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5 DAYS
T
OF GREA
FILMS
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President and Director’s Message
We’re back! And we are hopeful that you are as well!
After one of our most successful Festivals in 2020… the lights got turned
off. For two years Cinema was confined to your living room, laptops or virtual
offerings. We believe in the communal experience of watching a movie, so
give your TV a break and join us for a few days of big screen cinema…in
person… the way films were meant to be viewed.
Shadows has shortened our festival this year as we all adjust to the changes
in the film industry landscape. We have worked hard to curate a group of
amazing films, while staying true to our focus on mental health, addictions
and important social issues.
We have a great collection of Canadian and International cinema as well
as a presentation of short films produced in Northern Ontario. Our annual,
Filmed in the Sault…Screened in the Sault returns with the award-winning
film The Middle Man.
We also invite you to come out and view and participate in our important
social issue events/panels that are admission by donation.
Once again, thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors for their
continuing support, and to our audience who have encouraged us to carry on!
Bill MacPherson, Director/Programmer Jimmie Chiverelli, President
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE
Message from the Mayor
On behalf of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and
our City Council, I would like to congratulate the
“Shadows of the Mind” film festival for more than
two successful decades in Sault Ste. Marie.
The festival features independent cinema that is
compelling, entertaining and thought-provoking.
It also provides a venue for local filmmakers to
showcase their work while shining a much-needed
light on important issues such as mental health,
addiction and social issues.
As a community, we’re proud to have a film festival of this stature in the
Sault. Many thanks to the dedicated organizers, volunteers and sponsors
for their tireless support once again this year.
The Shadows of the Mind Film Festival is a highlight of winter in Sault
Ste. Marie; one that provides entertainment, education and valuable
discussions.
Best wishes for a great festival in 2023 and continued success in the
years ahead!
Yours truly,
Mayor Matthew Shoemaker
P.O. Box 580, 99 Foster Drive ~ Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario ~ P6A 5N1
705-759-5344 ~ mayor.shoemaker@cityssm.on.ca
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On behalf of the Government of Canada, thank you to the
Shadows of the Mind Film Festival
for bringing Sault Ste. Marie another stellar array of films
which not only entertain us and move us, but also serve to
engage our communities in talking about the mental health,
addiction and social issues that affect so many Canadians.
Thank you to the dedicated, tireless volunteers and
organizers who make this event an annual success. Your help
in reducing the stigma around mental health and addiction
issues, by addressing this national health concern through
awareness and entertainment is highly valued.
I look forward to another successful festival!
TERRY
SHEEHAN
Your Member of Parliament
for the riding of
Sault Ste. Marie
705-941-2900
Terry.Sheehan@parl.gc.ca
www.tsheehan.liberal.ca
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A STRONGER
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Thank You To Our Gracious Sponsors!
6Local 2251
7BOARD OF DIRECTORS / SPECIAL THANKS TO:
WORKING COMMITTEE Brien Proulx Jeanne Huntley
Jimmie Chiverelli (President) Steve Cardiff Ed Spender
Bill MacPherson Scott Kennedy Brian Oja
(Director / Programmer) Marg Hurtubise Joan Graham
Jeff Lauzon (Treasurer) PUC Inc.
Terry Beale (Secretary) Noreen Francescutti
Wendy Hamilton (Past President) Stephen Dufour,
Gary Huntley Bell Media Account Executive
Aidan Mowat Stephen.dufour@bellmedia.ca
Lisa Carricato The Grand Theatre
Paul Hurtubise Downtown Association
Mike O’Shea Algoma International Films
Judi Gough Algoma Public Health
Barb Reid City Council
All Volunteers - too numerous to name!
C O M M U N I T Y PA R T N E R S
Our COMMUNITY PARTNERS are vital; they contribute by co-hosting
events, participating on planning committees, donating employee
time and administrative support to the festival.
Algoma Public Health
CMHA
CTV
8All times and dates are subject to change without notice. We try to keep dates &
times as published and would not change them unless they are beyond our control.
W E D N E S D AY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023
7:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
CLOSE
105 min., Belgium, France, Netherlands 2022, Drama,
French and Dutch with English subtitles - Rated: 14A
Director: Lukas Dhont
Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends,
whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly,
tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury
Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s
second film is an emotionally transformative
and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of
friendship and love, identity and independence,
and heartbreak and healing. “Close” is a film about
friendship and responsibility.
“An exceptional film of empathy and vision.” - BBC
“It’s one of the best films of 2022 and features world-wise performances from
the entire cast.” - San Jose Mercury
Winner of 29 International Awards
Academy Award Nomination for Best International Film
Presented in Partnership with:
9TH U R S D AY, F EBRUARY 23, 2023
ADMISSION BY DONATION 9:30 am - The Grand Theatre
INSANITY
79 min., Canada 2022, Documentary, English - Not Rated
Director: Wendy Hill-Tout
From the perspective of Calgary writer/director
Wendy Hill-Tout, INSANITY looks at how society
has transitioned from the asylums of old to
the “asylums” of the streets and jail cells.
Despite experiencing suicidal ideation and being
diagnosed with schizophrenia, Hill-Tout’s brother,
Bruce, was released from the hospital and never
seen again. 25 years later, the filmmaker recounts
her family’s journey as they search for Bruce on
the streets of Vancouver.
Sponsored by:
10T H U R SD AY, F E B R U A RY 23, 2023 (conti nued)
ADMISSION BY DONATION 1:30 pm - The Grand Theatre
FASD -The Hidden Disability-The Movie
50 min., United Kingdom 2021, Documentary, English - Not Rated
The documentary tackles some of the myths
surrounding FASD, including ‘Its ok to have
1 or 2 drinks in pregnancy’, ‘You can tell if
someone has FASD because of the way they
look’ and ‘People with FASD just behave
badly’. In fact, in the UK, chief medical
officers have said, since 2016, that there is no safe amount of alcohol to
drink in pregnancy with some research showing that just one drink of alcohol
can affect fetal behaviour in the womb. Often associated with distinctive
facial features, less than 10% of people living with FASD will actually have
different facial features and rather than their behaviour being something
that they can simply overcome, FASD instead makes cognitive processing,
emotional regulation and impulse control harder for people living with the
issue. While there is some awareness of FASD across the media and wider
society, a clear understanding and straightforward path to diagnosis is still
some way off in the UK, which is held to be 20 years behind Canada and the
US in dealing with FASD.
This documentary features interviews with professionals, parents and
individuals living with FASD. The documentary strips back the layers of
misunderstandings about drinking during pregnancy and, rather than
dictate terms to pregnant women, the film sets out the truths behind the
disorder and highlights that FASD can occur with one drink.
Panel Discussion to Follow
Sponsored by:
11T H U R SD AY, F E B R U A RY 23, 2023 (conti nued)
FILMED IN THE SAULT…SCREENED IN THE SAULT 6:45 pm - The Grand Theatre
The Middle Man
95 min., Norway, Canada, Germany,
Denmark, 2021 English - Rated: PG
Director: Bent Hamer
THE MIDDLE MAN is a darkly humorous social
satire which takes place in a small town that
is experiencing an epidemic of accidents and
deaths. The town is run by “The Commission”
– the Sheriff, the Doctor and the Pastor - who
decide to hire a ‘Middle Man’ whose sole
responsibility will be to inform the family when
an unfortunate incident occurs. Frank Farrelli
is a quiet, thoughtful man who proves perfect
for the job. He takes his new role on with gusto and quickly becomes the
town’s beacon of bad news. But the pressures of the job and a budding new
romance overwhelm Frank. To ease his burden, he calls in a ‘favour’ that
ends up in a horrifying yet oddly amusing murder.
“Bent Hamer’s fiercely singular The Middle Man matches its bleakly absurd
laughs with thoughtful musings on fate and small-town life.” - Original Score
Winner of 3 International Awards
Sponsored by:
12T H U R SD AY, F E B R U A RY 23, 2023 (conti nued)
9:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
The Swearing Jar
111 min., Canada 2022, Drama, English - Rated: PG
Director: Lindsay MacKay
Carey, a music teacher, throws a birthday
concert for her husband, Simon, which rekindles
reminiscences of their past. Through comedy,
music and memory, we follow the story of Carey
and Simon’s relationship, the birth of their child
and the lie that threatens to f*&k it all up!
Equal parts humour and heartbreak, it tells two
love stories at once, exploring the blessings and
challenges of romance, marriage, parenting, loss
and moving on. Director Lindsay MacKay’s sophomore film, The Swearing Jar,
is an intricately constructed musical romance. From swearing off swearing
to keeping life-changing secrets to holding on to feelings longer than most
would expect, there is no end to what a couple will do for love. Screenwriter
Kate Hewlett’s incredibly powerful story began as an award-winning stage
play at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Now, it is taken to the screen, featuring a
score of her own original music.
“A movie you didn’t expect... equally thoughtful and full of feeling.”
- Globe and Mail
“The Swearing Jar will play with your emotions and your anticipations. But it
will also earn every tug on your heartstrings, every reversal of expectation.”
- National Post 4.5/5
Sponsored by:
Local 2251
13F R I D AY, F E B RUARY 24, 2023
ADMISSION BY DONATION 9:00 am - The Grand Theatre
After Louie
100 min., USA 2017, Drama, English - Not Rated
Director: Vincent Gagliostro
After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay
life and history through Sam, a man desperate to
understand how he and his community got to where
they are today. As an AIDS activist and member
of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed
the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battle
wounded and struggling with survivor’s guilt,
Sam now resents the complacency of his former
comrades and derides what he sees as the younger
generation’s indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected
intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam’s understanding of
contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced
to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an
unknown future. —After Louie
“My hope is that my film is the new conversation. A start. We need to start
talking.” - Vincent Gagliostro
Panel Discussion to follow Film
Film provided courtesy of Jeff Wolk, Producer
Sponsored by:
14FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023 (continued)
ADMISSION BY DONATION 1:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
Sault Film Festival Presents:
Short Films produced in
Northern Ontario
70 min.
Titles include:
The Same Way
Deano’s At Three
Figures
Violet Skies
How to Hug A Porcupine
Still
and more!
15FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023 (continued)
6:45 pm - The Grand Theatre
The Inspection
94 min., USA 2022, Drama English - Rated: 14A
Director: Elegance Bratton
Elegance Bratton’s remarkable debut, inspired
by the filmmaker’s own life story, follows a man
(Jeremy Pope) who joins the Marine Corps after
being thrown out of his mother’s home at 16
for being gay and living for years in housing
precarity. At war with his sense of belonging,
Ellis French (Jeremy Pope) is a sensitive young
Black man who enlists in the Marine Corps
to pull himself out of homelessness and gain
the love of his dogged and combatant mother
(played by the scene-stealing Gabrielle Union).
While the film takes place in the age of America’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t
Pursue” policy, which directed those applicants to the military not be asked
about sexual orientation, homophobia is deeply entrenched in all aspects of
service, from bootcamp to battle. Once enlisted, French struggles to conceal
his sexual identity — as well as his invading attraction to his drill instructor
(Raúl Castillo) — while under the watchful eye of the belligerent and hard-
lining unit commander (Bokeh Woodbine).
“A stunning look at a gay man’s terrifying, triumphant time at Marines boot
camp.” - Daily Beast
Awards: 5 Wins and 27 Nominations
Sponsored by:
16FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023 (continued)
9:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
Call Jane
120 min., USA 2022, Drama English - Rated: PG
Director: Phyllis Nagy
Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation
are poised on the brink of political upheaval,
suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks)
leads an ordinary life with her husband and
daughter. When Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-
threatening heart condition, she must navigate
an all-male medical establishment unwilling
to terminate her pregnancy in order to save
her life. Her journey for a solution leads her to
Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an independent
visionary fiercely committed to women’s health,
and Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who dreams of a day when all
women will have access to abortion, regardless of their ability to pay. Joy is
so inspired by their work, she decides to join forces with them, putting every
aspect of her life on the line.
“The film, despite its heavy subject, has a bright, vibrant energy. It’s not so
much optimistic as galvanizing.” - TIME
Sponsored by:
17TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
February 21, 2023 February 22, 2023 February 23, 2023
ADMISSION
9:30 am BY DONATION
Insanity
(79 min.)
PANEL ADMISSION
1:30 pm BY DONATION
DISCUSSION
FASD - The Hidden
Disability-The Movie
(50 min.)
ENGLISH
7:00 pm SUBTITLES 6:45 pm
CLOSE The Middle Man
(105 min.) (95 min.)
FILMED IN THE SAULT...
SCREENED IN THE SAULT
NOTE: All films are screened at 9:00 pm
The Grand Theatre The Swearing Jar
(111 min.)
*NOTE: Shadows of the Mind
Film Festival reserves the right
to change either movies or
scheduled times without prior
notice. Final at time of printing.
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18FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
February 24, 2023 February 25, 2023 February 26, 2023
9:00 am BYADMISSION
DONATION
PANEL ADMISSION
9:00 am BY DONATION
DISCUSSION 11:00 am
After Louie Love in the Time Buffy Sainte-Marie
(100 min.) of Fentanyl - Carry It On
(80 min.) (90 min.)
PRESENTATION
TO FOLLOW
1:00 pm BY DONATION
ADMISSION
12:00 pm 2:15 pm
Sault Film Festival Guitar Lessons ROSIE
presents: Short Films
produced in (90 min.) (92 min.)
Northern Onrario
(70 min.)
6:45 pm
ENGLISH
2:15 pm SUBTITLES 4:30 pm
The Inspection Here We Are ALI & AVA
(94 min.) (94 min.) (95 min.)
CLOSING
9:00 pm 4:30 pm FILM 7:00 pm
Call Jane All the Beauty Nowhere Special
(120 min.) and the Bloodshed (96 min.)
(113 min.)
7:15 pm
The Good House
(103 min.)
SCHEDULE 9:30 pm
Revival69
Detailed info
ation, see our website: (97 min.)
on following page
wsfilmfest.com
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11:00am to 7:00pm · Monday - Friday
12:00 Noon to 5:00pm · Saturday - Sunday
Station Mall, Dennis St. Entrance
Box Office phone: 705-542-6737
5 MOVIE VOUCHERS:
$60 ($70 VALUE)
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Purchase your tickets online at:
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2021
S ATU R D AY, F EBRUARY 25, 2023
ADMISSION BY DONATION 9:00 am - The Grand Theatre
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
80 min., Canada, USA 2022, Feature Documentary, English - Not Rated
Director: Colin Askey
Set in Vancouver’s Downtown East side, Love In The Time
Of Fentanyl is an intimate, observational look beyond the
stigma of injection drug users, revealing the courage of
those facing terrible tragedy in a neighbourhood often
referred to as ground zero of the overdose crisis. As the number of overdose
deaths in Vancouver reaches an all time high, the Overdose Prevention
Society (OPS) opens its doors—a renegade safe injection site that employs
primarily current or former drug users, its staff and volunteers save lives and
give hope to a deeply marginalized community as the overdose crisis rages.
widely ignored crisis ravaging their community. Colin Askey’s debut feature
documentary looks beyond the stigmatization of injection drug users and
offers hope and empathic ways to approach the crisis ravaging too many
communities.
Panel Discussion to Follow Film
The opioid crisis continues to have a devastating effect on communities
across northern Ontario, including the Algoma region. During this time
of tragic loss, community partners are coming together to address
opioid-related harms by exploring evidence-based interventions, and the
amplification of voices of people with lived experience. Algoma Public
Health (APH) will be facilitating a panel discussion following the film, with
representation from: people with lived experience using substances, Save
Our Young Adults (SOYA), Maamwesying North Shore Community Health
Services, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), and Sault Area
Hospital (SAH). Together, we can make a difference in Algoma.
Presented by:
22people die by opioid overdose.
Every day.
Let’s change this.
bell.ca/letstalk
23S AT UR D AY, F E B R U ARY 25, 2023 (conti nued)
12:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
Guitar Lessons
90 min., 2022 Canada, Comedy, Drama English - Rated: PG
Director: Aaron James Sorensen
A 15-yr-old Metis boy (Kaden Noskiye) inherits an
old guitar from a dead dad he never knew. Intent on
learning to play, he reaches out to a cantankerous
oilfield contractor (Corb Lund) who is reputed to have
been something of a rock star back in the day. After
several put-offs and failed attempts, lessons finally
commence, and a 15-yr-old and a 50-year-old learn
to grow up together over guitar lessons.
Canadian Connection: A Canadian production filmed in High Level, Alberta
with an all-Canadian cast and crew.
Sponsored by:
24S AT UR D AY, F E B R U ARY 25, 2023 (conti nued)
2:15 pm - The Grand Theatre
Here We Are
94 min., Israel, Italy 2020 Drama
Hebrew w/ English Subtitles - Rated: PG
Director: Nir Bergmann
Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri.
They live together in a gentle routine, away from the
real world. Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult
it might be time for him to live in a specialized
home. While on their way to his new independence,
Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits
the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this
separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?
“Moving but unsentimental, this Israeli drama is a perfect example of how a
cinematic story becomes paradoxically more universal by being very specific
about people and places.” - The Guardian
“At the end, you will be glad that you spent 90 minutes with Aharon and Uri,
and be thinking about them long after the credits have rolled.”
- Jerusalem Post
Nominated for 9 Ophir Awards including Best Feature Film
Winner of 5 International Awards
Festival De Cannes Official Selection 2020
Sponsored by:
25S AT UR D AY, F E B R U ARY 25, 2023 (conti nued)
4:30 pm - The Grand Theatre
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
113 min., USA 2022, Documentary, English - Rated: 14A
Director: Laura Poitras
The rare documentary to win the top prize (the Golden
Lion) at the Venice Film Festival, this is an important
film of our times from Academy Award-winning director
Laura Poitras (Citizenfour).
American photographer Nan Goldin is famous for her
candid, empathetic documentation of the intimate,
exuberant, anguished lives of urban bohemia, sex
workers, gay and trans communities, artists, addicts,
and her own sexual and romantic life. But since 2017 Goldin has used her
celebrity to denounce the Sackler family’s art-washing tactics in light of their
complicity in the opioid crisis. Goldin’s own experience with opioid addiction
makes this a deeply personal crusade, and the film tightly binds her life, art
and activism together in a way that is, simply, inspiring.
Content consideration: This film addresses suicide, sexual abuse, drug
addiction, sometimes with graphic imagery.
“Stunning… Ultimately, Poitras’s portrait of Goldin reveals the ways in
which she has always sought to destigmatize marginalized subjects like sex
work, battered women, queerness, and addiction. She did so not only through
her art, but in how she lived her life with passion and clarity of vision. In the
end, everyone leaves an impact on those around them. What matters most is
having the courage to harness that power for a lasting good.”
- Marya E. Gates, rogerebert.com
Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Sponsored by:
26S AT UR D AY, F E B R U ARY 25, 2023 (conti nued)
7:15 pm - The Grand Theatre
The Good House
103 min., USA 2021, Romance-Comedy-Drama English - Rated: 14A
Directors: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
Sigourney Weaver delivers a stellar performance as
Hildy Good, a realtor in an idyllic New England town,
whose wickedly funny tongue and seeming success
mask her life’s one dark truth: She enjoys her wine a
bit too much. But Hildy’s good at keeping it together
– until, that is, a rekindled romance with high
school flame Frank Getchell (Kevin Kline) sets in
motion a chain of events that forces a decades-in-
the-making confrontation with Hildy’s buried past.
Based on the best-selling novel, The Good House is
a multifaceted portrait of a proud, resilient woman who wouldn’t think of asking
for help…and whose life won’t change until she does.
“Sigourney Weaver gets her best role in years playing a North Shore realtor
whose seemingly ideal life conceals tides of alcoholism and loneliness.”
- The Film Yap 4/5
Sponsored by:
27S AT UR D AY, F E B R U ARY 25, 2023 (conti nued)
9:30 pm - The Grand Theatre
Revival69
97 min., Canada, Documentary, English - Not Rated
Director: Ron Chapman
In 1969, there were three music festivals that
changed the world. “The second most important
event in rock & roll history” was a one-day event
held at the University of Toronto’s 20,000 seat
Varsity Stadium called the Toronto Rock & Roll
Revival. An incredible back-door story of how –
against all odds – a life-changing concert came
together. Director Ron Chapman reveals a series
of colourful characters, murky deals and broken
promises, culminating in John Brower, a young struggling promoter, putting
his life on the line (literally) in order to achieve his goal. Included in the
lineup were: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Gene
Vincent, The Doors, Alice Cooper, and John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Band.
“REVIVAL69 wisely does not to focus too much on Lennon. Instead, it strikes a
fine balance in telling the stories of all the musicians and characters behind
the scenes. The film is a fine addition to the canon of rock docs, because
it cements the significance of the 1969 Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival as a
pivotal chapter of rock history. It marked the end of The Beatles and the
1960s and heralded the 1970s. REVIVAL69 should be held in the same regard
as Woodstock and Gimme Shelter.” - Allan Tong, ChinoKino - score: A
Sponsored by:
28S U N D AY, F E BRUARY 26, 2023
11:00 am - The Grand Theatre
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Carry it On
90 min., Canada 2022 Documentary English, Cree - Rated: PG
Director: Madison Thomas
This is a compelling and eye-opening documentary
on the life of activist/songwriter/performer Buffy
Sainte-Marie. The film features previously unseen
archival footage, and chronicles Buffy’s amazing
career which continually advanced the cause of
Indigenous rights. Buffy Sainte-Marie remains the
first Indigenous winner of an Oscar, (for the song ‘Up
Where We Belong’ from An Officer And A Gentleman
in 1983). She also won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe
for the same composition.
Initially riding the wave of the New York counter-culture folk scene, Buffy
soon became a regular participant at sit-ins, rock shows and coffee houses.
She was black-listed by both the Nixon and the Johnson administrations. She
was also a victim of the music business’ insidious exploitation of its artists,
as she had to buy back the rights to her own song UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. But
her long and varied career has taken her to many different places. Now 80
years-old and living in Hawaii, WFF is proud to present CARRY IT ON, as a
tribute to one of Canada’s most enduring and seminal artists.
“…a raw, searing portrait of an artist and activist who has been ahead of
her time every step of the way.” - Alex Hudson, Exclaim
Sponsored by:
29SUN D AY, F E B R U A RY 26, 2023 (conti nued)
2:15 pm - The Grand Theatre
ROSIE
92 min., Canada 2022, Drama, Comedy
English, French, Cree - Rated: 14A
Director: Gail Maurice
A film about family, love, and misfits, Rosie
tells the story of a young, orphaned, Indigenous
girl who is forced to live with her reluctant,
street-smart Aunty Frédérique, AKA “Fred” (Bray).
Rosie (Hill) is thrust into the fringes of 1980’s
Montréal and into the care of Fred, who just
lost her job, is on the verge of eviction, and who
looks and sounds nothing like her. Fred, an artist
who creates art from found and discarded objects or other peoples’ trash,
introduces Rosie to her two best friends Flo (Bernard) and Mo (Trahan),
glamorous, gender-bending street workers. In the end, Rosie transforms the
lives of these colourful characters and finds love, acceptance, and a true
home with her new chosen family of glittering outsiders.
“An uplifting story of acceptance, self worth, and the art of embracing
exactly who you were born to be. That’s a message the world certainly could
use a bit more of.” - Screen Zealots
TIFF Top 10
Sponsored by:
30SUN D AY, F E B R U A RY 26, 2023 (conti nued)
4:30 pm - The Grand Theatre
ALI & AVA
95 min., United Kingdom 2021, English - Rated: PG
Director: Clio Barnard
Ali & Ava is a heartfelt tale of two people living
in rainy Yorkshire, dealing with loneliness,
complicated families and new love. The film
explores their deepening connection while past
relationships and family judgment come into play.
Ali and Ava are two people nearing middle age,
both their own kind of lonely. Ali is young at heart,
with a bubbly personality and still dreams of his
break-through as a DJ. His shameful secret is
that he and his wife have separated. They still
live together, because Ali is unable to break the news about the breakup to
his more conservative family. Ava is a friendly and warm school assistant,
who is now a widow after her violent husband died. Life largely consists of
helping her children, especially her son Callum, who himself has recently
become a father.
The two meets at random, warm feelings appear, and finally it seems that
life has more to offer than a boring humdrum existence. Yet the relationship
is met with deep suspicion by both of their families, threatening to put an
end to this fledgling romance. Is it possible to make a relationship work
across cultures, age gaps and vastly different personalities? Or should one
just stick to one’s own?
Clio Barnard delivers a heart-warming piece of British social realism with
this modern, working-class love story.
Winner of 5 International Awards
Sponsored by:
31SUN D AY, F E B R U A RY 26, 2023 (conti nued)
7:00 pm - The Grand Theatre
Nowhere Special
96 min., United Kingdom 2021, Drama, English - Rated: PG
Director: Uberto Pasolini
James Norton and Daniel Lamont are superb
in this heartfelt drama about a single father
determined to do the best by his son before
he dies. John (Norton), a 35-year-old window
cleaner, lives with his three-year-old son
Michael. He was recently diagnosed with
terminal cancer and has decided that he will
find the best family to take Michael in after
his death. Against the advice of the adoption
agency, he’s working with, John cannot face
telling his son the truth, taking him on visits to
prospective families under the guise of visiting new friends. But how can he
judge a family from a brief encounter? And does he know his own child well
enough to make this choice for him? Finding the right answer may very well be
his life’s biggest struggle…
As with his previous feature “Still Life”, (Shadows 2015) writer-director Uberto
Pasolini draws from a well of understatement.
“Uberto Pasolini’s film takes a real-life story as his starting block and turns
this tiny Northern Ireland-set tale into an almost sensory experience...”
- Screen International
Winner of 4 International Awards
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