[Wamvan] Environmental Films at VIFF

Wed Sep 21 17:12:15 PDT 2011

Hey Everyone,

I hope you're well.
I'm enclosing some information about VIFF 2011's environmental series here
(see below). The directors of Journey to the Wild Coast and Two Years at Sea
will be here and I can arrange interviews if anyone's interested.
I wouldn't want to continue to spam everyone - so let me know if you're
interested in more updates and I'll forward them to you directly. I'll also
have more information about women filmmakers in attendance and shall keep
you posted about that.

Thanks
Medha
Media Office, VIFF
604.365.0107

Having trouble viewing this email? View it
online<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIuSOKFymYZeEPZ1IBPC63T5EvEOEMRc2xFD3jUVh0Gg55BRod3KQLmV0b1W7ga9O_x2BFGAEluVv-m4IOp6MvmWQypvML0zn_Ph_El2f9lL65t1VhafESfHFxFvXHsMvw-kzkWDEInf_DmmHL9n47XAG4CC3wCAD6w=>

[image: Vancity Theatre masthead]
[image: VISA] [image: Rogers] [image: Telefilm Canada]Follow VIFF: [image:
Facebook]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIt4MXeu5Hj-X9xpYE4jIy5VAv4gyB9Yw29vIrv9jmdLr8wTh2LDywDFeSHSt6kPjbyZ5lTdtjhu9q3kKKp4d2nyb_INc154iHO3lNcO7ckqsIY_L4X-KdsI>
 [image: Twitter]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRItQkpUEWEluYJO2Ga1GF8qizI6XtPW4syfB15EjYQodVhRbuT-u49mVHBCVTB7_-BVLsx48uL2a5SnYKi_rB-Eli57Aoe1kiOX5oynbs0OFz3ZiRpR7xhBo>
 [image: Flickr]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIteg83nzXH0PKhPUNuuBiW5at5Jf3gIIbxDsPTXYJweySvvK65DDUWjTzFXGuwp5tkW3HwqbELyy6CmDpxqiQbMl3FNRixSTg_GUEAGnUr035UfIrqcvJkWYLv_o14l-y0=>
 [image: YouTube]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRItxvgNdsnNvIVt-4vz17DbkDJ3qPGJgAnpAaVo84quQ53SBOMx74vwgIDIWYEXLWfcx3VheLtv7iI3FQnHLzSZ3vhxq37IzujWXc7FsKxvy4pCypsNORhPp>
 [image: Vimeo]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIsBOcjXBGczWbBoBrp5EZFgcuIcL7pyrz2C5sJIM76vYe66lJr3PRJxj3bDzMdy9c3bZH7nPPVHci7E5jbWkD3QqHfE8xVTD3Odd4CmpRL0jg==>For
Immediate Release: August 29, 2011Media Department: 604.646.4770
media at viff.orgVIFF News

   -

   Heaven and Earth, VIFF's Environmental Film
Series<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#1328e5b862b8b3c6_13216ef8ca3c68aa_enviro>
   - Mark Your Calendar<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#1328e5b862b8b3c6_13216ef8ca3c68aa_calendar>
   - Past Announcements<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIupL0e2d9PHQ5uHYnBr6Z9-KPt6xmIulysfru1Hv82LQ9eZJXeTy9vzwDzYYCu2-YPXKtvjnGhHkQu-0-GtfP09irnkHRe9_5XsILKrKVRtvbpnjwLlqXuddgvzG31hrmNrbrTnHiksgQ==>

------------------------------
Heaven and Earth, VIFF's Environmental Film Series

Once again this year VIFF has been inspired by the remarkable range of new
films that marry aesthetic pleasure and environmental sensitivity. There's
more to ecologically astute cinema than explicit admonishments to stop
destroying the planet, but of course, that's often where experiencing the
wonders of nature lead us. Whatever your politics, certain kinds of films
take us out-of-doors in marvelous ways, leaving us to draw our own
conclusions about how to better live our lives.

WWF-Canada is sponsoring this 5th edition of our environmental series, and
shares with us a particular focus on biodiversity, the health of water
systems, climate change and the sustainable coexistence of people and other
species.

Our theme *Heaven and Earth* points directly to a trend we've seen in many
of the best films this year. Perhaps reacting to the homogenization of
globalized culture, many young (and not so young) filmmakers are taking us
to remote places for direct encounters with antiquated lifestyles and nature
in the raw. Amidst the glories that these voyages represent, we also often
see meditations on disappearing history that are graceful, melancholic and
inspiring.

Here is a sampling of just a few of this particularly interesting subset of
cinema 2011.
VIFF’s environmental series is sponsored by
WWF<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRItzVK8f1Ww2Qmawlgk0fedRNBU8jFUflnSCCY3HHzEIVH4pfIHUIqoebOVYBXNADxucit7DeM6V1xoag9UN_vyS>
-Canada.

[image: World Wildlife
Fund]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIsBUvAJqluPiQncVkFZ_0zMlNrjf4Sq3rHlj41c5Ve8zkAx9_kYRoSzRWplcC1DdBG12ulMP33hoPgq0bbw7u1o9uAnbvedp5Q=>

[image: Blood in the Mobile]
BLOOD IN THE MOBILE

Denmark/Germany | Dir: Frank Piasecki Poulsen | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIucgeAZ1ZRArNjDLpcK_ChQAIgoSftGl9qxFIGKKRvLjLZI2Y4hoOWIAC_XcnngsCEx8XYNtmUhwEhqxVErlaS90xIQ-JuFSr183MVvPhp4PeZSOpVl2uBxIkjBOojFSXYvf5DaZgNHtQ==>
Winner, Cinema for Peace Award for Justice, Berlin 2011.

In this fearless piece of investigative journalism, Frank Poulsen seeks to
uncover the truth about the “blood minerals” that power our cell phones. Who
are the real villains here: the ruthless henchman running the African mines
or the cold-blooded suits turning a blind eye in Nokia’s corporate
headquarters?

[image: Letters From the Big Man]
LETTERS FROM THE BIG MAN

USA | Dir: Christopher Munch | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIs5X8pTcfYhqmPLVam1vnC-3G1fJrAa18uqMGASfw_YVb63XAEQTK8PkAIVsDS8FQ4lPEFd5EXPaiMNI_Drk4jhuiOxP4Opst7U_kg2fh18yw0cAGC_kurVN1vfwenOzsWGhV0uz1pKrQ==>

Nursing a broken heart in the wilds of Oregon, Sarah suspects that she's not
alone. Indeed, she's acquired a particularly secret admirer: a soulful,
reclusive Sasquatch. Utilizing this risky device, director Christopher Munch
truly takes us out of doors for a profound and glorious meditation on the
natural spirits of our Cascadia.

[image: Flirting with Heights]
FLIRTING WITH HEIGHTS

France | Dir: Jean-Michel Bertrand | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIvppjqFS8QmLyghV1NLwUAkFDfXsPuP1fkhDsMJ0PDNtt-_-5DcY-Ty4oDOOCpKgXhw8s_kXlQMy9mC9EnAO5WqqSsR_zASGhdc6SPNnvbcHqonoZm769chsn2JMHZaHz6DhU0GtY4FYo9BHWLBVJDH>

There have been many beautiful wildlife films, but few attain the virtuosity
and poetry of Jean-Michel Bertrand’s monumental chronicle of the flora and
fauna of the Swiss Alps. Bertrand worked solo for four patient years and the
results are extraordinary.

[image: There Once Was an Island: Te Henua E Nnoho]
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND: TE HENUA E NNOHO

New Zealand/USA | Dir: Briar March | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIvvk_iDkbiUFgP1pmKlWqFvz3igf2-RmQbWSE7pz4r81JujydTMRuMqxf16Ma8xoqU-8xqUs2jnlGdzkbnSP_4u3Du7mjfr50jqaUO_4GuCwRmnDGz3vSpzWdFHBEe0044=>

The inhabitants of a beautiful Micronesian atoll contend with the merciless
effects of climate change in Briar March's alarming documentary. With their
island being regularly inundated by rising tides, these proud people must
face the strong possibility of not only losing their homes but also their
culture.

[image: Burning Ice]
BURNING ICE

UK | Dir: Peter Gilbert

Jarvis Cocker, Leslie Feist, K.T. Tunstall, Martha Wainwright, Robyn
Hitchcock, Laurie Anderson and Ryûichi Sakamoto are among the people
featured in Peter Gilbert’s refreshingly different approach to raising
awareness about climate change. Along with a group of scientists, these
musicians go on an expedition to the high Arctic, and together we witness
some unforgettable images and sounds.

[image: Under Control]
UNDER CONTROL

Germany | Dir: Volker Sattel | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIu6dka_2uQs3QtpBY6QGvpr998ffek6TzQw9-JcgoSA5yeSL7CVfSszrpDc91tvI0ZilYRZYEc2bW5xM0vI-DAA2jqgDllaSHu7auoCv5xwwSxSIzG33WCHhIejEXZtxIBhl9sVYUv1mQ==>

In the double wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the German
government's decision to abandon nuclear energy by 2022, Volker Sattel's
cogent examination of the nuclear industry takes on ironies unimagined.
Offering extraordinary inside access to nuclear plants in Germany and
Austria, this is a film of significant aesthetic and informational
achievement.

[image: Journey on the Wild Coast]
JOURNEY ON THE WILD COAST

USA | Dir: Greg Chaney | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIsf5Ehquu3C6xtowS92X7BMSohdhSDSEf2tZFz6XqZOiSIL3rAFQVSojVI7m_bofHM5UseEF2nu941vHpvq1AD5LfO7H8lXRBaEDw4DURWs4GHNNneiwlkXXLkKMdeHOyhJ6en2vGoR2Q==>

The antithesis of a boring vacation video! Using only a hand-held video
camera, Greg Chaney documents two newlyweds' ambitious bid to hike, paddle
and ski from Seattle to Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Their life-altering
odyssey immerses them in Pacific Coast's unparalleled beauty, but also
leaves them at the mercy of nature's sometimes cruel whims.

[image: Heaven and Earth]
HEAVEN AND EARTH

Austria | Dir: Michael Pilz

An epic two-part documentary that "teaches you to see and hear things in a
completely new way" (Ulrich Gregor), Michael Pilz's classic examination of
life in a mountain village in the Austrian state of Styria uses an open
approach that allows for quiet rhythms and a transcendental accumulation of
poetic detail.

[image: People of a Feather]
PEOPLE OF A FEATHER

Canada | Dir: Joel Heath | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIvWBVQVHezpZ0Ow39WT45K-ioLNU7nGdYMMtANpaLFTMyVdzpjNyUgRo3RuVgIe6F7ln0uNmPtETqjX-Ww2kqdiP_BLToVwM1pHl61r1EoR2jG2w4K9PTQuYn-4dSVDUcA=>

Employing astounding time-lapse photography captured over seven years,
environmentalist Joel Heath illustrates how a remote Inuit community's
traditional way of life is being ravaged by climate change. As an
increasingly volatile ecosystem lays waste to flocks of eider ducks, the
people who rely upon the birds are left to wonder how they will survive.

[image: Big Blue Lake]
BIG BLUE LAKE

Hong Kong | Dir: Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan | View Trailer

Indie fiction films from HK are rare these days: a film as polished and
moving as Jessey Tsang’s portrait of her home village is precious indeed.
When Lai Yee returns home to her ailing mother, she uncovers family secrets,
remembered loves, and buried yearnings. A meditation on disappearing history
that’s graceful, melancholic and inspiring.

[image: Sushi: The Global Catch]
SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCHWinner, Special Jury Prize, Seattle 2011.

USA | Dir: Mark Hall | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIu7ZN3YeKb6TVVUu4VP0qJJtfOX_P0apwY2ZmdlpBGXIf8a7AqpVQFIog4rb-6upvd6UbozTPfICOuXid4qYiS72_K8nUILYe8t-KX9VaTGPtuYCHRX3-K9>

Wide-ranging, thorough and fascinating on many levels, Mark Hall's
investigation into the past, present and future of the exploding sushi
industry covers everything from the best sustainability practices worldwide
to the seven-year apprenticeship that Japanese sushi chefs must undertake.

[image: Two Years at Sea]
TWO YEARS AT SEA

UK | Dir: Ben Rivers

Acclaimed experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers’ first feature takes as its
subject Jake, a hermit who lives in isolation in remote Scotland. The film
documents Jake's solitary existence, capturing moments of profound beauty as
he passes the time with strange projects, living the radical dream he had as
a younger man, a dream he spent two years working at sea to realize.

[image: Seeking the Current]
SEEKING THE CURRENT

Canada | Dir: Nicolas Boisclair, Alexis de Gheldere | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIu196H3q-DAwDokGywvgSjSs-fjUsw-r31gm5FG7VC8ofRblk7J-EtWlREPl9Dy7BEx5y4JYHhIqrZWaU-B09MXcaZKh0wBjSvFBXWgQpkHDzC9E1R7GtmJ>

Directors Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere, together with Quebecois
film star Roy Dupuis, take a scrupulous look at Hydro Quebec's plan to
construct dams along the Romaine River. This is a journey of dedication that
goes beyond the critique to envision a better future for the land.

[image: The Other Californians]
THE OTHER CALIFORNIANS

Mexico | Dir: César Talamantes

Shuttling us to the remote deserts of Mexico’s Baja California, César
Talamantes introduces us to the “rancheros” who carve out a hardscrabble
existence there. While the arid vistas are decidedly striking, it’s the
evocative images of these “untamed hooligans” at work and in repose that
lend this documentary its rough-hewn beauty.

[image: It's the Earth Not the Moon]
IT'S THE EARTH NOT THE MOON

Portugal | Dir: Gonçalo Tocha | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIsLyxSp5PebU1ZQoMeu3OA7QQgn5F1fOrLeDemyABTk1oQ5HgbmYOzd04anTX6h3prJEKlgM8spLelsnjPs43PE8hmR0TMIpJKA_Vn9iDtJOw==>
Winner, Special Mention, Filmmakers of the Present, Locarno 2011.

Take a trip with Gonçalo Tocha to Corvo, the smallest island in the Azores,
a self-sustaining place of mystery, superstition and fantastic natural
scenery. Over three years Tocha set out to be Corvo’s contemporary social
historian, and the result is just about the warmest film you’ll ever see.

[image: You've Been Trumped]
YOU'VE BEEN TRUMPED

UK | Dir: Anthony Baxter | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIt0ehwRVeP_47VDh5MMmNZ-rD8OVmFR-EiuFJBALmBooHgIzOviNRwymNG3g2pBRxdPnCjGCVzOt8SQbhgsFVIkgNHDFPAZ5HHTqVcd6A3rb0Fd2LIKbaiPKO0A9aduWM1hxjyrGv3FijP6xVEhXD3M9Th7aTLA8itZ8l37sUDxhQ==>
Winner, Green Award (best environmental film), Sheffield 2011.

In this all-too-real David vs. Goliath drama, a few Scottish farmers find
themselves in the way of  bragging and bullying Donald's Trump's plans for
developing the "world's top golf resort" on ecologically fragile coastal
sand dunes near Aberdeen. Documentarian Anthony Baxter offers us a stirring
example of principled resistance, but asks if, in fact, Goliaths lose. Music
by Sigur Rós' Jónsi.

[image: Life Above the Clouds—A Fairy-Tale Valley in the Carpathian
Mountains]
LIFE ABOVE THE CLOUDS—A FAIRY-TALE VALLEY IN THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS

Germany/Italy | Dir: Titus Faschina

*Life Above the Clouds* is a marvelous series made for European television
that we are inspired to present on the big screen. We will screen four of
the five series sections, all of which take us to remarkable locations on
the European continent where humans have managed, through perseverance and
in a most impressive manner, to establish themselves “above the clouds,”
despite all temptations of a simpler life further down below. Life at this
altitude is threatened by extinction. New EU directives make the traditional
forms of cultivation of many remote locations impossible, while the new,
younger generations dream and desire to take part in the new globalized
world of mobile phones and the Internet. Likewise, the regional
administrations and other institutions no longer concern themselves with
some of the distant locations, thus making them almost uninhabitable. The
series not only presents visually stunning and often extreme lifestyles
found somewhere between heaven and earth, but also tells of the remnants of
an ancient world that is soon to become part of the past.

VIFF program 1 combines *A Fairy-Tale Valley in the Carpathian Mountains*
 with *A Monastery in the Pyrenees*. VIFF program 2 combines *In the White
Mountains of Crete* with *In the Hardangerfjord of Norway*. Bring your
binoculars! (FYI: the film we did not have room to include is *A Mountain
Farmer in South Tyrol*: we refer you instead to our Special Presentation of
the Austrian film *Heaven and Earth*).

[image: Peace Out]
PEACE OUT

Canada | Dir: Charles Wilkinson

As Canada’s energy consumption grows, scientists, industry and government
are making hard choices about how to feed it. Charles Wilkinson’s latest
eye-opener is a concentrated look the harrowing costs of our technological
affluence.

[image: Taste the Waste]
TASTE THE WASTE

Germany | Dir: Valentin Thurn | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIvQWXl4rs9WXKdjglLuDhxTjQmwE6Asdw0Q_IcbAQlYNul4WXxxY3M13z7OIG2j8zH_pqbMPocAWpXqmk4OW2xO-f5xC27UEhYjzm5KbJ8LgahgIizh235g>

Valentin Thurn's timely and startling documentary on global food waste (did
you know that on the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than
half of all food ends up in the garbage?) is both a call to arms and a
how-to for doing our best to eliminate this major problem.

[image: On the Line]
ON THE LINE

Canada | Dir: Frank Wolf | View
Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIvfbWNMrOzPrAIorYpbIHK2Iyx8MY85Q96ap3yxOlBwXyoM0ImeS1Q3qcrOIpjS9fe2dquH8FM97BWdIaiO_T_1BD-6bcbCsHpgLLfT0fTHMQ==>

Director Frank Wolf’s low-tech journey from the Alberta Tar Sands to the
B.C. coast traces the planned route for the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Project, highlighting the soon to be affected locals and the as yet
unspoiled wilderness over which this environmentally heedless project looms.

[image: Waking the Green Tiger]
WAKING THE GREEN TIGER

Canada | Dir: Gary Marcuse

By declaring that nature must be conquered in the name of progress, Chairman
Mao ushered in an era of environmental degradation for China. Now,
passionate activists strive to preserve their natural wonders, educate their
compatriots and encourage public debate. Gary Marcuse's stirring documentary
celebrates the brave souls at the forefront of China's new revolution.

back to top<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#1328e5b862b8b3c6_13216ef8ca3c68aa_top>
------------------------------
Mark Your Calendar

   - September 10: VISA Advance Box Office opens @ the Vancity Theatre
   - September 17: Program Catalogue on sale
   - September 18: CASH + VISA Sales begin
   - September 27: FILM + TV FORUM begins
   - September 29: FESTIVAL OPENS
   - CONTESTS<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107377303049&s=34057&e=0018RxF8bMHRIsUhdBK8E7_pGUL8HwX9mj6OIv6Gls_IObFkLHSiylPBdCquDDh7CRTl-WbK7FSRyST7J6LGtHjtAHXACqipBJXJ2oNgVnmtKNLWh-ifdPDvYtkF8ZAJm7hlQLbIzee3t3HAHkA39n571EeB7L6YlfN>:
   Win two tickets to Red Carpet weekend at VIFF

------------------------------
Vancouver International Film Festival | VIFF 2011

September 29 - October 14, 2011 | Film Info: 604.683.FILM (3456) | VIFF
Office: 604.685.0260

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings Wammers!
>
> If you're like me then you'd agree that a social event where WAM! Van
> organizers, supporters and generally interested folks can gather to scheme
> about feminism, media and bringing down the patriarchy is LONG overdue.
>
> Thankfully, the Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off and the end
> of this month (huge shout-out to Frieda Werden for alerting us to all the
> cool happenings at VIFF this year in a previous email), and there is one
> film just beginning for a WAM! Van presence.
> *
> Miss Representation *(trailer here:
> http://www.missrepresentation.org/home.html), is a film about the
> abhorrent trends in representation of women in American media, using "...
> startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken, armed with a new
> perspective, and asking the question, “What can we do?”
>
> While the film is based in an American context, it's meaning obviously
> translates to the state of Canadian media, and the representation of women
> globally.
>
> *Miss Representation* is screening at VIFF on:
>
>  Fri, Sep 30th 1:15pm
> Empire Granville 7
>
> Sun, Oct 9th 6:40pm
> Empire Granville 7
>
> *Fri, Oct 14th 1:15pm
> Empire Granville 7 *
>
> We are proposing that we attend the Friday October 14th screening (1:15pm)
> as a group, and follow it up with coffee/light lunch rant and rave.  If you
> are unable to make it to the screening, it would still be great if you could
> see the film at one of the earlier screenings, then join us for our
> post-film gathering on Friday afternoon.
>
> *Please RSVP to **wamvancouver at gmail.com by Friday September 30* if you
> can commit to attending.  If we get a solid enough number we will look into
> getting a group rate.  If we are just a handful of folks, we'll let everyone
> know to go ahead and book their own ticket, then meet up and affirm that we
> are the only cool kids on this listserv.
>
> Theatre: 855 Granville Street, Vancouver
>
> http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=855+Granville+St,+Vancouver,+BC+V6Z+1K7&hl=en&ll=49.281258,-123.120625&spn=0.006635,0.018969&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=26.925653,77.695313&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A
>
> Post-film gathering place: TBD
>
> Link to VIFF: http://www.viff.org/festival/
>
> SEE YOU THERE!!!
>
> Nat Hill and the WAM! Van Core organizing committee
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:30 PM, E J <the.xenophiles.violin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sending this, Frieda! I already wanted to see Miss
>> Representation, and several others here look really good as well. Hope to
>> see some dates for these soon.
>>
>> Best,
>> Elyse
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>   These are what seem to be the women directors who are featured by VIFF
>>> as winners from other film festivals.  I don’t have dates for them, but
>>> maybe we can plan some viewing trips: PURE
>>>
>>> Winner, Flash Forward Award (best first feature), Pusan 2010; Best Film,
>>> Ghent 2011.
>>>
>>> Sweden | Dir: Lisa Langseth | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgGOuPq06T63wsKmbtTy-J174dl-MlnHHIJk0HYRl6IY31PZDH3bDqebO_0K9QXfoK2J8tNu07JPZzWTlsA0o52pYlvkqvcg6z4BuUqkSvjnmQ==>
>>>
>>> Newcomer Alicia Vikander is outstanding as a troubled high-school dropout
>>> determined to rise above her chaotic home life in Lisa Langseth's powerful
>>> drama. Tackling issues of class and culture, *Pure* is a smartly
>>> written, brilliantly acted debut for both Langseth and Vikander.
>>>   WISH ME AWAY
>>>
>>> Winner, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Los Angeles 2011.
>>>
>>> USA | Dir: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgG3wguibOqkEAJhIlv669Ctf_AVYpXFErri8fI5gDVjq1h3y3Ps0gXuU-F926synag6dan4ev_5i8pvgWnzvOAY5INXvWAgsmWahMDNHHBWNQ==>
>>>
>>> For 30 years, the supremely charismatic country star Chely Wright prayed:
>>> “Please, God… Don’t let me be gay.” Finally, Wright risks the wrath of her
>>> family and the whole of conservative America by *very* publicly coming
>>> out. Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf capture Wright's remarkable
>>> transformation from closeted crooner to risk-taking advocate.
>>>
>>>
>>> CIRCUMSTANCE
>>>
>>> Winner, Audience Award, Sundance 2011.
>>>
>>> USA/Iran/France | Dir: Maryam Keshavarz | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgGK76F9sNYWqOHEl-qADpuUhrgzQzQw5Axw4KaDbIurSuQOr2cstx4ky743kcGmIC0UpGSwMmi8oZJlI3uZGUaVay2nunE6kRANN7jiWKdcibVk8D1OMQx9>
>>>
>>> A daring exploration of a lesbian relationship in contemporary Tehran
>>> that also speaks volumes about family life and politics, Maryam Keshavarz's
>>> debut feature is an ambitious, engaging and provocative drama that has been
>>> causing waves on the international film scene.
>>>   SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
>>>
>>> Winner, People's Choice, Hot Docs 2011.
>>>
>>> USA | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgFOvJopSsr7MXshNG1uU-QeAfohbreLKpvfsmE-0cTNSrwtbANLb4AbJgihTynAnt5fbDagBZQ6bFileKFGwIG8l086PdKJ0aew33qcfOQVphA9cQI0UzPq>
>>>
>>> "One needs several hearts to survive the breakage inflicted by [Linda
>>> Goldstein Knowlton's] delicately wrought, deeply felt docu-profile of four
>>> teenage girls... All are Chinese adoptees, and all are trying to come to
>>> terms with that fact as they navigate the already perilous waters of
>>> American adolescence." Variety
>>>
>>>
>>> MISS REPRESENTATION
>>>
>>> Winner, Audience Award: Documentary, Sonoma 2011.
>>>
>>> USA | Jennifer Siebel Newsom | View Trailer<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=9m8v4bdab&et=1107139206563&s=8069&e=001b4Ci8uXnKgEDuiIzFH1wjab7oXSN9mdPvZIlP9vKF1hBd6Q4MrVLnZYWVV69JOuejZ1qDRSdATJwKHff-rJwTM_iwwF3_FQxEwuPwmKT37oT9VEFqtfsVw==>
>>>
>>> Outraged by the damage wrought by media misogyny, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
>>> issues this angry yet cogent call to arms. Damning statistics speak for
>>> themselves while the firsthand accounts of the discrimination endured by
>>> high-profile women set the blood boiling.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Wamvan mailing list
>>> Wamvan at lists.resist.ca
>>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wamvan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Elyse Jacobson, Violinist
>> http://facebook.com/TheAdventurousViolinist
>> http://myspace.com/HorsehairAndWire
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wamvan mailing list
>> Wamvan at lists.resist.ca
>> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wamvan
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wamvan mailing list
> Wamvan at lists.resist.ca
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wamvan
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.resist.ca/pipermail/wamvan/attachments/20110921/315706af/attachment-0001.html>