This weekend, Prince George will play host to the 21st Annual Cinema CNC Film Festival.
From March 9th to 11th, both filmmakers and film lovers will fill the Prince George Playhouse for three days of Canadian film greatness.
A collection of short works will be accompanied by a total of eight feature-length films.
Festival Schedule:
RUMBLE – March 9th: 7 pm
- RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World
- Directors: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
- Canada, 2017 English 103 minutes
- With: Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Martin Scorsese, George Clinton
- Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World tells the powerful story of the indigenous influence on jazz, rock and roll and the blues.
- Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival.
THE DOCTOR'S CASE – March 9th: 9:30
- The Doctor’s Case
- Directors: James Douglas, Leonard Pearl
- Canada 65 minutes
- Written by: James Douglas [screenplay]; Stephen King [short story]
- Starring: William B. Davis, Denise Crosby, Michael Coleman, J.P. Winslow, Ian Case
- Based on the short story by Stephen King-When word arises that an English Lord has been murdered, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must bind together to decipher the perfect mystery. Locally produced film.
NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL – March 10th: 1 pm
- Never Steady Never Still
- Director: Kathleen Hepburn
- Canada, 2017 English 110 minutes
- Principal Cast: Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin, Nicholas Campbell, Lorne Cardinal, Jared Abrahamson, Jonathan Whitesell, Mary Galloway
- Never Steady, Never Still, a heart-wrenching film that depicts the devastating realities of a family living with Parkinson’s disease.
THE BREADWINNER – March 10th: 7 pm
- The Breadwinner
- Director: Nora Twomey
- Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg, 2017 English 93 minutes
- Principal Cast: Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif
- Based on Deborah Ellis’s best selling book, The Breadwinner tells the incredible story of an 11-year-old girl who conceals her identity to become the sole provider for her family.
AVA – March 10th: 9:30
- Ava
- Director: Sadaf Foroughi
- Canada/Iran/Qatar, 2017 Farsi w/ English subtitles 103 minutes
- Principal Cast: Mahour Jabbari, Bahar Nouhian, Leili Rashidi, Vahid Aghapour, Shayesteh Sajadi, Houman Hoursan, Sarah Alimorad
- Based in Tehran, the story follows teenager Ava and her highly supervised life. Un overbearing mother and a powerless father lead to Ava’s rebellion.
MAISON DU BONHEUR – March 11th: 2 pm
- Maison du Bonheur
- Director: Sofia Bohdanowicz
- Canada/France, 2017 French w/ English subtitles 62 minutes
- Featuring: Juliane Lumbroso-Sellam, Nadia Cassel, Roberto Cassel, Albert Eddassouki, Manouk Kurdoghlian, Claude Tougard-Lumbroso
- A film about the ebullient Juliane. A Parisian astrologer who has lived in the same pre-war apartment for 50 years.
- Winner of VIFF’s 2016 Emerging Canadian Director award
MEDITATION PARK – March 11th: 7 pm
- Meditation Park
- Director: Mina Shum
- Canada, 2017 English, Cantonese, Mandarin w/ English subtitles 94 minutes
- Principal Cast: Cheng Pei Pei, Tzi Ma, Sandra Oh, Don McKellar
- After making an unexpected discovery about her husband, Maria embarks on a journey of self-empowerment.
UNARMED VERSES – March 11th: 9:30
- Unarmed Verses
- Director: Charles Officer
- Canada, 2017 85 minute
- Documentary, featuring Francine Valentine
- This feature documentary follows a 12-year-old girl whose community is facing relocation. Her moving description of a needing to belong resonates universally.
- Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Documentary prize at Hot Docs
Passes:
- Festival: $48 (eight films)
- Friday: $14 (two films)
- Saturday: $21 (three films)
- Sunday: $21 (three films)
Available at Books and Co., the CNC Bookstore, and the UNBC Bookstore.
Single tickets are available at the door and a limited number of advanced-sale single tickets will be available from www.centralinteriortickets.com. A service fee will apply.
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