Film Festival 2023
When
Approximate running time: 3 hours
Venue
Event Notes
Thursday September 7th: Bones of Crows (2022) Starring Grace Dove. Bones of Crows is a psychological drama told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch, Aline Spears, as she survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse. Bones of Crows unfolds over one hundred years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Friday September 8th: Carmen (2022) Starring Natascha McElhone. In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
Saturday September 9th: I Like Movies (2022) Starring Isaiah Lehtinen. Socially inept 17-year old cinephile, Lawrence Kweller, gets a job at a video store where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
Sunday September 10th: Golden Delicious (2022) Starring Cardi Wong. When basketball-obsessed Aleks moves across the street, Asian-Canadian teen Jake finds himself trying out for the basketball team to get his attention in this classic coming-of-age drama in the digital age.