CANADA – 1994 – 47 MIN – COLOUR - B&W - STEREO - DOCUMENTARY - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY RON MANN
With artists and educators jousting for position with motorcycle gangs and dealers in the same high-rise, Rochdale became a focal point for the best and worst dreams of the Canadian generation of baby boomers.
CANADA – 1988 – 90 MIN – COLOUR & B&W - DOCUMENTARY - IN ENGLISH
FILM BY RON MANN
COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL is a feature-length documentary that profiles twenty-two of the most significant artists and writers working in comic books, graphic novels and strip-art in North America today.
In an entertaining and informative combination of interviews, historical footage and state-of-the-art animation techniques, Comic Book Confidential provides a positive answer to that burning existential question of the late twentieth century first posed by Zippy the Pinhead: "Are we having fun yet?"
CANADA – 1998 – 75 MIN – COLOUR - B&W - DOCUMENTARY - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY JIM SHEDDEN
A film about the life and work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage.
CANADA – 2005 – 106 MIN – COLOUR - DOCUMENTARY - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY RON MANN
FEATURING: BLUE RODEO
Blue Rodeo releases their first-ever DVD to celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band!
Ron's DVD celebrating 20 years of Blue Rodeo is now available. Featuring a reunion concert with the original 5 members i.e. Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Anderson!
Directed by renowned Canadian filmmaker, Ron Mann, it features a reunion concert with the original 5 members i.e. Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Anderson
USA – 2014 – 50 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY SARA DRIVER
A young woman, Ethel, escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim by a rescue volunteer who finds her trying to place a stone in a dead woman’s mouth. The volunteer drives her to her sister’s house. Not wishing to be alone in the house with her, the sister brings two neighbor women over. She calls the hospital and finds out that Ethel “wasn’t released at all but somehow got out.” They nervously await the attendants from the hospital while Ethel, refusing to speak, formulates a plan to stay in the house. As Ethel is being ushered out by the attendants, she takes one of the stones out of her pocket and thrusts it into her sister’s mouth. The screen goes black. As it cleans, the sister is being taken away while Ethel remains in the house.
USA – 2010 – 118 MIN – COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ROBERT WEIDE
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allows his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy®-winning, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide follows the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography.
USA – 2011 – 83 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY LAURA ISRAEL
Wind power... it’s sustainable ... it burns no fossil fuels...it produces no air pollution. What’s more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That’s what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town’s failing economy with a farm of their own — that of 40 industrial wind turbines.
USA – 1983 – 82 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CHARLIE AHEARN
A documentation of the earliest days of hip-hop in the boroughs of New York, everything in WILD STYLE is authentic — the story, style, characters, and most of the actors, are drawn from the community. It features a pantheon of old-school pioneers, including Grandmaster Flash, Fab Five Freddy, Busy Bee, The Cold Crush Brothers and more.
GERMANY / USA / NETHERLANDS – 1996 – 94 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY SARA DRIVER
Marty (Alfred Molina) is a down-and-out jazz musician with colorful dreams of making it big, but right now he's living on the edge and making small money by giving music lessons to people who don't seem to want them.
USA – 2006 – 156 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY WILLIAM ARNTZ, BETSY CHASSE, MARK VICENTE CHASSE & MARK VICENTE
WHAT THE BLEEP!? DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE — the much-anticipated sequel to the huge hit WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?!
USA – 2004 – 109 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & SPANISH
A FILM BY WILLIAM ARNTZ, BETSY CHASSE & MARK VICENTE
USA – 2014 – 95 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY GREG BARKER
WE ARE THE GIANT follows the inspirational stories of three ordinary young people whose struggle for freedom during the Arab Spring was both fuelled and empowered by social media.
ISRAEL / SWEDEN – 2004 – 103 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, HEBREW, ITALIAN, TURKISH & ARABIC
A FILM BY KHYENTSE NORBU
A hit man for Mossad is given the mission to track down the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex Nazi officer, who might be still alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister. He wants to convince her to come back to Germany for their Fathers birthday party. The two men set out on an extended tour of the country during which, Axel’s frank and open attitude challenges Eyal’s rigid, clichéd values. Their friendship grows until he learns of Axel’s homosexuality. With this final straw he leaves. To finish his mission Eyal has to go to Germany. He meets Axel once more and succeeds in being invited to the family party where secrets will be revealed.
CANADA – 2013 – MIN – COLOUR - SHORT - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ANDREW STEVENSON
VINELIFE: THE STORY OF A VINTAGE captures the stories of three intrepid winemakers as they launch their careers in Canada’s Niagara Peninsula. Through stunning cinematography highlighting Niagara’s spectacular landscape, the film tracks the odyssey of one complete vintage — from the vineyard to the table. A candid observational style takes the viewer behind the scenes of several craft-based wineries to reveal the punishing stresses of long workdays, erratic weather conditions and a market swamped by foreign competition. Through the painstaking process of crafting their award-winning wines, each winemaker reveals their tireless efforts to express Niagara’s unique terroir.
ITALY – 2004 – 90 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY VINCENZO MARRA
The film centres around a young man who lives with his Neapolitan family in a nondescript apartment. Vincenzo (Vincenzo Pacilli) works without a contract at a blacksmith's. His sister seeks greater independence, but all of her squabbling with their father becomes irrelevant when he suddenly dies, leaving the family stranded. Vincenzo's daily ritual of riding his moped to work gradually changes, as does his mother's routine — she now sits at her sewing machine all day, facing the risk of eviction.
USA – 1976 – 87 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
Portrays the life of the Weather Underground Organization, which was near the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted list in the 1970s. The film juxtaposes interviews with the Underground collective with footage of the radical political movements of the time.
ROMANIA - 2009 - ROMANIAN - 99 MIN
DIRECTED BY: RADU MUNTEAN
CAST: MIMI BRANESCU, MIRELA OPRISOR, MARIA POPISTASU
A young woman, Ethel, escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim by a rescue volunteer who finds her trying to place a stone in a dead woman’s mouth. The volunteer drives her to her sister’s house. Not wishing to be alone in the house with her, the sister brings two neighbor women over. She calls the hospital and finds out that Ethel “wasn’t released at all but somehow got out.” They nervously await the attendants from the hospital while Ethel, refusing to speak, formulates a plan to stay in the house. As Ethel is being ushered out by the attendants, she takes one of the stones out of her pocket and thrusts it into her sister’s mouth. The screen goes black. As it cleans, the sister is being taken away while Ethel remains in the house.
AUSTRALIA / BHUTAN / UNITED KINGDOM – 2003 – 108 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN DZONGKHA WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY KHYENTSE NORBU
In the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, nestled deep in the Himalayas, two men seek to escape their mundane lives. Dondup, an educated university graduate decides that he will be better off picking grapes in the US than working as a government officer in a remote rural village. Tashi, a restless farm youth studying magic, cannot bear the thought of a life consigned to his village. Through a trick of his brother, he is delivered into a dream world of seduction and intrigue. The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one – for a better and different life. It is a mystical fable of lust, jealousy and murder, that concludes with the dilemma – is the grass truly greener on the other side?
UNITED KINGDOM – 1984 – 134 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN TIBETAN & ENGLISH
A FILM BY GRAHAM COLEMAN
Four years in the making and hailed as a cinematic masterpiece in 1979, writer/director Graham Coleman's three-part feature has been unseen for over 20 years. Now, the film has been reworked into a single presentation, complete with digital restoration of the original material and new commentary.
FRANCE – 2004 – 102 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY ROBIN CAMPILLO
One morning, the neighbourhood wakes to see a group of recently deceased people strolling back into town, looking much as they did just before death. Many of the residents are unprepared to resume their lives with their former family members, so a large "refugee" and reintegration camp is set up.
