PAYS - 4PM
2017-02-02 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Pays (Boundaries)
Screening: Thursday, February 2, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and Directed by: Chloé Robichaud
Principle Cast: Emily VanCamp, Macha Grenon, Rémy Girard and Serge Houde
Drama, PG, 100 minutes, Language: French with English subtitles (Canada)

“Boundaries is an intimate study of three women navigating the male-dominated milieu of international politics, where condescension and mansplaining are the norm, and threats of lethal violence often lurk [in] the shadows.” – Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
“Basking in its understated sense of the absurd, ‘Pays’ offers insights, and laughs, at its own offbeat pace.” – T’Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette

A tiny island nation off Canada’s east coast enters the global arena when its natural resources become the focal point for international wheeling, dealing, and politicking, in this energetic political satire from Quebec director Chloé Robichaud. This fictional country of Besco seems to have frozen in time a few decades ago. Now its natural resources are up for imminent exploitation by a foreign company. Emily Price (Emily VanCamp) is an American mediator of the negotiations between Besco’s president, Danielle Richard (Macha Grenon), and a Canadian government minister, who is aided behind the scenes by his deputy, Félixe (Nathalie Doummar). The daily negotiations take place at a primary school (the area’s only neutral space large enough to host). Squished into student desks, the politicians argue fervently, each with their share of one-sided statistics and studies. Input from lobbyists, ministries, unions, and workers only muddy the waters as they try to resolve the question: in whose interest would the mining truly be? Whenever progress is made in one area, new quarrels arise in the next, making an agreement increasingly unlikely. This film gives us a profound look at its main characters’ principles and doubts, while it portrays the game they’re playing as equal parts hilarious and damning. If history has taught anyone anything, it’s that nobody seems to agree on its teachings.
Awards:
Nominated, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2017
French Trailer (film will have english subtitles):

Scene:

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PAYS - 7PM
2017-02-02 19:00
Pays (Boundaries)
Screening: Thursday, February 2, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and Directed by: Chloé Robichaud
Principle Cast: Emily VanCamp, Macha Grenon, Rémy Girard and Serge Houde
Drama, PG, 100 minutes, Language: French with English subtitles (Canada)

“Boundaries is an intimate study of three women navigating the male-dominated milieu of international politics, where condescension and mansplaining are the norm, and threats of lethal violence often lurk [in] the shadows.” – Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
“Basking in its understated sense of the absurd, ‘Pays’ offers insights, and laughs, at its own offbeat pace.” – T’Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette

A tiny island nation off Canada’s east coast enters the global arena when its natural resources become the focal point for international wheeling, dealing, and politicking, in this energetic political satire from Quebec director Chloé Robichaud. This fictional country of Besco seems to have frozen in time a few decades ago. Now its natural resources are up for imminent exploitation by a foreign company. Emily Price (Emily VanCamp) is an American mediator of the negotiations between Besco’s president, Danielle Richard (Macha Grenon), and a Canadian government minister, who is aided behind the scenes by his deputy, Félixe (Nathalie Doummar). The daily negotiations take place at a primary school (the area’s only neutral space large enough to host). Squished into student desks, the politicians argue fervently, each with their share of one-sided statistics and studies. Input from lobbyists, ministries, unions, and workers only muddy the waters as they try to resolve the question: in whose interest would the mining truly be? Whenever progress is made in one area, new quarrels arise in the next, making an agreement increasingly unlikely. This film gives us a profound look at its main characters’ principles and doubts, while it portrays the game they’re playing as equal parts hilarious and damning. If history has taught anyone anything, it’s that nobody seems to agree on its teachings.
Awards:
Nominated, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2017
French Trailer (film will have english subtitles):

Scene:

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The Apology - 4PM
2017-02-03 16:00
The Apology – Buy Tickets Now!
Friday, February 3 – 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Tiffany Hsiung
Documentary, 14A for mature content, 104 min. Languages: English and Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese with English subtitles (Canada)
The Apology follows the personal journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Some 70 years after their imprisonment, the three “grandmothers” – Grandma Gil in South Korea, Grandma Cao in China, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines – face their twilight years in fading health. After decades of living in silence and shame about their past, they know that time is running out to give a first-hand account of the truth and ensure that this horrific chapter of history is not forgotten. Whether they are seeking a formal apology or summoning the courage to finally share their secret with loved ones, their resolve moves them forward as they seize this last chance to set future generations on a course for reconciliation, healing, and justice.
Awards: Won, 2nd Place, Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2016

The Eagle Huntress - 7PM
2017-02-03 19:00
The Eagle Huntress – Buy Tickets Now!
Friday, February 3 – 7:00 pm
Sunday, February 5 – 12:30 pm (ENCORE SCREENING)
Directed by: Otto Bell | Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
Documentary, G, 87 min. Language: Kazakh with English subtitles (UK/USA/Mongolia)
The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to be an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. Set against the breathtaking expanse of the Mongolian steppe, The Eagle Huntress features some of the most awe-inspiring cinematography ever captured in a documentary, giving this intimate tale of a young girl’s quest the dramatic force of an epic narrative film. While there are many old Kazakh eagle hunters who vehemently reject the idea of any female taking part in their ancient tradition, Aisholpan’s father Nurgaiv believes that a girl can do anything a boy can, as long as she’s determined.
Watch the Trailer
Awards:
Won, 3rd place, Audience Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, 2016
Won, 2nd place, Audience Award, Aspen Filmfest, 2016
Nominated, Best First Documentary, Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2016

Tower - 1:30PM
2017-02-04 13:30
Tower – Buy Tickets Now!
Saturday, February 4 – 1:30 pm
Directed by: Ken Maitland
Documentary, 14A for violence and disturbing content, 94 min. (USA)
August 1st 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. Tower combines archival footage with rotoscopic animation of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy. The film highlights the fear, confusion, and visceral realities that changed the lives of those present, and the rest of us, forever – a day when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.

Awards:
Won, Most Innovative Documentary, Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2016
Won, Best Animated Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2016
Won, Grand Jury Prize, Dallas International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, 2016
Won, Best Documentary, dead CENTER Film Festival, 2016
Won, Special Jury Prize: Documentary Feature, Montclair Film Festival (MFF), 2016
Won, Audience Choice Award, Best Documentary Feature, RiverRun International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Louis Black/Lone Star Award and SXSW Grand Jury Award, Documentary Feature, SXSW Film Festival, 2016

Fire At Sea - 4PM
2017-02-04 16:00
Nominated for a 2017 Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature Category!

Fire At Sea (Fuocoammare) – Buy Tickets Now!
Saturday, February 4 – 4:00 pm
Written and Directed by: Gianfranco Rosi
Documentary, PG for mature theme, 108 min. Language: Italian with English subtitles (Italy/France)
Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2016, Gianfranco Rosi’s incisive, poignant and deeply moving portrait of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa – and the humanitarian crisis occurring in the seas around it – is both a masterly work of documentary filmmaking and a timely call for urgent action. Situated 150 miles south of Sicily, Lampedusa has hit headlines as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees hoping to make a new life in Europe. Focusing on 12-year-old Samuele, as he explores the land and attempts to gain mastery of the sea, the film slowly builds a breathtakingly naturalistic portrait of the Lampedusan people and the events that surround them. The result is a lyrical, poetic and searingly powerful documentary that casts neither judgement nor aspersions, but simply shows the world to the viewer – to utterly devastating effect.

Awards:
Won, Amnesty International Film Prize, Berlin International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Golden Berlin Bear, Berlin International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best Documentary Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2016
Won, Best European Documentary, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Best Cinematography, International Documentary Association, 2016
Won, Best Editing, Golden Ciak Awards, 2016
Won, Special Silver Ribbon, Documentary, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 2016
Won, Cinema Eye Honors Award, Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US, 2017

Beatles: Eight Days A Week - 7PM
2017-02-04 19:00
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years – Buy Tickets Now!
Saturday, February 4 – 7:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Ron Howard
Documentary/Music, PG, 137 min. (UK/USA)
We all know the moment. February 9th, 1964 four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever. Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. It was an event that united a nation and signaled the birth of youth culture, as we know it today. By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. It will examine the impact of those years on each of The Beatles – the toll that touring took on their relationships and the effect it had on their musical evolution, as well as the colossal boost the tours gave to their lifestyle and fame. The film will also explore the incomparable electricity between performer and audience that turned the music into a movement – a common experience into something sublime.

Awards:
Won, Best Music Documentary/Nominated Best Director (Ron Howard) Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2016
Nominated, Best Motion Picture, Documentary, Satellite Awards, 2016

The Eagle Huntress - 12:30PM
2017-02-05 12:30
The Eagle Huntress – Buy Tickets Now!
Sunday, February 5 – 12:30 pm
Directed by: Otto Bell | Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
Documentary, G, 87 min. Language: Kazakh with English subtitles (UK/USA/Mongolia)
The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to be an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. Set against the breathtaking expanse of the Mongolian steppe, The Eagle Huntress features some of the most awe-inspiring cinematography ever captured in a documentary, giving this intimate tale of a young girl’s quest the dramatic force of an epic narrative film. While there are many old Kazakh eagle hunters who vehemently reject the idea of any female taking part in their ancient tradition, Aisholpan’s father Nurgaiv believes that a girl can do anything a boy can, as long as she’s determined.
Watch the Trailer
Awards:
Won, 3rd place, Audience Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, 2016
Won, 2nd place, Audience Award, Aspen Filmfest, 2016
Nominated, Best First Documentary, Critics Choice Documentary Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2016

The Apology - 3PM
2017-02-05 15:00
The Apology – Buy Tickets Now!
Sunday, February 5 – 3:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Tiffany Hsiung
Documentary, 14A for mature content, 104 min. Languages: English and Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, Japanese with English subtitles (Canada)

We have a special guest attending for a post screening Q&A on Sunday:

Director/Writer Tiffany Hsiung

The Apology follows the personal journeys of three former “comfort women” who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Some 70 years after their imprisonment, the three “grandmothers” – Grandma Gil in South Korea, Grandma Cao in China, and Grandma Adela in the Philippines – face their twilight years in fading health. After decades of living in silence and shame about their past, they know that time is running out to give a first-hand account of the truth and ensure that this horrific chapter of history is not forgotten. Whether they are seeking a formal apology or summoning the courage to finally share their secret with loved ones, their resolve moves them forward as they seize this last chance to set future generations on a course for reconciliation, healing, and justice.
Awards: Won, 2nd Place, Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2016

How To Build A Time Machine - 6PM
2017-02-05 18:00
How To Build A Time Machine – Buy Tickets Now!
Sunday, February 5 – 6:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Jay Cheel
Documentary, G, 82 min. (Canada)
How to Build a Time Machine follows two men as they set out on a journey to build their own time machines. Rob Niosi is a stop motion animator who has spent the last 13 years obsessively constructing a full-scale replica of the time machine prop from the 1960 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. It’s his attempt to recapture the memory of seeing the film in theatres with his father. Dr. Ron Mallett is a theoretical physicist whose story begins with a tragedy. He was only 10 years old when his father died suddenly of a heart attack. Distraught, he sought solace in science-fiction. After reading The Time Machine, Ron dedicated his life to studying physics. He has since become a professor at the University of Connecticut and is now working on building a real time machine in the hopes that he might go back in time to save his father’s life.
Through these stories, we will investigate our fascination with time travel and attempt to figure out what’s so appealing about reliving the past and foreseeing the future. We will also look at the power of cinema and the ways in which science fiction storytelling has inspired real life scientific breakthroughs.

My Scientology Movie - 8PM
2017-02-05 20:00
My Scientology Movie – Buy Tickets Now!
Sunday, February 5 – 8:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Co-written and Directed by: John Dower Documentary, 14A, 99 min. (UK/USA)
Not your typical exposé. BBC doc-maker and journalist Louis Theroux teams up with director John Dower and double Academy Award winning producer Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man, Man On Wire) to explore the self-mythologizing Church of Scientology. Following a long fascination with the religion, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church’s headquarters is turned down. Inspired by the Church’s use of filming techniques, and aided by ex-members of the organization, Theroux uses actors to replay some incidents people claim they experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way it operates. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux. Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, My Scientology Movie is as outlandish as it is revealing.

Old Stone - 4PM
2017-02-16 16:00
Old Stone
Screening: Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and Directed by: Johnny Ma
Cast: Gang Chen, Nai An and Hongwei Wang
Thriller, 14A for coarse language and violence, 80 minutes, Language: Mandarin with English subtitles (Canada/China)

“Defying its somewhat generic-sounding title, Johnny Ma’s gripping criminal thriller Old Stone deploys powerful performances and eerie imagery to convey the moral breakdown of an upstanding taxi driver and the society from which he emerges.” – Clarence Tsui, Hollywood Reporter

When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man’s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi’s selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference. On the verge of losing his cab, his job and his family, Lao Shi (in a magnificent performance by Chen Gang) has to resort to desperate measures to survive.
Awards:
Won, Best Canadian First Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Feature Film, Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries, 2016
Won, Best Director & Best Screenplay, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Outstanding Male Performer, Tallgrass International Film Festival, 2016

Program is Sponsored by:

Old Stone - 8PM
2017-02-16 20:00
Old Stone
Screening: Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and Directed by: Johnny Ma
Cast: Gang Chen, Nai An and Hongwei Wang
Thriller, 14A for coarse language and violence, 80 minutes, Language: Mandarin with English subtitles (Canada/China)

“Defying its somewhat generic-sounding title, Johnny Ma’s gripping criminal thriller Old Stone deploys powerful performances and eerie imagery to convey the moral breakdown of an upstanding taxi driver and the society from which he emerges.” – Clarence Tsui, Hollywood Reporter

When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. When no police or ambulance arrive he drives the victim to the hospital, checks him in and finds himself liable for the man’s medical bills. The repercussions of Shi’s selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference. On the verge of losing his cab, his job and his family, Lao Shi (in a magnificent performance by Chen Gang) has to resort to desperate measures to survive.
Awards:
Won, Best Canadian First Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Feature Film, Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries, 2016
Won, Best Director & Best Screenplay, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Outstanding Male Performer, Tallgrass International Film Festival, 2016

Program is Sponsored by:

I, Daniel Blake - 4PM
2017-03-01 16:00
Screening: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Ken Loach
Principle Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires and Sharon Percy
Drama, 14A for mature themes and coarse language, 100 minutes (UK/France/Belgium)

“I, Daniel Blake is one of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Loach really rages against the machine here – emphatically, heroically, stoically – but the true heart of the film, the friendship between Daniel and Katie, is touching and sincere.” – CJ Johnson, ABC Radio/Australia

Daniel Blake 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Dave Johns) / Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires), British Independent Film Awards, 2016
Won, Palme d’Dor, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Hayley Squires) /Nominated Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best European Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Film European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Most Popular International Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2016

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I, Daniel Blake - 7PM
2017-03-01 19:00
Screening: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W. Barrie
Directed by: Ken Loach
Principle Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires and Sharon Percy
Drama, 14A for mature themes and coarse language, 100 minutes (UK/France/Belgium)

“I, Daniel Blake is one of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Loach really rages against the machine here – emphatically, heroically, stoically – but the true heart of the film, the friendship between Daniel and Katie, is touching and sincere.” – CJ Johnson, ABC Radio/Australia

Daniel Blake 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Dave Johns) / Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires), British Independent Film Awards, 2016
Won, Palme d’Dor, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Hayley Squires) /Nominated Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best European Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Film European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Most Popular International Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2016

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I, Daniel Blake - 9:15PM
2017-03-01 21:15
Screening: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 – 9:15 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Ken Loach
Principle Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires and Sharon Percy
Drama, 14A for mature themes and coarse language, 100 minutes (UK/France/Belgium)

“I, Daniel Blake is one of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Loach really rages against the machine here – emphatically, heroically, stoically – but the true heart of the film, the friendship between Daniel and Katie, is touching and sincere.” – CJ Johnson, ABC Radio/Australia

Daniel Blake 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Dave Johns) / Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires), British Independent Film Awards, 2016
Won, Palme d’Dor, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Hayley Squires) /Nominated Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best European Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Film European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Most Popular International Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2016

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I, Daniel Blake - 4PM
2017-03-02 16:00
Screening: Thursday, March 2, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Ken Loach
Principle Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires and Sharon Percy
Drama, 14A for mature themes and coarse language, 100 minutes (UK/France/Belgium)

“I, Daniel Blake is one of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Loach really rages against the machine here – emphatically, heroically, stoically – but the true heart of the film, the friendship between Daniel and Katie, is touching and sincere.” – CJ Johnson, ABC Radio/Australia

Daniel Blake 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Dave Johns) / Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires), British Independent Film Awards, 2016
Won, Palme d’Dor, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Hayley Squires) /Nominated Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best European Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Film European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Most Popular International Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2016

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I, Daniel Blake - 7PM
2017-03-02 19:00
Screening: Thursday, March 2, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Ken Loach
Principle Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires and Sharon Percy
Drama, 14A for mature themes and coarse language, 100 minutes (UK/France/Belgium)

“I, Daniel Blake is one of Loach’s finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plainspoken purity of Vittorio De Sica.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Loach really rages against the machine here – emphatically, heroically, stoically – but the true heart of the film, the friendship between Daniel and Katie, is touching and sincere.” – CJ Johnson, ABC Radio/Australia

Daniel Blake 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.

Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Dave Johns) / Most Promising Newcomer (Hayley Squires), British Independent Film Awards, 2016
Won, Palme d’Dor, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Hayley Squires) /Nominated Best Film, Denver International Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best European Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Film European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Stockholm Film Festival, 2016
Won, Most Popular International Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2016

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Paterson - 4PM
2017-03-16 16:00
Screening: Thursday, March 16, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Rizwan Manji, Nellie
Comedy/Drama, 14A for some coarse language, 118 minutes
(USA/Germany/France)

“A lovely fable about the fragile, fruitful and occasionally fraught relationship between creativity and everyday life.” – Geoff Andrew, Time Out
“An amazing little film that makes of simplicity its emblema so we can fall in love with its protagonist and the rest of the characters.” – Mikel Zorrilla, Blog de cine

Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer; he goes home to his wife, Laura. By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his gift for poetry. The film quietly observes the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest of details.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Adam Driver), Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Palm Dog (Nellie), Nominated Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best Actor (Adam Driver) Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2016
Nominated, Audience Award, Gotham Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actor (Adam Driver) Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2016

Every third Thursday of the month join us for Dinner & Movie night! This is an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful film at Uptown Theatre as well as a special menu offered by an amazing participating Restaurant. The two screening times – 4pm and 8pm will allow you plenty of time to enjoy a meal either after or before the show. This program will cater to two great tastes: that of a fine meal or stellar film. We recommend the delectable pairing of both dinner and movie, but of course the option is there to just go to the restaurant or the theatre. The choice is yours.
Film tickets and meals are sold separately.
Film tickets: $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors/Students
Advance tickets are available online or two weeks before each screening at the Uptown Theatre box office (in the evenings an hour before their first screening). HST is included in the ticket price.

Program is Sponsored by:

Paterson - 8PM
2017-03-16 20:00
Screening: Thursday, March 16, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Rizwan Manji, Nellie
Comedy/Drama, 14A for some coarse language, 118 minutes
(USA/Germany/France)

“A lovely fable about the fragile, fruitful and occasionally fraught relationship between creativity and everyday life.” – Geoff Andrew, Time Out
“An amazing little film that makes of simplicity its emblema so we can fall in love with its protagonist and the rest of the characters.” – Mikel Zorrilla, Blog de cine

Paterson is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer; he goes home to his wife, Laura. By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his gift for poetry. The film quietly observes the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest of details.
Awards:
Won, Best Actor (Adam Driver), Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Palm Dog (Nellie), Nominated Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Nominated, Best Actor (Adam Driver) Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2016
Nominated, Audience Award, Gotham Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actor (Adam Driver) Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2016

Every third Thursday of the month join us for Dinner & Movie night! This is an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful film at Uptown Theatre as well as a special menu offered by an amazing participating Restaurant. The two screening times – 4pm and 8pm will allow you plenty of time to enjoy a meal either after or before the show. This program will cater to two great tastes: that of a fine meal or stellar film. We recommend the delectable pairing of both dinner and movie, but of course the option is there to just go to the restaurant or the theatre. The choice is yours.
Film tickets and meals are sold separately.
Film tickets: $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors/Students
Advance tickets are available online or two weeks before each screening at the Uptown Theatre box office (in the evenings an hour before their first screening). HST is included in the ticket price.

Program is Sponsored by:

Country Crush Canadian Premiere - 7PM
2017-03-31 19:00
Presented by: Good Soldier Films and First Beacon Entertainment
Screening: Friday, March 31 – 7:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

There are only a limited amount of tickets available. Tickets are available through Glenn Coulson, contact email is below.

There will be a post screening Q&A with the Creative Team as well as these stars from the movie:

Madeline Merlo
Madeline Merlo is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. In 2015, Merlo received the “Rising Star” award from the Canadian Country Music Association.

Munro Chambers
He is an actor and is best known for his character, Eli Goldsworthy, on Degrassi and for his role on “The Latest Buzz”, as Wilder.

Country Crush Movie Premiere Packages
Crush Package – $20 (Limited tickets available)
Ticket to premiere at Uptown Theatre
Q&A with cast
VIP access (no cover, no line) to after party at Mavricks with Cast and Creative Team
Take Me Home Package – $40 (Limited tickets available)
Ticket to premiere,
Q&A with cast
VIP access (no cover, no line) to after party at Mavricks with Cast and Creative Team
Cast Signed DVD
VIP Star Package -$80 (SOLD OUT)
All the above and a private post screening party at Michael & Marion’s with special acoustic performance by Madeline Merlo, with appetizers and drink (max 60 people)

*Please note that this is an independent booking and Barrie Film Festival vouchers and passes will not be accepted for this screening.

The Producers would like to thank Downtown Barrie BIA, Kicx 106, Republic Live, Boots and Hearts, Barrie Film Festival, our local investors and friends for their support!

A Man Called Ove - 4PM
2017-04-05 16:00
Screening: April 5, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Hannes Holm
Principle Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg and Chatarina Larsson
Comedy/Drama, PG for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language, 116 minutes, Languages: Swedish with English subtitles (Sweden)

“Lassgard manages to keep us from completely hating and giving up on him at the beginning of the film – no small trick – and allows us to care for him without engaging in maudlin sentimentality at the end.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

“A nice mix of bitter and sweet, with a strong cast.” – Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly

Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards, 2017
Won, European Comedy, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, 2016
2nd place, Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016
3rd Place Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actor, Rolf Lassgård, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2016

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A Man Called Ove - 7PM
2017-04-05 19:00
Screening: April 5, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Hannes Holm
Principle Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg and Chatarina Larsson
Comedy/Drama, PG for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language, 116 minutes, Languages: Swedish with English subtitles (Sweden)

“Lassgard manages to keep us from completely hating and giving up on him at the beginning of the film – no small trick – and allows us to care for him without engaging in maudlin sentimentality at the end.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
“A nice mix of bitter and sweet, with a strong cast.” – Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly

Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards, 2017
Won, European Comedy, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, 2016
2nd place, Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016
3rd Place Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actor, Rolf Lassgård, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2016

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A Man Called Ove - 9:30PM
2017-04-05 21:30
Screening: April 5, 2017 – 9:30 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Hannes Holm
Principle Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg and Chatarina Larsson
Comedy/Drama, PG for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language, 116 minutes, Languages: Swedish with English subtitles (Sweden)

“Lassgard manages to keep us from completely hating and giving up on him at the beginning of the film – no small trick – and allows us to care for him without engaging in maudlin sentimentality at the end.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
“A nice mix of bitter and sweet, with a strong cast.” – Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly

Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards, 2017
Won, European Comedy, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, 2016
2nd place, Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016
3rd Place Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actor, Rolf Lassgård, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

A Man Called Ove - 4PM
2017-04-06 16:00
Screening: April 6, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Hannes Holm
Principle Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg and Chatarina Larsson
Comedy/Drama, PG for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language, 116 minutes, Languages: Swedish with English subtitles (Sweden)

“Lassgard manages to keep us from completely hating and giving up on him at the beginning of the film – no small trick – and allows us to care for him without engaging in maudlin sentimentality at the end.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
“A nice mix of bitter and sweet, with a strong cast.” – Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly

Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards, 2017
Won, European Comedy, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, 2016
2nd place, Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016
3rd Place Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actor, Rolf Lassgård, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

A Man Called Ove - 7PM
2017-04-06 19:00
Screening: April 6, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Hannes Holm
Principle Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg and Chatarina Larsson
Comedy/Drama, PG for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language, 116 minutes, Languages: Swedish with English subtitles (Sweden)

“Lassgard manages to keep us from completely hating and giving up on him at the beginning of the film – no small trick – and allows us to care for him without engaging in maudlin sentimentality at the end.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
“A nice mix of bitter and sweet, with a strong cast.” – Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly

Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Awards, 2017
Won, European Comedy, European Film Awards, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Cabourg Romantic Film Festival, 2016
2nd place, Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016
3rd Place Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Actor, Rolf Lassgård, Seattle International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Audience Award, Traverse City Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

My American Cousin - 7PM
2017-04-19 19:00
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Canada On Screen | National Canadian Film Day 150

My American Cousin
Screening: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Admission: FREE
Written and Directed by: Sandy Wilson
Comedy/Drama, PG for adult situation and language, 94 minutes
(CANADA)
“The film works a gentle spell around its viewer, and ends up leaving an unexpected lasting impression.” – Dustin Putnam TheFilmFile.com
Now a classic of our national cinema, writer-director Sandy Wilson’s charming film à clef is both an affecting coming-of-age tale and a witty meditation on Canadian-American cultural tensions. Sandy Wilcox (Margaret Langrick) is a preteen growing up in the 1950s in B.C.’s Okanagan, where she’s bored (“Nothing ever happens!”) and also tired of being treated like a child. Everything changes with the arrival of Butch (John Wildman), her dreamy, red-convertible-driving cousin from California, who seems to embody everything exciting Sandy’s been longing for. My American Cousin was a popular hit at home and abroad, and won six Genie Awards — for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress (Langrick), Actor (Wildman), and Editing (Haida Paul). Arriving on the heels of The Grey Fox, it also solidified B.C.’s ascendance as an important filmmaking centre — and was a rallying cry for women in film everywhere!

Tickets are FREE and will be available at the Uptown Theatre box office April 19th starting at 6:00 pm, on a first come first serve basis.

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The Salesman - 4PM
2017-04-20 16:00
Screening: Thursday, April 20, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti and Babak Karimi
Drama, 14A for mature theme, language may offend, and a brief bloody image, 125 min., Persian with English Subtitles (Iran/France)

“The Salesman engages with the choices of its characters, and their consequences, with a particular urgency. That is Asghar Fahardi’s gift, and it should not be undervalued.”– Jason Bailey, Flavorwire

Forced to leave their apartment due to a dangerous construction project in a neighbouring building, a young Iranian couple moves to the center of Tehran where they become embroiled in a life-altering situation involving the previous tenant. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, who also helmed the Oscar-winning feature A Separation.
Awards:
Won, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, USA, 2017
Nominated, Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language, Golden Globes, USA, 2017
Won, Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) & Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Foreign Language Film, National Board of Review, USA, 2016
Won, Best International Film, Munich Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Motion Picture, International Film, Satellite Awards, 2016
Won, Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Film, World Cinema Amsterdam, 2016
Nominated, Critics Choice Award: Best Foreign Language Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2016

Program is Sponsored by:

Contact the following sponsoring restaurant to make your reservation and inquire about their special Barrie Film Festival Dinner & Movie Menu!

The North Restaurant
49 Mary St., Barrie, ON
705-812-2192

Groovy Tuesday’s Bistro
73 Collier St. Barrie
705-721-0302

The Salesmen - 8PM
2017-04-20 20:00
Screening: Thursday, April 20, 2017 – 8:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti and Babak Karimi
Drama, 14A for mature theme, language may offend, and a brief bloody image, 125 min., Persian with English Subtitles (Iran/France)

“The Salesman engages with the choices of its characters, and their consequences, with a particular urgency. That is Asghar Fahardi’s gift, and it should not be undervalued.”– Jason Bailey, Flavorwire

Forced to leave their apartment due to a dangerous construction project in a neighbouring building, a young Iranian couple moves to the center of Tehran where they become embroiled in a life-altering situation involving the previous tenant. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, who also helmed the Oscar-winning feature A Separation.
Awards:
Won, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, USA, 2017
Nominated, Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language, Golden Globes, USA, 2017
Won, Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) & Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Foreign Language Film, National Board of Review, USA, 2016
Won, Best International Film, Munich Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Motion Picture, International Film, Satellite Awards, 2016
Won, Special Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival, 2016
Won, Best Film, World Cinema Amsterdam, 2016
Nominated, Critics Choice Award: Best Foreign Language Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2016

Program is Sponsored by:

Contact the following sponsoring restaurant to make your reservation and inquire about their special Barrie Film Festival Dinner & Movie Menu!
The North Restaurant
49 Mary St., Barrie, ON
705-812-2192
Groovy Tuesday’s Bistro
73 Collier St. Barrie
705-721-0302

Burn Your Maps - 4PM
2017-05-03 16:00
Screening: May 3, 2017 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Written and Directed by: Jordan Roberts
Principle Cast: Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, Virginia Madsen, Marton Csokas, Suraj Sharma
Adventure/Drama, PG mature thematic elements including some mature sexual material and brief strong language, 102 minutes (USA)

Based on the short story of the same name by Robyn Joy Leff. In this film adaptation, an eight-year-old boy named Wes (Jacob Tremblay, The Room) has an existential epiphany after a family tragedy, and becomes convinced that he is actually a Mongolian goat herder. He uses the help of an aspiring filmmaker to convince his parents to take a soul-searching journey to a village in Mongolia, where Wes believes he belongs.

Awards:
Won – Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Calgary International Film Festival, 2016
Won – 1st Place, American Indie Competition, Leiden International Film Festival, 2016
Won – Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Gold Coast International Film Festival, 2016

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