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Special Events
SELLING DEMOCRACY : Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Co-presented by DOXA
SELLING DEMOCRACY: FILMS OF THE MARSHALL PLAN, 1948-1953
These fascinating films were produced to encourage the democratization of Germany and to hasten the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. A selection of films will be screened over two evenings, followed by a Q & A with curator Sandra Schulberg.
Festival information: www.r2rfestival.org
Details about the films: www.sellingdemocracy.org
Thursday, March 2, 7pm - TRUE FICTION
Vancity Theatre, Vancouver International Film Centre, 1181 Seymour Street (Seymour & Davie)
Marshall Plan filmmakers created a sense of drama in nearly all of their films, including the documentaries all set to the jaunty tunes typical of 50's newsreels. This program includes a cartoon parable about the virtues of a common market (The Shoemaker and the Hatter) and a charming film about a Greek boy trying to tame a giant American mule (The Story of oula).
Friday, March 3, 9pm - STRENGTH FOR THE FREE WORLD
Vancity Theatre, Vancouver International Film Centre, 1181 Seymour Street (Seymour & Davie)
The Marshall Plan Motion Picture Section was challenged to turn people's despair into optimism. From the American point of view, productivity was the key to prosperity, but it had to be tempered with a respect for traditional European craftsmanship. This program includes a hilarious film about advances in homogenization (The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk) and a nostalgic look at small-town life in Southern France (The Home We Love).
This program is generously sponsored by the Consulate General of the United States of America in Vancouver.
Past Events
DOXA FUNDRAISER - CELSIUS 4/11
An evening of film, music, and fun!
Friday, November 4th, 7:30pm
Heritage Hall (3102 Main St at 14th)
$30, available at DOXA & Videomatica
This year's film presentation is the 1929 short film "Rain" by Joris Ivens, which captures Amsterdam's changing appearance during a rain-shower, rendering a poetic take of an urban landscape and establishing Ivens as a leader in avant-garde filmmaking. "Rain" will be accompanied by members of The Twisted String, performing an original score composed by violinist extraordinaire, Oliver Schroer - this one-time presentation is not to be missed!
Silent auction items to bid on include: artwork from local artists, passes to local festivals, CDs, books, weekend getaways, tickets to upcoming performances, restaurant gift certificates, and more.
Live entertainment, one free drink, tasty snacks, silent auction, door prizes and more!
CELSIUS 4/11 is generously sponsored by Precision Media, Videomatica, and our silent auction donors.
FILM SCREENING/FORUM
Measuring Security Measures: National security and civil liberties in post 9/11 Canada
October 27th, 7pm
Vancouver International Film Centre, 1181 Seymour St
Free admission. More info at www.citizen.nfb.ca//msm/.
Co-presented by NFB, CitizenShift, DOXA, MARU and überculture collective, this 10-city tour of documentary films and public forums looks at the effects of Canadian security measures since Sept. 11, 2001. The 5 short films featured are directed by emerging filmmakers whose works probe the balance between public security and civil liberties.
Join Tom Sandborn, Zool Suleman, and Naava Smolash for a discussion after the screening.
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DOXA is once again proud to present a film at Out on Screen, Vancouver Queer Film and Video Festival:
 Kinsey - Saturday Aug 6 7:00 pm |
Kinsey
Directors: Barak Goodman & John Maggio
August 6th, 7:00 pm
Cinemark Tinseltown
"If Kinsey could have made it to the 60s, it would have been a different world for him," says biographer James H. Jones in this documentary on the controversial sexologist Alfred Kinsey. "He would have seen the women's liberation movement, the civil rights movement, and most importantly for him, the gay liberation movement".
Scientist and researcher, Kinsey traveled the US during the 1940's and 50's, interviewing 10,000 Americans and chronicling their sexual behaviour. He compiled his findings into a study of sexual diversity that flew in the face of Americans' perception of their sex lives.
This film details the public and private sexual journey of Kinsey, mixing newsreel footage with interviews, exposing how his own sexual desires influenced his groundbreaking research. Featured are interviews with his daughters, members of his research team and several of his interview subjects.
Kinsey tells the story of a contradictory man - a conservative scientific researcher who pushed sexual boundaries and became a social and academic rebel.
For full festival information please see the OOS website: www.outonscreen.com.
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fri MAY 27 | 3:00 PM | pacific cinÉmathÈque
Public Forum: Mining Collective Memory
The forum is included with a ticket to the film, Potlatch. To attend the forum only, admission is free, space permitting.
Preceded by the film Potlatch
In an increasingly restrictive copyright culture, it is becoming harder to make documentary films dealing with political and historical subjects. Public archives like Library and Archives Canada are becoming increasingly vital for the public domain materials they hold – but this too is a tricky terrain. For filmmakers from cultures outside the mainstream, the problems are compounded by their lack of presence in the “collective memory of the nation”.
What are the challenges filmmakers face today? What is being done today that will address these issues in the future? What are the pitfalls in working with archival materials? What can be done? Hear filmmaker Ali Kazimi discuss the making of opening night film Continuous Journey.
Forum Participants
Ali Kazimi is an award winning documentary filmmaker based in Toronto. Ali’s films have been screened in festivals around the world, and broadcast nationally and internationally. As a cinematographer, Kazimi has shot several acclaimed and award winning documentaries. He has shot films in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the U.K., the U.S.A, Bosnia, Italy, Turkey, Namibia and Indonesia. His latest film, Runaway Grooms, just appeared on CBC’s The Passionate Eye.
Andris Kesteris has vast experience as an archivist in the field of acquisition and preservation of cultural heritage, specifically in film and television. He is currently the Senior Project Manager/Archival Specialist (A/V) for the Canadian Archives and Special Collections Branch, Cultural Heritage Division, Library and Archives Canada. Mr. Kesteris is also the founder of the Baltic Film Festival in Canada.
Colin Preston is the Television Archivist for CBC Vancouver. His work includes providing preservation and access to the station’s fifty year-old film / videotape collections and researching visuals for documentaries. Colin is a frequent panelist and presenter at Sound and Moving Image Archives conferences and has made numerous presentations related to Film and Video Archives.
Madeline Ziniak is the Vice-President and General Manager of OMNI Television, and a champion of multiculturalism and its expression through television. She has garnered international recognition and numerous media awards for her work in this field over more than 30 years, and received the Order of Ontario in 2001 and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003.
Moderator, Colin Browne is a filmmaker and writer who has worked extensively with archival motion pictures. He is on the boards of the AV Preservation Trust and the Audio-Visual Heritage Association of B.C. and is the author of Motion Picture Production in British Columbia, 1898-1940. His most recent film is the documentary portrait, Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye. He is Associate Director and teaches in the Film Area of the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
Followed by a reception hosted by Library and Archives Canada
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sUN MAY 29 | 2:30 PM | pacific cinÉmathÈque
Public Forum: What's Really on Your Plate?
Included in the cost of a ticket to the film, The Future of Food. To attend the forum only, admission is free, space permitting.
Preceded by the film The Future of Food
Join us for a community forum after the film with:
- Deborah Koons Garcia: Filmmaker
- Tara Scurr: Council of Canadians organizer for a GE-Free Canada
- André LaRivière: Food journalist
- Catherine Kleinsteuber: GE activist
- Jane Thornthwaite: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
- Facilitator: David Van Seters of Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD)
Meet some of the passionate and informed people behind initiatives to make BC’s food supply sustainable and sound. Solutions exist! Join us to look at the possibility of making Vancouver a GE - Free Zone.