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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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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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07 27, 2011
Cinéfest Sudbury is pleased to announce the first selection of films to be included in the World Cinema programme at this year’s festival. The World Cinema programme will once again present the year’s best films from across the globe, and feature a diverse blend of styles, genres and subjects.
180° [Cihan Inan, Switzerland, 2010, German with English subtitles]
Early evening - a big city. Two teenagers shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to watch her daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives through rush hour, so excited they ...
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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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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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