09 Nov Film Series reprise (sort of)
I no longer subscribe to the mass email service that let me contact the 1,800 people on the old Cape Breton Island Film Series mailing list, and sending an email message to 1,800 recipients is a good way to get yourself banned as a spammer. So I’ll count on Sydney area readers to pass this information along:
On Wednesday, Nelson MacDonald and the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Coop present an evening of short films produced in Atlantic Canada—including two made in Cape Breton. As the poster says, the screenings take place 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sydney’s Highland Arts Theatre.
The movies include:
- 4 Quarters – Ashley McKenzie (13 min., Drama)
- Higgy Wants In – Winston DeGiobbi (13 min., Experimental)
- Urban Renewal Initiative – David Stewart (13 min., Experimental)
- Masculins – Stephanie Young (13 min., Documentary)
- Four New Messages – Tori Fleming (13 min., Animation)
- I Am Syd Stone – Denis Theriault (13 min., Drama)
- HiFi Normal – Amanda Dawn Christie (13 min., Experimental)
It’s a rare opportunity to see shorts produced at our end of Canada. Some are experimental, some more established. Ashley McKenzie’s 4 Quarters, starring Toronto-based Newfoundlander Sofia Banzhaf and Cape Bretoners Andrew Gillis and Melissa Kearney, has been playing festivals across North America and Europe. The others, I for one will be seeing for the first time.
Next time we see a McKenzie movie, it’ll be her first feature, Train Whistle Does Not Blow, shot this fall in locations around the industrial area.
Y’all come.