Mountains on Stage Winter Edition 2024
ALWAYS ALIVE Length : 32 minutes Director : Davina Montaz-Rosset Original version For every person living in Chamonix, Mont-Blanc is an irresistible magnet. Known for her many achievements in trail-running, Hillary Gerardi is up for a high-altitude challenge: attempting a round-trip speed record on this iconic summit, starting from Chamonix’s Church. To achieve her goal,… Continue Reading Mountains on Stage Winter Edition 2024
Diaspora Film Festival 2024 – My Stolen Planet
2024 Festival My Stolen Planet by DiasporaFilmFest My Stolen Planet Farahnaz Sharifi, Germany, Iran, 2024, 82 min, in Farsi with English subtitles Berlin FF 2024, Nominated, Berlinale Documentary Award; Chicago FF 2024, Nominated, Best Documentary Showtime: Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 7:00PM, Opening Film My Stolen Planet unfolds through the personal reflections of Farah, an Iranian… Continue Reading Diaspora Film Festival 2024 – My Stolen Planet
CINSSU presents: Time To Love
CINSSU presents Time To Love as this week’s Free Friday Film. Free and open to all! Time to Love dir. Metin Erksan (1965) Sevmek Zamanı or Time to Love is an arthouse Turkish drama film from 1965 directed by Metin Erksan, who made the Berlinale Golden Bear winning film, Dry Summer. After almost 60 years… Continue Reading CINSSU presents: Time To Love
Ad Hoc presents: Films by Eric Leiser and Guy Maddin
October 30, Innis College, room 222, 8PM Eric Leiser is an American, filmmaker, animator and holographer. Born in California, Leiser earned a bachelor’s degree in animation at the California Institute of the Arts while developing the stop-motion series Twilight Park. During its conception, Leiser worked props on SpongeBob SquarePants. Leiser’s holograms have been shown at… Continue Reading Ad Hoc presents: Films by Eric Leiser and Guy Maddin
CINSSU Grad Seminar: Practical Theory: Navigating the Perceived Gap Between Film Production and Academic Research
Practical Theory: Navigating the Perceived Gap Between Film Production and Academic Research A talk with Petra Totten Tuesday, November 5, 4pm Innis College, IN-222E This interactive seminar will offer some through-lines between theory and practice, including how ‘traditional’ research practices can be used to do creative work. There’ll be snacks and refreshments!
Riceboy Sleeps Screening and Q&A
Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute present a special screening of Riceboy Sleeps on November 27. Actor Ethan Hwang, from Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, will join for a post-screening Q&A, moderated by Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of U of T’s Department of East Asian Studies Michelle Cho. Riceboy Sleeps follows So-young, a Korean single mother, raising her adolescent son… Continue Reading Riceboy Sleeps Screening and Q&A
Reel Asian Film Festival presents: WEE ASIAN
Loud and expressive, reflexive yet playful, this programme, in the spirit of Creatura, makes room for all our mushy and monstruous emotions. Come for the screening, stick around for the delightful arts activities for all ages to enjoy together!!
Reel Asian Film Festival presents: NIKAH
France | 2023 | Canadian Premiere 55 Min | Uyghur | PG Dilber is 27 years old, preparing for her younger sister Rena’s wedding while contemplating her own future. Despite the recent nuptials in the family, their mother continues to put pressure on Dilber to find a husband soon, responding to the heightened anxiety during… Continue Reading Reel Asian Film Festival presents: NIKAH
Reel Asian Film Festival presents: NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT & FILE NO. 2304
NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT & FILE NO. 2304 USA | 2024 | Toronto Premiere 60 Min | English | GA Through the lens of directors Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le, this compelling documentary captures the bold journey of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto. From her upbringing in a Japanese American internment camp to… Continue Reading Reel Asian Film Festival presents: NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT & FILE NO. 2304
CSI presents: Treasures from the Mastrangelo Collection: Non-Fiction Films
Treasures from the Mastrangelo Collection: Non-Fiction FIlms is a screening of three 35mm prints from the Mastrangelo Collection, the largest Italian-language of collection of 35 and 16mm films in North America housed at UofT’s Media Commons Archives since 2016. This event is free and open to all. Reserve free tickets here. A commercial, a short documentary, and a… Continue Reading CSI presents: Treasures from the Mastrangelo Collection: Non-Fiction Films