Barrie Film Festival

TIMBUKTU - 7PM
2015-06-04 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Annual Barrie Film Festival
Timbuktu
Screening: Thursday, June 4, 2015 – 7pm
Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed
Drama, 14A for some violence and mature thematic elements, 97 minutes, Language: English, Arabic, French, Tamashek, Bombara and Songhay with English subtitles (FRANCE/MAURITANIA/MALI)

“A lovely if sad story of contrasts one will not soon forget.” – Jean Lowerison, ReviewExpress.com

“Even though the atrocities committed by radical jihadists dominate the headlines and airwaves, few in the West know what it’s like to live under their reign. Timbuktu…is a moving, haunting and beautifully shot peek behind the closed cultural curtain.” – Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2015
Won, Best World Cinema, African-American Film Critics Association, 2014
Nominated, Best Arabic Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2014
Won, François Chalais Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Director, Chicago International Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, César Awards, 2015

TIMBUKTU - 4PM
2015-06-04 16:00
Timbuktu
Screening: Thursday, June 4, 2015 – 4pm
Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed
Drama, 14A for some violence and mature thematic elements, 97 minutes, Language: English, Arabic, French, Tamashek, Bombara and Songhay with English subtitles (FRANCE/MAURITANIA/MALI)

“A lovely if sad story of contrasts one will not soon forget.” – Jean Lowerison, ReviewExpress.com

“Even though the atrocities committed by radical jihadists dominate the headlines and airwaves, few in the West know what it’s like to live under their reign. Timbuktu…is a moving, haunting and beautifully shot peek behind the closed cultural curtain.” – Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2015
Won, Best World Cinema, African-American Film Critics Association, 2014
Nominated, Best Arabic Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2014
Won, François Chalais Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Director, Chicago International Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, César Awards, 2015

TIMBUKTU - 9PM
2015-06-03 21:00
Timbuktu
Screening: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 – 9pm
Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed
Drama, 14A for some violence and mature thematic elements, 97 minutes, Language: English, Arabic, French, Tamashek, Bombara and Songhay with English subtitles (FRANCE/MAURITANIA/MALI)

“A lovely if sad story of contrasts one will not soon forget.” – Jean Lowerison, ReviewExpress.com

“Even though the atrocities committed by radical jihadists dominate the headlines and airwaves, few in the West know what it’s like to live under their reign. Timbuktu…is a moving, haunting and beautifully shot peek behind the closed cultural curtain.” – Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2015
Won, Best World Cinema, African-American Film Critics Association, 2014
Nominated, Best Arabic Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2014
Won, François Chalais Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Director, Chicago International Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, César Awards, 2015

TIMBUKTU - 7PM
2015-06-03 19:00
Timbuktu
Screening: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 – 7pm
Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed
Drama, 14A for some violence and mature thematic elements, 97 minutes, Language: English, Arabic, French, Tamashek, Bombara and Songhay with English subtitles (FRANCE/MAURITANIA/MALI)

“A lovely if sad story of contrasts one will not soon forget.” – Jean Lowerison, ReviewExpress.com

“Even though the atrocities committed by radical jihadists dominate the headlines and airwaves, few in the West know what it’s like to live under their reign. Timbuktu…is a moving, haunting and beautifully shot peek behind the closed cultural curtain.” – Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2015
Won, Best World Cinema, African-American Film Critics Association, 2014
Nominated, Best Arabic Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2014
Won, François Chalais Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Director, Chicago International Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, César Awards, 2015

TIMBUKTU - 4PM
2015-06-03 16:00
Timbuktu
Screening: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 – 4pm
Tickets: Adults $10, Senior/Senior $8
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Ibrahim Ahmed
Drama, 14A for some violence and mature thematic elements, 97 minutes, Language: English, Arabic, French, Tamashek, Bombara and Songhay with English subtitles (FRANCE/MAURITANIA/MALI)

“A lovely if sad story of contrasts one will not soon forget.” – Jean Lowerison, ReviewExpress.com

“Even though the atrocities committed by radical jihadists dominate the headlines and airwaves, few in the West know what it’s like to live under their reign. Timbuktu…is a moving, haunting and beautifully shot peek behind the closed cultural curtain.” – Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly in this stunningly rendered film from a master of world cinema.

Awards:
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2015
Won, Best World Cinema, African-American Film Critics Association, 2014
Nominated, Best Arabic Film, Cairo International Film Festival, 2014
Won, François Chalais Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Director, Chicago International Film Festival, 2014
Won, Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, César Awards, 2015

X+Y - 8PM
2015-05-21 20:00
Director: Morgan Matthews
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Rafe Spall, Eddie Marsan, and Jo Yang
Comedy/Drama, PG, 111 minutes (United Kingdom)
Tickets: Adult $10, Senior/Student $8
Preferring to hide in the safety of his own private world, Nathan (Asa Butterfield, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Hugo) struggles to connect with people, often pushing away those who want to be closest to him, including his mother, Julie (Sally Hawkins). Without the ability to understand love or affection, Nathan finds the comfort and security he needs in numbers and mathematics.
Mentored by his unconventional and anarchic teacher, Mr. Humphreys (Rafe Spall), it becomes clear that Nathan’s talents are enough to win him a place on the British team competing at the highly revered International Mathematics Olympiad.
Being part of a team and one that has a real chance of winning seems like it could change Nathan’s life forever. But when the team go to train in Taiwan, Nathan is faced with a multitude of unexpected challenges, not least the new and unfamiliar feelings he begins to experience for one of the Chinese competitors, the beautiful Zhang Mei.
From England to Taipei and back again, this inspiring and life-affirming story follows the unconventional and hilarious relationship between student and teacher, whose roles are often reversed, and the unfathomable experience of first love – when you don’t even understand what love is.
“Deeply affecting … Matthews’ affinity for the subject and empathy for his characters pays rich dividends, while his documentary background shines through in his and DP Danny Cohen’s eye for striking visual details.” – Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

X+Y - 4PM
2015-05-21 16:00

Leviathan - 7PM
2015-05-07 19:00, 2015-05-06 19:00
Written and Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovitchenkov, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova, Alexey Rozin, Sergey Pokhadaev
Drama, 14A or language and some sexuality/graphic nudity, 141 minutes, Russian with English Subtitles (Russia)
Tickets: Adult $10, Senior/Student $8
Acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes and Golden Globe for this painterly, primordial tale about a proud patriarch fighting to protect his family home from a corrupt local official. Set in the remote Russian northwest, this is the tragic tale of one man’s struggle against a corrupt system of power. Kolya (Alexey Serebryakov), a part-time mechanic, lives on a rocky shore with his wife and son in a house he built himself. When a local mayor attempts to seize the property through a compulsory purchase order he calls in a lawyer friend from Moscow to help fight his case. But the wheels of justice soon prove to be slow, heavy and quite possibly deadly…

“From its chamber-piece delicacy and bureaucratic detail to a grandeur and implacable pessimism that seem as ancient as the land itself, “Leviathan” is a distinctly Russian tragedy.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
“One of the outstanding films of 2014, Leviathan lives up to its title: it’s a behemoth of intelligent contemporary cinema.” – Jonathan Romney, Film Comment Magazine

Leviathan - 4PM
2015-05-07 16:00, 2015-05-06 16:00

Bon Cop, Bad Cop - 7PM
2015-04-29 19:00
Director: Erik Canuel
Cast: Patrick Huard, Colm Feore
(2006) Action/Crime/Comedy, 14A for course language, some nudity and violence, 116 minutes, English and French with English subtitles (Canada)
Admission: FREE
When a crime is committed on the border of Quebec and Ontario, everyone is forced to come together, whether they want to or not. As the investigation gets underway, we meet David Boucher (Patrick Huard) and Martin Ward (Colm Feore), members of their respective provincial police forces who are forced to work together. The two men couldn’t be more different. In fact, the only thing they appear to have in common is that they are both cops, albeit cops with totally different styles.

Boychoir - 8PM
2015-04-16 20:00
Director: François Girard
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Eddie Izzard and Debra Winger
Drama, PG, 106 minutes (USA)
Tickets: Adult $10, Senior/Student $8
From acclaimed Canadian director François Girard (Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The Red Violin) comes a drama that the entire family can enjoy: the story of a gifted eleven-year-old boy who must struggle against the odds to find his voice. Stet (newcomer Garrett Wareing) is an angry youngster who can sing like an angel. Orphaned after his mother is killed in a car accident, he ends up boarding at a choir school on the US East Coast — a place about as different from his small Texas town as can be. Feeling misunderstood, out of place, and frustrated with the cards life has dealt him, Stet finds himself at odds with Choirmaster Carvelle (Dustin Hoffman), a disciplinarian of the old school. But he recognizes something special in Stet’s voice, and pushes the boy to put his troubled young soul into the music. Boychoir will have audiences swooning as the film is about the way that music can touch our lives — if only it’s given enough encouragement to come out and play.
“In a country where musical talent is so often confused with sex appeal, Boychoir offers a welcome alternative, celebrating discipline, talent and the sound of untainted innocence.” – Peter Debruge, Variety

Boychoir - 4PM
2015-04-16 16:00

Phoenix - 7pm
2015-04-02 19:00, 2015-04-01 19:00
Drama, 98 minutes, 14A for mature content, some violence and frightening scenes, not recommended for young or sensitive viewers, German with English Subtitles (GERMANY)
Tickets: Adult $10, Senior/Student $8
With his internationally acclaimed films The State I Am In, Yella and Jerichow, Christian Petzold established himself at the forefront of the group of contemporary German filmmakers known as the Berlin School. Following the success of his previous film, Barbara, Petzold returns with another story of a fiercely determined woman — and the deeply divided society to which she belongs — caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future. Emerging from a concentration camp at the end of World War II, Nelly Lenz (played by the formidable Nina Hoss, Petzold’s regular star) undergoes significant reconstructive surgery to repair a facial injury caused by a bullet wound. Nelly wants everything to be exactly the way it was before the war — including her appearance — but it isn’t. Presumed dead by her friends and relatives, fixated on the memories of her former life and unable to accept the shattered reality before her, Nelly returns to Berlin to fulfill the dream that sustained her throughout her imprisonment: reuniting with her husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld). But even as she scours the ravaged city to find him, she is haunted by terrible, whispered rumours: that it was Johnny himself who betrayed her to the Nazis. Travelling beyond Barbara’s setting in the former East Germany to further explore his country’s dark twentieth-century history, Petzold positions Nelly as a powerfully ambiguous representation of the titular phoenix: rising from the ashes of her broken life, she strives not to begin anew but to reclaim the old dreams of the past. Gorgeously shot, featuring impeccable art direction, a faultless score, and two powerhouse performances in the leading roles, Phoenix is one of the most thrilling and engrossing dramas of the year.

Phoenix - 4PM
2015-04-02 16:00, 2015-04-01 16:00

Phoenix - 9PM
2015-04-01 21:00
