Woman At War - 4PM
2019-07-03 16:00 - 17:41, 2019-07-04 16:00 - 17:41 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Woman At War
Screening:
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, July 4, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Co-written and Directed by: Benedikt Erlingsson
Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson , David Thor Jonsson and Magnus Trygvason Eliasen
Drama/Comedy, PG for some sexuality and nudity, 101 minutes, Language:
Icelandic, Spanish, English, Ukrainian with English subtitles (Iceland/France/Ukraine)

“An artful fable that examines what it really means to save the world, Benedikt Erlingsson’s “Woman at War” is the rarest of things: A crowd-pleaser about climate change.” – David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“A joyous and warm-hearted comedy drama taking on essential contemporary issues.” – Robert W. Monk, FILMINK (Australia)

“Woman at War is a gorgeously thoughtful, intense thriller filled with just the right touch of comedy throughout to give us an entertaining film that has social relevance to our world today.” – Pamela Powell, Reel Honest Reviews

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. As Halla’s actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminium smelter. But right as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and saviour of the Highlands to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow.

Awards: 21 wins, 11 nominations
Nominated, Best Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2018
Nominated, Critics Week Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Director of the Year, Best Film, Actress of the Year (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir), Screenplay of the Year, Edda Awards, Iceland, 2019
Nominated, European Actress (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) European Film Awards, 2018
Winner, Best Feature, Hamburg Film Festival, 2018
Nominated, Best Narrative Feature, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Best Actress (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) Montréal Festival of New Cinema, 2018
Winner, Audience Award, Seville European Film Festival, 2018

Program is Sponsored by:

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

Woman At War - 7PM
2019-07-03 19:00 - 20:41, 2019-07-04 19:00 - 20:41 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

The Kid Who Would Be King - Outdoor Screening
2019-07-03 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
The Kid Who Would Be King

July 3, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 9-9:15pm), weather permitting (rain date July 4)
Directed by: Joe Cornish
Cast: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Angus Imrie, with Rebecca Ferguson and Patrick Stewart
Family/Thriller/Suspense, 2019, 120 min.,
PG – fantasy action violence, scary images, thematic elements, some bullying (UK/USA)

Synopsis
The King Arthur legend meets the modern day in this epic family-friendly adventure. Young Alex is just another bullied kid until he discovers the legendary sword Excalibur, and begins training as a knight with wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart). Alex must turn schoolyard enemies into allies, and become the leader he never dreamed he could be to defeat the wicked Morgana and save the world.

Sponsored by the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Mary Poppins Returns - Outdoor Screening
2019-07-10 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Mary Poppins Returns

July 10, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 11)
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke
Family/Fantasy/Musical, 2018, 130 min., G (USA/UK)

Synopsis
The magic continues in Disney’s classic as Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) helps the Banks family remember the joy of being a child. Together with her friend Jack the lamplighter (Lin-Manuel Miranda), fun is brought back to the streets of London in celebration that everything is possible…even the impossible.

Sponsored by the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind - Outdoor Screening
2019-07-17 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

July 17, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 18)
Directed by: Martha Kehoe, Joan Tosoni
Documentary, 2019, 90 min., PG (Canada)

Synopsis
Produced, written and directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, Insight Productions’ feature documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is an exploration of the career, music and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon, Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented access to the artist, the film takes audiences from high school auditoriums in straight-laced, small town Ontario in the 50s to the coffee houses of Yorkville and Greenwich Village in the 60s, through Lightfoot’s turbulent, substance-fueled arena shows of the 70s, and finally to the artist in present day.
The documentary features interviews from many notable voices in the music industry including Lightfoot peers Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Randy Bachman, and Steve Earle; famous fans Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Rush, Alec Baldwin, Anne Murray and Sarah McLachlan; as well as behind the scenes stories from members of his longtime band. Following Lightfoot’s evolution from Christian choirboy to troubled troubadour to international star and beloved Canadian icon, Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is an intimate and emotional examination of the artist’s profound relationship to his music and his Canadian roots.

Awards: Nominated for Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2019

Sponsored by the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Ruben Brandt, Collector - 4PM
2019-07-18 16:00 - 17:36 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Screening: Thursday, July 18, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Milorad Krstić
Voice Talents: Iván Kamarás, Gabriella Hámori, Zalán Makranczi and Csaba Márton
Animated/Crime/Drama, Rated R in the USA, violence, nudity.
96 minutes, Language: English/Hungarian with English subtitles (Hungary)

“Ruben Brandt, Collector is an intricately plotted, hyper-stylized piece of eye candy with art – the love of, the need for, the inability to escape from – at its wildly beating heart.” – Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle

“Writer/director Milorad Krstic has combined his love for painting and film into an action thriller as surreal as it is familiar.” – Jared Mobarak, BuffaloVibe

“If you love art, “Ruben Brandt, Collector” is a non-stop visual feast, from the first frame till the last.” – Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, is forced to steal 13 paintings from the world’s renowned museums and private collections to prevent his suffering from terrible nightmares he has as a result of subliminal messaging he received as a child. Accompanied by his four patients, he and his band of thieves strike regularly and with great success: the Louvre, Tate, Uffizi, Hermitage, the Museum of Modern Art. “The Collector” quickly becomes the most wanted criminal in the world. Gangsters and head-hunters chase him around the world while the reward for his capture keeps rising, approaching a hundred million dollars. A cartel of insurance companies entrusts Mike Kowalski, a private detective and leading expert on art theft, to solve the “Collector Case.”

Awards: 2 Wins, 6 Nominations
Nominated, Best Animated Independent Feature, Annie Awards, 2019
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2018
Nominated, Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, Satellite Awards, 2019
Winner/Best Screenplay and Nominated Best Film, Seville European Film Festival, 2018
Winner, Best Film, Trieste Film Festival, 2019

Program is Sponsored by:

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

Ruben Brandt, Collector - 7PM
2019-07-18 19:00 - 20:36 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

Home Alone - Outdoor Screening
2019-07-24 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Home Alone

July 24, 2019 – Join us for ‘Christmas in July’!
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk, weather permitting (rain date July 25)
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Cast: Catherine O’Hara, Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, John Heard, Macaulay Culkin
Comedy/Family, 1990, 101 min., PG (USA)

Synopsis
8-year-old Kevin McAllister is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they’ve left him home by himself, Kevin learns to fend for himself, and eventually has to protect his house against bumbling burglars Harry and Marv, who are planning to rob every house in Kevin’s suburban Chicago neighborhood. Kevin’s mother Kate is frantic when she realizes that she and the family have unintentionally left Kevin behind in Chicago, and she tries to make it back to Chicago as fast as she can, getting help from a polka band leader named Gus Polinski.

Awards: Winner of 10 Awards, 6 Nominations!

Sponsored by the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - Outdoor Screening
2019-07-31 21:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
July 31, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 9:05/9:10pm), weather permitting (rain date August 1)
Written and Directed by: George Lucas
1977, 121 min., PG (USA)

Synopsis
Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke’s Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire.

Presenting Sponsor:

Lawn Chair Luminata is a project of the Downtown Barrie Business Association

The Public - 4PM
2019-08-07 16:00 - 18:02, 2019-08-08 16:00 - 18:02 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Public
Screening:
Wednesday, August 7 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, August 8 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Michael K Williams, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Jacob Vargas
Drama, 14A not recommended for young children, offensive language, nudity, 122 min. (USA)

“The gentle humour and simple humanity of Estevez’s script helps the audience digest the messages within “The Public,” to engender sympathy for our nation’s homeless and sing the praises of libraries.” – Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune
“It’s smart work and edifying, with Estevez finding an original topic to explore with compassion and engrossing drama.” – Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com
“Estevez does an elegant job with this setup, creating a low-key, uncondescending portrait of lives on the edge.” – Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times

In “The Public” an unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the public library where the action of the film takes place. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, some homeless patrons turn the building into a shelter for the night by staging an “Occupy” sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a standoff with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what’s really happening. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation’s most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library.

Awards: 4 wins, 1 nomination
Nominated, Local Heroes Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019

The Public - 7PM
2019-08-07 19:00 - 21:02, 2019-08-08 19:00 - 21:02 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Public
Screening:
Wednesday, August 7 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, August 8 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Emilio Estevez
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Michael K Williams, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Jacob Vargas
Drama, 14A not recommended for young children, offensive language, nudity, 122 min. (USA)

Join us for a post-screening Q&A with members of the Barrie Public Library after the 7PM screenings!

“The gentle humour and simple humanity of Estevez’s script helps the audience digest the messages within “The Public,” to engender sympathy for our nation’s homeless and sing the praises of libraries.” – Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune
“It’s smart work and edifying, with Estevez finding an original topic to explore with compassion and engrossing drama.” – Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com
“Estevez does an elegant job with this setup, creating a low-key, uncondescending portrait of lives on the edge.” – Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times

In “The Public” an unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati and the front doors of the public library where the action of the film takes place. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, some homeless patrons turn the building into a shelter for the night by staging an “Occupy” sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a standoff with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what’s really happening. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation’s most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library.

Awards: 4 wins, 1 nomination
Nominated, Local Heroes Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019

Finding Nemo - Outdoor Screening
2019-08-07 20:30 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
August 7, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 9:00/9:15pm), weather permitting (rain date August 8)
Directed by: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett
2003, 100 min., G (USA)

Synopsis
In the depths of the Great Barrier Reef, Marlin (Albert Brooks), an overly protective clownfish, embarks on a daring rescue mission when his beloved son, Nemo, gets scooped up by a diver. With his unforgettable friend Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) by his side, Marlin encounters an ocean full of memorable comedic characters on his momentous journey to find Nemo.

Awards: Won 49 Awards including Best Animated Feature at the 2004 Academy Awards!

Presenting Sponsor:

Lawn Chair Luminata is a project of the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Bumblebee - Outdoor Screening
2019-08-14 20:30 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
August 14, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:55/9:05pm), weather permitting (rain date August 15)
Directed by: Travis Knight
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Megyn Price, Marcella Bragio, Peter Cullen, Vanessa Ross
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi, 2018, 114 min., PG (USA)

Synopsis
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

Awards: 9 Nominations including Best Action Movie, Actor (John Cena) and Actress (Hailey Steinfeld), Teen Choice Awards, 2019

Presenting Sponsor:

Lawn Chair Luminata is a project of the Downtown Barrie Business Association

The White Crow - 4PM
2019-08-15 16:00 - 18:07 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The White Crow

Screening: Thursday, August 15, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Written by: David Hare
Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes, Sergei Polunin, Louis Hofmann, Chulpan Khamatova
Drama/Biography, 14A for some sexuality, graphic nudity, and language, 127 minutes, Language: English, Russian and French with English subtitles (United Kingdom/France)

“Provocative and Evocative…Superbly Directed by Ralph Fiennes” – Baz Bamigboye, DAILY MAIL

“Fiennes gives a hypnotic performance as Nureyev’s favourite teacher, Alexander Pushkin.” – Charlotte O’Sullivan, London Evening Standard

A young man of just 22, dressed in a black beret and a dark narrow suit, is on an airplane flying from St. Petersburg to Paris. It is 1961 and Rudolf Nureyev, not yet the imperious figure of legend, is a member of the world-renowned Kirov Ballet Company, travelling for the first time outside the Soviet Union.

Parisian life delights Nureyev and the young dancer is eager to consume all the culture, art and music the dazzling city has to offer. But the KGB officers who watch his every move become increasingly suspicious of his behaviour and his friendship with the young Parisienne Clara Saint. When they finally confront Nureyev with a shocking demand, he is forced to make a heart-breaking decision, one that may change the course of his life forever and put his family and friends in terrible danger.

From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken childhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival at the epicentre of western culture in Paris in the early 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, The White Crow is the true story of an incredible journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of ballet forever.

Awards:
Winner, Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution/Nominated for Best Film, Tokyo International Film Festival, 2018

Program is Sponsored by:

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

The White Crow - 7PM
2019-08-15 19:00 - 21:07 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Outdoor Screening
2019-08-21 18:00 - 22:45 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
August 21, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Movie starts at dusk (approx. 8:30/8:45pm), weather permitting (rain date August 22)
Directed by: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig
Animation/Action/Adventure, 2019, 104 min., PG (USA)

Arrive early as the Barrie Fire & Emergency Service will join us with various family activities and their fire trucks! They’ll be onsite by 5:30pm with a bouncy castle, fire trucks and fire safety fun!

Synopsis
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless finally discover their true destinies: the village chief as ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, and the dragon as leader of his own kind. As both ascend, the darkest threat they’ve yet faced—as well as the appearance of a female Night Fury dragon—will test the bonds of their relationship like never before.

Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Animation/Best Original Score, Golden Trailer Awards, 2019

Sponsored by:
The Barrie Fire & Emergency Service and Barrie Firefighter Community Projects

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - Outdoor Screening
2019-08-29 20:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
August 29, 2019 – changed due to weather
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:30/8:40pm), weather permitting
Directed by: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Cast: Shamiek Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Lily Tomlin, Zoë Kravitz
Animation/Action/Adventure, 2018, 117 min., PG (USA)

We are going to give it another try this evening as last night we got rained out. Hoping for clear skies!

Synopsis
Brooklyn teen Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is embarrassed that his police officer dad drives him to school in a cruiser. His dad isn’t impressed by Spider-Man, who gets a lot of credit for catching bad guys.
When Spider-Man (Jake Johnson) saves Miles from a monster, the superhero introduces the boy to the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one person can wear the mask of Spider-Man. Peter Parker offers to teach Miles to be Spider-Man, but advises him not to do it like him (Peter), but to do it like himself.

Awards: 63 Wins including Best Animated Feature Film at the 2019 Academy Awards!

Presenting Sponsor:

Lawn Chair Luminata is a project of the Downtown Barrie Business Association

Photograph - 4PM
2019-09-04 16:00 - 17:50, 2019-09-05 16:00 - 17:50 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Photograph
Screening:
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, September 5, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Written and Directed by: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Farrukh Jaffar, Vijay Raaz, Sachin Khedekar and Denzil Smith
Drama/Romance, G, 110 minutes, Language: Hindi, Gujarati and English with English subtitles (Germany/India/USA)

“Photograph makes an impression.” – Wendy Shreve, Featuring Film
“The film plays around with cinematic traditions, supplying a clever little twist to the rom-com formula.” – Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
“Patient viewers who enjoy deeply felt films that take their sweet (in a good way) time to tell a small, human and relatable story should find writer-director Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set romance “Photograph” a lovely, charming and gently transporting journey.” – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

Two lives intersect in Mumbai and go along together. A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develops a surprising connection in ways that they could not expect and challenges their worldviews in this wistful and funny romance. Featuring some of Indian cinema’s most popular actors, Photograph is a heartwarming and comical snapshot of life in contemporary Mumbai.

Photograph - 7PM
2019-09-04 19:00 - 20:50, 2019-09-05 19:00 - 20:50 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

2019 World Tour Paddling Film Festival - Outdoor Screening
2019-09-04 20:00 | Meridian Place, 30 Simcoe Street, Barrie, ON, L4M 1A7, Canada
Presented by

September 4, 2019
Meridian Place, Downtown Barrie
Admission: Free
Starts at dusk (approx. 8:00pm), weather permitting (rain date Sept 5)

Synopsis
Since 2006, the Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour has been showcasing the very best paddling films. The World Tour screens in more than 120 cities around the world… You’ll be inspired to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, embrace the paddling lifestyle and appreciate some incredibly beautiful, wild places.

Sponsored by the Downtown Barrie Business Association (BIA)

Echo In The Canyon - 4PM
2019-09-19 16:00 - 17:22 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Echo In The Canyon

Screening: Thursday, September 19, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Also being shown as part of the ***Troubadour Music Festival*** on Sept 21 – 7pm, for info: https://troubadourfestival.ca/film/

Directed by: Andrew Slater
Written by: Eric Barrett, Andrew Slater
Featuring: Jakob Dylan, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Roger Mcguinn, Beck, Regina Spektor, Graham Nash, Cat Power, Lou Adler, John Sebastian, Jackson Browne, Michelle Phillips, Nora Jones, Jade Castrinos
Documentary, PG, drug references and some suggestive content, 82 minutes (USA/UK)

“This superlative documentary looks at the birth of the California sound, a merging of folk and rock that essentially sprang from L.A.’s Laurel Canyon.” – Christopher Lloyd, The Film Yap

“A star-studded, nostalgic blast-from-the-past.” – Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate

Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to LA to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music. Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

Awards:
Nominated, Music Movies Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival, 2019

Program is Sponsored by:

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

Echo In The Canyon - 7PM
2019-09-19 19:00 - 20:22 | Annual Barrie Film Festival

The Invisibles - 4PM
2019-10-02 16:00 - 17:50 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
The Invisibles
Screening:
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Thursday, October 3, 2019 – 4pm, 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie

Co-written and Directed by: Claus Räfle
Cast: Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras, Florian Lukas, Andreas Schmidt, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Lucas Reiber, Sergej Moya
Drama/Biography/History, PG for mature content, 110 minutes,
Language: German with English subtitles (Germany)

“The Invisibles, about humans as living ghosts, needs to be seen, and believed.” – Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
“A film like The Invisibles is part of bearing ‘precise witness.’ We clearly need reminders, and constant ones, of the end result of ‘otherizing’ an entire group of people.” – Sheila O’Malley, RogerEbert.com

While Goebbels infamously declared Berlin “free of Jews” in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital. Claus Räfle’s gripping docudrama traces the stories of four real-life survivors who learned to hide in plain sight.
Moving between cinemas, cafés and safe houses, they dodged Nazi officials and a dense network of spies and informants. Yet their prudence was at odds with their youthful recklessness, prompting them to join the resistance, forge passports, or pose as Aryan war widows. Masterfully weaving these story threads together, THE INVISIBLES is a testament to the resourcefulness, willpower and sheer chance needed to survive against incredible odds.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Feature, Hamburg Film Festival, 2017
Nominated, Audience Award, World Cinema, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2017
Winner, Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, 2018

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

The Invisibles - 7PM
2019-10-02 19:00 - 20:50 | Annual Barrie Film Festival
