DOC FEST.Ca Dancea Documentary by Andrew Garrison International Documentary Film Festival Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1, 2015
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BELLEVILLE DOWNTOWN DOC FEST.ca DANCEa documentary by andrew garrison International Documentary Film Festival Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1, 2015 sound design by music by graham reynolds edited by angela k. pires director of photography executive producer produced and directed by trashdancemovie.com Official Program DOWNTOWNDOCFEST.CA The Empire Theatre BELLEVILLE DOWNTOWN 321 Front Street Pinnacle Playhouse DOC FEST.ca 256 Pinnacle St. Belleville Public Library International Documentary Film Festival John M. Parrott Art Gallery 254 Pinnacle St., 3rd Floor CORE Centre 223 Pinnacle St. and handling charges will apply*), STIRLING Tickets by phone (613-969-0099) or online at West Wings Espresso Bar & Bookstore, theempiretheatre.com 14 Front Street, 613-395-0990 A Festival Pass is only $45 and includes Tickets can be purchased at the following admission to the Opening Gala and all films locations by CASH OR CHEQUE ONLY PICTON during the three-day festival Unwaged/ For more information about DocFest, please Books & Company Student tickets available $20 check our Facebook page or find us on Twitter! TWEED Rush tickets for single screenings sold at BELLEVILLE Moira River Food Company, 347 the door only, space permitting Opening Sweet Escape Dessert & Coffee Lounge Victoria Street North, 613-478-3373 Gala $25; all other films $10 Quinte Arts Council Barratt’s Office Pro For more tickets or questions You can purchase your DocFest Pass using about sales, please contact: Gary your Credit or debit card at TRENTON Magwood, cell 613-849-1976, The Empire Theatre box office (*service fees The Grind Cafe [email protected] COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ruth Ingersoll, Film Sponsor Coordinator; Dug Stevenson, Media and PR Coordinator; Lynn Braun, Artistic Director and Programmer; Julie Roberts, Opening Gala Coordinator; Penny Hendricks, Treasurer and School Screenings; Laura Voskamp, Social Media and Communications; Jane Van Manen, Administrative Assistant; Jodi Cooper, eNewsletter and program; Holly Dewar, Belleville Public Library & John M. Parrott Art Gallery Liaison; Karen Scott, Film Sponsorship; Esthel Issa, Volunteer Coordinator and Ticket Sales; and Justin Jones, Festival Administrator. Proud to be the print media sponsor for Belleville’s Docfest 2015! 199 Front St., Suite 535, Century Place, Downtown Belleville 613-962-9171 Table of Contents Chair’s Welcome................................... 1 Oscar comes to The CORE..................... 25 Mayor and sponsor welcomes............... 2 DocFest Workshops............................... 26 Get the Most out of DocFest.................. 4 Loyalist FourSquared screening............ 29 Opening Gala & Green Carpet............... 5 Artists Below the Line............................ 30 Welcome to Saturday Night at The Empire................ 6 Focus on Food and Film......................... 30 DocFest Finale at The Empire................ 7 Country Roads Indie Showcase............. 31 Belleville Film Listings........................................... 8 QFA Local Spotlight................................ 32 Schedule and Venue Map....................... 16 Sponsors and Partners.......................... 33 Downtown DocFest Filmmaker Interviews............................ 20 On behalf of the creative and I feel that documentaries provide, liked Searching for Sugarman and energetic DocFest organizing in most cases, objective, in- 20 Feet from Stardom, you will love committee, now numbering twelve, depth observations of issues that this film.” Both of those docs won welcome to our fourth annual attempt to present both sides of Oscars; high praise indeed. Having documentary film festival. The an argument or circumstance. jazz piano prodigy Justin Kauflin term ‘film’ is a bit misleading given More important is their desire make his Canadian stage debut is the evolution of technology over to dig behind the headlines and very exciting. the past couple of years. All of ‘5-minute’ news broadcasts. Soviet the feature films and each of the filmmaker Dziga Vertov defined Saturday Night at The Empire will 50 plus films screened over three them as, “life as it is” (that is, life screen Red Army. A smash hit days, including over a dozen locally filmed surreptitiously) and “life at Cannes, this is an exhilarating produced films, are stored on little caught unawares” (life provoked or documentary that chronicles the plastic sticks! The USBs are merely surprised by the camera). rise and fall of Soviet hockey in the inserted into a projector and viola, 1980s. sight and sound! Regardless of how you define documentaries, they demand Trash Dance, our DocFest Finale on If you are a first timer or back for focused attention and subsequent Sunday afternoon rounds out the a fourth visit, we are delighted to discussion if they are to have any festival with a “A Must-See, joyful, be presenting another weekend impact on our lives. The power of exuberant tale.” of outstanding, compelling viewing these factual, dramatic documentaries. The word stories communally only reinforces Thanks go out to all the volunteers Documentary was coined in 1926, the impact; in fact they document in their bright green shirts; the host by John Grierson, a Scottish circumstances and stories well venues, sponsors, presenters and to filmmaker who said, “...they are a worth talking about. you for your ongoing support. creative treatment of actuality.” The program you are holding in your Let’s keep DocFest Green: The American film critic Pare hand best describes and explains please use travel mugs and water Lorentz defines a documentary the exciting line up of docs and canisters, recycle and pick up litter. film as “a factual film which is events to be presented over the Fill out a survey, or tap out an email dramatic.” Others further state that weekend; all you need to know to to help our organizing committee a documentary stands out from the enjoy the festival. know what might work better for #5 other types of nonfiction films for in 2016. providing an opinion, and a specific But, I want to comment on our message, along with the facts it three feature films. First, The Gary Magwood, Chair presents. Opening Gala film,Keep On Keepin’ Belleville Downtown DocFest On, presented by Pretsell Davies Organizing Committee Lawyers. One reviewer said, “If you 2015 Downtown DocFest 1 The Corporation of the City of Belleville Office of the Mayor As Mayor of the City of Belleville, it brings me great pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the City of Belleville and to welcome you to the annual Belleville Downtown DocFest. This popular downtown festival continues to be a large success in our community. DocFest has engaged our community and beyond by bringing awareness to global and local issues through the art of film. I want to thank the DocFest organizing committee and all of the volunteers who make this event possible each year. Without you, this successful event would not be possible. I hope you all enjoy the film festival. Kind Regards, Taso A. Christopher Mayor Message from DocFest’s Artistic Director Programming for Belleville Downtown DocFest since its you to see the work of our talented local filmmakers and inception and unveiling has brought untold pleasure our workshop series provides them with development as well as moments of indescribable angst. There opportunities. are just too many wonderful and deserving films and we can only show 50 or so. Our vision to bring ‘three The most gratifying aspect has been the response from days of outstanding documentary films celebrating you, the audience. You found us and expressed so life and human dignity around the world and right much appreciation for what we are doing. We bring here at home’ has not wavered. Our themes of social an exciting event to Downtown Belleville. We have justice, the