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60 EVENTS Jan-Feb 2010

Latest in February in Detroit - Toronto - Ottawa - Gainesville, Fl - Boston
St. Catharines, Ont - New York City - Montreal - Brooklyn -
Rotterdam
Latest in January in Toronto
- Rotterdam - Ottawa - Stuttgart & Dresden
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -
Chicago, Illinois - Brooklyn, New York

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FEBRUARY 27 & 28 NEAR DETROIT

Photorama USA presents

Detroit / Troy Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Saturday & Sunday, February 27 & 28, 10am-3pm, $6

Balkan Community Center (Elks Lodge),
1451 Big Beaver Rd., Troy, Michigan
(i-75, 2 miles E. of I-75, between John R & Rochester Rd.)

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FEBRUARY 27 IN TORONTO

Hot Water (with Harold Lloyd)
(Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, USA, 1924, on video)
Live organ accompaniment by Bill O'Meara!

Saturday, February 27, 7:30pm, free (classified)
Donations accepted for FaithWorks, assisting the needy.

St. John's York Mills Anglican Church,
19 Don Ridge Drive., Toronto

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents
Part 5 of its Strategies of the Medium screening series

Go Big or Go Home
Screening and Panel Discussion.
Contemporary Canadian artists' films,
all shot and finished on 35mm, 2001-2009, by John Price,
Clive Holden, Christina Battle, Kelly Egan, Steven Woloshen,
Eve Gordon & Sam Hamilton, Louise Bourque, Sonia Bridge.
Followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers
Kelly Egan and Steven Woloshen in person!

Saturday, February 27, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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FEBRUARY 26 IN OTTAWA

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa (IFCO) presents

The Wooden Lightbox: A Secret Art of Seeing
Alex MacKenzie in person from Vancouver, BC!
with his live performance using his custom,
hand-cranked, 16mm projector!
Followed by a Talk / Q & A.

Friday, February 26, 8pm, $7 (unclassified)

Mercury Lounge, upstairs, 56 ByWard Market, Ottawa, Ontario

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FEBRUARY 24-26 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film!
Tonight: Happiness (Todd Solondz, USA, 1998)

Friday, February 26, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Classroom Films
Educational shorts from the 60s & 70s!

Friday, February 26, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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The Free Screen presents

A Film About a Woman Who…
(Yvonne Rainer, USA, 1974, 16mm, 105 minutes)

Thursday, February 25, 9pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

The Films of Chris Kennedy
Toronto independent filmmaker, programmer, writer,
in person with 6 of his recent 16mm films,
a recent 35mm film and a recent video.

Wednesday, February 24, 8pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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FEBRUARY 20-23 IN GAINESVILLE

FLEX
Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival
The 6th Biennial Invitational Festival. Video, 16mm, super 8.
Original works nightly at 7pm, in turn by Jacqueline Goss,
Helga Fanderl, Michael Gitlin and Johan Grimonprez,
followed at 9pm by work that influenced them.

February 20-23, 7 & 9pm, $5/each, $20/pass

at different locations in Gainesville, Florida

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FEBRUARY 20 IN BOSTON

The International Experimental Cinema Exposition
Boston premieres of new 16mm and 35mm films from international
and Boston-based filmmakers Maximiliano Viale, Jonathan Schwartz,
Zach Iannazzi, Robert Todd, Saul Levine, Noah Stout, Luther Price,
David Gatten, Tony Balko, David Chaim Cohen, Kathryn Ramey.
TIE curator Christopher May and most filmmakers in person!
for introductions and to answer questions.

Saturday, February 20, 1:30pm, $10/8

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA),
100 Northern Ave., Boston, Massachusetts

Christopher May also showed his own films at the Tuesday Club,
Loring-Greenough House, Boston, Tuesday, February 16, 8pm.

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FEBRUARY 19 & 20 IN OTTAWA

Available Light Screening Collective and SAW Video present

Kevin Jerome Everson
in person from Virginia, USA
with his recent short videos shot on 16mm.
Curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk for DIM Cinema.
Followed by a Q+A with the filmmaker,
and a public reception sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.

Friday, February 19, 7:30pm, free! (unclassified)

Club SAW, Arts Court Building, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

Artist Talk - Saturday, February 20, 2-4pm
SAW Video, Arts Court Building, 67 Nicholas St.

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FEBRUARY 19 IN ST. CATHARINES

Black History Month Film Party
Jonathan Culp in person from Toronto, presents
original 16mm films from the 30s to the 80s!
Civil rights speeches by 60s black leaders,
classroom films from the USA to Africa,
and jazz films from the 30s and 40s.
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Friday, February 19, 8pm, free or pwyc (unclassified)

Niagara Artists Centre (NAC),
354 St. Paul St., St. Catharines, Ontario

FEBRUARY 19 IN NEW YORK CITY

"50 Years of the Other Spanish Cinema" series (Feb 19-21) presents

Appropriations / Grand Super-8
Found-footage films and super 8 films, on video,
from early & recent avant-garde film movements in Spain.
Marcel Pey, Luis Cerveró, Juan Bufill, David Reznak, Eugeni Bonet,
Eugènia Balcells, Toni Serra, Jesús Pérez-Miranda, David Domingo,
Lope Serrano Sol, Manuel Huerga, Maximiliano Viale, Oriol Sánchez. 

Friday, February 19, 9pm, $9/7

Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave., New York City

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FEBRUARY 18 & 19 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film!
Cult Night:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
(W.D. Richter, USA, 1984),
Dark Star (John Carpenter, USA, 1974), and
Fritz the Cat (Ralph Bakshi, USA, 1972).

Friday, February 19, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

The Power Plant and The Drake Hotel present

Wavelength on 16mm
with Elizabeth Legge and Michael Snow

Elizabeth Legge, Chair, Dept of Art, University of Toronto,
launches her book on Snow's Wavelength by introducing
a screening of Wavelength (1967, 16mm, 45 minutes)
and Snow's Standard Time (1967, 16mm, 8 minutes),
followed by Questions & Answers with Michael Snow.
Legge's book will be on sale, available for signing.
Both films are first showings of new prints!

Thursday, February 18, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

The Drake Hotel - Underground, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto

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FEBRUARY 17-27 IN MONTREAL

28e Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois

February 17-27, $8 each, Montreal, Quebec

FEBRUARY 17 IN OTTAWA

Hear Kevin Jerome Everson
talking about his upcoming Video Screening & Talk
in Ottawa at SAW Video, this Fri & Sat, Feb 19 & 20.

Wednesday, February 17, 5-7pm

"Click here", CHUO-FM 89, Ottawa

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FEBRUARY 16 IN TORONTO

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

3 Films by Marjorie Keller
16mm films, USA, 1980-1991.

Tuesday, February 16, 7:30pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

FEBRUARY 16 IN BROOKLYN, NY

Light Industry presents

Naomi Uman: The Ukrainian Time Machine
Naomi Uman in person! with 4 selections from her new
Ukrainian Time Machine project, a cycle of 16mm films.
Followed by a conversation with Uman & Nellie Killian.

Tuesday, February 16, 7:30pm, $7

Light Industry, 5th Floor, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn, New York

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FEBRUARY 16 IN BOSTON, MASS

Tuesday Club presents its sixth monthly screening

Christopher May in Person!
with his new experimental films, including
three, triple super 8 projections,
and a double 16mm projection.

Tuesday, February 16, 8pm, $4

Loring-Greenough House,
12 South St., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts

Christopher May will also host a program from his
The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (TIE),
at The ICA, Boston, Saturday, February 20, 1:30pm.

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FEBRUARY 15 IN MONTREAL

Concordia University Studio Arts & MFA Visiting Artist Program,
Mobile Media Lab, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema,
Spectral Media Lab, and Hexagram present

The Wooden Lightbox: A Secret Art of Seeing
Alex MacKenzie in person from Vancouver, BC!
with his live performance using his custom,
hand-cranked, 16mm projector!
Followed by a Talk / Q & A.

Monday, February 15, 7:30pm, free!

Black Box, Sub-Basement Room OS3-845,
Engineering - Visual Arts Building, Concordia University,
1515 St. Catherine West (at Guy), Montreal, Quebec.

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FEBRUARY 13 IN OTTAWA

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) and
the Available Light Screening Collective present

All Fall Down by Philip Hoffman
(Canada, 2009, video, 94 minutes)
Philip Hoffman and co-writer
Janine Marchessault in person from Toronto!

Saturday, February 13, 7pm, $10 (adults only, by law)

Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada,
395 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario

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FEBRUARY 12 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, USA, 1978)

Friday, February 12, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

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Pleasure Dome Artists Film Exhibition Group presents

The Pleasure Principle
Three films (on video) from the
McMaster University Film Board
in Hamilton, Ontario, 1966-1969.
Introduction by Stephen Broomer.

Friday, February 12, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Fat City (John Huston, USA, 1972)

Friday, February 12, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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FEBRUARY 9-11 IN ROTTERDAM

Deborah Stratman - 16mm Magus

16mm Film Workshop by Deborah Stratman
Tuesday-Thursday, February 9-11, 10am, 75€
(Sold out!)

Profile Screening of 16mm Films
Deborah Stratman in person!
with 3 of her films, 2001-2009.
Wednesday, February 10, 9pm, 5€

WORM, Achterhaven 148, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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FEBRUARY 4 & 5 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1957)

Friday, February 5, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Die! Die! My Darling! (Silvio Narizzano, UK, 1965)

Friday, February 5, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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The Revue Film Society presents

10th Drop Your Shorts: Short Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm shorts, maximum 15 minutes.
Submit your shorts in person on Jan. 30, Noon-1:30pm.

Thursday, February 4, 7pm, $2 (adults only, by law)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

FEBRUARY 4 IN OTTAWA

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) presents it's Cafe Ex series.

The World Viewed:
The Films of Chris Kennedy
In person from Toronto!
independent filmmaker, programmer and writer,
with his 16mm & 35mm films, and video, 2004-2009.

Thursday, February 4, 7:30pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Club SAW, Arts Court Building, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

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FEBRUARY 3 IN TORONTO

The Images Festival and The Power Plant present

Snows Gone By
Two 16mm films and a video by Michael Snow.
Triage
(Michael Snow & Carl Brown, 2004, 16mm, dual-projection, 30 min.),
See You Later - Au Revoir (1990, 18 min., DVD), and
Presents (1981, 90 min., 16mm).

Wednesday, February 3, 7pm, $6 (adults only, by law)

Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W., Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

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JANUARY 27-31 IN TORONTO

Fridays, in Toronto or online, on CKLN-FM 88.1, listen to

Cinephobia 2-3pm
Host Stuart (Feedback) Andrews
interviews Jonathan Culp about Canadian "Tax Shelter" movies
and upcoming events & workshops at Toronto's LIFT Film Co-op.

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
The Double Life of Veronique
(Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1991)

Friday, January 29, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Target Eagle
(José Antonio de la Loma, Spain / Mexico, 1982)

Friday, January 29, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Free Screen presents

La Région centrale
(Michael Snow, Canada, 1971, 16mm, 180 min.)
Michael Snow in person!

Thursday, January 28, 7pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

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The 3rd Annual the 8 fest
Small Guage Film Festival

January 27-31, $5 each, $25 Pass (adults only, by law)

Canadian Corps Headquarters, 201 Niagara St., Toronto

Including super 8 film installations exhibition
Opening: Wednesday, January 27, 7pm
Fountain, 1261 Dundas St. W., Toronto

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JAN 27 - FEB 7 IN ROTTERDAM

39th International Film Festival Rotterdam

January 27 - February 7, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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JANUARY 25 IN OTTAWA

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa (IFCO) presents

Small-Gauge Film Club Meeting
Super 8 & 16mm filmmakers, novice & veterans!
Screen and talk about small-gauge filmmaking.
Check out cameras and other equipment.
Bring your own film to show. Also showing:
Norman McLaren’s Pas De Deux on 16mm!
Win 16mm film stock with processing & transferring!
Snacks and refreshments available.

Monday, January 25, 6:30pm, free

IFCO Lounge, 2 Daly Ave., Suite 140, Ottawa, Ontario

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JANUARY 22-24 IN TORONTO

16th annual Camerama Camera Show
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.
50-100 merchants' tables.

Sunday, January 24, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., Thornhill

Gary Perry 905-550-7477 gvperry at gmail dot com

Pleasure Dome Artists Film Exhibition Group presents

Public Lighting by Mike Hoolboom in person!
(Canada, 2004, video, 76 min.) Re-cut for this screening!

Saturday, January 23, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

Plus the re-launch of the publication
Projecting Questions? (2009) at 7pm.

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film!
Tonight: A Jackie Chan double feature with
Project A Part II (1987) and Police Story 2 (1985).

Friday, January 22, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?
(Ernest Pintoff, USA, 1971)

Friday, January 22, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JANUARY 21-24 IN STUTTGART

23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Festival for Expanded Media
Film, New Media, Video, Installation, Performance.

January 21-24, Stuttgart, Germany

JANUARY 21-23 IN DRESDEN

11th Dresdner Schmalfilmtage
Super 8, 8mm, 16mm films

Motorenhalle, Wachsbleichstraße 4a, Dresden, Germany

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JANUARY 19 IN TORONTO

Early Monthly Segments presents

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
(James Benning, USA, 1979, 16mm, 84 minutes)
featuring Sadie Benning, Yvonne Rainer,
Michael Snow, Hollis Frampton, George Landow.
Plus a short 8mm film by Nicky Hamlyn! (UK, 1990).

Tuesday, January 19, 7:30pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Filmmaking Workshops January - April
Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm! Finish on film!
Limited enrolments. First come - first served.

Registration begins: Tuesday, January 19, 10am

L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto

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JANUARY 18 & 23 IN SASKATOON

Super 8 Hand-Processing Workshop
Shoot, hand-process and screen your own super 8 film!
Instructor: Heidi Phillips from Winnipeg. Limit: 5 people.
Now full! Get on the Wait List for the next one!

Monday, January 18, 7-8pm and
Saturday, January 23, 10am-4pm

Public Screening! - Saturday, January 23, 7pm, free
Super 8 films, shown on super 8, by workshop participants
Shanell Papp, Peter Stinson, Ian Campbell, Laura Margita,
Dallas Kruszelnick, Stephanie Norris, Donovan Thorimbert,
J.P. Crowe, Amber Christenson, Karen Polowick, Heidi Phillips.

PAVED Arts, 424 20th St. W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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JANUARY 16 & 17 IN CHICAGO

White Light Cinema presents

Zorns Lemma by Hollis Frampton
(1970, USA, 16mm, 60 minutes)
introduced via webcam by Michael Zryd in Toronto.
Showing as part of the citywide screening series
Critical Mass: Re-viewing Hollis Frampton.

Sunday, January 17, 8pm, $7-10

The Nightingale, 1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois

Photorama USA presents

Chicago Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17, 10am-3pm, $6

Radisson Hotel, 1725 East Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, Illinois
(I-90 or 290 West to 53 North to Algonquin Road West 1/2 mile)

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JANUARY 8-15 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film!
Tonight: Brand Upon the Brain!
(Guy Maddin, USA / Canada, 2006) Guy Maddin in person!

Friday, January 15, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

TV Nite! Classic TV on 16mm film!
Green Acres, Rifleman, Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, more!

Friday, January 15, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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The University of Toronto Cinema Studies Institute
and the Jackman Humanities Institute present

My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, Canada, 2007)
with live narration by Guy Maddin!

Thursday, January 14, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

The Revue Film Society presents

Silent Sunday Matinee
The Lost World (Harry Hoyt, USA, 1925, silent, on 16mm),
with live piano accompaniment by William O’Meara!
In the silent-era Revue Cinema which opened in 1912!

Sunday, January 10, 4pm, $10 (classified)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

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The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Octobre (Pierre Falardeau, Canada, 1994)
introduced by Prof. Scott MacKenzie.

Friday, January 8, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Shack Out on 101 (Edward Dein, USA, 1955)

Friday, January 8, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JANUARY 6 IN BROOKLYN, NY

Light Industry and X-initiative present

Five Films by Joyce Wieland
Short 16mm films, 1967-1984.
Introduced by Emily Roysdon.

Wednesday, January 6, 7:30pm, $7

Light Industry, 5th Floor, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn, New York

JANUARY 1 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Wild in the Streets (Barry Shear, USA, 1968)

Friday, January 1, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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