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BROKEN
Lynne Spencer
Ballet BC's prima ballerina Simone Orlando overcomes a career threatening injury in this intimate portrait of what happens to an artist (or athlete) who has devoted their life to a single pursuit when personal injury threatens that very way of life. Orlando is now CEO of Ballet Kelowna.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 1:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
CELTIC SOUL
Michael McNamara
Or, How Jay Baruchel Spent His Summer Vacation could be the title of this film. Veteran documentarian Michael McNamara chronicles Jay Baruchel's trip to Scotland and Ireland to uncover his family roots and express his love for the Celtic Football Club by arranging for a pilgrimage to the local stadium where they play.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 3:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
GOING FURTHUR
Colby Rex O'Neill, Matt Pidutti, Lindsay Kent
The psychedelic counterculture movement is alive and well today. Fifty years after Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters' first acid-laced bus trip, his son Zane has taken his Dad's bus on a 15,000 mile, 75 day tour of music festivals, tribal gatherings, and happenings, man. Enjoy the trip!
Friday Dec. 2 2016 9:45 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSunday Dec. 4 2016 9:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
GUILT TRIP
Anthony Bonello, Mike Douglas
The only thing greater than this group of skier's desire to claim a first ski descent on Greenland's second highest peak, Mont Forel, is the size of their carbon footprint to get there. Loaded with guilt, they decide to bring renowned glaciologist, Alun Hubbard, who's hypothesis, if proven, could rewrite popular projections of global sea-level rise.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 6:00 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSaturday Dec. 3 2016 5:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
THE HIGHWAY
Mike Douglas, Anthony Bonello
Since Stan Rey first drove the highway between Vancouver and Whistler 20 years ago he's dreamed of skiing the Tantalus Mountain Range. It took a family tragedy to finally make that dream a reality.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 6:00 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSaturday Dec. 3 2016 5:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
TEN METER TOWER
Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Swimming pool. Interior. Day. A ten meter diving tower. The choice: fight the instinctive fear and leap into the unknown, or face the humiliation of climbing back down. Human nature is captured in this one moment: to jump or not to jump?
Friday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
Janalee Budge
In this short documentary about an extreme Whistler athlete, Don Schwartz seeks treatment for PTSD from a tragic helicopter crash which left him with third degree burns to his face. This inspirational testament to the power of positivity follows Don as he attempts progressive forms of treatment twenty five years after the accident which scarred him.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
MELODY MAKERS, SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE
Leslie Ann Coles
A behind the scenes peek at all the rock ‘n roll legends of the 70s, as director Leslie Ann Coles guides us through the ribald history of the influential British rock magazine Melody Makers, featuring unseen photographs of all the greats by Barrie Wentzell.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 2:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 3:00 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
MOSTLY SUNNY
Dilip Mehta
A biographical profile of the young woman from Sarnia, Ontario, who went from being Penthouse Pet of the Year, to becoming a major hardcore porn star, to a career in mainstream Bollywood movies, an industry known for its onscreen conservatism. Touching moments occur as Sunny has to deal with the death of a parent.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 9:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
MR ZARITSKY ON TV
Jennifer Di Cresce, Michael Savoie
A behind-the-scenes portrait of Oscar-winning documentarian John Zaritsky filming his third story on thalidomide victims. As he tours Europe with his crew, we gain insight into the uncompromising search for truth that has characterized this filmmaker's entire career. He does not suffer TV executives or fools gladly.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 7:45 PM Maury Young Arts CentreFriday Dec. 2 2016 12:30 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
OLGA - AN AREQUIPA STORY
Gabriel Yee
An uplifting documentary about Olga, a 12-year-old girl with a congenital foot deformity, and her mother, who travel from their remote Peruvian village to Arequipa for life-changing treatment.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 4:30 PM Garfinkels -
NOTHING ABOUT MOCCASINS
Eden Mallina Awashish
When her grandmother refuses to allow her to shoot a film about moccasins, the director of this short documentary playfully reconstructs the idea of cultural loss by recording her grandmother's resolve to protect Atikamekw tradition.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 10:00 AM Maury Young Arts Centre -
SHADES OF WINTER: BETWEEN
Sandra Lahnsteiner
Austrian filmmaker and extreme sports enthusiast Sandra Lahnsteiner takes us on a global celebration of female athleticism as we travel from New Zealand to Austria, through Canada searching for the biggest waves and the best ski runs for her merry band of all-female adventure-seekers to conquer. Beautifully shot and duly inspiring for thrill seekers.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 6:30 PM Rainbow TheatreSunday Dec. 4 2016 9:30 PM Rainbow Theatre -
SLED DOGS
Fern Levitt
A provoking expose of the cruelty to dogs that permeates the commercial dog sled operations that supply sled dogs for such famous races as the Iditarod in Alaska. The film addresses the sled dog cull that occurred in Whistler and the attempts by locals to run an ethical puppy farm in its stead.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 9:45 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSunday Dec. 4 2016 2:15 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
TREE HUGGERS
Jordan Yeager
British Columbia is one of the last places on earth where old growth forests are still being logged. This socially conscious documentary examines how, in the face of climate change, old growth forestry isn't just a threat to species living in the area—it's a threat to the world itself.
Sunday Dec. 4 2016 1:00 PM Maury Young Arts Centre -
VICTOR WALK
Michael David Lynch
With the recent prison release of the coach who assaulted NHL player Theo Fleury and many others while teaching junior hockey, this chronicle of the landmark Theo Fleury walk from Toronto to Ottawa to draw attention to the victims of sexual assault in Canada becomes extraordinarily timely.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 10:00 PM Maury Young Arts CentreFriday Dec. 2 2016 3:00 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
THE WILL TO FLY
Leo Baker, Katie Bender
An extraordinary sports biography of Australian Olympic ski jumper Lydia Lassila as she trains to become the first woman to ever successfully complete a quadruple, twisting triple somersault jump, a move that combines skiing prowess and gymnastic ability. The irony is when you see the woefully inadequate Australian training facilities.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 5:00 PM Maury Young Arts CentreSunday Dec. 4 2016 3:30 PM Maury Young Arts Centre
