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A Vision at the Margins:The Films of William D. MacGillivray

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

May 2017

3 4 5 6 7Architecture+Design Film Festival: Harry Seidler: Modernist / 7 pm Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future / 9 pm

Architecture+Design Film Festival: Watermark / 7 pm Amphithéâtre / 9 pm

Architecture+Design Film Festival: Linotype: The Film / 7 pm Roger D’Astous / 8:30 pm

Architecture+Design Film Festival: ArchiShorts Film Contest / 12 pm Patema Inverted / 3 pm Frei Otto: Spanning the Future / 7 pm The Architect / 8:30 pm

Architecture+Design Film Festival: Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture / 2 pmCitizen Jane: Battle for the City / 4 pm Windshield: A Vanished Vision / 7 pm

17 18 19 20 21Elle / 7 pm Tales from The Neighbourhood:

New and Used & Bayline / 7 pm

After the Storm / 9 pm

UFOs: The Secret History / 7 pm

David Lynch—The Art Life / 9:30 pm


David Lynch—The Art Life / 9 pm



After the Storm / 7 pm 100 Short Stories / 7 pm


The Apology / 7 pm



The Apology / 7 pm


The Apology / 3 pm


Kedi / 7 pm

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10 11 12 13 14Elle / 7 pm A Vision at the Margins:

Danny / 7 pm

Elle / 9:15 pm

A Vision at the Margins: Understanding Bliss / 7 pm

Elle / 9:15 pm

A Vision at the Margins:Life Classes and Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road Discussion / 1 pm Reading Alistair MacLeod / 3 pmLife Classes / 7 pm

Elle / 9:30 pm

Elle / 3 pm

A Vision at the Margins:The Man of a Thousand Songs / 7 pm

14 15 16 17 18Jazz Film Fest: Chasing Trane / 7 pm

Jazz Film Fest: Mavis! / 7 pmChasing Trane / 9 pm

Jazz Film Fest: King of Jazz / 7 pmI Called Him Morgan / 9 pm

Jazz Film Fest: Mavis! / 3 pmKing of Jazz / 7 pmI Called Him Morgan / 9 pm

Jazz Film Fest: King of Jazz / 3 pmI Called Him Morgan / 7 pm

Jazz Film Fest: Chasing Trane / 7 pm

McDonald At The Movies: A Hard Day’s Night / 7 pm

Jazz Film Fest: Chasing Trane / 9:15 pm

Lesley Loksi Chan: The Storyteller / 7 pm

Jazz Film Fest: The Man Who Fell to Earth / 9 pm


Citizen Jane: Battle for the City / 7 pm & 9 pm


Citizen Jane: Battle for the City / 7 pm


Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D / 7 pm


Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D / 7 pm

The Mask 3D / 9 pm

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7 8 9 10 11The Lure / 7 pm Kedi / 7 pm

The Lure / 9 pm

Kedi / 7 pm

The Lure / 9 pm

The Lure / 3 pm & 9 pm

Kedi / 7 pm

Kedi / 3 pm

The Lure / 7 pm

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

June 2017

1 2 3 4Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me / 7 pm Kedi / 7 pm

The Lure / 9 pm

Kedi / 3 pm & 7 pm

The Lure / 9 pm

Kedi / 3 pm

The Lure / 7 pm

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven 2016, France, 130 minFrench with English subtitles

Wednesday, May 10 / 7 pm Thursday & Friday, May 11 & 12 / 9:15 pmSaturday, May 13 / 9:30 pm Sunday, May 14 / 3 pmWednesday, May 17 / 7 pm

“Elle is an expertly layered drama in which a successful woman experiences a rather unconventional midlife awakening. Elle centers on Michele LeBlanc (Isabelle Huppert), an assertive and accomplished executive who oversees a video game company with her longtime friend, Anna. Michele never seems fazed by the behavior of her male employees—nor does she appear particularly shocked after a masked intruder breaks into her home and rapes her. Sandwiched between the inciting incident and its ultimate conclusion are brilliant and darkly comedic layers that explore typical familial discordance as well as female friendships and those gender bonds that are often as unbreakable as they are unspoken.” —Britt Hayes, Screen Crush

* Winner of the Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film.

After the Storm Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda 2016, Japan, 117 minJapanese with English subtitles

Thursday, May 18 / 9 pm Saturday, May 20 / 7 pmSunday, May 21 / 3 pm Wednesday, May 24 / 7 pm Saturday, May 27 / 3 pm

“The film is smart, funny, beautiful and profoundly moving—nothing less than what we’d expect from this master.” — Vancouver Film Festival

“Are you who you wanted to be?” asks the young son of former novelist and gambling addict Ryota. It’s one of the central questions in this sweet-natured comedy about father/son relationships and the gifts and curses that are passed down through generations. Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife both seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son—until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again. From the director of Like Father, like Son and Our Little Sister.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeDirected by David Lynch 1992 USA, 135 min

Thursday, June 1 / 7 pm

Twin Peaks fans rejoice—we are celebrating the return of the cult TV series with an evening of all things Lynchian, with prizes for best dressed and best Lynch impression. The end of Twin Peaks left millions of viewers clamouring for more—what was to become of Special Agent Dale Cooper, newly possessed by Bob? The film purports to show what happened in the last seven days of Laura Palmer’s life. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me keeps the vein of humour that ran through the original seasons, but ramps up the nightmarish tension and abstract imagery.

In the folksy town of Deerfield, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond (Chris Isaak) inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the similarly cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Lara Palmer (Sheryl Lee) hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

Canadian & International Features

The LureDirected by Agnieszka Smoczynska2015, Poland, 92 minPolish with English subtitles

Friday & Saturday, June 2 & 3 / 9 pm Sunday, June 4 / 7 pmWednesday, June 7 / 7 pmThursday & Friday, June 8 & 9 / 9 pmSaturday, June 10 / 3 pm & 9 pmSunday, June 11 / 7 pm

“One enchanted evening in early ’80s Warsaw, Poland, famished heart-eating sister sirens Golden and Silver emerge from the sea in search of prey. They soon find themselves joining an erotic discotheque act, enabling them to use their transformative mermaid skills as a rather ultimate dancer performance attribute. The plan is to stay in human form temporarily in order to explore earthly experiences, but things become complicated when Silver develops feelings for her act’s bass player. A poetic and visually extravagant exploration of femininity and girlhood steeped in a vibrant, magical atmosphere that veers from the carnivalesque to the kink-spiked carnal, exploding with song, sensuality, sea water and blood in a jaw-dropping, goth-popping menagerie of invention. You’ve never seen anything like it.” — Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival

The Mask 3DDirected by Julian Roffman 1961, Canada, 83 min

Friday, June 30 / 9 pm

“The cinematography during the dream sequences is both enchanting and haunting. Designed by legendary montage expert Slavo Vorkapich, the imagery is a brilliantly woven nightmare display.”— Rebekah McKendry, Blumhouse.com

The first feature-length Canadian horror movie and the first feature-length 3D film made in Canada, Julian Roffman’s 1961 cult classic has now been digitally restored. A psychiatrist comes into possession of an ancient tribal mask that, when worn, assails him with nightmarish visions of monsters, occultists, and ritual torture. Believing that he has discovered a portal to the deepest recesses of his mind, he continues to explore this terrifying new psychic world—even at the risk of his sanity.

The Lure

The Mask 3D

UFOs: The Secret History Directed by David Cherniack2010, Canada, 102 min

Friday, May 19 / 7 pm

Panel to follow with UFO expert Chris Rutkowski, Director David Cherniack, and Stan Michalak.

On May 20, 1967 Manitoba prospector Stefan Michalak was in the woods near Falcon Lake when he encountered a disc shaped object glowing red. As he moved to touch it a blast of hot gas shot from holes in the unidentified object onto his chest, setting his shirt on fire. For two years he was examined by more than a dozen physicians in USA and Canada none of them could explain what happened. To mark the anniversary we present a rare screeningby one of the founders of the WFG, David Cherniack,whose film explores the history of the UFO phenomenon from the dawn of the modern era in thelate ‘40s, up to the present moment.

David Lynch—The Art LifeDirected by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes & Olivia Neergaard-Holm2016, USA, 90 min

Friday, May 19 / 9:30 pmSaturday, May 20 / 9 pmSunday, May 21 / 7 pm Thursday – Saturday, May 25 – 27 / 9 pm Sunday, May 28 / 7 pm

“Lynch narrates his life more thoroughly, poignantly and evocatively than I’ve ever heard from him before.”—Sight and Sound

David Lynch, the legendary director of Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead, takes us on an intimate journey through the formative years of his life. From his idyllic upbringing in small-town America, to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape him.

100 Short StoriesDirected by Neal Livingston 2016, Canada, 68 min

Wednesday, May 25 / 7 pm

Introduced by Neal Livingston.

Neal Livingston is Atlantic Canada’s Don Quixote: he not only tilts at windmills, he makes them. 100 Short Stories, which is more of a personal essay and less of an anthology, sees the veteran documentary director combine his twin loves—the environment and filmmaking—into one tale of trial and tribulation. Fighting the oil and gas interests in Cape Breton while trying to launch a wind energy project in Nova Scotia, Livingston and his passionately engaged film have enough material for many short stories—maybe 100. It’s about predatory Capitalism, renewable energy, stopping the frackers, and contemporary life in Atlantic Canada.

New World Documentaries

The Apology Directed by Tiffany Hsiung2016, Canada, 104 min

Friday & Saturday, May 26 & 27 / 7 pmSunday, May 28 / 3 pm

“Heartbreaking and uplifting, devastatingly powerful experience… at the film’s world premiere, where there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.” —Hollywood Reporter

One of the most powerful documentaries in recent memory and one of the Top 20 Audience favourites at the 2016 Hot Docs Festival. The film tells the story of three women who were amongst over 200,000 girls and women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during WWII. After decades of living in silence and shame about their past, they know that time is running out to give a first-hand account of the truth and ensure that this horrific chapter of history is not forgotten.

Kedi Directed by Ceyda Torun 2016, Turkey, 80 min Turkish with English subtitles

Wednesday, May 31 / 7 pmFriday, June 2 / 7 pmSaturday, June 3 / 3 pm & 7 pmSunday, June 4 / 3 pmThursday – Saturday, June 8 – 10 / 7 pmSunday, June 11 / 3 pm

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, these animals live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame—and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives in ways nothing else could.

Citizen Jane: Battle for the CityDirected by Matt Tyrnauer2016, USA, 92 min

Saturday, June 24 / 7 pm & 9 pmSunday, June 25 / 7 pmWednesday, June 28 / 7 pmThursday, June 29 / 9 pm

In 1960, Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. Jacobs was also an activist and she was involved in many fights in mid-century New York, while trying to stop “master builder” Robert Moses from running roughshod over the city. This film retraces the battles for the city as personified by Jacobs and Moses, as urbanization moves to the very front of the global agenda.

Sponsored by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Directed by Werner Herzog2010, France/USA/Germany/Canada, 90 min

Thursday & Friday, June 29 & 30 / 7 pm

Back by popular demand, Director Werner Herzog takes us deep beyond the frontier of an extraordinary place. With specially designed 3D cameras he explores the interior of the Chauvet Cave in Southern France where the world’s oldest known cave paintings were discovered in 1994. In this mesmerizing film he reveals to us a breathtaking subterranean world and leads us to the 32,000 year old artworks.

Harry Seidler: Modernist Directed by Daryl Dellora 2016, Australia, 58 min


Accepted as a refugee into the University of Manitoba’s architecture school in 1941, the film tells Seidler’s remarkable story of persistence, while introducing his legacy of elegant work as Australia’s leading modern architect.

Sponsored by 1X1 architecture.

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future Directed by Peter Rosen 2016, USA, 70 min


Eric Saarinen, descendant of two world famous Finnish-American architects, travels the world in a quest to discover for himself the meaning, beauty, and value of his imperfect father’s obsession with space, light, movement and form.

Sponsored by Monteyne Architecture Works.

WatermarkDirected by Jennifer Baichwal & Edward Burtynsky2013, Canada, 92 min

Thursday, May 4 / 7 pm

From multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, the film brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use.

Sponsored by HTFC Planning & Design.

AmphithéâtreDirected by Antti Seppänen2016, Canada, 47 min


Quebec architect, Paul Laurendeau, reflects on crucial design developments, influences and collaborations, enabling his competition-winning design of the Amphithéâtre Cogeco de Trois-Rivières to become a sublime venue for the arts, balancing dramatic gestures against a powerful site.

Plays With Jean Nouvel: Reflections / Directed by Matt Tyrnauer, 2016, USA, 15 min / This short film reveals illuminating subtleties in recent works by France’s most flamboyant architect.

Linotype: The Film Directed by Douglas Wilson 2012, USA, 75 min


Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the Linotype type casting machine revolutionized printing and society. This film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.

Roger D’Astous Directed by Etienne Desrosiers2016, Canada, 103 min

Friday, May 5 / 8:30 pm

From formative encounters with Frank Lloyd Wright, to timely opportunities boldly seized in the build up to Montréal’s Expo ’67, the work of this Quebec architect blossoms early, but mellows over the years.

Sponsored by JRWagner Architect.

ArchiShorts Film Contest Screening & Awards Ceremony

Saturday, May 6 / 12 pm / FREE ADMISSION

Join us for a free screening of the winning entries in the annual ArchiShorts two-minute digital film contest.

Patema Inverted Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura2013, Japan, 98 minJapanese and Esperanto with English subtitles

Saturday, May 6 / 3 pm

An animated film about a young girl from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels who finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Frei Otto: Spanning the Future Directed by Joshua Hassel2016, USA, 60 min


Like great birds in flight, the tensile structures of Frei Otto (1925–2015) are wonders to behold. As this documentary reveals, the works of this Pritzker laureate—whose name means “Free”—are eloquent ecological and political statements, grounded in specific histories of influence, with an engineering ethos tethered by poetic principles.

Sponsored by Crosier, Kilgour and Partners.

The Architect Directed by Jonathan Parker 2016, USA, 95 min

Saturday, May 6 / 8:30 pm

Jonathan Parker’s comedy stars indie starlet Parker Posey and the ever-charming Eric McCormack as Drew and Colin, a married couple looking to build the perfect home. First though, they need the perfect architect, but what they get instead is one Miles Moss, a monstrous prima donna.

Citizen Lambert: Joan of ArchitectureDirected by Teri Wehn-Damisch2007, Canada, 52 min

Sunday, May 7 / 2 pm

A unique glimpse into the world of Phyllis Lambert, renowned Canadian architect, urban activist, patron and founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Directed by Matt Tyrnauer2016, USA, 92 min


Following the recent centenary of her birth, and a flurry of books and exhibitions, this timely and inspirational documentary chronicles the work of writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs, including her legendary 1960s battle to save NYC neighbourhoods from the ruthless power broker Robert Moses.

Sponsored by Lisa Landrum.

Windshield: A Vanished Vision Directed by Elissa Brown2016, USA, 47 min


In 1936 Richard Neutra designed a summer home for John Nicholas Brown II. This new documentary tells its touching story from a family perspective; most notably by J. Carter Brown III, a charismatic champion of art and architecture who grew up in the house.

Plays With VDL Research House: Richard Neutra’s Studio and Residence / Directed by Timothy Sakamoto, 2007, USA, 40 min / This film carries viewers on a detailed tour of this Richard J. Neutra’s structure and evaluates the way in which many of its structural and aesthetic aspects can be viewed as commentaries on various phases of his career.

Sponsored by Unit 7 Architecture.

Architecture + Design Film FestivalThe Architecture + Design Film Festival (A+DFF) presents critically acclaimed films focusing on the importance of architecture and design in everyday life. Co-presented by Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Urban Idea and Cinematheque, the festival is supported by the Canada Council, Manitoba Association of Architects and the Canada 150 Community Fund. www.adff.ca

Lisa Landrum

McDonald at the Movies Once a month, comedian and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald will present a handpicked film from the archives of comic history.

Introduced by Kevin McDonald.

A Hard Day’s Night Directed by Richard Lester 1964, USA, 87 min

Thursday, June 22 / 7 pm

Just one month after they exploded onto the US scene in the 1960’s with their Ed Sullivan appearance, The Beatles began working on a project with veteran British director Richard Lester. Playing slapstick versions of themselves they captured the excitement of a day when Beatlemania changed the face of popular music.

“Cinematheque is honored to feature a four day retrospective of the works of East coast independent filmmaker William D. MacGillivray. In a career that exemplifies imaginative energy and tenacity, MacGillivray has made a sustained contribution to Canadian cinema for nealy 40 years. In 2013, he received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. Trusting that the geography, people and culture of the Maritimes constitute a rich and worthy subject for film, the filmmaker has put his convictions into action encompassing over five fiction features, numerous documentaries and shorter films as well as a television series. They constitute a strong body of work that deserves our attention.” —Howard Curle

Bill MacGillivray in attendance.

Sponsored by IATSE 856.

Danny Directed by William D. MacGillivray & Justin Simms 2015, Canada, 83 min


During his seven years as Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador was transformed from a “have not” into a “have” province under the charismatic and unflinching leadership of Danny Williams. Through revealing back room anecdotes and in–depth interviews Danny tells the story of how Williams battled Ottawa and Big Oil alike to ensure that the province received a fair share for its abundant natural resources.

Understanding BlissDirected by William D. MacGillivray 1990, Canada, 80 mins


Two academics try to keep their affair a secret, as difficult a task in St. John’s, Newfoundland, as it is to find a place to make love. On one level Understanding Bliss is an intimate drama of misalliance, but MacGillivray refuses to play a safe hand. Shot originally on video to facilitate long takes—a dazzling example takes viewers across the street and down sidewalks to a building interior where a theatre class is in session—the technique also supports the film’s intimate scenes, romantic and familial. The film also offers a marvellous sketch of St. John’s topography and a stunning performance of a Mummers Play, a traditional Newfoundland folk practice adapted from the Old World.

Plays With Linda Joy / Directed by William D. MacGillivray & Linda Busby, 1985, Canada, 20 min / In a stark testimonial of radiant courage, a young woman, Linda Joy Busby, addresses the viewer directly about her terminal illness.

Life Classes and Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road Discussion

Saturday, May 13 / 1 pm / Free Admission

Bill MacGillivray will compare Life Classes and Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road in terms of appropriation, cultural representation and notions of ‘regionalism’ versus ‘the centre’ as well as gender politics.

Reading Alistair MacLeodDirected by William D. MacGillivray2005, Canada, 88 min


Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014) was one of Canada’s most distinguished writers. This documentary links the author’s affection for Cape Breton and his themes of exile and return to that of the filmmaker. This moving film portrait is organized around other writers telling stories about MacLeod and reading from his work, beginning with Lisa Moore’s intense engagement with the “tenderness and brutality” of his prose. But the f ilm is about more than

literature: it’s about Maritime light; about the roads that edge the land next to the sea; about the homes along those roads and the people who inhabit them, including MacLeod’s family who make a significant appearance.

Co-presented by the Manitoba Writer’s Guild.

Life ClassesDirected by William D. MacGillivray1988, Canada, 117 min

Saturday, May 13 / 7 pm / FREE ADMISSION

Life Classes does a wonderful thing: it takes a premise, well-worn one even in 1987—the unmarried pregnant young woman quitting her hometown to have her baby and start a new life—and rejuvenates it. Mary leaves her boyfriend Earl and her Cape Breton hometown for Halifax. Here she meets other women who will help her transform her sense of self. Through his heroine’s connections with her own and other marginal Maritime cultures, MacGillivray creates a generous and gentle comic drama that encompasses past and present, interior and exterior space, artisanal skill and technological reach.

One of the top 40 Canadian features of 150 essential moving image works selected by the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Man of a Thousand SongsDirected by William D. MacGillivray2010, Canada, 93 min


MacGillivray’s portrait of veteran Newfoundland singer-songwriter Ron Hynes. The film takes Hynes to the Cornerbrook home he inherited from his father who abandoned his wife and children when Ron was just a youngster, an episode that recalls a lyrical sequence from Life Classes. Hynes has his own sharply funny take on the thin line between truth and myth in his life, but revelations of another kind dig even deeper.

A Hard Day’s Night

A Vision at the Margins: The Films of William D. MacGillivray

Lesley Loksi Chan: The Storyteller

Friday, June 23 / 7 PM

Curated by Mike Hoolboom, introduced by Lesley Loksi Chan.

“One of the most important new voices in Canadian narrative cinema, Lesley Loksi Chan was born to make movies. Her genius is that she fully embraces, or so it seems, the place she actually is. No far away Telefilm dreams, no waiting for mountains of equipment, instead she crafts out of the circumstances of her own life an intimate, witty, thoughtful, touching cinema, often featuring her young boy and her sister as actors. Her whimsical dramas feature air tight voice-overs, exquisite framings and hand-made animations. Whether dishing a love story or leaning in close to hear the whispers that only a mother and son could exchange, Chan lights it all up with a breezy, sweatless gaze so fine you don’t notice the bullet holes in your eyes until you stagger out of the darkness and find everything changed.”—Mike Hoolboom

Shorts & Artist Talks

Tales from the Neighbourhood Over the past several years, MTS Stories From Home has sparked the creation of hundreds of hours of new intensely local TV content in Manitoba. This body of work, unique in vision and vast in scope has supported local filmmakers as they tell stories that may not have otherwise been produced.

Sponsored by MTS Stories From Home.

New and Used: WinnipegDirected by James Mierau 2016, Canada, 46 min


Introduced by director James Mierau and producer Dave Kornas.

The record stores once lining North Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba were the epicenter of cultural meeting places. This new documentary is a showcase of those places from the past, what they meant to people and what this community looks like today. Featuring a who’s who from Winnipeg’s music community and record store scene—both past and present.

Plays With Bayline / Directed by JJ Neepin, 2017, Canada, 15 min / Two sister f ilmmakers, JJ and Justina Neepin follow their parents to the northern Manitoba wilderness for a camping trip, to learn about the ‘Bayline’ and the place their father once called home.

JAZZ FILM FESTFrom cinema screening of The Man Who Fell to Earth to mark the Jazz Fest’s David Bowie Tribute to the dynamic portrait of Mavis Staples, to a new documentary on the legendary John Coltrane, Cinematheque presents the hottest new contemporary jazz films! For advance tickets go to Tickets and Merch on the website www.winnipegcinematheque.com.

Sponsored by TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival.

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane DocumentaryDirected by John Scheinfield2016, USA, 99 min

Wednesday, June 14 / 7 pm Thursday, June 15 / 9 pm Wednesday, June 21 / 7 pm Thursday, June 22 / 9:15 pm

This smart, passionate, thought-provoking and uplifting documentary is the definitive film about the legendary jazz saxophonist who turned the jazz world upside down with his boundary-shattering music and worked with titans like Miles Davis. Featuring “hundreds of never-before-seen photos, home movies, animated paintings and other treasures—Coltrane’s musician friends, children, and biographers tell his story.

Mavis!Directed by Jessica Edwards 2015, USA, 80 min

Thursday, June 15 / 7 pm Saturday, June 17 / 3 pm

Get ready for the June 21st appearance of Mavis Staples at the Jazz Festival by checking out this fantastic portrait of the Gospel/soul music legend and civil rights activist who began her career in the 1950s with the legendary band The Staple Singers. This terrific documentary explores her roots growing up on Chicago’s south side and features rare archival footage from TV performances and live concerts. At 75 she’s making the most vital music of her career.

King of JazzDirected by John Murray Anderson1930, USA, 98 min

Friday & Saturday, June 16 & 17 / 7 pmSunday, June 18 / 3 pm

This stunning, newly restored 1930 feature starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra (including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang) largely consists of musical performances, featuring several songs sung on camera by the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris).

I Called Him MorganDirected by Kasper Collin 2016, Sweden/USA, 92 min

Friday & Saturday, June 16 & 17 / 9 pmSunday, June 18 / 7 pm

“Spellbinding, hallucinatory, exuberant, tragic.”—The Guardian

On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz bop trumpeter Lee Morgan was shot dead by his wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin (My Name Is Albert Ayler) is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.

The Man Who Fell to EarthDirected by Nicolas Roeg 1976, UK, 139 min

Friday, June 23 / 9 pmSaturday & Sunday, June 24 & 25 / 3 pm

“Beautiful, jagged, freakish, startling and displacing… tender and mournful.”—Tony Macklin

David Bowie leaped to screen stardom in his debut film, Nicolas Roeg’s adaptation of Walter Tevis’ 1963 sci-fi tale of betrayal and hopelessness. Roeg’s exquisite visual sense and inspired casting made this a modern classic of sci-fi with a core much more attuned to the human than the technological, replete with elements of Burroughs, classic film and mythology.

The Lure promises to be an unsettling and absurd mix of genres: erotic horror musical. The f ilm has the potential to be more than just an exploration of femininity and girlhood: it takes the sinister seductress trope head-on through its protagonists, siren sisters Silver and Gold. It’ll be interesting to see how director Agnieszka Smoczynska spins this trope, born from hundreds of years of mythologizing women as inherently manipulative and female sexuality as threatening or misleading. —Mariana Muñoz Gomez, Cinematheque Box Office

Pioneering East Coast filmmaker William D. MacGillivray will introduce a four day retrospective of his best work including a stunning film on singer Ron Hynes, The Man of a Thousand Songs, his early classic Life Classes selected as one of Canada’s Top 150 f ilms and the incredibly poignant Linda Joy. Mike Hoolboom has curated a selection of great handmade shorts by Toronto filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan, who will be here in late June! Finally don’t miss these new jazz films on John Coltrane, Mavis Staples, and the newly restored two-strip Technicolor classic King of Jazz. —Dave Barber, Cinematheque Programming Coordinator

Lynch fans, this one’s for you. With both a documentary about the eccentric auteur and a screening of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, weirdness will definitely abound. I would also recommend catching Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Werner Herzog’s hypnotic 3D documentary about cave paintings, if you missed it the first time around. Plus, the Architecture+Design Film Festival delivers a wide selection of factual and narrative films, with something to offer the architect and casual onlooker alike. —Allegra Chiarella , Cinematheque Box Office

Mermaids; David Lynch; cats; jazz; UFOs—what do all of these things have in common? Nothing really on the surface, but they’re all things I love and the subjects of films that are playing this May and June! How about some cherry pie and Mädchen Amick? We’ve got that too, at our Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me night, which will celebrate the singular vision of the show and its unhinged, bastard movie spawn. Also of note is our visiting f ilmmaker retrospective of William D. MacGillivray, whose East Coast films have often been overlooked in the pantheon of Canadian cinema.—David Knipe, Cinematheque Operations Manager

I’m most excited to see David Lynch: The Art Life. I’m a documentary geek and David Lynch has been a major influence on my creative expression. I can’t wait to see how deliciously weird he is in his day-to-day life. I also look forward to our special event: Tales from the Neighbourhood. I love seeing local stories, and I predict this event will be a hit. —Jessica Seburn, Cinematheque Box Office

I think I’m still in disbelief that Laura Palmer’s words “I’ll see you in again in 25 years” are actually coming true with the new Twin Peaks series this May. To celebrate, we are showing the severely underrated 1992 movie prequel, Fire Walk with Me and the new Lynch Doc, The Art Life! As an avid (obsessive!) record collector, I am also personally very excited to hear the history of the forgotten record stores of Winnipeg in the new f ilm New and Used: Winnipeg as part of our Tales from the Neighbourhood series. —Jaimz Asmundson, Cinematheque Programming Director / Interim Co-Executive Director

This program, I’ve found myself attracted to films that address everything whimsical, otherworldly and cryptic, like the doc David Lynch: The Art Life or The Lure where I’ll be thoroughly mesmerized by disco night mermaids. My craving for the unexplained will be further satisfied with UFOs: The Secret History which explores Manitoba’s eerie underbelly of footage and stories involving our extraterrestrial friends. I’ll also gladly enter another dimension when I float away to the sound of Werner Herzog’s voice in Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D.—Sam Sarty, Cinematheque Box Office

As I am a big time David Lynch fan, I must say, I am most excited for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the documentary David Lynch—The Art Life. Other great film events I am looking forward to include the wonderful Architecture+Design Film Festival and the Jazz Film Festival. —Milos Mitrovic , Cinematheque Technical Liaison

In anticipation of the return of Twin Peaks, we will be screening the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which shows us the heartbreaking last days of Laura Palmer’s life, and takes away the humour of the TV show for Lynch’s most bleak and terrifying portrayal of small town America. If this isn’t enough for you we will also have the documentary David Lynch – The Art Life. —Eric Peterson, Cinematheque Box Off ice & Projection

May/June Staff Picks

STAFF LIST

Jaimz Asmundson & Monica LoweInterim Co-Executive [email protected]

Amanda KindzierskiOperations Coordinator

DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

Monica LoweDistribution [email protected]

Stephanie BerringtonDistribution Coordinator

CINEMATHEQUE

Jaimz Asmundson Cinematheque Programming [email protected]

Dave BarberCinematheque Programming Coordinator

David KnipeCinematheque Operations Manager

Milos MitrovicCinematheque Technical Liaison

PRODUCTION CENTRE

Ben WilliamsProduction Centre [email protected]

Dylan BaillieTechnical Coordinator

Milos MitrovicProgram Coordinator

Left to right: Jaimz Asmundson, Allegra Chiarella, David Knipe, Eric Peterson,

Sam Sarty, Milos Mitrovic, Dave Barber, Dylan Baillie and Mariana Muñoz Gomez.

Photo by Leif Norman.

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