WEDNESDAY JULY 1, 2009 | Canada Day Outdoor Film Screening
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre (SLCC)
Gates 8:30PM on the SLCC outdoor patio. Enjoy snacks and tour the Squamish Longhouse and Lil'wat Itsken.
Some chair seating is provided. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Feature film: ONE WEEK | Rated PG
What would you do?
Michael McGowan/Canada/2008/94 min
One Week explores the concept of what one would do if given one week to live. When confronted with his mortality, Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) impulsively buys a vintage motorcycle and sets off on a road trip that starts in Toronto and ends up in Tofino. Along the way, Canadiana favourites such as the Stanley Cup, Tim Horton’s coffee, the world’s largest nickel in Sudbury, Ontario, and the Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie all make appearances.
Humorous, profound and extremely moving, One Week uses the great Canadian landscape as the backdrop to the story of a man and his life’s journey. In the search for himself, he finds out what makes this country, and his life, so beautiful.
“Forgoing clichés, this humanistic film deftly balances comedy and pathos in a narrative filled with acutely observed details that will have you laughing out loud.”
— ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL
“A love letter to Canada”
- SUSAN G. COLE, NOW MAGAZINE
Genre:
Adventure | Drama
Official site & trailer
WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre Theatre
This is a FREE Screening
FREE bus service (Village Shuttle) takes you right to the door.
Doors 7:00PM. Films begin at 7:30pm.
Short film: VOYAGER by
by Jaime Arvizu, Leo Aguitar and Tyler Lemer-Meyer, Vancouver BC
Feature film: HOME | Rated G |
A stunning visual portrayal of Earth
Yann Arthus-Bertrand/France/2009/118 min
Yann Arthus-Bertrand became famous through the “Earth from above,” a photographic portrait of aerial shots of our planet. Three million copies of his book have been sold and his free, open-air exhibitions have been seen by more than one hundred million people.
HOME carries on this tradition. This feature is made up of stunning aerial images which have been filmed in 54 countries around the world, in 120 locations. Narration by Glenn Close offers constructive insight into the major environmental and social challenges facing our world. HOME is rated G.
FREE shuttles will be provided by our transportation sponsor, Ziptrek Ecotours, from the gondolas from 8:30-9:30PM and again after the film. Attendees will be able to learn about some of our community’s environmental initiatives prior to the film screening.
“This movie should be both magnificent and intelligent but, above all, it should be steadfastly constructive. To give you an example amongst many others: what is important is not the 50% of the forests which have disappeared, but the 50% which remain. What is important today is that we are 6 billion intelligent beings who can take action.”
-YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
This activities involved in screening HOME will be carbon offset, thanks to a donation by the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation and consultation by the Pembina Institute. As well, greenhouse gas emissions which were caused by air-travel and hours of photography by helicopter are being offset by supporting clean development projects (biogas production project in the Hassan district in India.
Genre:
Documentary
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Short film: VOYAGER
Leo Aguiar, Jaime Arvizu, Tyler Lemermeyer/Canada
This piece was created within the Digital Design program at Vancouver Film School. Based on a script by Jennica Harper, the team of Leo Aguiar, Jaime Arvizu, and Tyler Lemermeyer created illustrations and animations for the motion infographic. Their intention was to educate a young demographic on the Voyager space craft mission with a suitable art direction for the target audience.
Leo Aguiar has been interested in art and design since high school. After studying Industrial Design in Sao Paulo, Brazil and getting a BA in Product Design he decided to go back to school and focus on graphic design and animation.
Jaime Arvizu is a graphic and motion designer, graduate from the Digital Design program at Vancouver Film School, passionate about illustration, animation and motion graphics.
Tyler Lemermeyer
I am an interactive designer and illustrator who has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design’s Media Arts and Digital Technologies Program, and a Diploma from Vancouver Film School’s Digital Design Program. VFS enabled me to build upon my fine arts experience, developing a deep passion for the limitless potential of interactive mediums.
WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Music: T.M.I., Whistler BC
Short film: THE BLUE BALLOON CAFÉ by Robjn Taylor, Whistler BC
Feature film: PUSH | Rated 14A |
One push can change everything
Paul McGuigan/ Canada, UK, USA /2009/111 min
Push, the latest film by Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin), begins in 1945 when a shadowy U.S. government agency called Division produced a drug to genetically transform humans into an army of psychic warriors with telepathic, clairvoyant, and telekinetic super powers. They can move objects, see and create the future, and kill others without ever touching them.
Nick (Chris Evans, Sunshine), a second-generation telekinetic Mover has been in hiding in the last safe place for psychic fugitives – Hong Kong – since his father was murdered by Division over ten years ago. Cassie (Dakota Fanning, Coraline), a future-seeing Watcher, forces him out of hiding to help her find Kira (Camilla Belle, The Chumscrubber), an escaped, mind-controlling Pusher who may have the power to end Division operations. Division agent and Pusher, Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), is swiftly on their trail, forcing Nick and Cassie to run for their lives.
Unique to this captivating sci-fi action-thriller is its special effects, which are mostly created with stuntmen and clever camera work rather than being CGI-dependent. Push is a captivating and eye-grabbing film.
There are nine types of psychics in Push:
Pushers: Pushers push specific thoughts, memories, and even emotions into their targets. This technique can be used to gain a subject's trust or to have them perform any action, thinking it was their own agenda.
Movers: Movers manipulate inanimate objects at varying distances. Advanced Movers can work at the molecular level creating protective shields in the air around them.
Watchers: Watchers are trained to self-induce visions of the future, very much like a prolonged sense of déjà vu. The technique of following the future, either of a person or object, is called subject tracking.
Bleeders: Bleeders have the ability to emit high-pitched sonic vibrations that cause ruptures in a target's blood vessels.
Sniffs: Sniffs are highly developed psychometrics who can track the location of either people or objects over varying distances. Sniffs receive information based on images, not specific addresses, which is why identifiable landmarks help increase their effectiveness.
Shifters: Shifters can temporarily shift patterns of light on any object to create illusions to the naked eye. They work mostly on a touch basis, but once the illusion is established, it remains with the object for short periods of time.
Wipers: Wipers are skilled at either temporary or permanent memory erasure, an invaluable asset in espionage.
Shadows: Shadows are trained to block the vision of other clairvoyants such as Sniffs, making any subject within their target radius appear "dark".
Stitchers: Stitchers are psychic surgeons trained to quickly reconstruct cells to their previous or healthy state. Using only their hands, they can heal and even "unheal" whatever they have done.
Genre: Sci-Fi | Action | Thriller
Official site & trailers
TMI is an all-girl band based in Whistler which consists of Rachel Thom on drums and vocals, Jo Rigby on lead guitar and vocals, and Jana Marie on keyboard. Their music revolves around female driven dance tunes (including some Katy Perry, Beyonce, and The Cranberries). They have only been together for about a month, and are excited to keep learning new material and to play more shows!
WEDNESDAY JULY 22, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Rebagliati Park
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Music: DJ JimiRay
Short film: VERSUS by Peter Harvey, Vancouver BC
Feature film: BATTLE IN SEATTLE | Rated PG | The whole world is watching
Stuart Townsend /USA | Canada | Germany | UK/2007/99 min
It’s November 1999, and five days are about to rock the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Among them are Django (Andre Benjamin), Sam (Jennifer Carpenter), Lou (Michelle Rodriguez) and Jay (Martin Henderson). Each has a unique story, but they’re united in a common desire to be heard and to make a difference in the world. For these four protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics.
A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot, and soon a State of Emergency is declared by the Mayor of Seattle. The streets are mayhem, and the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire of civil liberties and keeping the peace are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor (Ray Liotta), a riot cop on the streets (Woody Harrelson) and his pregnant wife (Charlize Theron). The choices they all make will change their lives forever.
Writer/Director Stuart Townsend brings together this talented ensemble to intertwine different points of view – from protesters and police to delegates and doctors -- each of whom intentionally or accidentally find themselves on the streets of Seattle in those last days of the millennium. Townsend seamlessly merges footage of the real event with his fictional narrative. Ultimately, Battle in Seattle illustrates that even against incredible odds, ordinary people can change the world.
Genre: Action | Drama
Official site & trailer
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Short film: VERSUS
Peter Harvey /Canada
Picturesquely shot in a diner letting through minimal rays of afternoon sunlight, Versus follows a competitive conversation between two pop culture junkies. All kinds of wise cracks and big calls are made as these two attempt to outwit each on the themes of cuisine, religion, animation and justice.
Reminiscent of Pulp Fiction's opening scene where Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer debate the correct etiquette of the use of the term garçon, Versus pits the Devil against God, Star Wars against Star Trek, salt against pepper, Snake Pliskin against Mad Max and ultimately cops against robbers. It is clear from the dialogue that director Peter Harvey grew up in a Generation X Household under the guidance of Tarantino and Kevin Smith.
There is rarely a victor in these arguments, rather it is the process of dispute that is so celebrated here until the witty repartee between two buddies having brunch becomes much more than hypothetical banter.
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DJ JimiRay
DJ/Photographer JimiRay started his life long love for music in his hometown near Geelong (Australia). His first DJ gig was in Brisbane at a Ripped Envelope Bush Party (2007). Jimi moved to Whistler in2007 to pursue his ski/snowboard photography that started a couple of years earlier in Mt Buller (Australia). Since then he has been refining his DJ skills and has played at various parties up and down the sea to sky corridor including venues such as Tommy Africa's, Merlin’s, Moe Joe's and Blacks Pub. Jimi mixes with a Digital DJ setup and constantly challenges the boundaries of traditional DJing. On an average night you could expect to hear Jimi play a mix of Electro House, Progressive House, Indie Dance, Electro Pop, and Breaks.
WEDNESDAY JULY 29, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Music: DJ Select-R-Us, Whistler BC
Short film: NAKED by Adam Warren, Vancouver BC
Feature film: SHAMBHALA MOVIE | Not Rated |
BC's mini-Burning Man
Malcolm Levy/Canada/2009/66 min
The Shambhala festival, first held in 1998, is the longest running electronic music and arts festival in Canada. How does a word-of-mouth festival with no corporate sponsorship come to attract crowds of over 12,000 and top DJs and producers like Krafty Kuts, Z-Trip and Fort Knox Five? Shambhala offers a glimpse into how such a thing is possible when a community of visionaries come together to turn their dreams into reality.
This documentary captures the spirit of the first ten years of Shambhala, the people, the music, the mountains, the river that runs through the site and the feeling of gathering for six days with thousands of beautiful freaks.
Genre: Documentary (Alternative, Underground, Dance, Independent, Culture, Art)
Official site & trailer
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Short film: NAKED
Adam Grant Warren/Canada
Paulette convinces long-term boyfriend. Terry, to pose nude with her for a Life Drawing class. With everything laid bare, their perfect-match relationship starts to look a little different…
An ex-pat Newfoundlander and a recovering high school English teacher, Adam Grant Warren (Writer) has been lucky so far. He’s a past winner of Newfoundland’s Arts and Letters Short Fiction Competition and his work has received awards including the George Storey Medal and the Jamie Morrie Scholarship for Dramatic Promise. Adam left the East Coast and moved to Vancouver in pursuit of “big boy, like, grownup-job-writing” and found it after graduating from Vancouver Film School’s Writing for Film and Television Program. He now divides his time between working at VFS, freelancing as a script analyst and searching tirelessly for cool people to make films with. Lunafliks marks Adam’s first West Coast festival screening.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Short film: my westend by Jason Karman
Feature film: SLIM SUSIE (SMALA SUSSIE) | 18A |
A Swedish gangster comedy
Ulf Malmros/Sweden/2003/101 min
Slim Susie is not your typical Swedish sex, drugs, and crime comedy. In a quaint, rural village filled with small town madness, former beauty queen Susie (Tuva Novotny) is missing. Her brother Erik (Jonas Rimeika) returns from Stockholm to find out what happened to her, and is shocked to discover his sweet and innocent sister is anything but. Award-winning director Ulf Malmros’s bold visual style, breakneck pacing, and a pulse-pounding soundtrack make Slim Susie a viscerally exhilarating black comedy in the tradition of Pulp Fiction and Trainspotting.
Genre: Comedy
Trailer (high-res) | Trailer (low-res)
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Short film: my westend
Jason Karman/Canada
Threatened with eviction and his misunderstood actions, Lathaniel spirals back into anger and helplessness until one of his sexual encounters offers to lead him forward.
Jason Karman has been directing independent films since 2003 and is an active member on the Board of Directors for Cineworks in Vancouver, BC. He graduated from Cinematography at Capilano College with honours and has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Calgary. Jason's inspiration comes from his experiences as an immigrant from Indonesia and being a double minority. His films have played across North America and on LogoTV.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Music: DJ Phroh, Whistler BC
Short film: Village Maintenance by Chris Smith, Whistler BC
Feature film: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Låt den rätte komma in)
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Eli has been 12 for 200 years
Tomas Alfredson/Sweden/2008/114 min
Bullied and lonely, Oskar is a timid 12 year old boy whose dream for a friend finally comes true when Eli moves in next door. The strange young girl is ghostly pale, only comes out at night, and is unaffected by freezing temperatures. Coinciding with Eli’s arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. The innocence of adolescence and the truth of Eli’s identity create a darkly atmospheric tale. Based on the bestselling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
“Beautiful!”
-MANOHLA DARGIS, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Horrific!”
-ALISSA SIMON, VARIETY
“The year’s most acclaimed horror film”
-JASON ANDERSON, EYE WEEKLY
“A vampire movie like no other”
-DAVID ANSEN, NEWSWEEK
Genre: Drama/Horror
Official site & trailer
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Short film: Village Maintenance
Chris Smith/Canada
Christopher Smith is okay. He enjoys sideshows, reading animal almanacs and swimming laps. Sometimes he makes movies. You should watch them. If you want. www.monocularmedia.com
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Short Film: The Staff: A Ski Bum Musical by Jonny Fleet
Feature Film: Bon Cop Bad Cop |14A | Shoot first, translate later
Erik Canuel/Canada/2006/116 min
Martin and David couldn’t be more different; one speaks English and is from Toronto, and the other is a francophone from Quebec. One obeys the law, the other makes his own. When they are forced to work together on an investigation whose geographic jurisdiction is as mysterious as the motive of the crime they are out to solve, their differences both threaten the investigation and help pierce its mystery.
David et Martin ne pourralent être plus different: l’un parle français et est originaire de Montréal, l’autre est un Anglophone de Toronto. L’un obéit à la loi, l’autre fait la sienne. Lorsqu’ils seront forces à travailler ensemble sur une enquête don’t la jurisdiction géographique est aussi nébuleuse que les motivations de l’auteur du crime, leurs differences vont à la fois metre en peril l’enquête et les aider à élucider le mystère.
Erik Canuel’s Bon Cop Bad Cop has been billed as Canada’s first truly bilingual film. Taking place in both Ontario and Quebec and in both official languages, it allows us to explore the differences between the two cops, languages and cultures!
Genre: Comedy/ Drama
Trailer
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Short film:
The Staff: A Ski Bum Musical
Johnny Fleet/Canada
The Staff - this year’s winning entry for the TWSSF 72 Hour Filmaker Showdown - is a muscial short portraying the life of Whistler’s locals through song and dance.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 2009 | Lunafliks presented by Sharp's Audio-Visual
Lost Lake Park
FREE Shuttle service is provided from the gondolas, 8:30-9:30PM and after film ends
Gates 8:30PM. Wear warm layers and bring a blanket. Film begins at sundown (~ 9:30pm).
Music: Whistler BC
Short film: Who Wants To Be An Amerikan by Aaron Beckum, Vancouver BC
Feature film: SIN NOMBRE | 14A |
The greatest sin of all is risking nothing
Cary Fukunaga/Mexico/2009/96 min
Making its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller from award-winning director Cary Fukunaga.
Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan), joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member, El Casper (Edgar M. Flores), who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives.
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Official site & trailer
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Short film: Who Wants To Be An Amerikan
Aaron Beckum/Canada
In a cold-war era undisclosed Soviet bloc nation, Nikolai Petrov, 18, is eager to move out of his mother's apartment and see the world, especially the United States of America. When Nikolai is selected to appear on a popular Soviet television game show, he has a chance to make his dreams come true and win a permanent vacation in America.
Nikolai must decide between adventure in the new world and staying in his homeland with his mother.
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan is a dark comedy about finding out that sometimes the better place to be is right where you are.
Aaron Beckum - Writer and Director
Originally from Kansas City, Aaron Beckum spent the bulk of his childhood in Western Europe learning French and German and perfecting the art of appreciating good bread and cheese. After graduating university with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media, Aaron pursued his interests in music and recorded a full length album of original music, toured the west coast and got married to a beautiful Canadian girl.
Combining his interests in visual art and music, Aaron found himself in Vancouver, studying film production at Vancouver Film School. While at school he directed a short documentary and wrote and directed two short films. With themes ranging from inexplicable-money-producingpants to urban coyotes to anti-political-thriller-comedies, Aaron is just getting started. He plans to continue telling stories on film as long as the powers that be allow him to. Who Wants To Be An Amerikan is Aaron's second short film.
*Rain location for all dates is at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre in Whistler Village.
On rain days, doors open at 7:00PM, films begin at 7:30PM.
*Lunafliks screenings are held in Whistler's municipal public parks. Whistler parks are alcohol and smoke-free as of June 2009. Please respect these bylaws. |
