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Espresso Bar Italian Deli 250.381.8482 3667B Shelbourne Street ~ www.ladolcevitadeli.com TABLE OF CONTENTS tickets & membership info festival personnel February 4–13, 2005 (Staff , Board of Directors, Jurors) windows around town 808 View Street messages of welcome Victoria, BC, Canada & sponsors v8w 1k2 feature fi lms [email protected] Screening Venues Gala CAC 1 Community Arts Council Gallery check the website Canadian 6G-1001 Douglas (Sussex Building) for changes & updates World Perspective Capitol 6 2 Famous Players Capitol 6 www.vifvf.com 805 Yates Next Wave Cinecenta 3 Cinecenta Midnight Madness Student Union Building, UVic Documentary Hermann’s 4 Hermann’s Jazz Club 753 View other Venues shorts Odeon 5 Odeon Cineplex Th eatre special events 780 Yates Laurel Point Inn 9 680 Montreal One 6 One Lounge Reef Restaurant 10 533 Yates Tribute to Bill Plympton 1318 Broad Solstice Café 11 529 Pandora Sips ‘n Cinema Star 7 Star Cinema Temple 12 525 Fort 9842 3rd St (Sidney) Godzilla vs Tatu Upstairs Cabaret 13 15 Bastion Square VCC 8 Victoria Conference Centre Film Classics 720 Douglas the fi fty fi fty 14 2516 Douglas Triple Shot Talks Open Space Gallery 15 510 Fort Sight Pacifi c a program of NFB shorts InVision & FilmCAN student work Open Cinema Paintings from Film art exhibition 90 Interactive Futures Film Forum guest bios index by fi lm title fi lm schedule & parties at a glance Sharing stories, celebrating unique voices Des histoires à partager, une diversité à célébrer Telefilm Canada is proud to be a partner to the 2005 Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival. Téléfilm Canada, fier partenaire du Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival 2005 3 Films Advance tickets are available $2 festival membership beginning Th ursday, January 20 at: (required for entrance to fi lms) Bolen Books $8 feature-length fi lm 1644 Hillside, Victoria $38 set of 5 feature-length fi lms 11am–7pm daily (fi lms selected at time of purchase) the festival offi ce $75 set of 10 feature-length fi lms 808 View, Victoria (fi lms selected at time of purchase) 10am–5pm, Mon–Sat $7 program of shorts by telephone () - or () - Special Events 10am–5pm, Mon–Sat $25 Opening Gala Reception Cash, Visa and MasterCard are accepted for advanced tickets. Only cash is accepted at the door. $15 End of Festival Bash $20 Sips ‘n Cinema Advance tickets cannot be bought the day of the show. Same day tickets will be on sale at the door $6 Godzilla vs Tatu 30 minutes before the show (subject to availability). free Triple Shot Talks Please note that advance tickets sell out quickly. $8 Sight Pacifi c Ticket prices include GST, (883954026rt0001). TICKETS a program of NFB shorts Sales are fi nal, no refunds. $8 InVision screening $8 Open Cinema Membership Info free Paintings from Film Membership has its privileges. Do you know that art exhibition all the movies you normally see at the theatre have been classifi ed? You know – rated PG or R or G. Th ey have been passed by the BC Film Film Forum Classifi cation board and deemed appropriate for public viewing. In British Columbia, the only way $15 individual panel to view unclassifi ed fi lms is to be a member of $75 2 day pass to all panels the society showing the fi lms and over the age of 18 – that’s the law. Th e Victoria Independent Film $107 master class & Video Festival screens unclassifi ed fi lms. Th at’s free martini talk why you have to have a membership and that membership costs $2. And once you’re a member of the Festival Society you can get in to see any of Interactive Futures the fi lms at the 2005 Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival. Th is year we’re making the ‘burden’ of $5 individual panel, becoming a member just a little bit more pleasant. presentation or keynote $20 2 day pass to all panels, When you sign up for your 2005 membership you presentations and keynote are entered into a draw for a trip to Seattle that includes passage on the Victoria Clipper and a night $10 Char Davies presentation at the beautiful Hotel Andra in trendy Belltown. #/-0,)-%.4!29!0093SERVEDDAILYFROM 0- ,)6%-53)# &RIAND3AT 0- 3UN 4HURS 0- 4/,, &2%% 4%, -ONTREAL3TREET 6ICTORIA "RITISH#OLUMBIA66: WWWLAURELPOINTCOM %MAILRESERVATIONS LAURELPOINTCOM 5 Jurors Shirley Goldberg Goldberg is a free-lance writer, fi lm critic and fi lm programmer. She is retired from teaching English and Film Studies at Malaspina University-College and is a regular fi lm columnist for Humanist in Canada magazine. Staff John Hamann Hamann was a founding writer for the movie- Festival Director Kathy Kay business website boxoffi ceprophets.com. Recently, the website has been featured on CNBC, in Operations Coordinator Rob Pingle USA Today and at the CNN/Money website. Programmer Donovan Aikman Michael Hoppe Volunteer Coordinator Kimberley Tooby Hoppe is a fi lm programmer for Cinecenta in the Event Coordinator Mary Jane Foster Student Union Building at the University of Victoria. Michael managed the now defunct Oak Bay Cinema Advertising Sales Rosalinde Compton in the 1980s during which time he was one of the FESTIVAL Communications Nora Arajs founders of the Victoria International Film Festival. Graphic Design Emrys D Miller David Lemieux Web & Distribution Steve Webb Since 1999, Lemieux has been the audiovisual archivist for the San Francisco rock group the PERSONNEL Program Notes David Lemieux Grateful Dead, where he produces archival CD and Kathy Kay DVD releases from the band’s extensive archives. Donovan Aikman Prior to moving to Northern California, Lemieux Jurors completed his BFA in Film Studies from Concordia University in Montreal in 1997. He curated the Board of Directors Philip Borsos Tribute at the VIFVF in 1999. Brian MacDonald President David Simmonds MacDonald makes short personal videos about Vice President Wendy Floyd love and lonliness with his digital camcorder, his Secretary Jo-Ann Richards old computer and any volunteers available. Works from his two compilations, Sex & Sadness (2001) Treasurer Alan Penty and Memories of Earth (2003), have been screened Directors at Large David Polny at fi lm festivals across North America, Europe, and Sheena Macdonald Asia and Sex & Sadness (Part 1) will be broadcast this Niels Petersen season on ZeD on CBC. He studied English, Film Pat Ferns and Th eatre at the University of Western Ontario, Joanne Fraser where he made his fi rst student video, 11 years ago. Gail Noonan A childhood spent in rural Nova Scotia prompted Noonan’s decision to live the next phase of her life in as diff erent an environment as possible. After an intense two year course in Vancouver, she fi nished her fi rst fi lm, Play ball! and has been making animation on Mayne Island ever since. She won VIFVF’s 2004 Best Animation Award for her latest animation More Sensitive. 7 Vote in-store for your favourite window and enter to win a vip pass. Th e winners will be announced at the Opening Gala, February 4. Downtown businesses have jumped on board to support the Festival and highlight many of our fabulous fi lms. With lots of ingenuity WINDOWS and creativity, our designers have created windows that will pique your interest in the feature fi lms, shorts and documentaries. Check out all the windows, cast your vote and support the businesses willing to help AROUND the Festival in such an exciting way. Confi rmed window display participants include: TOWN Breeze • CBC radio • Central Library • Goldy Music • Island Collateral • Island Video • James Bay Coff ee and Books • Kay’s Korners Experienced Goods • Legend Comics • Levis • Lucky Bar • Metropolis DVD • Th e Papery • Th e Patch • Pic a Flic • Planet Ocean • Reckless Bike Store • Retrowear • Still Life • Vortex • Wine Barrel • Woodpecker • UVic bookstore • WIN (Pandora) • WIN (Cook) • 711 Douglas & Pandora • 920 Douglas • 1316 Douglas 9 After a year of scouring the corners of the world for fabulous, delightful and sometimes challenging fi lms we are about to launch the ever growing Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival for an eleventh event. WELCOME Having sorted through 1057 entries the Festival will present its best program to date with even more feature fi lms for your enjoyment. We’ve found fi lms from a broader range of countries including Two Great Sheep from China, a must see fi lm; and Millions, a production from the UK showing the gentler side of Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). & SPONSORS And never forgetting the homeland, Canada is on display for several terrifi c off erings from old veterans and new emerging faces. A huge and sincere thank you to our sponsors, the board of directors, staff and hundreds of tireless volunteers – please know that it cannot happen without you. We have some very special people and businesses to thank this year. For their kindness and generosity I’d like to acknowledge: Sheena Macdonald & Phil Schmitt, Polar Securities, Robbins Parking, Victoria Taxi, CompuSmart and Mount Doug Spring . Enjoy the Festival! see different… feel different Kathy Kay Festival Director GOLD SILVER BRONZE 11 MEDIA GOVERNMENT SPONSORS PATRON BENEFACTOR FRIEND HOSPITALITY VENUE 13 WELCOME 15 Th e Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival is a celebration of distinctive and competitive Canadian voices, which deepen an understanding of Canada and its rich cultural diversity.
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