CVAG/TIFF Winter 2015 Film Series
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Sunday, January 11 at 5:00pm
'My Old Lady'
Director: Israel Horovitz
Cast: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas
Country: USA
Language: English
Rated: PG-13
Genre:Drama, Comedy
New Yorker Mathias journeys to Paris after learning that he has inherited a spacious apartment from his estranged father. Mathias hopes to liquidate his new property and return home, but his plan hits a snag when he discovers that the elderly Mathilde and her daughter are inhabiting the space and have no inclination — nor a legally enforceable reason — to leave.
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Sunday, January 25 at 5:00pm
'Force Majeure'
Director: Ruben Östlund
Cast: Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli
Country: Sweden/Norway/Denmark/France
Language: English, Swedish, French with English subtitles
Rated: R
Genre: Drama, Comedy
In the French Alps, married couple are enjoying lunch with their two children when their meal is suddenly interrupted by thunderous booms emanating from the mountain above them. When it appears that there may be an avalanche, he grabs his cell phone and bolts, leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves. The remainder of the film monitors the fallout from this fateful incident, as husband and wife hotly debate what actually occurred, and what Tomas’ proper response should have been.
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Sunday, February 8 at 5:00pm
'TIFF Short Films'
A selection of short films from the Toronto International Film Fest – Film Circuit will be
screened. The films are being confirmed, please check our website for updates.
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Sunday, February 22 at 5:00pm
'Two Days, One Night'
Director: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione
Country: Belgium/France
Language: French with English subtitles
Rated: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Almost immediately after returning to her factory job following a mental health leave, Sandra (Cotillard) is laid off because her fellow workers voted to receive a bonus rather than keep her as the 17th person on the team. When she learns that their team leader persuaded them to vote against her under false pretenses, Sandra convinces the plant manager to hold a second, secret vote. It’s now Friday afternoon, leaving Sandra only two days and one night to save her job and, quite possibly, the life her family knows.
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Sunday, March 8 at 5:00pm
'Mr. Turner'
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Timothy Spall, James Norton, Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Country: UK
Language: English
Rated: R Genre: Drama
Critically acclaimed filmmaker and Film Circuit favourite Mike Leigh (Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky) makes a triumphant return to the screen with Mr. Turner, a masterful portrait of the renowned English painter J.M.W. Turner. Yet another of Leigh’s historical studies of art versus commerce (following his acclaimed Gilbert & Sullivan biopic Topsy-Turvy), Mr. Turner promises to be a hit among critics and audiences alike, and a major contender in the upcoming awards season.
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Sunday, March 22 at 5:00pm
'Trick or Treaty?'
Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Country: Canada
Language: English, Cree with English subtitles
Rated: Unrated
Genre: Documentary
One of the masters of Canadian cinema, Alanis Obomsawin has spent decades creating a remarkable body of work driven by equal parts outrage and compassion. Trick or Treaty?, Obomsawin’s most recent feature documentary, shines a light on the most important document in the history of Canada’s First Peoples: the infamous Treaty 9, a 1905 agreement in which First Nations communities supposedly relinquished sovereignty over their traditional lands — a precedent that is routinely invoked whenever governments are challenged about rights issues involving Aboriginal communities.