The house lights will dim, the shaft of projector light will flicker to life, and some of the best Canadian movies of the year will splash across the screen.
This weekend is the 20th time the College of New Caledonia's film appreciation group has raised the curtain on their annual movie festival. Cinema CNC holds a regular schedule of films to watch at the college each weekend while classes are in session, and they are shown in the Stan Shaffer Theatre (Room 1-306).
In addition to each semester series, Cinema CNC has amassed 20 years of annual all-Canadian extravaganzas packed into a spring weekend at the Prince George Playhouse.
This year's edition features eight critically acclaimed flicks:
No Men Beyond This Point
Time: March 18, 7 p.m.
Director: Mark Sawers.
Starring: Kristine Cofsky, Patrick Gilmore, Rekha Sharma
Sleeping Giant
Time: March 18, 9:30 p.m.
Director: Andrew Cividino.
Starring: Jackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett
Al Purdy Was Here
Time: March 19, 1 p.m.
Director: Brian D. Johnson.
Starring: Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Sarah Harmer, Michael Ondaatje, Tanya Tagaq, Eurithe Purdy
This documentary has added local interest because Al Purdy really was here. The famous poet was a guest writer in Prince George in the 1970s, which the College of New Caledonia helped facilitate.
Remember
Time: March 19, 7 p.m.
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Henry Czerny
Into The Forest
Time: March 19, 9:30 p.m.
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Keith Rennie
Les Etres Chers
(Our Loved Ones)
Time: March 20, 2 p.m.
Director: Anne Emond
Starring: Maxim Gaudette, Karelle Tremblay, Valrie Cadieux
French with English subtitles
My Internship
In Canada
Time: March 20, 7 p.m.
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Starring: Patrick Huard, Suzanne Clment, Irdens Exantus
Combo of French, Creole and English with subtitles
Borealis
Time: March 20, 9:30 p.m.
Director: Sean Garrity
Starring: Joey King, Cl Bennett, Emily Hampshire
Patrick Gilmore (No Men Beyond This Point) will be at the theatre to introduce the movie he is in, then answer questions following the show. Tickets are available at the CNC Bookstore, the UNBC Bookstore and downtown at Books & Company.
