Barrie Film Festival

Honeyland - 4PM
2020-02-20 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening:
Thursday, February 20, 2020 – 4:00 pm
Saturday, February 22, 2020 – 12:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska
With: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
Documentary, PG for some coarse language, 85 min., Languages: Turkish with English subtitles (Macedonia)

“Honeyland really is a miraculous feat, shot over three years as if by invisible camera – not a single furtive glance is directed towards the film-makers.”– Cath Clarke, Guardian

“One of the most visually beautiful, even exhilarating movies of 2019.” – Tim Brayton, Alternate Ending

“This is one of the best movies of the year… Over and over again while I was watching it, I was asking myself “How did they get that shot?”…” – Christy Lemire, FilmWeek, NPR LA

Nestled in an isolated mountain region deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a village without roads, electricity or running water. She’s the last in a long line of wild beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city – a mere four hours walk away. Hatidze’s peaceful existence is thrown into upheaval by the arrival of an itinerant family, with their roaring engines, seven rambunctious children and herd of cattle. Hatidze optimistically meets the promise of change with an open heart, it doesn’t take long however, before a conflict evolves that exposes the fundamental tension between nature and humanity, harmony and discord, exploitation and sustainability.

Awards: 31 wins, 43 nominations
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature/Best International Feature Film, Academy Awards, 2020
Winner, World Cinema Documentary/Cinematography Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2019
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature Film, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2020
Winner, Best Documentary, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2019
Nominee, Best Documentary, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2019
Winner, Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, 2019
Nominee, European Documentary, European Film Awards, 2019
Winner, Bet Cinematography/Nominee Best Director and Best Feature, International Documentary Association, 2019

Tickets are available online By Clicking Here, or at the Uptown Theatre during the festival (Feb 20-23, 2020). Box office opens 1 hour before showtime.
Reel Stories is sponsored by Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Michael & Marion’s, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing, Stewart Esten LLP, Ingrid and John Van Der Marel.

The Song of Names - 7PM
2020-02-06 19:00, 2020-02-05 19:00
Screenings:
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, February 6, 2020 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: François Girard
Principal Cast: Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Saul Rubinek
Drama, PG for violence and coarse language, 113 min. (Canada/Hungary)

“[François] Girard proves once again that he’s a master of music. By weaving both original compositions and classic works flawlessly into the film, The Song of Names becomes a solemn reflection on war and a lost brotherhood.” – Sara Clements, Flick Feast

Tim Roth and Clive Owen star in François Girard’s latest sweeping historical drama, about a man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.

With The Song of Names, acclaimed filmmaker François Girard returns to the classical music milieu of his seminal The Red Violin. And like that film, The Song of Names sets personal, professional, and family tragedies against sweeping historical events.

Awards:

Nominee, Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019
Nominee, Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film, Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards, 2020

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The Song of Names - 4PM
2020-02-06 16:00, 2020-02-05 16:00

Marriage Story - 7PM
2020-01-16 19:00
Screening: Thursday, January 16, 2020 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern and Wallace Shawn
Drama, 14A for coarse language and sexual references throughout, 136 minutes (USA/UK)

“One of the most realistic and genuinely told love stories I have ever seen. Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson & Laura Dern are perfect.” – Lauren Veneziani, WBAL-TV

“Johansson and Driver are remarkably, heartbreakingly good in every scene; showing their characters’ journeys to an unflinching camera, letting the gap between them get wider yet unable, for their son’s sake, to completely walk away.” – Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

“It’s a triumph, a mix of pleasure and pain that cuts so deep it leaves a scar. It hurts, but it hurts so good.” – Adam Graham, Detroit News

New York theatre director Charlie (Adam Driver) and actress Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes. For years, Nicole, who was once a successful Hollywood actress, has wanted to return to Los Angeles, but Charlie has no interest in moving. When she relocates with their eight-year-old son, Henry (Azhy Robertson), things get ugly between the two spouses. Charlie has to fly back and forth to see Henry, while their legal teams drive wedges between the two, who at first, began their separation amicably. (synopsis from tribute.ca)

Awards:
Nominee, Best Actress in a Drama (Johansson)/Best Actor in a Drama (Driver)/Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Dern) /Best Screenplay/Best Original Score/Best Motion Picture-Drama, Golden Globes, USA, 2020
Nominee, Best Picture/Best Supporting Actress/Best Director/Best Screenwriter/Readers’Choice, AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, 2020
Winner, Best Actor (Adam Driver)/Nominee Top Ten Films (3rd Place) Atlanta Film Critics Circle, 2019
Nominee/Best International Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards, 2019
Nominee, Best Picture/Best Actor/Best Actress/Best Supporting Actress/Best Acting Ensemble/Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2020
Winner, Robert Altman Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2020

Program is Sponsored by:

Marriage Story - 4PM
2020-01-16 16:00

From the Vine - 7PM
2020-01-09 19:00, 2020-01-08 19:00
Screenings:
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, January 9, 2020 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Directed by: Sean Cisterna
Principal Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Wendy Crewson, Marco Leonardi, Paula Brancati, Kevin Hanchard
Comedy/Drama, Not Rated, 97 minutes, Language: English and Italian with English subtitles (Canada/Italy)

Includes Q&A with Producer/Director Sean Cisterna

“Cisterna has always had a good sense of story, it all has a genuine flow to it as we move along and it really has a strong sense of self. That kind of narrative confidence not only comes from the script, from the director leading the ship.” “ – David Voigt, IN THE SEATS

From the Vine is the heartwarming story of a middle-aged corporate executive who has all but lost his way, and travels abroad in hopes of finding the missing piece. What he discovers is a vineyard on the brink of ruin, and a desire within to breathe new life into it.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Kenneth Cancellara, Finding Marco, the film takes us on an emotional journey of loss, rebirth and self-discovery. Set against the beautiful backdrop of a vineyard in Southern Italy, the tale of a man reconnecting with his family’s roots, figuratively and literally, is one that many will find relatable. From the Vine is a story of community and love, and serves as a great reminder that our connection to our heritage is one that cannot easily be forgotten. (ICFF)

Awards:
Winner, Best Feature Drama, Devour! Food Film Festival, Wolfville, NS, 2019
Winner, Best Foreign Film/Best Career Achievement Award (Pantoliano), Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2019
Winner, Ishia Legend Award (Pantoliano) Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, 2019
Winner, Best Film, Italian Contemporary Film Festival, 2019
Winner, Impact Award (Pantoliano) Naples International Film Festival, 2019

From the Vine - 4PM
2020-01-09 16:00, 2020-01-08 16:00

Waves - 7pm
2019-12-19 19:00
Waves
Screening: Thursday, December 19, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
Cast: Kelvin Harrison JR., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown
Drama, 14A for coarse language and sexually suggestive scenes, 136 minutes (USA)

“Prepare to be bowled over by two relative newcomers: actress Taylor Russell, who quite simply has the most expressive young face to be seen onscreen in many a season, and Kelvin Harrison Jr., who can be cocky and vulnerable in the same split second.” – Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

“Whatever your reaction to this ambitious, boldly original and hard-hitting family drama, you could never accuse writer-director Trey Edward Shults of holding anything back.” – G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

“[A] powerful artistic undertow that sucks viewers in and spits them out gasping.” – Ty Burr, Boston Globe.

Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family – led by a well-intentioned but domineering father – as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults, Waves is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.

Awards:
Nominee, Best Supporting Female, (Taylor Russell) Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2020
Nominee, Audience Award/Best Feature/Breakthrough Actor (Taylor Russell) Gotham Awards, 2019
Winner, Best Screenwriting, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2019
Winner, Virtuoso Award (Taylor Russell) Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2020

Program is Sponsored by:

Waves - 4pm
2019-12-19 16:00

Youth Unstoppable - 7pm
2019-12-12 19:00
Special Presentation:
Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement
Thursday, December 12 – 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Documentary, Not Rated, 87 min., Canada

At age 15, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker began attending environmental summits, camera in hand, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. What began as a single journey evolved into an intimate and challenging documentary shot behind the front lines of the largely unseen and misunderstood Global Youth Climate Movement. Seen through the lens of Slater’s camera, Youth Unstoppable documents the struggles, events, and first hand effects on the youth fighting to be heard at home and within the frustrating and complex process of UN Climate Change negotiations. From flood ravaged villages in Nepal to luxury hotels in Cancun, from the tailings ponds of the Alberta Tar Sands to the riots of Copenhagen, culminating with the intense and defining events at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, Youth Unstoppable shows us a powerful vision for the future of our planet and the young people who will lead us there.

This film is the 2019 Education offering for grades 7-12.

Youth Unstoppable premiered at Michael Moore’s invite-only Traverse City Film Festival, going on to screen at dozens of festivals around the world and garnering thirteen awards.

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead - 7pm
2019-12-05 19:00, 2019-12-04 19:00
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Screening:

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 – 4pm and 7pm
Thursday, December 5, 2019 – 4pm and 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Principal Cast: Sam Riley, Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires, Joe Cole and Charles Dance
Comedy/Drama, 14A for mature content, strong coarse language, 95 minutes
(United Kingdom)

“Colin Burstead is spectacularly well-written, Wheatley’s dense, rapid-fire dialogue packed with laughs and crafting a believable family dynamic.” – Jack Blackwell, One Room with a View

“With Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Ben Wheatley has crafted a very funny, very real family drama that shows a simple universal truth: all families are weird.” – Sean Fallon, Film Inquiry

“Ben Wheatley strips things way back for his nerve-raddled family reunion comedy, and the result is one of his best, most fluid films.” – Variety

Colin Burstead (Neil Maskell) has hired a heritage mansion for a New Year’s Eve party for his extended family and various hangers-on, with his own wife Val (Sura Dohnke), teenage daughter Fran (Nicole Nettleingham) and infant son Jamie in tow. A few little tensions and dramas leading up to the festivities are then overshadowed by the return of Colin’s black sheep brother David (Sam Riley) to the family fold after an absence of five years, along with his German girlfriend Hannah (Alexandra Maria Lara). Invited by their sister Gini (Hayley Squires) as what she thinks will be a nice surprise, backfires as Colin then finds himself less than welcome, and not just to his ex-wife Paula (Sarah Baxendale) – however, over the course of the evening, his presence will shift the family’s power dynamics.

Awards:
Nominee, Best Editing, British Independent Film Awards, 2018
Nominee, Best Film/Official Competition, London Film Festival, 2018
Nominee, Audience Award/Open Horizons, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2018

Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Students: $8 (HST included)
Tickets available online or at box office an hour before screening.

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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead - 4pm
2019-12-05 16:00, 2019-12-04 16:00

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band - 7pm
2019-11-21 19:00
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Screening: Thursday, November 21, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Directed by: Daniel Roher
Featuring: Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Jann Wenner, Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison, Dominique Robertson
Music/Documentary, Not Rated (PG), 100 minutes (Canada/USA)

“An engaging, well-travelled music journey” – Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter

“This… is very much guitarist/songwriter Robertson’s version of the truth, but it rings true as it accounts how drugs, petty jealousies and other demons ultimately undid these Fab Five musicians.” – Peter Howell, Toronto Star
“An interesting, folksy doc about a folksy rock band for the uninitiated, and a political apologia for those familiar with the controversies surrounding Robbie Robertson and The Band.” – J. Don Birnam, Splash Report

“Heartbreakingly beautiful film.” – Anne Brodie, What She Said

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson’s personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music and who together made their mark on music history. Once Were Brothers blends rare archival footage, photography, iconic songs and interviews with many of Robertson’s friends and collaborators including Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison Martin Scorsese, Peter Gabriel, Taj Mahal, Dominique Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, and more.

Awards:
Nominee, Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019

Program is Sponsored by:

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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band - 4pm
2019-11-21 16:00

And the Birds Rained Down - 7pm
2019-11-07 19:00, 2019-11-06 19:00
Screening:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, November 7, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Directed by: Louise Archambault
Cast: Andrée Lachapelle, Gilbert Sicotte, Rémy Girard, Eve Landry, Éric Robidoux, Kenneth Welsh and Louise Portal
Drama, PG, 126 minutes, Language: French with English subtitles (Canada)

“This eco-friendly, elegantly delivered tale about the sunset changes in the lives of a trio of graybeards living in the woods is engaging, thought-provoking and ultimately moving…” – Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter

“Archambault goes straight for the heart in adapting Saucier’s novel. The result is poignant, touching, and profoundly moving.” – Pat Mullen, That Shelf
“Touching, heartbreaking, and dangerously thought-provoking, And the Birds Rained Down will force you to re-examine your relationship with yourself, the world around you, and the people you love.” – Anne T. Donahue, Globe and Mail

Inspired by the novel of de Jocelyne Saucier, a story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age and new life emerges in unexpected places. Three elderly hermits live deep in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women. A luminous octogenarian, unjustly institutionalized her whole life, and a young photographer charged with interviewing survivors of the region’s deadliest forest fire.
Awards:
Nominee, Official Competition, Quebec City International Film Festival, 2019
Winner, Solidarity Award/Nominee, Best Film, San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2019
Nominee, Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019

Individual Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8
(prices include HST)
Advance tickets are available online here, or at the door on screening night at Uptown Theatre box office.

And the Birds Rained Down - 4pm
2019-11-07 16:00, 2019-11-06 16:00

Menteur - 8:30pm
2019-10-27 20:30 - 21:51
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• Closing Night Film

Menteur (Compulsive Liar)
Co-written and Directed by: Émile Gaudreault
Cast: Louis-José Houde, Antoine Bertrand, Catherine Chabot, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Luc Senay, Patrice Coquereau, Marie-Lise Pilote, Sonia Vachon, Didier Lucien and Vitali Makarov
Comedy | PG | 111 min. | French with English subtitles | Canada
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SCREENING:
Sunday, October 27 – 8:30 pm

For Simon, a public relations manager at a major aerospace company, lying is a way of life, almost a raison d’être. His family aren’t fooled by his lies and have learned, somehow, to shut their eyes to his nonsense. But when Russian industrialists come to negotiate a contract that could save the struggling aircraft company where his brother also works, Simon’s behavior becomes an important issue. Fearing that one lie too many will make everything fall apart, his relatives serve him an ultimatum. The same evening, a strange cosmic event propels Simon into a parallel universe, where all his fabrications seem to have come true.

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Before You Know It - 8:15pm
2019-10-27 20:15 - 21:53
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Before You Know It
Co-written and Directed by: Hannah Pearl Utt
Cast: Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Judith Light, Mike Colter, Alec Baldwin, Mandy Patinkin
Comedy/Drama | PG for language | 98 min. | USA
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SCREENING:
Monday, October 21 – 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 27 – 8:15 pm

“A noteworthy work from an upcoming dynamic duo, co-writers Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock, who have a chemistry that you want to see in more films, especially if they’re like Before You Know It.” – Nick Allen, RogerEbert.com

“Before You Know It shifts seamlessly from quirky to sad to mysterious to wacky to surreal within just the space of a few days, so much so that you’d never know it’s director Hannah Pearl Utt’s feature filmmaking debut.” – Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com

“The story is one of insecurity, veracity, and vulnerability, a little movie with a natural sincerity that you won’t find in huge studio films.” – Louisa Moore, Screen Zealots

Stage manager Rachel Gurner still lives in her childhood apartment—along with her off-kilter actress sister, Jackie; eccentric playwright father Mel; and deadpan preteen niece Dodge—above the tiny theatre they own and operate. Level-headed and turtleneck-wearing Rachel is the only thing standing between her family and utter chaos. Then, in the wake of a sudden family tragedy, Rachel and Jackie learn their presumed-deceased mother is actually alive and thriving as a soap-opera star. Now the sisters’ already-precarious balance turns upside down, and Rachel must figure out how to liberate herself from this surreal scenario.

3 Nominations:
Nominated – Best American Independent Feature Film, Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019
Nominated – Narrative Feature Competition, Dallas International Film Festival, 2019
Nominated – Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, 2019

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Sometimes Always Never - 6:30pm
2019-10-27 18:30 - 20:01
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Sometimes Always Never
Directed by: Carl Hunter
Cast: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Rowe, Tim McInnerny, Jenny Agutter
Comedy/Drama/Mystery | PG for coarse language | 91 min. | United Kingdom

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SCREENING:
Saturday, October 19 – 5:15 pm
Sunday, October 27 – 6:30 pm

“A distinct, articulate pleasure.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“The kind of role Nighy was born to play.” – Joni Blyth – One Room With a View

“Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, who adapted the film from his own short story, has crafted a joy of a script, which seeds its themes as elegantly as Nighy’s character, Alan, a Scrabble-obsessed tailor, wears his suits.” – Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
Able to blend charming gruffness and winning affability with just the raise of an eyebrow, Bill Nighy has long proven himself one of Britain’s best character actors, and now he stars alongside Sam Riley and Alice Lowe in this stylish and heartfelt comedy-drama about a tailor searching for a lost son. Sharp of both suit and vocabulary, Nighy (The Bookshop), is winningly deadpan as Scrabble-obsessed Merseyside tailor Alan, whose eldest son Michael stormed out of the house after a particularly heated round of the popular board game, never to return. Years later, Alan and his other son Peter (Sam Riley) continue the search while trying to repair their own strained relationship. Working from a witty and astute script by veteran screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce (The Railway Man, Goodbye Christopher Robin), director Carl Hunter deploys a vivid visual style and striking production design to capture the shifting moods of a family who know plenty of words but struggle to communicate.

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The Peanut Butter Falcon - 6:00pm
2019-10-27 18:00 - 19:33
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
Written and Directed by: Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, Jon Bernthal, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church and Bruce Dern
Adventure/Comedy/Drama | PG due to coarse language throughout, some violence and smoking | 93 min. | USA
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SCREENING:
Tuesday, October 22 – 7:00 pm
Sunday, October 27 – 6:00 pm

“Writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz team up to bring you what is quite possibly the feel-good movie of the year, for good and ill.” – Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader

“Endlessly charming thanks to the terrific chemistry between LaBeouf and Gottsagen, a bonafide find by the writing-directing team of Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz.” – Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger

A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, The Peanut Butter Falcon tells the story of Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church). A strange turn of events pairs him on the road with Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a small time outlaw on the run, who becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), a kind nursing home employee charged with Zak’s return, to join them on their journey.

6 WINS, 2 NOMINATIONS:
WON – Audience Award, Deauville Film Festival, 2019
WON – Truly Moving Picture Award, Heartland Film, 2019
WON – Audience Award-Narrative Feature/Best of Fest Award, Nantucket Film Festival, 2019
WON – Audience Award-Narrative Spotlight, SXSW Film Festival, 2019
Nominated -Grand Special Prize, Deauville Film Festival, 2019
Nominated – Art Cinema Award, Best Feature, Hamburg Film Festival, 2019

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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up - 4:00pm
2019-10-27 16:00 - 17:38
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Written and Directed by: Tasha Hubbard
Documentary | Not Rated (PG) | 98 min. | English/Cree with English subtitles | Canada
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SCREENING:
Tuesday, October 22 – 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 27 – 4:00 pm

“By weaving in a personal story, Hubbard elevates this documentary from a summary of the case to a poignant exploration of how to maintain Indigenous identity in a settler society.” – Brett Pardy, Seventh Row

“This is an extremely powerful and important film that has taken on a life of its own.” – Annie Brodie, What She Said

“Using Boushie’s murder as a jumping off point, Hubbard’s film opens a greater conversation about how the roots of racism are dug deep into the soil of Canadian history.” – Courtney Small, That Shelf

On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The jury’s subsequent acquittal of Stanley captured international attention, raising questions about racism embedded within Canada’s legal system and propelling Colten’s family to national and international stages in their pursuit of justice. Sensitively directed by Tasha Hubbard, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker’s own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.

3 Wins, 1 Nomination:
Won – Best Canadian Documentary, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, 2019
Won – Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International
Documentary Festival, 2019
Won – Audience Choice, Gimli Film Festival, 2019
Nominated – Checkpoints Award, Bergen International Film Festival, 2019

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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - 3:30pm
2019-10-27 15:30 - 17:30
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Directed by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
With: Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, Russell Banks and Fran Lebowitz
Documentary | PG for some disturbing images/thematic material and language | 120 min. | USA

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SCREENING:
Monday, October 21 – 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 27 – 3:30 pm

“This rousing documentary celebrates the acts of writing and reading, and of language itself as an immortal expression of innate humanness.” – Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight
“Toni Morrison was a treasure, and “The Pieces I Am” paints a luminous portrait of this cherished writer.” – Adam Lubitow, Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prizewinner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes discussions about her many critically acclaimed works, including novels “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” and “Song of Solomon,” her role as an editor of iconic African-American literature and her time teaching at Princeton University.

3 WINS, 1 NOMINATION:
WON – Audience Award-U.S. Documentary, Cinetopia Film Festival, 2019
WON – Local Heroes Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019
WON – Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature, Wisconsin Film Festival, 2019
NOMINATED – Best Documentary, Miami Film Festival, 2019

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