The Cinema Studies Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary with a screening series of films picked by notable CSI alumni. Screenings will be followed by a discussion between the alumni and a CSI faculty member.
All are welcome. Seats are first come, first serve. Doors open at 6:30pm. Claim your free ticket at Eventbrite.
Arturo A Los 30 is a 2023 Argentinian film starring and directed by Martín Shanly. At the center of this comedy of errors is 30 year old Arturo who is every bit drawn to misfortune as he is directionless.
Chandler Levack grew up in Burlington, Ontario and lives in Toronto, where she studied cinema at the University of Toronto and screenwriting at the Canadian Film Centre. She has directed numerous music videos, earning two JUNO nominations, and was a veteran music writer and a current film critic for the Globe & Mail. In 2017, her short film We Forgot to Break Up premiered at TIFF and went on to play SXSW. In 2022, her debut feature film I Like Movies premiered at TIFF, was selected for Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival and won prizes around the world. She is currently working on her second feature Anglophone, a casual hang out movie full of ill-advised sex, drugs and rock n’ roll in the Montreal music scene circa 2011, with Zapruder Films and Banner House Productions.
She completed a Specialist in Cinema Studies in 2011, and is the 2024 Universal Screenwriter in Residence.
Moderator, Nadine Chan is an Assistant Professor at the Cinema Studies Institute.