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Gus Van Sant's 'Restless' is the Tuesday Night Gala

07 27, 2011

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival is thrilled to announce that Restless will be presented as the Tuesday Night Gala Presentation at the 23rd edition of the Festival. Restless will screen Tuesday, September 20th at 7:00 p.m. at SilverCity Sudbury. There will be a catered reception following the film at the Quality Inn Hotel, at 390 Elgin St. at 9:00 p.m.

Directed by Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting), Restless recounts the romance between two teenagers, orphaned, funeral-crashing Enoch (Henry Hopper) and Annabel (Mia Wasikowska). They meet at a funeral and bond over their ...

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Sarah Polley's 'Take This Waltz' to close 23rd edition of Cinéfest Sudbury

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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Cinéfest Sudbury Announces Monday and Friday Gala Presentations

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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Cinefest Sudbury Announces Final Selections for Gala and Special Presentations

09 1, 2011

Cinefest Sudbury is thrilled to announce it's final selections for the Gala and Special Presentations line-ups for the 2011 festival. Both programmes will feature a a number fine filmmakers, including Gus Van Sant, Woody Allen and Mike Clattenburg.

OPENING NIGHT GALA

I'm Yours [Leonard Farlinger, Canada, 2011] Two lost souls take an illuminating road trip of self-discovery from Manhattan to North Bay, Ontario. On his 30th birthday, good-looking Wall Street money manager, Robert (Rossif Sutherland) decides he wants something more out of life. Across a bar room floor, he spots a stunning brunette named Daphne (Karine Vanasse). They ...

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Cinefest Sudbury has an Amazing Line-up of Guests Slated to Attend the 2011 Festival

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

22:43
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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