Barrie Film Festival

Denial - 9:15 PM
2016-12-07 21:15 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening:
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – 9:15 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Principle Cast: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott
Biography/Drama, 14A for mature thematic material/brief strong language, 110 minutes Language: English, Hebrew and German with English Subtitles (USA/United Kingdom)

Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, in cases of libel, the burden of proof is on the defendant; therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team, led by Richard Rampton (Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson), to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
Directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare. This film is an especially timely and gripping reminder that history should never be taken for granted.

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Denial - 7PM
2016-12-07 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening:
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie

Directed by: Mick Jackson
Principle Cast: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott
Biography/Drama, 14A for mature thematic material/brief strong language, 110 minutes Language: English, Hebrew and German with English Subtitles (USA/United Kingdom)

Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, in cases of libel, the burden of proof is on the defendant; therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team, led by Richard Rampton (Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson), to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
Directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare. This film is an especially timely and gripping reminder that history should never be taken for granted.

Sponsored By:

Denial - 4PM
2016-12-07 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening:
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie

Directed by: Mick Jackson
Principle Cast: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott
Biography/Drama, 14A for mature thematic material/brief strong language, 110 minutes Language: English, Hebrew and German with English Subtitles (USA/United Kingdom)

Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, in cases of libel, the burden of proof is on the defendant; therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team, led by Richard Rampton (Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson), to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust occurred.
Directed by Emmy Award® winner Mick Jackson and adapted for the screen by BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated writer David Hare. This film is an especially timely and gripping reminder that history should never be taken for granted.

Sponsored By:

Milton's Secret - 8PM
2016-11-17 20:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening: Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 8 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Barnet Bain
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Michelle Rodriguez, Mia Krishner, David Sutcliffe, William Ainscough
Drama/Family, PG, 88 minutes (Canada)
Twelve-year-old Milton Adams feels his world is in crisis. With his parents stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, he is constantly anxious. But when Milton’s optimistic Grandpa (Donald Sutherland) comes to visit, he learns the secret to finding true happiness from a man who has seen the world and who has committed to living life in the ‘now’.
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

Program is Sponsored by:

Film tickets and meals are sold separately.
Film tickets: $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors/Students
Advance tickets are available one week 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.
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Milton's Secret - 4PM
2016-11-17 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Screening: Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 4 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Barnet Bain
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Michelle Rodriguez, Mia Krishner, David Sutcliffe, William Ainscough
Drama/Family, PG, 88 minutes (Canada)
Twelve-year-old Milton Adams feels his world is in crisis. With his parents stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, he is constantly anxious. But when Milton’s optimistic Grandpa (Donald Sutherland) comes to visit, he learns the secret to finding true happiness from a man who has seen the world and who has committed to living life in the ‘now’.
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

Program is Sponsored by:

Film tickets and meals are sold separately.
Film tickets: $10 for Adults, $8 for Seniors/Students
Advance tickets are available one week 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.
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The Violin Teacher - 7PM
2016-11-03 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Screening:
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office

Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.
Awards:
Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

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The Violin Teacher - 4PM
2016-11-03 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Screening:
Thursday, November 3, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office

Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.
Awards:
Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

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The Violin Teacher - 9:15PM
2016-11-02 21:15 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Screening:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – 9:15 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office

Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.
Awards:
Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

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The Violin Teacher - 7PM
2016-11-02 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Screening:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office

Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.
Awards:
Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

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The Violin Teacher - 4PM
2016-11-02 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Screening:
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8 (prices include HST)
Tickets available online or at Uptown Theatre box office
Directed by: Sérgio Machado
Principle Cast: Lázaro Ramos, Kaique De Jesus, Elzio Vieira
Drama/Music, 14A for coarse language, crude content and violence, Portuguese with English subtitles, 100 min. (Brazil)

After failing to be admitted into the renowned São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, Laerte, a talented violinist, is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school in Heliopolis, the biggest favela of Brazil. His path is full of difficulties but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the professor and his students open the doors into a new world. Based on a true story.
Awards:
Won, Audience Award, Sao Paulou International Film Festival, 2015
Nominated, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Cinema Brazil, 2016
Nominated, Nueva Vision Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016

Sponsored By:

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Music in Film - A Night at the Movies
2016-10-29 19:30 - 21:30
Screening/Concert: Saturday, October 29, 7:30 pm
Location: Collier Street United Church, 112 Collier Street, Barrie
Oliver Balaburski, Artistic Director/Conductor

Due to the popularity of our collaboration in 2014, the Barrie Film Festival and the Huronia Symphony Orchestra will be teaming up once again for a very special evening of music and film. Step back in time and experience the power of a live orchestra performing the musical score and sound effects for short classic silent films and a selection of memorable movie themes.
Featuring:
Aleksandra Balaburska, Soprano and The Huronia Symphony Orchestra

High and Dizzy
Director: Hal Roach
Composer: Carl Davis
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Roy Brooks, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe
1920, Comedy Short, 26 min., USA
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.

The Haunted House
Directed by: Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
Starring: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
1921, Comedy Short, 21 min., USA
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves’ hideout.

Shown in partnership with:

Advance tickets are available at the Uptown Theatre located at 55 Dunlop St. West, the MacLaren Art Centre, Janet Kemp Ladies Fashions and Music Pro. Tickets will also available at the door, subject to availability.

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The Dressmaker - 7PM
2016-10-06 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dressmaker
Screening:
Thursday, October 6, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Principle Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Drama, 14A, 118 min. (Australia)

“Moorhouse’s adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have them in stitches.” – Justin Chang, Variety

This wickedly comic drama stars Kate Winslet as a worldly dressmaker returning to the Australian backwater that exiled her. This latest feature from writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse after an almost 20-year hiatus, The Dressmaker is a sumptuous, saucy, and scandalous tale of love and vengeance in the mid-1950s. It also has the most fabulous gowns this side of the red carpet. Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) arrives in the small town of Dungatar like a gunslinger: broad-brimmed hat on her head, sleek pumps on her feet, trusty Singer sewing machine at her side. Driven away when she was just 10 years old, the resilient Tilly found her way to Paris, where she trained under legendary designer Madeleine Vionnet. She has come back to look after her ailing mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly is hired to design and custom-make haute couture for the more rebellious local ladies, a battle line is drawn: on one side, those who love Tilly’s progressive style, and on the other side, Dungatar’s conservative busybody contingent. As tension between these camps escalates and her shadowy past becomes her enemies’ most potent weapon — but this fearsome fashionista has resolved to never let Dungatar get the best of her again. Winslet exudes femme-fatale danger and sexiness a — she’s Clint Eastwood meets Rita Hayworth. And Moorhouse, working with co-writer P.J. Hogan in adapting Rosalie Ham’s novel, infuses The Dressmaker with a perfect blend of glamour and edginess, generating laughter and intrigue right up to the explosive finale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Winslet), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Weaving), Best Actress Supporting Role (Davis), Best Screenplay, Australian Film Critics Assoc. Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actress (Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Weaving), Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actress-Supporting Role (Davis), Best Actress (Winslet), Film Critics Circle Australia Awards, 2016
Won, Best Film Award, The Womens’ International Film & Televison Showcase, 2016

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The Dressmaker - 4PM
2016-10-06 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dressmaker
Screening:
Thursday, October 6, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Principle Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Drama, 14A, 118 min. (Australia)

“Moorhouse’s adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have them in stitches.” – Justin Chang, Variety

This wickedly comic drama stars Kate Winslet as a worldly dressmaker returning to the Australian backwater that exiled her. This latest feature from writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse after an almost 20-year hiatus, The Dressmaker is a sumptuous, saucy, and scandalous tale of love and vengeance in the mid-1950s. It also has the most fabulous gowns this side of the red carpet. Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) arrives in the small town of Dungatar like a gunslinger: broad-brimmed hat on her head, sleek pumps on her feet, trusty Singer sewing machine at her side. Driven away when she was just 10 years old, the resilient Tilly found her way to Paris, where she trained under legendary designer Madeleine Vionnet. She has come back to look after her ailing mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly is hired to design and custom-make haute couture for the more rebellious local ladies, a battle line is drawn: on one side, those who love Tilly’s progressive style, and on the other side, Dungatar’s conservative busybody contingent. As tension between these camps escalates and her shadowy past becomes her enemies’ most potent weapon — but this fearsome fashionista has resolved to never let Dungatar get the best of her again. Winslet exudes femme-fatale danger and sexiness a — she’s Clint Eastwood meets Rita Hayworth. And Moorhouse, working with co-writer P.J. Hogan in adapting Rosalie Ham’s novel, infuses The Dressmaker with a perfect blend of glamour and edginess, generating laughter and intrigue right up to the explosive finale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Winslet), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Weaving), Best Actress Supporting Role (Davis), Best Screenplay, Australian Film Critics Assoc. Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actress (Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Weaving), Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actress-Supporting Role (Davis), Best Actress (Winslet), Film Critics Circle Australia Awards, 2016
Won, Best Film Award, The Womens’ International Film & Televison Showcase, 2016

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The Dressmaker - 9:30 pm
2016-10-05 21:30 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dressmaker
Screening:
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 – 9:30 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Principle Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Drama, 14A, 118 min. (Australia)

“Moorhouse’s adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have them in stitches.” – Justin Chang, Variety

This wickedly comic drama stars Kate Winslet as a worldly dressmaker returning to the Australian backwater that exiled her. This latest feature from writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse after an almost 20-year hiatus, The Dressmaker is a sumptuous, saucy, and scandalous tale of love and vengeance in the mid-1950s. It also has the most fabulous gowns this side of the red carpet. Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) arrives in the small town of Dungatar like a gunslinger: broad-brimmed hat on her head, sleek pumps on her feet, trusty Singer sewing machine at her side. Driven away when she was just 10 years old, the resilient Tilly found her way to Paris, where she trained under legendary designer Madeleine Vionnet. She has come back to look after her ailing mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly is hired to design and custom-make haute couture for the more rebellious local ladies, a battle line is drawn: on one side, those who love Tilly’s progressive style, and on the other side, Dungatar’s conservative busybody contingent. As tension between these camps escalates and her shadowy past becomes her enemies’ most potent weapon — but this fearsome fashionista has resolved to never let Dungatar get the best of her again. Winslet exudes femme-fatale danger and sexiness a — she’s Clint Eastwood meets Rita Hayworth. And Moorhouse, working with co-writer P.J. Hogan in adapting Rosalie Ham’s novel, infuses The Dressmaker with a perfect blend of glamour and edginess, generating laughter and intrigue right up to the explosive finale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Winslet), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Weaving), Best Actress Supporting Role (Davis), Best Screenplay, Australian Film Critics Assoc. Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actress (Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Weaving), Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actress-Supporting Role (Davis), Best Actress (Winslet), Film Critics Circle Australia Awards, 2016
Won, Best Film Award, The Womens’ International Film & Televison Showcase, 2016

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The Dressmaker - 7PM
2016-10-05 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dressmaker
Screening:
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Principle Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Drama, 14A, 118 min. (Australia)

“Moorhouse’s adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have them in stitches.” – Justin Chang, Variety

This wickedly comic drama stars Kate Winslet as a worldly dressmaker returning to the Australian backwater that exiled her. This latest feature from writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse after an almost 20-year hiatus, The Dressmaker is a sumptuous, saucy, and scandalous tale of love and vengeance in the mid-1950s. It also has the most fabulous gowns this side of the red carpet. Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) arrives in the small town of Dungatar like a gunslinger: broad-brimmed hat on her head, sleek pumps on her feet, trusty Singer sewing machine at her side. Driven away when she was just 10 years old, the resilient Tilly found her way to Paris, where she trained under legendary designer Madeleine Vionnet. She has come back to look after her ailing mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly is hired to design and custom-make haute couture for the more rebellious local ladies, a battle line is drawn: on one side, those who love Tilly’s progressive style, and on the other side, Dungatar’s conservative busybody contingent. As tension between these camps escalates and her shadowy past becomes her enemies’ most potent weapon — but this fearsome fashionista has resolved to never let Dungatar get the best of her again. Winslet exudes femme-fatale danger and sexiness a — she’s Clint Eastwood meets Rita Hayworth. And Moorhouse, working with co-writer P.J. Hogan in adapting Rosalie Ham’s novel, infuses The Dressmaker with a perfect blend of glamour and edginess, generating laughter and intrigue right up to the explosive finale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Winslet), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Weaving), Best Actress Supporting Role (Davis), Best Screenplay, Australian Film Critics Assoc. Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actress (Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Weaving), Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actress-Supporting Role (Davis), Best Actress (Winslet), Film Critics Circle Australia Awards, 2016
Won, Best Film Award, The Womens’ International Film & Televison Showcase, 2016

Sponsored By:

The Dressmaker - 4PM
2016-10-05 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dressmaker
Screening:
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Principle Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook
Drama, 14A, 118 min. (Australia)

“Moorhouse’s adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have them in stitches.” – Justin Chang, Variety

This wickedly comic drama stars Kate Winslet as a worldly dressmaker returning to the Australian backwater that exiled her. This latest feature from writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse after an almost 20-year hiatus, The Dressmaker is a sumptuous, saucy, and scandalous tale of love and vengeance in the mid-1950s. It also has the most fabulous gowns this side of the red carpet. Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) arrives in the small town of Dungatar like a gunslinger: broad-brimmed hat on her head, sleek pumps on her feet, trusty Singer sewing machine at her side. Driven away when she was just 10 years old, the resilient Tilly found her way to Paris, where she trained under legendary designer Madeleine Vionnet. She has come back to look after her ailing mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly is hired to design and custom-make haute couture for the more rebellious local ladies, a battle line is drawn: on one side, those who love Tilly’s progressive style, and on the other side, Dungatar’s conservative busybody contingent. As tension between these camps escalates and her shadowy past becomes her enemies’ most potent weapon — but this fearsome fashionista has resolved to never let Dungatar get the best of her again. Winslet exudes femme-fatale danger and sexiness a — she’s Clint Eastwood meets Rita Hayworth. And Moorhouse, working with co-writer P.J. Hogan in adapting Rosalie Ham’s novel, infuses The Dressmaker with a perfect blend of glamour and edginess, generating laughter and intrigue right up to the explosive finale.
Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Won, Best Actress (Winslet), Best Actor in Supporting Role (Weaving), Best Actress Supporting Role (Davis), Best Screenplay, Australian Film Critics Assoc. Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actress (Winslet), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Weaving), Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actress-Supporting Role (Davis), Best Actress (Winslet), Film Critics Circle Australia Awards, 2016
Won, Best Film Award, The Womens’ International Film & Televison Showcase, 2016

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Don't Blink - Robert Frank - 7PM
2016-09-30 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
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Film tickets: $10
Advance tickets are available at the Uptown Theatre located at 55 Dunlop St. West and at the MacLaren Art Centre during gallery hours as well as at the door on the night of screening..

Carnegie Days Screening

Don’t Blink – Robert Frank
Screening: Friday, September 30, 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Tickets: $10
Directed by: Laura Israel
With: Robert Frank, June Leaf
Documentary/Biography, Rated 14 A for coarse language, substance abuse and non-sexual nudity, 82 minutes, in Black and White and Colour (Canada/France/USA)

“An impressionistic, Frank-esque, idiosyncratic immersion in the artist’s work, rollicking and snapping along.” – Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly

The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they’re one in the same, and the vast amount of territory he’s covered, from The Americans in 1958 up to the present, is intimately registered in his now formidable body of artistic gestures. From the early ’90s on, Frank has been making his films and videos with the brilliant editor Laura Israel, who has helped him to keep things homemade and preserve the illuminating spark of first contact between camera and people/places. Don’t Blink is Israel’s like-minded portrait of her friend and collaborator, a lively mix of images and sounds and recollected passages and unfathomable losses and friendships that leaves us a fast and fleeting imprint of the life of the Swiss-born man who reinvented himself the American way, and is still standing on ground of his own making at the age of 91. He revolutionized photography and independent film, documenting the Beats, Welsh coal miners, Peruvian Indians, The Stones, London bankers, and the Americans. This film is a bumpy ride, revealed with unblinking honesty by the reclusive artist himself.

Shown in partnership with:

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Last Cab To Darwin - 8PM
2016-09-15 20:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Last Cab To Darwin
Screening: Thursday, September 15, 2016 – 8:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Co-written and Directed by: Jeremy Sims
Cast: Michael Caton, Emma Hamilton, Ningali Lawford-Wolf and Jacki Weaver
Comedy/Drama, PG, 123 minutes (AUSTRALIA)

“Smartly directed by Jeremy Sims, this sweet-hearted film packs an emotional punch.” – Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times
“Stirring, darkly humorous…there’s much to admire about this alternately tough and tender film, including a fine turn by Caton, some striking outback scenery, and many resonant thoughts about living — and dying.” – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

In LAST CAB TO DARWIN, Jeremy Sims directs Australian acting legends, Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver against the backdrop of the stunning Australian outback and alongside the outstanding Mark Coles Smith, Ningali Lawford-Wolf and Emma Hamilton. Caton gives the performance of a lifetime as Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver who, when told he doesn’t have long to live, sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms. Along the way he discovers that before you can end your life you have to live it, and to live it you have to share it.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Nominated, Best Film/Best Director/Best Actor (Caton)/Best Actress (Lawford-Wolf), Australian Film Critics Association Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actor (Caton), Best Adapted Screenplay, Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actor (Caton), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Coles Smith), Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, 2016

Contact the following sponsoring restaurant to make your reservation and inquire about their special Barrie Film Festival Dinner & Movie Menu!
Bite and Go Italian Bistro
Providing a 3 course Menu for $20 each!
705-881-4046

Program Sponsored by:

Last Cab to Darwin - 4PM
2016-09-15 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Last Cab To Darwin
Screening: Thursday, September 15, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Co-written and Directed by: Jeremy Sims
Cast: Michael Caton, Emma Hamilton, Ningali Lawford-Wolf and Jacki Weaver
Comedy/Drama, PG, 123 minutes (AUSTRALIA)

“Smartly directed by Jeremy Sims, this sweet-hearted film packs an emotional punch.” – Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times
“Stirring, darkly humorous…there’s much to admire about this alternately tough and tender film, including a fine turn by Caton, some striking outback scenery, and many resonant thoughts about living — and dying.” – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

In LAST CAB TO DARWIN, Jeremy Sims directs Australian acting legends, Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver against the backdrop of the stunning Australian outback and alongside the outstanding Mark Coles Smith, Ningali Lawford-Wolf and Emma Hamilton. Caton gives the performance of a lifetime as Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver who, when told he doesn’t have long to live, sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms. Along the way he discovers that before you can end your life you have to live it, and to live it you have to share it.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Direction, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2016
Nominated, Best Film/Best Director/Best Actor (Caton)/Best Actress (Lawford-Wolf), Australian Film Critics Association Awards, 2016
Won, Best Lead Actor (Caton), Best Adapted Screenplay, Australian Film Institute, 2016
Won, Best Actor (Caton), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Coles Smith), Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, 2016

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Providing a 3 course Menu for $20 each!
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Love & Friendship - 7PM
2016-09-08 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Love & Friendship
Screening: Thursday, September 8, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Adapted and Directed by: Whit Stillman
Principle Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Comedy/Drama, PG for some thematic elements, 92 minutes (Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA)

“Love & Friendship is quick, clever and delightful, very funny and hugely entertaining!” – Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
“With his love of fine clothes and finer diction, Whit Stillman proves an unsurprisingly intuitive fit for Austen, but he also knows just how to give her pointed social satire an extra stab of wink-wink postmodern drollery without breaking the spell.” – Justin Chang, Variety

Writer-director Whit Stillman departs from the milieu of the contemporary New York upper crust that he so memorably explored in his earlier films for this sharp-tongued and riotously funny examination of 18th-century polite society. Adapting Jane Austen’s long-unpublished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman creates a period piece whose spirit is unmistakably modern. Love & Friendship revolves around the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), a recent widow who engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence at Churchill, her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel), and soon has him wrapped around her little finger. However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up at Churchill after being dismissed from boarding school. Fearing that Frederica will turn Reginald’s head, Lady Susan sets out to obtain her daughter a suitor of her own. Enter Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), a well-meaning but witless older man who is utterly confounded by the fact that there is neither a church nor a hill at Churchill. Brilliantly played by Beckinsale, Lady Susan possesses a confidence, audacity, and unapologetic dishonesty (“Facts are horrid things,” she laments after being caught in a lie) that paradoxically endow her with a winning charm, and make her an Austen her- oine to rival Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

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Love & Friendship - 4PM
2016-09-08 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Love & Friendship
Screening: Thursday, September 8, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Adapted and Directed by: Whit Stillman
Principle Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Comedy/Drama, PG for some thematic elements, 92 minutes (Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA)

“Love & Friendship is quick, clever and delightful, very funny and hugely entertaining!” – Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
“With his love of fine clothes and finer diction, Whit Stillman proves an unsurprisingly intuitive fit for Austen, but he also knows just how to give her pointed social satire an extra stab of wink-wink postmodern drollery without breaking the spell.” – Justin Chang, Variety

Writer-director Whit Stillman departs from the milieu of the contemporary New York upper crust that he so memorably explored in his earlier films for this sharp-tongued and riotously funny examination of 18th-century polite society. Adapting Jane Austen’s long-unpublished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman creates a period piece whose spirit is unmistakably modern. Love & Friendship revolves around the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), a recent widow who engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence at Churchill, her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel), and soon has him wrapped around her little finger. However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up at Churchill after being dismissed from boarding school. Fearing that Frederica will turn Reginald’s head, Lady Susan sets out to obtain her daughter a suitor of her own. Enter Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), a well-meaning but witless older man who is utterly confounded by the fact that there is neither a church nor a hill at Churchill. Brilliantly played by Beckinsale, Lady Susan possesses a confidence, audacity, and unapologetic dishonesty (“Facts are horrid things,” she laments after being caught in a lie) that paradoxically endow her with a winning charm, and make her an Austen her- oine to rival Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

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Love & Friendship - 9PM
2016-09-07 21:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Love & Friendship
Screening:
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 – 9:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Adapted and Directed by: Whit Stillman
Principle Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Comedy/Drama, PG for some thematic elements, 92 minutes
(Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA)
“Love & Friendship is quick, clever and delightful, very funny and hugely entertaining!” – Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
“With his love of fine clothes and finer diction, Whit Stillman proves an unsurprisingly intuitive fit for Austen, but he also knows just how to give her pointed social satire an extra stab of wink-wink postmodern drollery without breaking the spell.” – Justin Chang, Variety

Writer-director Whit Stillman departs from the milieu of the contemporary New York upper crust that he so memorably explored in his earlier films for this sharp-tongued and riotously funny examination of 18th-century polite society. Adapting Jane Austen’s long-unpublished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman creates a period piece whose spirit is unmistakably modern. Love & Friendship revolves around the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), a recent widow who engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence at Churchill, her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel), and soon has him wrapped around her little finger. However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up at Churchill after being dismissed from boarding school. Fearing that Frederica will turn Reginald’s head, Lady Susan sets out to obtain her daughter a suitor of her own. Enter Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), a well-meaning but witless older man who is utterly confounded by the fact that there is neither a church nor a hill at Churchill. Brilliantly played by Beckinsale, Lady Susan possesses a confidence, audacity, and unapologetic dishonesty (“Facts are horrid things,” she laments after being caught in a lie) that paradoxically endow her with a winning charm, and make her an Austen her- oine to rival Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

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Love & Friendship - 7PM
2016-09-07 19:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Love & Friendship
Screening:
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 – 7:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Adapted and Directed by: Whit Stillman
Principle Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Comedy/Drama, PG for some thematic elements, 92 minutes
(Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA)
“Love & Friendship is quick, clever and delightful, very funny and hugely entertaining!” – Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
“With his love of fine clothes and finer diction, Whit Stillman proves an unsurprisingly intuitive fit for Austen, but he also knows just how to give her pointed social satire an extra stab of wink-wink postmodern drollery without breaking the spell.” – Justin Chang, Variety

Writer-director Whit Stillman departs from the milieu of the contemporary New York upper crust that he so memorably explored in his earlier films for this sharp-tongued and riotously funny examination of 18th-century polite society. Adapting Jane Austen’s long-unpublished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman creates a period piece whose spirit is unmistakably modern. Love & Friendship revolves around the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), a recent widow who engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence at Churchill, her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel), and soon has him wrapped around her little finger. However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up at Churchill after being dismissed from boarding school. Fearing that Frederica will turn Reginald’s head, Lady Susan sets out to obtain her daughter a suitor of her own. Enter Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), a well-meaning but witless older man who is utterly confounded by the fact that there is neither a church nor a hill at Churchill. Brilliantly played by Beckinsale, Lady Susan possesses a confidence, audacity, and unapologetic dishonesty (“Facts are horrid things,” she laments after being caught in a lie) that paradoxically endow her with a winning charm, and make her an Austen her- oine to rival Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

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Love & Friendship - 4PM
2016-09-07 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Love & Friendship
Screening:
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 – 4:00 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Adapted and Directed by: Whit Stillman
Principle Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Comedy/Drama, PG for some thematic elements, 92 minutes
(Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA)
“Love & Friendship is quick, clever and delightful, very funny and hugely entertaining!” – Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
“With his love of fine clothes and finer diction, Whit Stillman proves an unsurprisingly intuitive fit for Austen, but he also knows just how to give her pointed social satire an extra stab of wink-wink postmodern drollery without breaking the spell.” – Justin Chang, Variety

Writer-director Whit Stillman departs from the milieu of the contemporary New York upper crust that he so memorably explored in his earlier films for this sharp-tongued and riotously funny examination of 18th-century polite society. Adapting Jane Austen’s long-unpublished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman creates a period piece whose spirit is unmistakably modern. Love & Friendship revolves around the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), a recent widow who engineers all manner of wonderfully devious plots to bend the world to her will and land herself a wealthy new husband. Taking up residence at Churchill, her in-laws’ estate, she sets her sights on the dashing Reginald De Courcy (Xavier Samuel), and soon has him wrapped around her little finger. However, her plans are derailed when her beautiful daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) turns up at Churchill after being dismissed from boarding school. Fearing that Frederica will turn Reginald’s head, Lady Susan sets out to obtain her daughter a suitor of her own. Enter Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), a well-meaning but witless older man who is utterly confounded by the fact that there is neither a church nor a hill at Churchill. Brilliantly played by Beckinsale, Lady Susan possesses a confidence, audacity, and unapologetic dishonesty (“Facts are horrid things,” she laments after being caught in a lie) that paradoxically endow her with a winning charm, and make her an Austen her- oine to rival Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. If you’re looking for a smart, fun, and scruple-free romp, Love & Friendship is definitely your cup of tea.

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Star Wars - The Force Awakens - Outdoor Movie
2016-08-31 20:30 | 2021 Short Film Competition Awards
Star Wars – The Force Awakens

August 31 – Heritage Park
Adventure/Fantasy, Rated PG – sci-fi action and some scary scenes, 135 min. (2015)
Movie starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm). Weather permitting (rain date is September 1)

Thirty years after Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is missing. A Resistance pilot (Oscar Isaac) is given a map to find Luke, and before he’s captured by the First Order, he gives the map to BB-8.
Meanwhile, a scrappy scavenger named Rey (Daisy Ridley) and a former Stormtrooper named Finn (John Boyega) team up with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon to find Luke for General Leia (Carrie Fisher).

Aladdin - Outdoor Movie
2016-08-29 20:30 | Park Place, 100 Mapleview Drive East, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Aladdin

August 29 – Park Place (old Target parking lot)
Animation/Adventure, 1992, rated F, 89 min.
Movie starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm). Weather permitting (rain date is August 30).
Set in the mythical city of Agrabah, the story follows a street-smart peasant, Aladdin, and his mischievous pet monkey, Abu. Aladdin falls in love with the free-spirited Princess Jasmine – Despite a law that says she can only wed a royal suitor! His luck changes with one rub of the lamp, releasing the shape-shifting, fun-loving, wish-giving Genie – Who turns him into a Prince! But the evil sorcerer, Jafar, and his wisecracking parrot, Iago, also crave the lamp’s power. If Aladdin is to defeat them and win Jasmine’s heart, he must learn to be himself – and that’s one wish the genie can’t grant!

Zootopia - Outdoor Movie
2016-08-24 20:30 | Centennial Park South, Lakeshore Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N2M6
Zootopia
August 24 – Centennial Park – south side due to construction (in between the south Centennial lot and the beach volleyball courts)
Adventure/Animation, Rated G – animated action, 109 min. (2016)
Movie starts at dusk (approx. 8:30pm). Weather permitting (rain date is August 25)
From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes a comedy-adventure set in the modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia. Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia’s police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case – even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery. It’s big fun for all shapes and species!

Shown with the Barrie Fire & Emergency Service and Barrie Fire Community Projects.
Bring the entire family to enjoy a BBQ with the Barrie Fire and Emergency Service. There will be lots of pre-show activities for the kids to participate in, and Sparky the Fire Dog will be there too!

Tragically Hip: A National Celebration
2016-08-20 20:30 - 23:30 | 2021 Short Film Competition Awards
The City of Barrie and the Barrie Film Festival are proud to host a free screening of the CBC’s live broadcast of ‘The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration’ on August 20 in Heritage Park. A large screen and speakers will be setup in the park for Barrie residents to gather together and celebrate the iconic Canadian band.
This is a free family-friendly event. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.

The Tragically Hip, Photo: Gordon Hawkins

The Dark Horse - 8PM
2016-08-18 20:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dark Horse
Screening: Thursday, August 18, 2016 – 8 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and directed by: James Napier Robertson
Cast: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Andrew Grainger and Miriama McDowell
Drama, 14A for coarse language, substance abuse and violence, 124 minutes (New Zealand)
Tickets: $10 Adults, $8 Seniors/Students

“The Dark Horse” brings Cliff Curtis back home, and he gives a performance that’s transcendent in more ways than one.” Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“The Dark Horse rides on the impassioned performance of Cliff Curtis.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times

THE DARK HORSE is based on the true story of Genesis ‘Gen’ Potini (Cliff Curtis), a Maori speed-chess champion seeking redemption and a new purpose in life despite his struggles with bipolar disorder. A former chess prodigy, Gen is brilliant and charismatic, bringing unusual, potent energy to a game most often played with quiet reserve. Upon his release from an institution, he is remanded into the custody of his older brother Ariki (Wayne Hapi), the leader of a rough street gang planning the initiation of Gen’s reluctant teenage nephew Mana (James Rolleston). When Gen volunteers to coach the ragtag young members of the Eastern Knights chess club, Mana is inspired by his uncle’s determination to bring hope to the children of the club and turn his troubled life around, while seeing it as a chance to possibly save his own.

Awards:
Won, Best Director, Art Film Festival, 2015
Won, Best Performance-Actor, Cliff Curtis, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2014
Won, Best Actor-Cliff Curtis, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, 2015
Won, Truly Moving Picture Award, Heartland Film, 2015
Won, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay for a Feature Film & Best Score, New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) 2014
Won, Best Screenplay & New Filmmaker of the Year, New Zealand Screen Awards, 2014
Won, Audience Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2015

Sponsored by:

Contact the following sponsoring restaurants to make your reservation and inquire about their special Barrie Film Festival Dinner & Movie Menu!
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Bite and Go Italian Bistro
Providing a 3 course Menu for $20 ea.
705-881-4046

Groovy Tuesdays Bistro
Providing a Prix Fixe Menu, 3 courses for $35 ea.
705-721-0302

The North Restaurant
Providing a Prix Fixe Menu, 3 courses for $35 ea.
705-812-2192

The Dark Horse - 4PM
2016-08-18 16:00 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Dark Horse
Screening: Thursday, August 18, 2016 – 4 pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Written and directed by: James Napier Robertson
Cast: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Andrew Grainger and Miriama McDowell
Drama, 14A for coarse language, substance abuse and violence, 124 minutes (New Zealand)
Tickets: $10 Adults, $8 Seniors/Students

“The Dark Horse” brings Cliff Curtis back home, and he gives a performance that’s transcendent in more ways than one.” Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“The Dark Horse rides on the impassioned performance of Cliff Curtis.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times

THE DARK HORSE is based on the true story of Genesis ‘Gen’ Potini (Cliff Curtis), a Maori speed-chess champion seeking redemption and a new purpose in life despite his struggles with bipolar disorder. A former chess prodigy, Gen is brilliant and charismatic, bringing unusual, potent energy to a game most often played with quiet reserve. Upon his release from an institution, he is remanded into the custody of his older brother Ariki (Wayne Hapi), the leader of a rough street gang planning the initiation of Gen’s reluctant teenage nephew Mana (James Rolleston). When Gen volunteers to coach the ragtag young members of the Eastern Knights chess club, Mana is inspired by his uncle’s determination to bring hope to the children of the club and turn his troubled life around, while seeing it as a chance to possibly save his own.

Awards:
Won, Best Director, Art Film Festival, 2015
Won, Best Performance-Actor, Cliff Curtis, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2014
Won, Best Actor-Cliff Curtis, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, 2015
Won, Truly Moving Picture Award, Heartland Film, 2015
Won, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay for a Feature Film & Best Score, New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) 2014
Won, Best Screenplay & New Filmmaker of the Year, New Zealand Screen Awards, 2014
Won, Audience Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2015

Sponsored by:

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

[fullwidth]

Bite and Go Italian Bistro
Providing a 3 course Menu for $20 ea.
705-881-4046

Groovy Tuesdays Bistro
Providing a Prix Fixe Menu, 3 courses for $35 ea.
705-721-0302

The North Restaurant
Providing a Prix Fixe Menu, 3 courses for $35 ea.
705-812-2192
