Ten provinces. Ten years. Ten spotlights. That’s the idea behind The Nickel Independent Film Festival’s Spotlight Series. Our goal is to shine the spotlight on ten short films from each of Canada’s ten provinces over the course of ten years. That’s 100 Canadian-made short films to bask in the spotlight by the time the Nickel’s Spotlight Series wraps in 2021. A special curator from each province will act as a provincial programmer, select ten splendid shorts, and send them our way. Our mission is to share the unique culture of each province and applaud the rich diversity of Canadian independent filmmaking and filmmakers.

This year we’ve decided to focus on Quebec Independent Film. Curated by Danny Lennon of Montreal.

Danny Lennon is the Director of Prends ça court! founded twelve years ago. Internationally renowned programmer, he is involved with 20 festivals and events in the province of Quebec. He participates, year round, in over 60 festivals in 24 different countries, contributing in every imaginable and possible ways to the promotion, distribution, screening and production of independent and professional shorts. Lennon is the invited programmer and in charge of the online Short Film Competition (presented by the NFB) at Festival de Cannes/Short Film Corner since 2006. He also acts as an instructor at Montreal’s Institut national de l’image et du son (INIS). He is the film curator for Montreal’s PHI Centre, distributor and sales agent for PHI Group, ambassador for short film promotion at Sodec, responsible for launching the NOT SHORT ON TALENT initiative at Telefilm Canada. All this and he still finds time to go fishing!

WARNING: PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED

SAD DAY (JOUR SANS JOIE) by Nicolas Roy

NEXT FLOOR by Denis Villeneuve

MOKHTAR by Halima Ouardiri

OPASATICA by Eric Morin

DANSE MACABRE by Pedro Pires

FISHES (LES POISSONS) by Jean Malek

TROTTEUR by Arnaud Brisebois & Francis Leclerc

LES FLEURS DE L’AGE by Vincent Biron

OF EVENTS (D’ALEAS) by Mathieu Tremblay

PRINCESS (PRINCESSE) by Frederick Tremblay

Tickets available at the LSPU Hall 753-4531 or www.rca.nf.ca

For more information please visit www.nickelfestival.com

Thursday December 8th at 8:00pm Admission $5.00. Tickets available at the Hall 753-4531.

Screeched (written and directed by Adam Chambers, 2005)
Tight (written by Robert Chafe; directed by Jillian Keiley, 1999)
The Care Package (written and directed by Brad Gover, 2006)
Flux (written by Peter Soucy; directed by Gerald Lunz, 1993)
Travel Anywhere: The Movie (written by Lois Brown; directed by Justin Simms, 2009)
Surprise! (written and directed by Frank Barry, 2011)
…and more to come!

Thursday, August 25th, LSPU Hall 8:00pm. Tickets $10 plus tax

For more information please visit www.nickelfestival.com

Gen Silent illustrates these issues through the heartrending stories of our elders and the small but dedicated group of professionals working to provide them with compassionate, supportive, care.

Screening Date: Tuesday April 12, 2011
AUDITORIUM (HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE)
STARTS 8PM (90 minutes, discussion to follow)
$5 (or pay what you can)
FREE PARKING LOT 9.

*Funds raised from the screening will be donated to Planned Parenthood’s “Ageless Intimacy: Seniors & Sexual Health” workshops.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to drop Andrew an e-mail at abennett@mun.ca

THE MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS, starring Ron Hynes, Joel Thomas Hynes and featuring rising singer/songwriter sensation, Amelia Curran is a veritable feast of music and story telling for the many thousands of RON HYNES FANS across Canada. For over ninety minutes, Ron performs some of his most famous and beloved songs, including SONNY’S DREAM, THE ST. JOHN’S WALTZ, BOY FROM OLD PERLICAN, DRY, THE MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS and more. With gut wrenching honesty and his famously disarming sense of humour, Ron faces the camera and tells his own incredible story in his own startlingly blunt manner!

A multiple award winning movie that is proving to be extremely popular with all audiences, The Man of a Thousand Songs has enjoyed standing ovations at sell out screenings in Toronto, Halifax and St. John’s.

On December 2nd at 7:00 pm, please choose the Empire Theatre nearest you from the following list:

Halifax – Park Lane, Spring Garden Road
Bridgewater – Bridgewater Mall, Lahave Street
St. John’s – Avalon Mall, Kenmount Road
St John – McAllistair Drive
Charlottetown – Charlottetown Mall, University Avenue
Moncton – Trinity Mall, Trinity Drive
Fredericton – Regent Mall, Regent Street

This is a One Time Only Opportunity to see THE MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS in a theatre near you.

Please go to www.TheManOfaThousandSongs.com to see the official trailer, photos, reviews and news. Tickets are available at the door or at http://www.EmpireTheatres.com/movie/ron-hynes-man-thousand-songs.

And Thanks!

Bill MacGillivray
Director
Terry Greenlaw
Producer

Here is what people are saying:

“This richly textured movie is nothing less than a St. John’s waltz of the spirit, a tribute to our iconic balladeer, the Atlantic blue man himself. Ron, a message to you from St. John’s with love: you shine like diamonds.” Noreen Golfman

“The director’s deep respect for his subject shows in his willingness to let the man tell his own story.” Variety

“…a remarkably intimate portrait of an artist.” Geoff Pevere Toronto Star

“The film is clean, raw, and holds nothing back… a brilliantly fine film.” Stephen Pedersen

“A movie that’s awfully hard to shake off when the house lights come up.” Now Magazine

“The combination of Hynes’ candour and the director’s sensitivity yields one of the year’s most moving Canadian docs.” eyeweekly

Come celebrate with us at the Yellow Belly Brewery for a reception and screening of an eclectic evening of film, curated by film reviewer Tim Conway:

Newfoundland Weather (music video, Roger Maunder, Nickel 6) 3min.
Motions (doc., Sheilagh O’Leary, Nickel 1) 11min.
Pillow Talk (drama, Jordan Canning , Nickel 5) 9min.
At the Quinte Hotel (animated, Bruce Alcock, Nickel 6) 4min.
Dinner For One (musical comedy, Anita McGee, Nickel 7) 10 min.
So It Goes (drama, Adriana Maggs, Nickel 2) 6min.
Two or More (drama, Noel Harris, Nickel 6) 7mins.
Cold Turkey (drama, Edward Tanasychuk, Nickel 3) 15 min.
Pretty Big Dig (Anne Troake, Nickel 2) 5min
Punch Up at a Wedding (drama, Justin Simms, Nickel 7) 16min.

Filmmakers and special guest Robert Joy (CSI:NY) will be in attendance for a special presentation.

Founded by Roger Maunder in 2001, the Nickel started with a screening of local filmmakers. Over ten years, it has grown with our film industry to see many emerging and award-winning local filmmakers become on par with the international filmmakers we present. The Nickel now reaches across the province and presents an annual Roadshow, a high school tour, a series of high quality workshops, and several special events throughout the year.

Nickel 10 takes place June 22-26, 2010 but you can get in on the action if you come to our launch at the Yellow Belly Brewery, 288 Water Street on Tuesday, May 25.

10 years, 10 films, 10 bucks… and a reception and party to wrap it all up!

To reserve tickets, call 576-3378 or email nickelevents@gmail.com

Mary Walsh will be on hand at 6:50pm for the March 5th premiere to do a Q&A session.

Showtimes: 12:50pm, 3:50pm, 6:50pm, 9:50pm.

NIFCO first-time filmmakers should contact Roger Maunder to submit their films for future screenings.

First Weekend Club, Women in Film and Television–Atlantic and the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival present…

THE BABY FORMULA, directed by Alison Reid

In the beginning… sperm came from men

“funny, rueful, absurd, angry, hysterical” The Gazette

Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humour and unexpected twists, their journey tailspins out of control when their families discover there is no father.

ST. JOHN’S screening of THE BABY FORMULA:
7:30pm Saturday, August 22, doors open at 7:00pm
Inco Innovation Centre Theatre, Memorial University
Q&A and reception with Director Alison Reid to follow the film
Tickets: $10 at the door

THE BABY FORMULA (http://thebabyformula.wordpress.com/stills/) is truly a story of life imitating art: the coincidences that occurred in the making of this film blur the line between fiction and reality.

Director, Alison Reid was on the festival circuit with her short film, SUCCUBUS – a dramedy about Athena and Lilith, a lesbian couple attempting to conceive a baby that is a true biological combination of them both – when she discovered that lead actresses, Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock, were both pregnant!

Reid immediately saw an opportunity for a feature-length sequel. The premise of THE BABY FORMULA would be that Athena and Lilith are the first women in the world giving birth to each other’s babies.

Meet Alison Reid at her St. John’s screening of THE BABY FORMULA at The Inco Innovation Centre Theatre, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL at 7:30pm Saturday, August 22. Doors open at 7:00pm. Q&A and reception to follow the screening. Tickets are available at the door for $10.