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Acclaimed feature debut from French-Canadian director comes to Cinematheque

by Shawn Conner in Entertainment on January 29, 2018

Éliane Préfontaine in Still Night, Still Light, the feature film debut from director Sophie Goyette.

Still Night, Still Light (Mes nuits feront écho) is the acclaimed feature-length debut from Québécois writer-director Sophie Goyette. The Cinematheque is screening the acclaimed French-Canadian film Feb. 1-4.

Still Night, Still Light follows five acclaimed shorts from the director. Still Night, Still Light won the Bright Future Award (“best first film”) at the Rotterdam Festival. The film has competed in more than 20 festivals, including the Vancouver International Film Festival. It also has been in nomination for the “Discovery Award 2017” attributed by the Director’s Guild of Canada.

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Acclaimed feature debut from French-Canadian director comes to Cinematheque

Canadian picks at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival

by Shawn Conner in Events on September 22, 2017

A scene from the BC-shot Suck It Up.

While the Toronto International Film Festival premieres many of the high-profile, Oscar-baiting Hollywood releases, the Vancouver International Film Festival has carved a niche for itself by emphasizing Canadian and foreign releases. This year’s Canadian slate includes feature films and documentaries in the True North program as well as films by emerging filmmakers in the Future//Present series. Here’s a look at a few of the more notable Canadian releases screening at the fest, which runs Sept. 28-Oct 13 at various theatres in town.

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Canadian picks at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival

Catch some of the best of Canadian cinema FREE!

by Shawn Conner in Uncategorized on June 27, 2017

Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold and Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers. The 1988 David Cronenberg film is screening as part of a week of free movies at Cinematheque.

If by some quirk of fate you haven’t heard, Canada is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year. In acknowledgement of the country’s 150th, the Toronto International Film Festival, The Cinematheque, Library and Archives Canada, and the Cinémathèque québécoise banded together to poll the nation’s movie critics, film historians and industry professionals. They came up with a list of the 150 favourites, ranging from feature films to shorts to animation and documentaries to experimental films.

For the last year, Vancouver’s Cinematheque (1181 Howe St.) has been screening the 150 selections in a program called Canada On Screen. To celebrate Canada Day, Cinematheque presents a full week of FREE screenings of some of the selections from the list. We’ve highlighted some below.

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Catch some of the best of Canadian cinema FREE!