Available Light Film Festival 2010 Schedule and tickets
January 16, 2010
Yukon Film Society and Yukon Energy present
AVAILABLE LIGHT FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Wed Feb 10 to Sun Feb 14
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse
25 Canadian and International fiction and documentary feature films.
See trailers and film websites at alff.ca.
Tickets and Passes
www.yukontickets.com.
Yukon Arts Centre Box Office, in person or by phone 667-8574,
Arts Underground and at the door.
Single tickets: $11/ $10 for YFS members (includes $2 box office surcharge)
Five Film Pass $45
NFB Animation for kids: all tickets $3
Weekday afternoon screenings: all tickets $5
Industry Forum, Feb 11 - 13 workshops and panels information coming soon.
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Firehall Films Friday Jan 8
January 5, 2010
Firehall Films: Friday, January 8
7pm – The Cove
Winner of the Best Documentary Award at 26 film festivals!
Dir. Louie Psihoyos, USA, 2009, 92 min
The eco-espionage documentary thriller of the decade.
Screening sponsor: Office of the Yukon Ombudsman & Information and Privacy Commissioner.
9pm – Prairie Tales 11
Alberta, 2008/2009, 105 min
Short drama, personal essay, documentary, animation and experimental films make up this strong collection of sixteen new Albertan works on film and video extensively reflecting the diverse, expanding culture of film and media art creation in the beguiling prairie province. Highlights include: Prairie Torch Song, an ethereal story of the five minutes before the shooting of a music video featuring torch singer Wendy McNeill and her song Cigarettes and You. Baby Boots is a beautiful and bucolic short drama about how innocuous events can often have profound impacts. The very funny, The Island, answers the question: What would it be like if gay people had their own island? Queer filmmaker Trevor Anderson opens his rumination on that question with the image of himself tromping across a barren, snow-covered prairie. Co-presented with Metro Cinema, Edmonton, AB.
Firehall Films is the Yukon Film Society’s monthly screening series at the Old Firehall at First Ave and Main Street in Whitehorse.
Tickets for each screening: $7/$5 YFS members. YFS Memberships $5.
YFS gratefully acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Yukon Lotteries, and Yukon Tourism and Culture for this on-going cinema series.
Firehall Films for Dec 4
November 17, 2009
Friday December 4
7pm – Three Documentaries
Regeneration
Julie Lee, British Columbia, 2007, 26 min
Eleven children from a remote First Nations
village in BC collaborate with a group of
acclaimed artists on an art project.
Ghosts and Gravel Roads
Mike Rollo, Québec, 2008, 16 min
The lost memories of old photographs and artifacts found in the bleached landscape of Saskatchewan serve as a metaphor for displacement.
A Year at Sherbrooke
Thomas Hale, Saskatchewan, 2009, 54 min
Two artists work with residents in a longterm care facility in Saskatoon to explore how creativity can transform people’s lives, from the abled to the differently-abled.
9pm – Pow Wow Highway
Jonathan Wacks, USA, 1989, 87 min
Two friends from a Montana Cheyenne reserve take a road trip to New Mexico to fight the wrongful imprisonment of a family member. Canadian actor, Gary Farmer, is excellent in this enduring comedy.
Firehall Films for Nov 6
October 29, 2009
Friday Nov 6
7pm You, Me and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule
Paul Manly, British Columbia, 2009, 91 mins
Following 9-11, political and business leaders have pushed for the Security Prosperity Partnership agreement between Canada, USA and Mexico. This muckraker doc looks at the implications of the SPP agreement for Canadians. Co-presented with Council of Canadians, Yukon chapter. Watch the trailer.
9pm Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg, Ontario, 1991, 115 mins
Based on the surrealistic literary classic by William S Burroughs. The time is 1953. A pest exterminator's life whirls out of control when his wife becomes hooked on the poison powder he uses to kill the cockroaches of New York City.
Watch the trailer.
Firehall Films for Oct 23
October 17, 2009
7pm – Waterlife
Kevin McMahon, Canada, 2008, 109 min
An environmental documentary about the Great Lakes that follows
the flow of the lakes’ water from the Nipigon River to the Atlantic
Ocean and reveals an incredibly beautiful ecosystem that is facing
complex challenges.
9:15pm – Ugetsu
Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953, 97 min
This beautiful and haunting tale of love and loss from Japan is
considered as one of the great masterpieces in the history of cinema.
More info on Firehall Films page.
The Yukon Film Society gratefully acknowledges that funding for this website is made possible through the Yukon Film and Sound Commission.
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