Another Film Festie!! The New Canadian Film Festival at The Chauvel
November 17th 2006 00:50
The New Canadian Film Festival is being launched at The Chauvel Cinema, Sydney starting on November 30th and running until December 6th 2006. The festival welcomes esteemed filmmakers to Sydney and aims to become a juncture for Canadian and Australian film industries, while providing a rare chance for Australians to watch the best new Canadian films and meet the artists.
Sydney’s historic and newly re-opened Chauvel Cinema in Paddington is the host of this event. Selected feature films and shorts programs will then tour to Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and several other cities around Australia, in collaboration with Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
This year, Australian audiences have had the opportunity to sample new films by Canadian filmmakers, such as Deepa Mehta’s Water, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence and Jean-Marc Vallée’s C.R.A.Z.Y. The Festival builds upon the momentum achieved by the successful theatrical releases of these Canadian titles, unleashing the best new features, documentaries and shorts made north of Hollywood. Possible Worlds showcases a cinema both familiar and refreshingly diverse that is sure to be embraced by all Australians.
Films
The Festival begins with the Australian premiere of Familia, a Quebec drama. Award winning director Louise Archambault will fly to Sydney to introduce the film to local audiences.
Noël Mitrani’s Sur La Trace d’Igor Rizzi, winning Best Canadian First Feature at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festivalwill have its Australian debut. Two other Quebec titles getting their Australian premiere at the event are Bernard Emond’s award-winning La Neuvaine and this summer’s box office smash Bon Cop Bad Cop, directed by Eric Canuel.
Documentaries
The presentation of Pablo Aravena’s graffiti travelogue, Next: A Primer on Urban Painting will be accompanied by a party celebrating street art. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream, starring the heroes of 70’s cult cinema, will be introduced by Sydney cult film personality Jamie Leonarder.
The documentary strand also includes the Australian premieres of bestselling author Douglas Coupland's exploration of cultural identity Souvenir of Canada, and Ron Mann’s Tales of the Rat Fink, a colourful portrait of counter-culture icon Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.
Short Films
The Festival gives viewers an opportunity to see two programs of the best Canadian short films from Toronto’s Worldwide Short Film Festivals, specially curated for Possible Worlds by WSFF director Eileen Arandiga.
Kino Kabaret
Possible Worlds will close on December 6th with Kino Kabaret, a screening of short films shot during the Festival as part of a guerrilla-style filmmaking workshop bringing together half-a-dozen Canadians with half-a-dozen up-and-coming Australians.
Kino will be running as part of Possible Worlds, Sydney’s Canadian Film Festival, Kino Kabaret teams half a dozen experienced filmmakers from Canada with half a dozen aspiring Australian filmmakers for a week long journey in spontaneous filmmaking.
Kino’s has a simple motto: 'Do well with little, do better with nothing, and do it now!’ The possibilities are infinite. Participants have one week to produce films that will be screened on the festival’s closing night.
Possible Worlds Artistic Director, Mathieu Ravier stated: ‘Kino creates such an incredible buzz. While great ideas sometimes never survive the planning stages, here creative energy is never stifled, allowing filmmakers to just let film happen. I have been involved in Kino Kabarets in other festivals and the results are always surprising and engaging. It’s also a rare opportunity for local directors, actors, screenwriters and editors to work alongside a team of accomplished international artists.’
Local Sydney filmmakers will meet their Canadian counterparts for the first time on the opening night of the Festival on 30th November. They then have less than six days to write, direct and edit their short films. The results of Sydney’s first Kino experiment will be screened on closing night of Possible Worlds on Wednesday 6th December at the Chauvel Cinema, in a entertaining and informal cabaret-style screening, followed by a party.
Our Australian Kino adventurers will need plenty of help over the week. If you would like to participate in Sydney’s Kino experiment, the team at Possible Worlds wants to hear from you. Whether you are an actor, musician, writer, sound technician or just willing to try something new, send an email, before 6th December, to kino@thefestivalists.com. Tell us a little bit about yourself, your level of experience (if any!), and how you’d like to contribute: our team will need all the support they can get! For details on how to get involved or the festival program go to www.possibleworlds.net.au.
I hope you get a chance to see and experience this cinematic delight. I will be attending a couple of films during the festival and will be reviewing them here.
The full program is available online at www.possibleworlds.net.au.
Sydney’s historic and newly re-opened Chauvel Cinema in Paddington is the host of this event. Selected feature films and shorts programs will then tour to Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and several other cities around Australia, in collaboration with Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
This year, Australian audiences have had the opportunity to sample new films by Canadian filmmakers, such as Deepa Mehta’s Water, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence and Jean-Marc Vallée’s C.R.A.Z.Y. The Festival builds upon the momentum achieved by the successful theatrical releases of these Canadian titles, unleashing the best new features, documentaries and shorts made north of Hollywood. Possible Worlds showcases a cinema both familiar and refreshingly diverse that is sure to be embraced by all Australians.
Films
The Festival begins with the Australian premiere of Familia, a Quebec drama. Award winning director Louise Archambault will fly to Sydney to introduce the film to local audiences.
Noël Mitrani’s Sur La Trace d’Igor Rizzi, winning Best Canadian First Feature at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festivalwill have its Australian debut. Two other Quebec titles getting their Australian premiere at the event are Bernard Emond’s award-winning La Neuvaine and this summer’s box office smash Bon Cop Bad Cop, directed by Eric Canuel.
Documentaries
The presentation of Pablo Aravena’s graffiti travelogue, Next: A Primer on Urban Painting will be accompanied by a party celebrating street art. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream, starring the heroes of 70’s cult cinema, will be introduced by Sydney cult film personality Jamie Leonarder.
The documentary strand also includes the Australian premieres of bestselling author Douglas Coupland's exploration of cultural identity Souvenir of Canada, and Ron Mann’s Tales of the Rat Fink, a colourful portrait of counter-culture icon Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.
Short Films
The Festival gives viewers an opportunity to see two programs of the best Canadian short films from Toronto’s Worldwide Short Film Festivals, specially curated for Possible Worlds by WSFF director Eileen Arandiga.
Kino Kabaret
Possible Worlds will close on December 6th with Kino Kabaret, a screening of short films shot during the Festival as part of a guerrilla-style filmmaking workshop bringing together half-a-dozen Canadians with half-a-dozen up-and-coming Australians.
Kino will be running as part of Possible Worlds, Sydney’s Canadian Film Festival, Kino Kabaret teams half a dozen experienced filmmakers from Canada with half a dozen aspiring Australian filmmakers for a week long journey in spontaneous filmmaking.
Kino’s has a simple motto: 'Do well with little, do better with nothing, and do it now!’ The possibilities are infinite. Participants have one week to produce films that will be screened on the festival’s closing night.
Possible Worlds Artistic Director, Mathieu Ravier stated: ‘Kino creates such an incredible buzz. While great ideas sometimes never survive the planning stages, here creative energy is never stifled, allowing filmmakers to just let film happen. I have been involved in Kino Kabarets in other festivals and the results are always surprising and engaging. It’s also a rare opportunity for local directors, actors, screenwriters and editors to work alongside a team of accomplished international artists.’
Local Sydney filmmakers will meet their Canadian counterparts for the first time on the opening night of the Festival on 30th November. They then have less than six days to write, direct and edit their short films. The results of Sydney’s first Kino experiment will be screened on closing night of Possible Worlds on Wednesday 6th December at the Chauvel Cinema, in a entertaining and informal cabaret-style screening, followed by a party.
Our Australian Kino adventurers will need plenty of help over the week. If you would like to participate in Sydney’s Kino experiment, the team at Possible Worlds wants to hear from you. Whether you are an actor, musician, writer, sound technician or just willing to try something new, send an email, before 6th December, to kino@thefestivalists.com. Tell us a little bit about yourself, your level of experience (if any!), and how you’d like to contribute: our team will need all the support they can get! For details on how to get involved or the festival program go to www.possibleworlds.net.au.
I hope you get a chance to see and experience this cinematic delight. I will be attending a couple of films during the festival and will be reviewing them here.
The full program is available online at www.possibleworlds.net.au.
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Comment by Cibbuano
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Fat Cult
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And I'm looking forward to Bon Cop Bad Cop... my friends have been gushing over it...
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
Thanks for your comments, I'm definitely going to the festival and have my eye on CRAZY.
Tracy