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SPRING 2007 PRINTEMPS
1935–2007
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TOM McSORLEY
Assistant:
MIKE WATERS
Projectionist:
WAYNE BELYEA
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we thank / Pour leur collaboration a ce programme nous remercions :
Embassies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Uruguay, and Venezuela; Embassies of Turkey, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria; National Arts
Centre national des arts; National Film Board of Canada/Office
national du film du Canada; Mike Hoolboom; Robert Morin;
Mike Waters; Chris Robinson; Andre Coutu; Azarin Sohrabkhani;
Kelly Neall; ‘Yukon’ Dan Sokolowski; Maya and Benjamin;
Tina Legari; Felan Parker; Nikin Nagewadia; Penny McCann; SAW
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Helen Deroia; Randall Ware; Bob Ferris; Elisa Ruiz; Rose Angelo;
Morley Callaghan; “Presence.”
Richard Dupuis, John Haley, Edith Pahlke , William B. Perry, Franklin Roy,
Steven Scott, Albert Shang, John Sorfleet, Mikolaj Tworek, Brennen Young,
Sean Darcy, .Elyse Piquette.
Thank you! Merci!
Duck Season
11TH LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL DU FILM DE L’AMERIQUE LATINE
FREE PARKING
STATIONNEMENT LIBRE
3RD SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE
FILM FESTIVAL
AUTEUR-PROVOCATEUR: ROBERT MORIN
CAFÉ EX: MIKE HOOLBOOM
TARKOVSKY’S RESTORED MASTERPIECE,
‘ANDREI RUBLEV’
Program design and layout: Dan Sokolowski
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Thurs./jeudi. May 10 mai, 19:30
FASCINATION
Director: Mike Hoolboom
Canada 2006, 80 minutes.
“My name? I thought everybody knew. My name is Art Star.”
Video artist Colin Campbell died in 2001. Generous, prolific and
handsome, he was a pioneer in the budding field of video art who
created hilarious personae throughout his thirty-year career: Art
Star, Robin, the Woman from Malibu and Colleena. He merged
the worlds of performance art with video, creating an ongoing
series of tapes that were witty and sly — campy takes on the
mirror image of video in the age of media proliferation. He was
a colleague, lover and mentor to many of the scene’s artists; and
the work of artists such as Lisa Steele, John Greyson, Andrew J.
Paterson and Tanya Mars would have been substantially different
without his presence in their lives. It seems appropriate for Mike
Hoolboom to take on the role of chronicler of Campbell’s legacy.
A longtime champion of fringe filmmaking, but also an outsider
to the video art milieu, Hoolboom brings his unique perspective
to bear on his portrait of Colin Campbell. For Hoolboom, Campbell’s death also coincides with the passing of an
era, when the image itself is imploding. We are in an era of mourning pictures, when media and death can only
represent what is lost. Fascination contains interviews and cameos with dozens of Canadian artists whose paths
crossed with Campbell’s. Combined with his customary use of appropriated footage and subjective voice-over,
Hoolboom presents us with a deeply affecting biography of a fallen star. (Images Festival)
Mike Hoolboom will attend the screening to introduce and discuss his work.
ANIMATION ANIMATION ANIMATION
Mon./lun. April 30 avril, 19:00
QUEBEC ANIMATION QUEBECOIS
Dans le cadre des activités de Scène Québec du Centre national des arts, l’Institut canadien du film est fier
de présenter cet impressionnant éventail de films d’animation provocateurs, poétiques, par quelques artistes
québécois importants dans le domaine de l’animation.
As part of the National Arts Centre’s ‘Quebec Scene” activities, the Canadian Film Institute is proud to
present this impressive array of provocative, poetic animation from some of Quebec’s leading animation
artists. Programme includes: Curse of the Voodoo Child (Stephen Woloshen), Le Chapeau/The Hat (Michele
Cournoyer), Tower Bawher (Theodore Ushev), Here and There (Diane Obomsawin), Mute and Molt (Mue
et Rue), Brigitte Archambault, Nibbles (Chris Hinton), McLaren’s Negatives (Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre),
Perestroika: Mushy Room (Ryosuke Aoike), Motion of Light (Karl Lemieux), The Danish Poet (Torill Kove),
Changing Evan (Stephen Woloshen). Total running time: 70 minutes. NOTE: NOT FOR CHILDREN.
Sat./sam. May 12 mai, 19:00
ANIMATED SOVIET PROPAGANDA PART II:
ANTI-FASCIST
Come marvel at the effective use of animation as a tool for propaganda. When Soviet animators weren’t
creating Disney inspired cartoons, they were using the art form to convey messages of hatred against their
Capitalist and fascist “enemies.” This programme includes an extensive selection of films that span several
decades — from some of the most talented Soviet directors and animators of the times. Don’t miss this
opportunity to see these historically and artistically fascinating films. English sub-titles.
3rd SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
The Canadian Film Institute is proud to present our third annual festival of films from South East Europe, showcasing the national cinemas of Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia, Greece, Albania, and Bulgaria. Alls films are Ottawa premieres and will be shown in their original languages with English sub-tiles.
Fri./ven. April 13 avril, 21:00
SEVEN AND A HALF
Director: Miroslav Momcilovic • Serbia 2005, 110 minutes.
The Deadly Sins have been the subject of cinema before, in thrillers (Se7en David
Fincher, 1995) and comedy (The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Graham Stark,
1971), here Miroslav Momcilovic’s treatment of the subject combines drama and
comedy in a superb summation of society in modern Serbia. The film presents
seven stories, each representing a deadly sin, which seem to take place in the
same neighbourhood of Belgrade. Main characters from one film will make a small
appearance in another, and so the whole gives the sense of a living, breathing place.
The stories eventually combine in a final scene of great emotion, full of pain, yet
hope for the future. English sub-titles.
Sat./sam. April 14 avril, 19:00
HOLD ME
Director: Lucia Rikaki • Greece 2005, 90 minutes.
Thurs./Jeudi. April 12 avril, 19:00
TIMES AND WINDS
Director: Reha Erdem • Turkey 2006, 110 minutes.
TIMES AND WINDS is a finely etched portrait of remote village life in Turkey
composed of small, meticulously observed moments of great beauty, melancholy
and lyricism. Reha Erdem’s latest feature is about the bumpy emotional lives of
three preteen friends, Ömer, Yakup and Yildiz, and the ways their families curb their
dreams and desires as surely as the mountains and the sea confine their isolated
village. Within vast cinemascope compositions, Erdem captures his troubled young
protagonists posed against the sublime landscape, a deeply affecting motif that subtly conveys so much, so poignantly. Times and Winds is a small miracle: an intensely
meditative film about young people’s inner worlds. English sub-titles.
Fri./ven. April 13 avril, 19:00
DAYS AND HOURS
Director: Pjer Zalica • Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004, 96 minutes.
Fuke pays a visit to his Uncle Idriz and Aunt Sabira to fix their hot water heater. As
he sits down with them for a cup of coffee, he endures a painful, awkward silence:
his aunt and uncle are consumed with their own grief over the loss of their son in
the war. When he discovers that his old, beat-up Volkswagen has a flat tire, Fuke is
faced with the unpleasant prospect of spending the night with his aunt and uncle.
During the long night, he becomes aware of long-held grudges that are driving a
wedge between the couple, serving to deepen their loneliness. Fuke realizes it is up
to him to bring about their reconciliation, and the household appliance mechanic
turns his hand to engineering human happiness. Brilliant. English sub-titles.
HOLD ME, directed by Lucia Rikaki, was conceived on the Internet and developed
gradually into a multi-genre, pseudo-documentary fairy tale. The story of a woman
from a broken home, Julie searches for tenderness in her life, and finds nothing
but mistrust and fear. At age 33, Julie, now a radio presenter, creates a website
inviting people to share stories of loss. As people respond, Julie begins meeting
them, and enters a world of emotions and dreams. The film uses real stories
narrated by real people to set the stage for Julie’s continuing search for love and
meaning. English sub-titles.
Sat./sam. April 14 avril, 21:00
Albania
TBA.
Sun./dim. April 15 avril, 19:00
INVESTIGATION
Director: Igilka Trifonova • Bulgaria 2006, 95 minutes.
Parts of a corpse have been found and a suspect, Plamen, brother of the murdered
man, is detained. He denies any charges and for want of conclusive evidence, the
investigation is about to be suspended. A new investigator is appointed, Alexandra,
and starts everything from scratch. By day she interrogates relatives, friends and
colleagues of the two brothers and at night she questions the suspect. Solitude has
become her only companion and begins to compensate by working longer hours.
Loneliness is also eating up Plamen, who starts cherishing his encounters with
the investigator for the chance to talk to her. The film follows the course of the
investigation through the filter of its main subject: possible or impossible human
communication. English sub-titles.
The Canadian Film Institute is proud to present its 11th annual showcase of the cinemas of Latin America.
All films are Ottawa premieres.
Fri./ven. March 30 mars, 19:00
JEWS IN SPACE OR WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT
FROM ALL THE OTHER NIGHTS?
Director: Gabriel Lichtmann • Argentina 2005, 89 minutes
SPACE, by Gabriel Lichtmann, is a brilliant and unconventional comedy that captures the eclectic realities
of a Jewish family in contemporary Argentina. Set in Buenos Aires, it portrays the dynamic impact family
reunions, such as Passover, can have on certain members of the family. Characters include three jealous
sisters, a suicidal grandfather, a kleptomaniac niece, and Santiago, who is in love with his own cousin.
SPACE offers an array of peculiar yet comical scenarios that leave us questioning our own family values
and give new meaning to the traditional Passover question, “Why is this night different from all the other
nights?” English sub-titles.
Sat./sam. March 31 mars, 19:00
THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
Director: Carlos Diegues • Brazil 2006, 106 minutes.
A lonely bachelor, Antonio is a famous and successful Brazilian astrophysicist who has spent most of his
adult life in the United States. When he is 55, he discovers that he has a fatal brain tumor and decides to
return to his native land to receive a last official tribute. While in Rio de Janeiro, Antonio goes to an old age
home to visit his adoptive father. On learning that Antonio is soon to die the father confesses he knows
who Antonio’s biological mother was and gives him a few clues about his birth. Antonio follows the clues
to the Rio de Janeiro lowlands, where his real mother is said to have lived and died. There he meets Zezé,
the best friend of his deceased mother, and learns he was born on the day when Brazil lost the World Cup
to Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium. The past is opening up To Antonio, but will he die before he learns
the truth? English sub-titles.
Sun./dim. April 1 avril, 19:00
CACHIMBA
Director: Silvio Caiozzi • Chile 2004, 127 minutes.
This comedy is full of the misadventures of Marcos, an insignificant middle-aged banker torn between his
love of art and his almost obsessive thoughts about his plump girlfriend Hilda. In his attempt to materialize
this dream, Marcos convinces her to go with him to a mid-winter weekend getaway to a desolate beach
resort. Atop an oceanfront hill, he discovers the meaning to his existence. Master Chilean filmmaker Silvio
Caiozzi’s latest work is a sophisticated comedy about art and love, and also the love of art, but not necessarily in that order. English sub-titles.
Mon./lun. April 2 avril, 19:00
HISTORY OF THE PINK TRUNK
Director: Libia Stella Gomez • Colombia 2005, 97 minutes.
An ambitious period piece, set in 1940’s Bogata, THE HISTORY OF THE PINK TRUNK recounts the true
crime/history of a woman who was found dead in a trunk at a train station in Bogata. The case is assigned to
detective Corzo who is constantly met with resistance from yellow journalist Mosquera. There is something
mysterious about the case and the unidentified dead girl, as it seems Mosquera is trying to sabotage the
solving of the crime at every turn. He publishes a false account of the colour of the trunk the girl was found
in, claiming it was pink when in fact it was brown and wooden. With the help of a bartender, Corzo will be
led down a strange path toward the identity of the girl and reason behind her murder. English sub-titles.
Tues./mardi. April 3 avril, 19:00
VIVA CUBA
Director: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti • Cuba 2005, 80 minutes.
In a tale akin to “Romeo and Juliet,” the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’
differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with
Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother, a poor socialist proud of
her family’s social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the
immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. VIVA CUBA is a wonderful, fresh film for all
ages. Cuba is a nation in flux and, while his approach is skilled and affectionate, Cremata Malberti does
not shy away from asking difficult questions. English sub-titles.
Wed./mer. April 4 avril, 19:00
DUCK SEASON
Director: Fernando Eimbcke • Mexico 2004, 87 minutes
LE(S) CINÉMA(S) DE L’AUTEUR-PROVOCATEUR ROBERT MORIN
Depuis que le vidéaste et cinéaste montréalais Robert Morin est monté sur le plateau à titre de membre fondateur de la Coopérative vidéoscopique en 1977, il étudie
l’interface croissante entre la vidéo et les formes plus habituelles de cinéma. Son oeuvre explore en effet les riches et denses intersections politiques, culturelles et esthétiques
du film et de la vidéo. Devant l’usage croissant de la vidéo et de la technologie numérique des images en mouvement, ses films et vidéos constituent non seulement des
explorations pionnières de nouvelles possibilités de production pour les réalisateurs canadiens indépendants, mais aussi des examens probants d’une société changée par
ces nouvelles technologies de la représentation cinétique. Il est temps plus que jamais d’évaluer rétrospectivement les multiples dimensions des contributions de Robert
Morin à la fabrication d’images au Canada. Robert Morin sera présent à la soirée inaugurale de la rétrospective pour présenter ses oeuvres et en discuter.
AUTEUR-PROVOCATEUR: THE CINEMA(S) OF ROBERT MORIN
Since his arrival on the scene as a founding member of Cooperative Videoscopique in 1977, Montreal video and film artist Robert Morin has been investigating the increasing
interface between video art and more traditional forms of cinema. Indeed, his work explores the rich and densely packed political, cultural, and aesthetic intersections of
film and video. Given the increased use of the video and digital moving image technology, the films/videos of Robert Morin constitute not only pioneering explorations
of new production possibilities for Canadian independent filmmaking, but also compelling examinations of the society being changed by new moving image technologies
of representation. Now more than ever it is time for a retrospective assessment of the many dimensions of Robert Morin’s contributions to Canadian independent imagemaking. Robert Morin will attend the opening of the retrospective to introduce and discuss his work.
Mon./lun. April 23 avril, 19:00
Sun./dim. May 13 mai, 19:00
Réalisateur : Robert Morin • Canada 2006, 105 minutes.
Réalisateur : Robert Morin • Canada 2002, 92 minutes.
QUE DIEU BENISSE L’AMERIQUE
Le 11 septembre 2001, en banlieu de Montréal, Pierre St-Roch, un prédateur
sexuel libéré la veille, est interdit chez lui par son épouse à qui clame son
innocence. Il doit aussi affronter le jugement silencieux des ses voisins qui connaissent ses démêlés avec la justice grâce à une liste qui circule illégalement et
qui répertorie les prédateurs sexuels habitant dans le secteur. Enfin, pour ajouter
à sa tragédie, trois des cinq prédateurs listés ont été assassinés et mutilés par
un justicier désaxé.
Directed by renowned Quebec filmmaker Robert Morin, L’AMERIQUE is a
poignant exploration of modern human relationships. Set on September 11,
2001, in a suburb of Laval, Quebec, the plot centres on a collection of isolated
neighbours whose fates become intertwined. As a police officer and his partner
hunt a serial killer who is murdering sexual predators, a variety of ordinary and
not-so-ordinary lives connect, and community secrets are revealed. Morin’s
darkly satirical approach to suburbia is reminiscent of Sam Mendes’AMERICAN
BEAUTY, but with a distinctly Quebecois flair. Though the film addresses many
serious themes, from crime and punishment to paranoia and prejudice, Morin
approaches all his characters with a genuine sense of compassion. Ultimately,
the film is a plea for acceptance and understanding in a post-9/11 age of hatred
and fear. English sub-titles.
Sat./sam. May 12 mai, 21:00
PETIT POW POW NOËL
Réalisateur : Robert Morin • Canada 2005, 91 minutes.
PETIT POW POW NOËL est l’histoire d’un homme qui rend visite à son père à la
Noël avec l’intention de le faire souffrir et peut-être mourir pour crimes contre sa
famille. L’attrappe est que, peu importe les douleurs que la torture (psychologique
ou autre) peut infliger au vieux salaud, c’est peu de choses en comparaison de la
douleur et de l’humiliation quotidiennes de devoir être nourri, lavé et changé. Bien
que le protagoniste soit motivé par la haine, la perte évidente de dignité humaine
exposée dans ce film en fait un plaidoyer frappant pour l’euthanasie.
PETIT POW! POW NOËL is the story of a man who visits his dad on Christmas
with the intent of making him suffer and eventually die for his crimes against his
family. The catch is that whatever torture (psychological or otherwise) he inflicts
on the old bastard, it pales in comparison with the daily pain and humiliation
of having to be fed, washed and get your diapers changed. Even though the
protagonist is motivated by hatred, the evident loss of human dignity on display
makes a striking pro-euthanasia case.
LE NÈG
LE NÈG est un film énergique, inventif et difficile sur le racisme au Canada français.
Pour Robert Morin, il a été difficile mais nécessaire de faire ce film, car les critiques
de sa propre société sont toujours les plus vigoureuses. Des sections fantastiques
s’entremêlent à une réalité laide et rurale, et étonnamment, s’y intègrent.
LE NÈG is a forceful, inventive, difficult film about racism in French Canada. Not
an easy film for Robert Morin to make, yet necessary because critiques about
one’s own society are always the strongest. Fantastical segments intertwine with
ugly, rural reality and, quite surprisingly, gel together. English sub-titles.
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have
everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames,
porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza
deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible
painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal
issues such as the parents’ divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as
well as frustration in adult life. English sub-titles.
Wed./mer. April 4 avril, 21:00
1888: THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF THE SANTA
ISABEL
Director: Alfredo J. Anzola • Venezuela 2005, 95 minutes.
1888: THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF THE SANTA ISABEL is a whimsical adventure fantasy about a
tired Jules Verne, fleeing from Paris and a bored wife, who joins Italian explorer Stradelli in an expedition
on the Orinoco river. Along the way they pickup a young stranger- a woman disguised as a man, searching for her lost father. Selected as the official Venezuelan entry to the 2005 Academy Awards, in the Best
Foreign Film category. English sub-titles
Thurs./jeudi. April 5 avril, 19:00
14 Days In Paradise
Director: Bill Marks • Uruguay-Canada 2007, 87 minutes.
Ten years ago, Alex Johnson was on top of the world as the most popular member of a famous boy-band.
These days however, Alex’s star doesn’t shine so high or so bright and while his career falls apart, the only
thing holding him together is his up-coming marriage to Verónica, a Uruguayan beauty queen. But when
Alex and his parents, Al and Barbara, travel to his winter home in beautiful Punta del Este, things fall apart
in a very bad way when Al winds up in bed with Verónica. A charming, madcap comedy about cold hearts
in the heat of Uruguayan sun, PARADISE is two weeks you’ll never forget. English sub-titles
Filmmakers will be present at the screening.
Tarkovsky’s Masterpiece!!!
Not screened in Ottawa since 2003!! 35mm print!!
Sat./sam. May 26 mai, 19:00
WINDIGO
Réalisateur : Robert Morin • Canada 1994, 97 minutes.
Clairement inspiré par le différend territorial qui a secoué le Québec à l’été de
1990, le film « Windigo », de la figure de proue montréalaise Robert Morin, jette
un regard intelligent et provocant sur les relations tendues entre les Canadiens de
race blanche et les Autochtones du Canada.
Clearly inspired by the violent land dispute at Oka that shook up Quebec in the
summer of 1990, Montreal helmer Robert Morin’s “Windigo” is an intelligent,
thought-provoking look at the strained relations between white Canadians and
Canada’s Native peoples. English sub-titles
Sat./sam. May 26 mai, 21:00
REQUIEM POUR UN BEAU SANS-COER
Réalisateur : Robert Morin • Canada 1992, 93 minutes.
Rappelant Rashomon, REQUIEM raconte la cavale d’un condamné pour meurtre.
Il faut un certain temps pour se faire à cette histoire futée, qui fait mouche par
une conclusion forte et subtile. Le jeu puissant de Gildor Roy donne encore plus
de mordant.
Reminiscent of RASHOMON, REQUIEUM deals with a convicted murderer on
the run after escaping from prison. It takes a while to settle into the clever story
structure that hits home with a strong and subtle ending. English sub-titles.
Sun./dim. May 27 mai, 19:00
ANDREI RUBLEV
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky • U.S.S.R. 1966, 205 minutes.
We are pleased to present a recently struck scope print of the full-length version of Andrei Tarkovsky’s
monumental masterpiece, almost a full hour longer than the original release. Banned in the USSR
for many years, because of its violence, eroticism, and religious obsessions, ANDREI RUBLEV is now
considered the greatest postwar Soviet film ever made. A magnificent “life story” of the 15th-century monk and icon painter, who clung to his faith despite the atrocities he witnessed -- including
the sacking of the Vladmir by the Tartars -- this vivid recreation of the Middle Ages is charged with
barbaric poetry. The closing sequence of the striking of the church bell is one of the most profound
accounts of spiritual struggle in all of cinema. “Imperative viewing. It is a film of spiritual power and
epic grandeur...” (Phillip French)