Firehall Films for January
December 31, 2008
Friday January 9
7:30pm - Atlantic Filmmakers Film 5+ Short Films
A collection of 11 shorts produced at the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative in Halifax, NS. Thom Fitzgerald, Andrea Dorfman and other maritime bright lights.
9pm - The Last Waltz
(Dir. Martin Scorcese) 1978, 117 min
Considered to be one of the best music documentaries ever made, Last Waltz documents The Band's famous last show-and presents some of the finest musicians of the 1970s.
January 10
8pm - The U.S. and Us
(Dir. Quinn) British Columbia, 27 min
Documentary featuring interviews with Canada’s best known activist, Maude Barlow, and best-selling political authors Linda McQuaig and Mel Hurtig, among others, about the growing Canadian concerns over everything from the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Canada/ U.S. relations, Canadian sovereignty and multilateral trade agreements. Post-screening Q&A session with Quinn and Council for Canadians, Yukon chapter representative.
screens with Manhattan Odyssey, a short documentary about Northwest Passage commercial shipping.
Check out the 2009 Firehall Films Schedule.
Picturing the Yukon- in Winnipeg
December 1, 2008
PTY. 9 Short Films. (as seen in Geist Magazine, spring 08)
Screening:
Thursday Dec 4, 7pm
Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque
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December Firehall Films
November 10, 2008
Monthly Film Series
The Old Fire Hall (1st Ave and Main St)
Whitehorse
SATURDAY Dec 13
7pm Only
Dir. Ingrid Veninger+Simon Reynolds. Punk Films Inc, 2008, 73 min.
Fresh from screenings at TIFF, VIFF and Festivale Internationale Cinema di Roma, this charming indie feature is about one day shared by two 12-year olds. Daniel lives in a motel, managed by his parents, in northern Ontario. People come, people go, Daniel hardly notices. Until one day a girl arrives and changes his world. Featuring indie music by international artists you probably haven't heard yet.
Globe and mail review of ONLY:
A deceptively simple film about two lonely, near-pubescent kids stuck in a snowy nowhere town, Only gently unfolds to become a deft – and blunt – exploration of the anxious yet romantic world of teens. The fact that Veninger employed her own son, an actor who looks more like a 7-Eleven loiterer than one of those freakish robo-teens from High School Musical, in the lead adds a layer of unexpected and deliciously rough reality to this often-dreamy film. -R.M. VAUGHAN
9pm Two views of the Baffin Island Region
Quviasukvik (Happy Day)
Dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Paulossie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn. Igloolik Isuma, 1995, Inuktitut w English subtitles, 29 min
It's almost a month since the sun disappeared. Back in the stone house everyone wakes up to Christmas Day. For Inuit today, Christmas is a strange mix of ritual; some from the old life and some from the new. Either way, with lots of meat from a good year hunting, and a warm shelter against the blowing cold, this is a joyful time for celebration and stories. One of a series of films depicting the old ways of the Inuit of the Igloolik region, from the creators of Atanarjuat and the Journals of Knud Rasmussen.
Edge of Ice
Dir. William Hansen. NFB, 1986, 56 min
An outstanding natural history of the intricate ecosystem along the edge of the Arctic ice. Edge of Ice uses stunning footage shot underwater, on the surface and even inside ice crystals. It reveals a magnificent world and the creatures that inhabit it: from microscopic algae and tiny arthropods, to seal, walrus, whale and humans. The film's two narrators, one white and one Inuit, present complementary viewpoints.
Tickets $6/ 5 YFS members
YFS acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Yukon Arts Funding Program through Yukon Lotteries, National Film Board of Canada and Punk Films for this event.
See what's coming soon to Firehall Films.
New Herzog film and NFB double bill in Nov
October 22, 2008
YFS presents:
Firehall Films Monthly Film Series
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Tickets $6/ 5 YFS members
FRIDAY NOV 7
8pm Encounters at the End of the World
Iconic German director, Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo) travels to Antarctica to reveal the extraordinary, and sometimes absurd, experiences of the biologists, physicists, plumbers and truck drivers who live at McMurdo Station. 2008, 99 min
SATURDAY NOV 8
6pm Reception hosted by NFB Pacific and Yukon Studio- venue TBA
Executive Director, Tracey Friesen, producer Yves Ma, and marketing director, Kay Leung are visiting from Pacific and Yukon Studio of the NFB.
7pm Carts of Darkness
Dir. Murray Simple. NFB, 2007, 60 min.
In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, local bottle pickers haved turned the act of binning into a thriving subculture of shopping cart racing. Murray Siple, a former snowboarder and sport film director injured in a serious car accident ten years ago, returns to filmmaking to capture their story
Writing the Land 2007, 8 min
Indigenous Plant Diva 2008, 9 min
9pm Get animated!
Celebrate world animation week. Ten new NFB animations. 75 min
YFS acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Yukon Arts Funding Program through Yukon Lotteries, National Film Board of Canada and Seville Pictures for this event.
Thanks to Lotteries Yukon for the Recreation Project Funding which assisted with our video projector purchase for this series.
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Firehall Films- October 10 and 11
October 7, 2008
YFS presents:
Firehall Films Monthly Film Series
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Tickets $6/ 5 YFS members
FRIDAY OCT 10
7pm Prairie Tales 10
A new collection of Alberta independent film and media art. Programmed by Metro Cinema in Edmonton. Annual collection of animation, short drama and documentary from Canada’s art-boom province. 86 min
9pm Invisible Nation (Le Peuple Invisible)
Dir. Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie
NFB, 2007, 97 min. In fr. with eng. subtitles.
The Algonquin once lived in harmony with the vast territory they occupied. Today, the Algonquin people live in ten communities across central Québec and Ontario. This documentary spotlights the history of Algonquin people, and their resilience in the face of centuries of colonization and oppression.
SATURDAY OCT 11
6pm Reception hosted by Yukon Libraries Association
7pm Hollywood Librarian
Dir. Ann M. Seidl, 2007, USA, 95 min
A documentary about the work and lives of librarians.
Presented in association with Yukon Libraries Association.
9pm Invisible Nation (Le Peuple Invisible)
Dir. Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie
NFB, 2007, 97 min. In fr. with eng. subtitles.
See Friday at 9pm for description.
YFS acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Yukon Arts Funding Program through Yukon Lotteries, National Film Board of Canada and Metro Cinema for this event.
Thanks to Lotteries Yukon for the Recreation Project Funding which assisted with our video projector purchase for this series.
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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