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BackBone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema from 1967- 1981

Richard Martin, Canada, 2012, 60 mins*
*Film will be followed by a selection of shorts from the period (approx 20-30 min)

SATURDAY MAY 4 | 8:30 PM | CIN

SUNDAY MAY 12 | 4:45 PM | CIN

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

Stephen Silha and Eric Slade, USA, 2013, 82 mins

SATURDAY MAY 11 | 9:15 PM | VT

City World

Brent Chesanek, USA, 2012, 70 mins

THURSDAY MAY 9 | 9:00 PM | VT
Please note: This film was previously scheduled for Tuesday May 7 at 7:00pm but the screening date/time has been rescheduled.

East Hastings Pharmacy

Antoine Bourges, Canada, 2012, 46 mins

SUNDAY MAY 5 | 2:00 PM | CIN

BC regulations call for a pharmacist to witness each dose of methadone dispensed to patients. This edict forms the jumping off point for Antoine Bourges’ singular documentary hybrid. In the cool blue light of the pharmacy, the regulars line up to have their prescriptions filled. But all is not as it seems. -DW

Goudougoudou

Fabrizio Scapin and Pieter Van Eecke, Belgium, 2012, 55 mins
THURSDAY MAY 9 | 8:45 PM | CIN

I Am Divine

Jeffrey Schwarz, USA, 2013, 86 mins
FRIDAY MAY 10 | 6:30 PM | RIO

There never was a dame like DIVINE! One part sexual revolutionary, two parts cinematic maniac, and one hundred percent Baltimore. The lady, herself, sprang fully formed from the combined forces of filmmaker John Waters and an unassuming young man named Harris Glenn Milstead.

Talking Landscape: Early Media Works 1974-1984

Andrea Callard, USA, 2012, 76 mins

SUNDAY MAY 12 | 2:45 PM | CIN

The Circle

Bram Conjaerts, Belgium, 2013, 48 mins

TUESDAY MAY 7 | 5:15 PM | VT

The Palace

Tomasz Wolski, Poland, 2012, 82 mins

MONDAY MAY 6 | 8:30 PM | CIN

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

Sophie Fiennes, UK, 2012, 134 mins

SUNDAY MAY 5 | 11:00 AM | CIN

The Search for Emak Bakia

Oskar Alegria, Spain, 2012, 84 mins

FRIDAY MAY 10 | 8:00 PM | CIN

Oskar Alegria’s The Search for Emak Bakia is a film about Man Ray’s 1926 experimental cine-poem Emak Bakia. Despite the title of the original film (which literally translates to “Leave Me Alone”!) Alegria is undeterred in seeking out the locations where Man Ray’s 16-minute avant-garde classic was made. -SC

There Will Be Some Who Will Not Fear Even That Void

Saeed Taji Farouky, UK/Canada, 2012, 52 mins

SUNDAY MAY 5 | 7:15 PM | VT

Wrong Time Wrong Place

John Appel, The Netherlands, 2012, 80 mins

SATURDAY MAY 4 | 12:00 PM | VT

TUESDAY MAY 7 | 8:30 PM | CIN