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BEFORE THE STREETS
Chloé Leriche
The moving story of Shawnouk, a young First Nations man who banishes himself into exile after committing a horrible crime during a routine break-in at one of the local summer homes. The first feature film ever shot in the Atikamekw language is an accomplished first film by filmmaker Chloé Leriche.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 8:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 12:30 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
CHOKESLAM
Robert Cuffley
A very unusual romantic comedy/wrestling movie, featuring Amanda Crew as the lifelong object of desire for a nerdy deli clerk that she is about to become reacquainted with on the occasion of their tenth high school reunion. She is dubbed the “Lindsay Lohan of the wrestling world” and she has a temper.
Thursday Dec. 1 2016 8:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Friday Dec. 2 2016 1:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
THE CYCLOTRON
Olivier Asselin
A unique Canadian film that tries to evoke the WWII romantic dramas of the Casablanca era, while dealing with conceptually trippy sci-fi concepts of time travel and nuclear fission. A train rushing to Switzerland has on board a German scientist that may have the formula for a nuclear bomb well before the Americans. Western Premiere
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Sunday Dec. 4 2016 5:15 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
HUNTING PIGNUT
Martine Blue
A young teenager (winningly played by BC based Taylor Hickson) runs away from home to join the street bums that her late Dad used to hang around. Drugs and sexual assault are unfortunately sure to follow. An original coming of age story from first-time Newfoundland filmmaker Martine Blue.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 8:15 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
IT'S NOT MY FAULT AND I DON'T CARE ANYWAY
Chris Craddock
Alan Thicke surprises as a self-help guru who refuses to pay ransom when his promiscuous daughter is kidnapped by a drug gang. Her saviour comes in the unlikely form of a 300 pound African-Canadian heroin addict, winningly played by Quinton Aaron. An offbeat comedy.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 5:30 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8Sunday Dec. 4 2016 2:45 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6 -
KISS AND CRY
Sean Cisterna
The true story of 18 year-old Olympic figure skating aspirant and pop singer, Carley Allison, and her inspiring battle against a rare form of melanoma. Her singing of the national anthem at a Maple Leafs hockey game became a YouTube sensation. Played by real-life best friend and Degrassi regular, Sarah Fisher.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 3:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Saturday Dec. 3 2016 12:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
LOVESICK
Tyson Caron
The year's funniest Canadian romantic comedy. Jacob Tierney plays Dash, a 33 year old slacker who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend (Jessica Paré), and who is now engaged to a sleazeball (Jay Baruchel). His attempt to disrupt their wedding is a comic classic of deep public humiliation.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 7:30 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7 -
RED MILE
Justin McConnell
A viscerally exciting thriller about a druggie who panics and takes off when he wakes up to find that the woman he had partied with the previous night has OD'd. Presented in real time, so that the film appears to have been shot in one continuous take.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 6:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 7Saturday Dec. 3 2016 11:00 PM Village 8 Cinemas - Theatre 8 -
THE SPACE BETWEEN
Amy Jo Johnson
Can a father continue to love his baby child after he discovers that it may not be his? How do you deal with the fact that your wife may have slept with a nerdy college student without telling you, as a way of compensating for your own infertility? An unexpected offbeat comedy/drama considering the subject matter.
Saturday Dec. 3 2016 12:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Sunday Dec. 4 2016 10:30 AM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre -
THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT
Kirsten Carthew
Troubled teen Lia escapes from her Grandma in Fort McPherson in the subarctic. Her cross-country trek is not going well until she hooks up with a wise old caribou hunter. Together, they have to fend off a vicious bear attack. A rare film shot in the Northwest Territories.
Friday Dec. 2 2016 5:00 PM Village 8 Cinema - Theatre 6Saturday Dec. 3 2016 3:00 PM Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre
