Special Presentations Added to Cinéfest 11 Lineup

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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Cinéfest Sudbury Announces Canadian Films

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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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:

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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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