Winnipeg in the 1930s to Detroit, Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York between 1950 and 1970, his 103 shutouts, and 400 stitches to his face, this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.

The film is based in part on the award-winning book of poetry, Night Work, by Randall Maggs and the only authorized biography, Sawchuk: The Troubles and Triumphs of the World’s Greatest Goalie by David Dupuis. Goalie was filmed on location in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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Film tickets: $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors/Students
Advance tickets are available one week before screening online and at the Uptown Theatre box office (in the evenings an hour before their first screening). HST is included in the ticket price.

Goalie - 4PM
2019-05-16 16:00 - 17:59 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Wild Rose - 7PM
2019-05-02 19:00 - 20:41, 2019-05-01 19:00 - 20:41 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Wild Rose

Screening:
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, May 2, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Directed by: Tom Harper
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, James Harkness, Neill McColl
Comedy/Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, mature thematics, some sexuality, 101 min. (United Kingdom)

“Wild Rose is so much fun that you only half notice its left-turn from the star-is-born setup to something altogether richer and more emotionally satisfying.” – Jamie Dunn, The Skinny

“A happy-sad drama of star struck fever that lifts you up and sweeps you along, touching you down in a puddle of well-earned tears.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“A beautiful story told with a huge amount of tenderness and love for its unconventional heroine. Jessie Buckley is one of the brightest stars in our sky right now.” – Linda Marric, HeyUGuys

“Entirely delightful, fresh as a Scottish summer evening.” – Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter

Young single mother Rose-Lynn Harlan (former musical reality talent show contestant Jessie Buckley, who came in second on the BBC show I’d Do Anything), 23, lives in Glasgow, but dreams of becoming a country star in Nashville.
After spending a year in prison on drug-related offences, Rose-Lynn goes home to her mother (Julie Walters), who has been taking care of Rose-Lynn’s two young children. Rose-Lynn is indifferent to her kids, seeing them as an impediment on her road to stardom.
Once a singer at a local country music club, Rose-Lynn now has a strict parole curfew and an ankle monitor, which precludes her from returning to the stage. Instead, she finds a job as a housekeeper for an English woman, Susannah (Sophie Okonedo), during the day. When Susannah and her children hear Rose-Lynn singing while working, they become fans and want to help her reach her dreams.

Wild Rose - 4PM
2019-05-02 16:00 - 17:41, 2019-05-01 16:00 - 17:41 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

At Eternity's Gate - 7PM
2019-04-18 19:00 - 20:51 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
At Eternity’s Gate

Screening: Thursday, April 18, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Co-Written and Directed by: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Oscar Isaac
Biography/Drama, 14A for mature thematic content, 111 minutes, Language: English and French with English subtitles (Switzerland/Ireland/UK/France/USA)

“Dafoe’s elegiac quality hints at why the artist was ahead of his time: because he saw more than anyone else could. It’s a towering performance in a movie that casts a magnetic spell.” – Chris Hewitt, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Memorable moments come from its series of penetrating philosophical conversations… Dafoe expertly plays the keenness of Van Gogh’s intellect and creativity against his searing drive, his raw emotions, and the haunting that was his depression.” – Peter Canvese, Groucho Reviews
“Dafoe adds another masterful performance to his resume; his work here is as deep and as piercing as his performance in “The Last Temptation of Christ” more than 30 years ago.” – Adam Graham, Detroit News

Academy Award® Nominee Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite scepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh’s (Academy Award® Nominee Willem Dafoe) letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented.

AWARDS: 3 Wins, 15 Nominations!
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), Academy Awards, USA, 2019
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe) Golden Globes, USA, 2019
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2019
Winner, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe)/Nominated Best Film, Venice Film Festival, 2018
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), International Cinephile Society Awards, 2019
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), Satellite Awards, 2019
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2018
Nominated, Best Actor (Willem Dafoe), Indiewire Critics’ Poll, 2018

At Eternity's Gate - 4PM
2019-04-18 16:00 - 17:51 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

You Are Here: A Come From Away Story - 7PM
2019-04-17 19:00 - 20:24 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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A FREE SCREENING and GUEST Q&A for National Canadian Film Day • April 17, 2019
NCFD is a massive one-day, coast-to-coast-to-coast celebration of Canadian cinema.

You Are Here: A Come From Away Story – includes guest Q&A!

Wednesday, April 17 – 7:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Admission: FREE (tickets available at Uptown box office)
Directed by: Moze Mossanen
Documentary, PG, 84 minutes (Canada)

What would you do if 6,600 people unexpectedly landed in your small town with no place to stay? For the 11,000 people of Gander, Newfoundland, this incredible event happened in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, when nearly 40 planes are rerouted and grounded there. This documentary shows how this town in Newfoundland came together to feed, shelter and support all of the stranded airline passengers for 6 days. With interviews from a selection of airline passengers and residents of the town, this emotional and inspirational documentary tells the incredible true story that inspired the smash-hit musical Come From Away.

Guest Q&A with Director Moze Mossanen

Moze Mossanen is a director, writer and producer who has created a body of popular and critically acclaimed work that have included a unique blend of drama, documentary, music and performance. These films “Year of the Lion” (winner of three Gemini Awards and the Jury Prize at the Yorkton Film Festival); “Roxana” (winner of two Golden Sheaf awards, the CSC Award for Cinematography and two Gemini Awards); and “Nureyev” (winner of the Golden Sheaf Award and two Gemini awards, including one for Best Direction for Moze). His 2013 doc, “Unsung”, a documentary about the world of show choirs, won the Canadian Screen Award in 2015. CBC aired his 2018 feature doc, “My Piece of the City”, in September 2018. His most recent feature doc, “You Are Here”, about the actual people who inspired the current Broadway hit, “Come From Away”, was released on HBO Canada in September 2018. The film won the Audience Award at CineFest in October 2018 and two CSA Awards including Best Documentary in March 2019.

If Beale Street Could Talk - 7PM
2019-04-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2019-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
If Beale Street Could Talk
Screening:
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, April 4, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Adapted and Directed by: Barry Jenkins
Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King and Brian Tyree Henry
Drama, 18A – mature theme, sexual content, language may offend, 117 minutes (USA)

“This movie works as a timeless romance, a family drama, a legal thriller and a poignant social commentary. A great American novel has been turned into a great American film.” – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

“If a powerful kick to your gut’s sense of social justice is what you’re looking for, you can’t do any better.” – Jeff Stickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“That’s pure cinema. What Baldwin does with words, Mr. Jenkins does visually.” – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple’s unbreakable bond and the African-American family’s empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne). A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James). Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Through the unique intimacy and power of cinema, If Beale Street Could Talk honours the author, James Baldwin prescient words and imagery, charting the emotional currents navigated in an unforgiving and racially biased world as the filmmaker poetically crosses time frames to show how love and humanity endure.

AWARDS: 87 Wins, 154 Nominations!
Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Regina King), Academy Awards, USA, 2019
Winner, Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Regina King), Golden Globes, USA, 2019
Nominated Best Motion Picture (Drama)/Best Screenplay (Motion Picture), Golden Globes, USA, 2019
Nominated, Best Adapted Screenplay/Original Music, BAFTA Awards, 2019
Winner, Movie of the Year, AFI Awards, USA, 2019
Winner, Best Supporting Actress (Regina King)/Best Independent Film, African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk - 4PM
2019-04-04 16:00 - 17:00, 2019-04-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Ramen Shop - 7PM
2019-03-21 19:00 - 20:29 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Ramen Shop
(Ramen Teh)
Screening: Thursday, March 21, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Director: Eric Khoo
Cast: Takumi Saito, Mark Lee, Jeanette Aw, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Tetsuya Bessho, Beatrice Chien, Seiko Matsuda
Drama, PG, 89 min., Language: Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese with English subtitles (Singapore/Japan/France)

“From start to finish, Ramen Teh is a joy, and while it caters to some bittersweet sentimentality, there is also a resounding hopefulness which lingers.” – Tyanan Yanaga, Film Inquiry

“A surprising and endearing allegory about memory, forgiveness and talent served in the form of a gastronomic comedy. Ramen Teh does for the noodles more than what Whiplash did for the drumsticks.” – Sergio, Huidobro, Cine Premiere

“Director Eric Khoo has given us what is possibly the best film about a fictional gastronomical world ever made.” – Alberto Luchini, El Mundo (Spain)

Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red notebook – filled with musings and old photos – left behind by his Singaporean mother who died when he was just ten years old. Acting on a hunch, he takes off for Singapore with the notebook, hoping to piece together the story of his life, as well as that of his parents. This incredible culinary journey uncovers a lot more than family secrets and delicious recipes.

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Ramen Shop - 4PM
2019-03-21 16:00 - 17:29 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Cold War - 7pm
2019-03-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2019-03-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Cold War (ZIMNA WOJNA)

Screening:
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, March 7, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Co-written and Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza and Cédric Kahn
Drama, 14A, some sexual content, nudity and language, 89 min., Language: Polish/French/German/Russian/Italian/Croatian with English subtitles (Poland/UK/France)

“Pawlikowski remains a director to watch and Cold War is a film to watch again and again.” – Peter Howell, Toronto Star
“It’s as verbally spare as it is visually spellbinding.” – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
“Set against shifting political and musical environments and spanning at least four countries and 15 years, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War is a gorgeous and mournful ode to star-crossed lovers that feels equally sweeping and intimate.” – Hope Madden, Columbus Underground

Cold War is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, it’s the tale of a couple separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate – an impossible love story in impossible times.

AWARDS: 32 wins, 100 nominations!

Nominated, 3 Oscars – Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Academy Awards, USA, 2019
Nominated, Best Film not in the English Language, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, David Lean Award for Direction, BAFTA, 2019
Nominated, Outstanding Cinematography, American Society of Cinematographers, 2019
Winner, Best Polish Film, Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards, 2018
Nominated, Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2018
Nominated Best International Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2018

Cold War - 4pm
2019-03-07 16:00 - 17:30, 2019-03-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Bathtubs Over Broadway - 8PM
2019-02-24 20:00 - 21:27 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Screens:
Saturday, February 23 – 2:15 pm
Sunday, February 24 – 8:00 pm – festival closer

Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Co-written and directed by: Dava Whisenant
With: David Letterman, Florence Henderson, Jello Biafra, Martin Short and Chita Rivera
Comedy/Documentary, PG for brief language, 87 minutes (USA)

“Anyone who loves musical theater owes it to themselves to see “Bathtubs Over Broadway,” a delightful deep-dive documentary into one man’s obsession with the obscure world of industrial musicals…” – Peter Debruge, Variety

“By presenting the gleeful idiosyncrasy of these artists’ flamboyantly poetic renderings of arch-prosaic subjects, Young and Whisenant confront colossal matters of aesthetic theory with a sly wink.” – Richard Brody, New Yorker

When he started as a comedy writer for the “Late Show With David Letterman”, Steve Young had few interests outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever. Bizarre cast recordings marked “internal use only” revealed full-throated Broadway-style musical shows about some of the most recognizable corporations in America: General Electric, McDonald’s, Ford, DuPont, Xerox. Steve didn’t know much about musical theater, but these recordings delighted him in a way that nothing ever had. While tracking down rare albums, unseen footage, composers and performers, Steve forms unlikely friendships and discovers that this discarded musical genre starring tractors and bathtubs was bigger than Broadway.

Awards: 10 Wins, 10 Nominations

Winner, SummerDocs Audience Award, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Humour & Humanity Award, Heartland International Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Audience Award, Nantucket Film Festival, 2018
Nominee, Top 20 Audience Favourites, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2018
Winner, Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award, Tribeca Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Most Popular International Documentary Film, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Exuberance in Documentary Filmmaking, Traverse City Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Honorable Mention, Gibson Music Films/Music City Corporation, Nashville Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Audience Choice Award, Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, Alabama, 2018
Nominated, Audience Award/Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation, Cinema Eye Honours Awards, US, 2019

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World Before Your Feet - 6PM
2019-02-24 18:00 - 19:35 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The World Before Your Feet
Sunday, February 24, 6:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Director: Jeremy Workman
With: Matt Green
Documentary, PG, 95 min. (USA)

“Utterly charming!” – Roger Moore, Movie Nation

“The busy metropolis may be a flurry of activity that is impossible to grasp in its entirety, but, the movie gently argues, it reveals rich stories at every step-if only you take the time to stop and ask.” – Pat Padua, Spectrum Culture

“Uplifting. Enlightening. Life-affirming.” – Los Angeles Times

There are 8,000 miles of roads and paths in New York City and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all – every street, park, cemetery, beach, and bridge. It’s a five-borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of the Bronx to the forests of Staten Island, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, with Matt amassing a surprisingly detailed knowledge of New York’s history and people along the way.
Something of a modern-day Thoreau, Matt gave up his former engineering job, his apartment, and most of his possessions, sustaining his endeavour through couch-surfing, cat-sitting and a $15-per-day budget. He’s not sure exactly why he’s doing it, only knowing that there’s no other way he’d rather spend his days. The World Before Your Feet is a tribute to an endlessly fascinating city and the freedom to be found, wherever you live, in simply taking a walk.

Awards: 1 Win, 4 Nominations

Nominated, Best Documentary, Denver International Film Festival, 2018
Nominee, Metropolis Grand Jury Prize, DOC NYC, 2018
Winner, Special Jury Prize-Documentary, Independent Film Festival of Boston, 2018
Nominated, Best Documentary, Nashville Film Festival, 2018
Nominated, Grand Jury Award, Documentary Feature, SXSW Film Festival, 2018

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Gurrumul - 4PM
2019-02-24 16:00 - 17:36 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Gurrumul
Screening: Sunday, February 24, 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Written and Directed by: Paul Damien Williams
With: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Mark Grose, Michael Hohnen and Sting
Documentary, PG, 96 min. Language: English and Yolngu Matha with subtitles (Australia)

“A heartfelt, affectionate and admiring celebration of Yunupingu’s success completely on his own terms, it’s not a cinematic eulogy but rather a rare and haunting glimpse at one of the country’s most significant music talents.” – Sarah Ward, Concrete Playground

“Expertly combining performance, tour, media and behind-the-scenes footage, it’s a portrait that lives up to the musician at its centre, and one that’s as affecting as Yunupingu’s haunting songs.” – Sarah Ward, Flicks.com.au

“Moving, mesmerising and genuinely from the heart, the extraordinary new Australian documentary holds a mirror to the unique life and music of the late indigenous singer-songwriter Gurrumul Yunupingu.” – Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia)

Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia. Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music inspired by his community and country on Elcho Island in far North East Arnhem Land. Living a traditional Yolngu life, his breakthrough album ‘Gurrumul’ brought him to a crossroads as audiences and artists around the world began to embrace his music.

Awards: 2 Wins, 5 Nominations

Winner, Best Documentary Feature Film, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2018
Nominee, Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, 2018
Winner, Best Sound for a Documentary, Australian Screen Sound Guild, 2018

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My Mother's Letters - 2PM
2019-02-24 14:00 - 15:27 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
My Mother’s Letters

(Les lettres de ma mère)

Screening: Sunday, February 24, 2:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Written and Directed by: Serge Giguère
Documentary/Biography, PG, 87 min. Language: French with English subtitles (Canada)

In this very personal and poetic film, veteran documentarian Serge Giguère pores through 100 letters written by his late mother to him and his 15 siblings. In them, she details the trials and tribulations of raising 16 children in rural Quebec, while helping to run a family carpentry business. Through inventive and playful techniques, Giguère brings the stories alive, applying creative approaches to family photographs, archival footage and staged re-enactments. He mixes his mother’s stories with his own memories and those of his siblings, some of whom hear for the first time what their mother had to say about them. Through these intertwining stories, the film presents not only a testament of a mother’s complicated love for her many children, but also offers an intimate look at 1950s working class Quebec. (Aisha Jamal/Hot Docs Film Festival)

Awards:
Compétition Nationale Longs métrages – RIDM 2017

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Stan & Ollie - 12PM
2019-02-24 12:00 - 13:37 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Stan & Ollie
Screening:
Saturday, February 23, 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 24, 12:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda and Danny Huston, Rufus Jones
Biography/Comedy/Drama, PG for some language/smoking, 97 min.
(United Kingdom/Canada/USA)

“Stan & Ollie has plenty to say about the things that bring us together, and the things that keep us together.” – Adam Graham, Detroit News

“A delightful romp with the duo considered by some to be the best comedy team of the 20th century.” – Harvey S. Karten, Big Apple Reviews

“Stan & Ollie is a joyous ode to an iconic duo’s final few years that portrays its subjects with the love and attention its audience craves.” – Gus Edgar, Film Inquiry

Laurel & Hardy, one of the world’s great comedy teams, set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shines through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan & Ollie can’t quite shake the spectre of Laurel and Hardy’s past; the long-buried ghosts, coupled with Oliver’s failing health, start to threaten their precious partnership. A portrait of the most tender and poignant of creative marriages, they are aware that they may be approaching their swan song, trying to rediscover just how much they mean to each other.

Awards: 2 Wins, 19 Nominations
Nominated, Golden Globe, Best Performance of an Actor – Musical or Comedy (John C. Reilly), Golden Globes, USA, 2019
Nominated, Best Actor (Steve Coogan)/Best Supporting Actress (Nina Arianda)/Best Casting/Best Costume Design, British Independent Film, 2018
Winner, BSFC Award, Best Actor (John C. Reilly), Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2018
Winner, SDFCS Award, Best Body of Work (John C. Reilly), San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, 2017

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Stan & Ollie - 8PM
2019-02-23 20:00 - 21:37 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Muhi - Generally Temporary - 6PM
2019-02-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Muhi – Generally Temporary
Saturday, February 23, 6:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

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Directors: Rina Castelnuovo and Tamir Elterman
With: Muhammad El-Farrah, Hamuda Abu Naim El Farrah and Buma Inbar
Documentary, PG, 89 min. Language: Hebrew and Arabic with English Subtitles
(Germany/Israel)

“With chubby cheeks, a goofy smile, and an inquisitive manner, the film’s namesake brings joy to Muhi.” – Zach Rausnitz, Washington City Paper

For the past seven years Muhi, a brave and spirited Palestinian boy has been living in an Israeli hospital, unable to return to his home in Gaza. Caught between two worlds and two peoples, Muhi is raised in paradoxical circumstances that transcend identity, religion and the conflict that divides his world. His time at the hospital is running out and Muhi now faces the most critical choices of his life.

Awards: 1 Win, 7 Nominations

Nominated, Audience Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Best Documentary, Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, 2017
Winner, Israeli Competition/Debut Film, DocAviv Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Best Film, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Audience Award/Best Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2017
Nominated, Human Rights Competition, Istanbul International Film Festival, 2018
Nominated, Best Documentary Feature, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2017

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