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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival is thrilled to announce that Sarah Polley’s film Take This Waltz will close the 23rd edition of Cinéfest Sudbury. Take This Waltz will screen September 25th at 7:00 p.m. at SilverCity Sudbury. The film screening will be attended by the director Sarah Polley. There will be a catered reception following the film at Bryson’s on the Park 5 Creighton Rd, Copper Cliff at 9:00 p.m.
From the moment Margot (Michelle Williams) meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses her sudden attraction: she is ...
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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is excited to announce a double bill experience like no other featuring films by sibling, Sudbury born filmmakers Alfons and Robert Adetuyi. Both brothers feature films High Chicago (Alfons Adetuyi) and Beat the World (Robert Adetuyi) will be played back to back followed by an in depth, moderated panel discussion.
Beat the World [Robert Adetuyi, Canada, 2011]
Three groups of expert dancers are about to converge on Detroit to participate in the "Beat the World" dance competition, but there's far more than money at stake for each group. The Detroit-based American squad, "Fusion," is led by Yuson ...
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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is excited to announce the first component of this year’s Cinema Summit activities - a short film showcase and panel entitled Animated + Aboriginal: Indigenous Storytelling Through Animation. The programme is presented in partnership with the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, and will consist of eight short films, followed by a panel discussion featuring Terril Calder, who specializes in stop-motion animation, and a representative from imagineNATIVE.
"Animation in all its forms is a vital medium for many Indigenous artists in Canada and around the world," says Jason Ryle, imagineNATIVE Executive Director. "This programme celebrates the diverse achievements of eight ...
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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest is excited to announce some of the high-caliber Canadian feature films slated to appear at the 23rd edition of Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.
Cloudburst [Thom Fitzgerald, Canada/USA, 2011]
Dotty (Brenda Fricker) and Stella (Olympia Dukakis) have lived together for the last 31 years on the coastline of Maine. But when Dotty takes a fall and 911 has to be called, her granddaughter Molly (Kristin Booth) wonders if her Grandma’s “friend” Stella can truly care for Dotty anymore, and arranges for Dotty to live in a nursing home. Unwilling to live without one another, Stella and Dotty ...
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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is pleased to announce the early selections for the Special Presentations programme for the 23rd edition of the festival. This year’s Special Presentations programme will include Canadian, world, documentary and Northern Connections feature-length films and will be representative of the best in contemporary filmmaking.
La Sacrée [Dominic Desjardins, Canada, 2011]
In order to marry a wealthy businesswoman, a professional conman must first solve his infertility problem. In order to do so, he must begrudgingly return to his home town in Ontario, where he finally decides to set up shop in order to launch a microbrewery. Will he ...
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08 12, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is pleased to announce additional selections for the Special Presentations programme for the 23rd edition of the festival. These films represent some of the year’s best in Canadian and World Cinema.
Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (The Snows of Kilimanjaro) [Robert Guédiguian, France, 2011, French with English Subtitles]
Despite losing his job, Michel (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) lives happily with Marie-Claire (Ariane Ascaride). They have been in love for more than thirty years, have children and grandchildren that delight them as well as plenty of close friends. They are proud of their union and political struggles, and their conscience is ...
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08 12, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival is thrilled to announce two more Gala Presentations for the 2011 festival. The Guard will be presented as the Monday Night Gala September 19th at 7:00PM. Starbuck will be featured as the Friday Night Gala Presentation September 23rd at 7:00PM.
The Guard [John Michael McDonagh, Ireland, 2011]
Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle ...
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08 24, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is pleased to announce a selection of
Canadian feature films for the 23rd edition of the festival. The 2011
programme will include new works by Bruce McDonald, Guy Maddin and
Émile Gaudreault and spotlight several up and coming filmmakers directing
their first features.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A Beginner’s Guide to Endings [Jonathan Sobol, USA / Canada, 2010]
If Duke White (Harvey Keitel) hadn’t thrown himself into Niagara Falls,
someone would’ve pushed him. A full-time gambler and part-time dad,
Duke enrolled his three eldest sons in a risky pharmaceutical test for a little
extra dough. When the meds ...
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09 13, 2011
Cinefest Sudbury is pleased to announce the line-up of film guests attending the 23rd edition of the festival. Stay tuned as Cinefest Sudbury will announce more fantastic guests leading up to the festival.
Guests include:
180°
Siir Eloglu, Actor
Kaya Inan, Editor
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Markus Hautz, Director
Martin Loos, Actor
Beat the World
Amos Adetuyi, Producer
Robert Adetuyi, Director
Billy Bishop Goes to War
Brad Fox, Producer
Eric Peterson, Actor
Cloudburst
Thom Fitzgerald, Director
Brenda Fricker, Actor
Doug Pettigrew, Producer
Donovan's Echo
Jim Cliffe, Director
Medolie Krieger, Writer
The Guantanamo Trap
Patrick Crowe, Producer
Thomas Selim Wallner
High Chicago ...
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