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THE WORLD’S LARGEST ALL-CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 2- 5, 2017 presented by kingcanfilmfest.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SCHEDULE AND VENUES 2 17 SPONSORS 4 FESTIVAL GREETINGS 7 ATTENDING KCFF AND TICKETS 8 FEATURE FILMS 10 SHORT FILM PROGRAMS 26 SPECIAL EVENTS 29 RECEPTIONS 30 KCFF FILM LAB 31 SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 2

7:00 pm BEN CAPLAN / Mansion 7:00 pm THE RIVER OF MY DREAMS / Isabel 9:00 pm OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION / Delta 9:00 pm MOTHER MOTHER / Ale House

FRIDAY, MARCH 3

10:15 am WE CAN’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE / Theological Hall 2:00 pm THE STAIRS / Baby Grand 2:15 pm NELLY / Screening Room 2:30 pm BREAKING IN: STARTING A CAREER IN FILM AND MEDIA / Isabel 6:15 pm THE LOCKPICKER / Baby Grand 6:20 pm WINDOW HORSES / Screening Room 6:25 pm JERUSALEM, WE ARE HERE / Isabel 6:30 pm BITTER HARVEST / Theological Hall 9:00 pm LOCAL SHORTS: EPICS A / Isabel 9:05 pm JEAN OF THE JONESES / Baby Grand 9:10 pm THE INTESTINE / Screening Room 9:15 pm LIVE IN KINGSTON / Theological Hall 9:15 pm CANADIAN SHORTS / Screening Room 11:00 pm FORTY SEVEN TEETH / Toucan

VENUES Baby Grand (Grand Theatre) 218 Princess Street BLU Martini 178 Ontario Street Davies Lounge (Grand Theatre) 218 Princess Street Delta Hotels by Marriott Kingston Waterfront 1 Johnson Street Tango Nuevo 331 King Street East Theological Hall (Queen’s Campus) Behind Grant Hall, 43 University Avenue by car, enter at corner of University and Division The Ale House 393 Princess Street The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts 390 King Street West The Mansion 506 Princess Street The Screening Room 120 Princess Street The Toucan 76 Princess Street

Need directions? Our mobile-friendly website has maps to all of our venues and helpful travel hints whether you’re traveling by foot or car.

2 B Special Events B Reception B Workshop SATURDAY, MARCH 4

10:00 am NELLY / Screening Room 10:05 am WEIRDOS / Theological Hall 10:10 am JEAN OF THE JONESES / Baby Grand 1:00 pm KIDS’ ANIMATION WORKSHOP / Davies Lounge 1:00 pm STILL NIGHT, STILL LIGHT / Screening Room 1:00 pm YOUTH SHORTS / Theological Hall 1:05 pm THE STAIRS / Baby Grand 1:15 pm MIX AND MINGLE RECEPTION / Tango 3:55 pm SEARCHERS / Theological Hall 4:00 pm WINDOW HORSES / Screening Room 4:05 pm SIR JOHN A AND THE CURSE… / Baby Grand 5:00 pm MAKE A PITCH / Mansion 6:45 pm CELTIC SOUL / Theological Hall 6:50 pm ONTARIO SHORTS / Baby Grand 6:55 pm OPERATION AVALANCHE/ Screening Room 7:00 pm CATHY JONES / Blu Martini 9:15 pm NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW + DAMIAN ABRAHAM / Baby Grand 9:20 pm BOUNDARIES / Screening Room 9:25 pm BONEYARD / Theological Hall 11:00 pm P.S. I LOVE YOU / Toucan

SUNDAY, MARCH 5

10:00 am OLD STONE / Screening Room 10:05 am BITTER HARVEST / Theological Hall 10:15 am C IS FOR CANADA / Baby Grand 12:45 pm PRANK / Baby Grand 1:00 pm ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE / Screening Room 1:15 pm LIVE IN KINGSTON / Theological Hall 3:30 pm THOSE WHO MAKE REVOLUTION HALFWAY… / Baby Grand 4:00 pm WEREWOLF / Screening Room 4:15 pm THE SECRET PATH / Theological Hal 6:30 pm LOCAL SHORTS: EPICS B / Theological Halll 7:00 pm ANGRY INUK / Baby Grand / Free screening! 8:30 pm CLOSING NIGHT AWARDS / Delta

3 PRESENTING SPONSORS

PRIMETIME AND PROGRAM SPONSORS

GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDATION PARTNERS

FEATURE FILM SPONSORS

4 SPONSORS FILM SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS

FESTIVAL FRIENDS

HOSPITALITY FRIENDS

THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS Bergeron Estate Winery, Campus One Stop, CJAI Amherst Radio, Creative Display, David’s Tea, Davies Charitable Foundation, Eat Lover, Engage for Change, Feed the Bear Design, Film Circuit, Fusix, Iron Duke on Wellington, Kingston Brewing Company, Kingston WritersFest, LD Comm, Morrison’s Restaurant, National Film Board, Original Bubba’s, Pan Chancho, Pasta Genova, Pattison, Pita Pit, Pop Montreal, Queen’s Film and Media, Queen’s Film Production Club, Selena Martin Catering, Secret Garden Inn, Smoke’s Poutinerie, Staples, Tara Natural Foods, The Queen’s Inn, The Works Gourmet Burgers, 5 Tommy’s, Upper Canada Commercial Insurance Group, VIA Rail, YGK Studios

FESTIVAL GREETINGS

MARC GARNISS, Festival Director Weirdos, Searchers, Window Horses, and Prank(sters). The Fest has an interesting assortment up its sleeve for Canada’s sesquicentennial. You’ll hear stories told by Oscar-winners and first-timers, from east to west, north to south, bursting beyond our borders all the way to the moon and back! But do not fear: KCFF is a place where you can make yourself at home. This is an all-access festival where you can approach filmmakers, ask questions, challenge the programmers, and make friends with the person sitting next to you. With films, workshops, guest talks, receptions, music, and miscellaneous festival action crammed into four short days, we encourage you to see lots, sleep little, and have a great KCFF.

MEGAN SIRETT, Development Manager Welcome to KCFF’17! Kingstonians are great hosts (even if I do say so myself) and I am so happy that you’re here to welcome filmmakers and festival guests to our city. It’s through the stories they tell that we build our capacity for compassion, empathy and tolerance and continue to talk about what matters, whether it’s in a Q+A, at a party, or just chatting in line. Thank you for your continued support that allows us to bring the festival to life each year. I hope you have a weekend full of discovery and delight!

JASON ANDERSON, Director of Programming Every year, the programming team at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival spends countless hours in dark places seeing amazing new work by filmmakers who hail from coast to coast. If there’s one thing that becomes clearer to us – which is really saying something given the toll of all that binge-watching on our eyesight – it’s Canadian cinema’s breadth, depth and diversity of talent. Once again, we’re thrilled to present the best of what we’ve found in an exciting program that ranges from masterful features and docs by celebrated directors, to exciting first films by new discoveries, to soon-to-be crowd favourites by intrepid filmmakers telling stories that emerge from Kingston’s own streets (and sometimes its pubs, too). We hope you’ll have as much fun discovering them as we did.

ALISON MIGNEAULT, Board of Directors On behalf of the board of directors, welcome to the 17th annual Kingston Canadian Film Festival. From a few screenings one winter weekend in 2001 to the current-day robust program of features, shorts, workshops, receptions, music and more, KCFF shines a spotlight on our national cinema and its long-lived success is a testament to the need. While the board is tasked with overseeing the festival, what you will experience has very little to do with us. That glory goes to Marc, Megan, Jason and a large cast of dedicated staff and volunteers. They make this thing happen and we are grateful.

7 PASSES, TICKETS AND RUSH LINE We’ve expanded pass and ticketing options this year. With film passes, advance tickets and the last-minute rush line, you can design your festival experience to suit your movie-going style.

HOW IT WORKS FILM PASSES The festival does work a bit differently than a With a pass, you do not select any films normal movie theatre. At each screening venue or pick up tickets to the screenings in we have two lines: one for patrons with passes advance. You simply show up at the and tickets purchased in advance (PASS-HOLDER venue and head to the PASS-HOLDER LINE) and the other for patrons who still need LINE and your pass acts as proof of to buy tickets (RUSH LINE). purchase to get into the screening. We will start to admit the PASS-HOLDER LINE For movies, we reserve over 70% of line into the venues starting 30-40 minutes the seats from each venue for our before each screening right up until showtime. pass-holders, who are admitted into We will open the venue up to the RUSH LINE the theatre 30-40 minutes before approximately 20 minutes before the screening showtime until our pass-holder until we reach the capacity, cut the lights, and allotment is reached. Pass-holders cue the Canadian movie. If you have questions nearly always attain entry, especially or need help determining where you need to when arriving on time. We can’t admit be in the line-up, please ask a volunteer or a additional patrons, including pass- venue manager! holders, if we reach capacity (those are the rules and we want to stay friends with the fire marshall). Passes are available in limited quantities and normally sell out one week prior to the festival start date. When passes are gone, you can still purchase single tickets or enter via the RUSH LINE.

ATTENDING KCFF

8 PASS PICKUP RUSH LINE TICKETS If you ordered your pass online, you will need CASH ONLY to pick it up before you attend a screening. $12 regular; $8 student with valid ID You can pick up your pass at the KCFF Info Booth in the Grand Theatre Whig Walkway, If you’ve missed the pass and single daily from 12–6 pm, starting February 27. advance ticket sales, you can still attend the festival! After the pass- holder allotments have been filled, ADVANCE FILM TICKETS we will sell off the remaining tickets AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY as rush tickets starting 20 minutes before the start of each film. Normally, For the first time ever we are selling single tickets all patrons in the RUSH LINE attain to all of the movies in advance of the festival. entry into the theatre and this year These tickets offer guaranteed admission — we’ve added larger venues and even perfect for the films you absolutely need to see! more screenings into the festival mix! Advance tickets must be purchased online in We do recommend purchasing a ticket advance of the show through in advance if you can, or arriving early kingcanfilmfest.com. When you arrive at the to claim your spot in the RUSH LINE. venue, simply head over to the PASS-HOLDER LINE and get ready to enjoy the movie! We do recommend that you arrive in good time to grab some snacks and a great spot in the theatre. Single advance tickets are available in limited quantities (normally 30% of each venue’s capacity). They will stay on sale until their allotment is reached or 24 hours prior to showtime, whichever comes first. If advance tickets for a film are no longer available, you can still attain entry through the RUSH LINE or by purchasing a pass. kingcanfilmfest.com has a ton of information about attending the festival including a glossary of festival terms, a helpful hints section, information about accommodations, parking options, and suggestions for where to dine. Of course, we’re happy to help in person too! You can visit the KCFF Info Booth at the Grand Theatre (daily from 12–6 pm) or chat with a volunteer or staff member on site. After all, we’ve worked all year to make this the best festival yet and it’s our pleasure to help you make the most of your KCFF experience!

9 ALL GOVERNMENTS ANGRY INUK LIE: TRUTH, DECEPTION Sunday, March 5 AND THE SPIRIT OF I.F. STONE 7:00 pm Baby Grand Sunday, March 5 1:00 pm FREE CLOSING Screening Room NIGHT SCREENING! As a statement about the value of independent Protests against seal hunting in Canada may journalism in the defence of democracy, this reliably inspire stirrings of self-righteous fervour bracing and insightful documentary couldn’t be among people of the south but they don’t timelier. After all, we’re witnessing the arrival of a know the whole story. That much is clear in ANGRY new world (dis)order whose direction will be INUK, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s compelling determined by leaders who will do all they can to documentary about the destructive impact of maintain their grip on power and enrich their European seal-skin bans on the economies in the friends no matter what promises they’ve made to far north, and about the unconventional ways that voters. Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald and Inuit activists are fighting to change opinions and Michael Moore are three of the journalists featured perceptions. An audience favourite at the Hot Docs here who continue the work of I.F. Stone, the writer festival and the only non-fiction entry in the who set a standard for today’s proud muckrakers latest edition of the TIFF Canada’s Top Ten, ANGRY and truth-seekers. Stone’s impact is just as clear on INUK is a surprising, powerful and often inspiring ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE’s director Fred Peabody exploration of the complex questions that face and its producer, Peter Raymont, the veteran many of Canada’s indigenous communities. KCFF is documentarian, filmmaker and Queen’s alumnus very pleased to present it as our closing night film. whose past works at the festival include GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD (KCFF’10) DIRECTOR: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: OMAR KHADR, last FEATURING: Aaju Peter year’s People’s Choice Award winner. LANGUAGE: Inuktitut with English subtitles DIRECTOR: Fred Peabody RUNTIME: 82 minutes FEATURING: Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, RATING: PG Michael Moore, Jeremy Scahill LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 91 minutes RATING: PG

10 FILMS

BITTER HARVEST BONEYARD Friday, March 3 Sunday, March 5 Saturday, March 4 6:30 pm 10:05 am 9:25 pm Theological Hall Theological Hall Theological Hall In the early 1930s in Ukraine, millions perished in a HOMEGROWN TALENT! famine that many historians believe was engineered by Stalin to crush the people’s spirit and bring the From the twisted minds of the Kingston team behind THE STRONGHOLD a.k.a. AFTER THE FALL country entirely under Soviet domination. Known (KCFF’15) comes another kickass, grindhouse- as the Holomodor, this tragedy is the backdrop for ready thrill ride. This time directors Brent Nurse and a stirring story of love, suffering and defiance Steven Spencer put their spin on the siege-movie starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks as two genre and spooky tales of country houses with young people whose fates become part of the menacing secrets. BONEYARD provides a fine wider struggle. Canadian actor Barry Pepper example of the latter location with the secluded and the great Terence Stamp are also part of place where Jane Morrison (Helen von Bretzke) has the illustrious cast. Handsomely mounted and taken refuge in the hopes of avoiding the scandals that plague her politician husband. Instead, she consistently compelling, the production was clearly finds herself contending with dark forces that have a labour of love for a Ukrainian-Canadian team that something to do with the mysterious grave nearby. includes veteran director George Mendeluk and It’s bad news for Jane but good news for BONEYARD’s Kingston native Richard Bachynsky Hoover, whose viewers that Nurse and Spencer will be doing all screenplay presents a neglected chapter of history they can to creep you out. in very powerful terms.

DIRECTOR: George Mendeluk DIRECTORS: Brent Nurse and Steven Spencer FEATURING: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Terence Stamp FEATURING: Helen von Bretzke, Jason Bowen LANGUAGE: English LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 90 minutes RUNTIME: 103 minutes RATING: Not Rated RATING: R

11 BOUNDARIES (PAYS) Saturday, March 4 9:20 pm Screening Room In her droll second feature, Montreal filmmaker Chloé Robichaud takes a delightfully original CELTIC SOUL approach to political and cultural questions that typically get a much more staid treatment. In the Saturday, March 4 film’s slightly alternate version of reality, Canada has 6:45 pm a very close neighbour named Besco, a tiny island Theological Hall nation with 170,000 inhabitants and a dim future Jay Baruchel sure loves his footie. Actually, it’s fairer unless it can strike a better deal for itself and its to say that he loves Celtic, the legendary Glasgow resources. That’s the hope at a round of meetings soccer team at the heart of the quest depicted in attended by various visiting Canadian politicians, this delightfully sports-mad road-trip documentary. business interests and local representatives. REVENGE Director Michael McNamara accompanied the and CAPTAIN AMERICA star Emily VanCamp plays star of such past festival favourites as THE TROTSKY the American mediator who tries to keep the parties on the same page despite their wide range (KCFF’10) – he also wrote and directed the of professional challenges and personal distractions. forthcoming sports comedy GOON: LAST OF THE The great Rémy Girard and Macha Grenon (FAMILIA, ENFORCERS – as Baruchel traveled through Ireland KCFF’06) are also part of the terrific ensemble cast and Scotland to celebrate all things soccer with the for Robichaud’s politically astute comedy of manners. help of another pal, Irish sports broadcaster Eoin O’Callaghan. Along the way, the actor also gets a Chloé Robichaud adopte une approche originale sur chance to explore his own Celtic family roots and des questions politiques et culturelles qui typiquement consider the many ways we connect to people reçoivent un traitement plus ordinaire. Dans la version whether they’re in the past or the present. That he cinématographique divergeant de la réalité, le Canada gets onto the pitch with a few of his footie heroes a un voisin frontalier nommé Besco, un petit état is surely just the icing on the cake. insulaire comptant 170,000 habitants dont l’avenir est incertain si un meilleur traité pour sa nation et ses DIRECTOR: Michael McNamara ressources n’est pas signé. C’est le souhait de politiciens, d’hommes d’affaires et de représentants locaux FEATURING: Jay Baruchel, Eoin O’Callaghan canadiens qui se rencontrent lors de rendez-vous LANGUAGE: English officiels. Emily VanCamp, Rémy Girard, et Macha Grenon RUNTIME: 86 minutes sont les acteurs de cette judicieuse comédie politique. RATING: 14A DIRECTOR: Chloé Robichaud FEATURING: Macha Grenon, Emily VanCamp, Nathalie Doummar, Rémy Girard LANGUAGE: French with English subtitles RUNTIME: 100 minutes RATING: PG

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JEAN OF JERUSALEM, THE JONESES WE ARE HERE Friday, March 3 Saturday, March 4 Friday, March 3 9:05 pm 10:10 am 6:25 pm Baby Grand Baby Grand The Isabel If you can imagine what a Woody Allen comedy HOMEGROWN TALENT! would be like if the usual neurotic New Yorkers were replaced by a family of Jamaican-American An Israeli-Canadian professor in the Queen’s Film women in the Bronx, then you’re halfway to and Media department, Dorit Naaman was staying understanding the appeal of this marvelous debut in an apartment in an old Palestinian home in the feature by Toronto’s Stella Meghie. Taylour Paige south-central Jersualem neighbourhood of Katamon stars as the title character, a once-promising in 2008 when she realized she didn’t know novelist who gets a welcome distraction from her anything about the history of the house she was personal and professional woes when her long- renting. Along with the subsequent discovery of a estranged grandfather drops dead outside the decades-old hand-drawn map, this revelation led house of the Jones family matriarch. That prompts to the creation of JERUSALEM, WE ARE HERE, an Jean to start looking into murky corners of the extraordinary interactive documentary that integrates family history, much to the chagrin of her mother a virtual walking tour of Katamon with short films and aunts. Jean’s feelings for boyfriends both old in which many of the neighbourhood’s former and (potentially) new create further challenges in Palestinian residents recount their experiences of a movie that’s consistently funny and fresh. this place. While shedding a light on the past by giving a voice to the families who were expelled, DIRECTOR: Stella Meghie Naaman also finds an innovative way to pose vital FEATURING: François Arnaut, Shailyn Pierre- questions about the present and the future. Dixon, Gloria Reuben, Sherri Shepherd DIRECTOR: Dorit Naaman LANGUAGE: English FEATURING: Dorit Naaman, Mona Hajjar Halaby, RUNTIME: 82 Minutes Anwar Ben Badis RATING: PG LANGUAGE: English, Arabic with English subtitles RUNTIME: 90 minutes RATING: Not Rated

1313 NELLY Friday, March 3 Saturday, March 4 2:15 pm 10:00 am Screening Room Screening Room Anne Émond established herself as one of Canadian cinema’s boldest new talents with her first features: the sexually charged NUIT #1 (KCFF’12) and the LIVE IN KINGSTON heartbreaking LES ÊTRES CHERS (KCFF’16). In her Friday, March 3 Sunday, March 5 most daring film to date, Émond mixes fact and 9:15 pm 1:15 pm fiction to convey the very complex life of Nelly Theological Hall Theological Hall Arcan, the Quebecois writer who took similar liberties HOMEGROWN TALENT! with the truth in a series of literary sensations based on her experiences as a sex worker. Though Local director Jay Middaugh made two films in one challenging and upsetting at times, NELLY has with LIVE IN KINGSTON. The first is a snappy rom- tremendous force thanks to the stunning performance com starring Anna Sudac as Emily, a perpetual grad by Mylène Mackay, who stars not as one version of student who’s looking for love and enough credits Nelly but all of the different incarnations and personas to finally graduate. The second is an exciting that will be just as beguiling to viewers as they showcase for some of the hottest talent in the city’s clearly are to Émond. bustling music scene including P.S. I Love You, Sarah Harmer, B.Rich, and many others, playing Anne Émond s’est fait reconnaitre comme l’un des plus audacieux jeunes talents du cinéma canadien avec various venues across Kingston, including bars, NUIT #1 (KCFF’12) et LES ÊTRES CHERS (KCFF’16). Dans son churches, and rooftops! Middaugh has interwoven film le plus éclatant à ce jour, Émond mélange faits et both parts of his chocolate-and-peanut-butter fiction pour décrire la vie complexe de Nelly Arcan, combination to make a uniquely energetic big- l’écrivaine québécoise ayant pris des libertés similaires screen crowdpleaser that’s also a testament to the quant à l’exactitude historique d’une série de phénomènes breadth and depth of talent here in Kingston. littéraires basés sur ses expériences comme travailleuse Check out our late-night concerts at The Toucan on sexuelle. Malgré des défis occasionnels, Nelly a une force March 3 and 4 to see some of the bands, cast and incroyable. Mylène Mackay interprète prodigieusement crew… live in Kingston! presque tous les différents personnages et incarnations de Nelly, les rendant autant séduisant pour l’auditoire DIRECTOR: Jay Middaugh que pour Émond. FEATURING: Anna Sudac, Tracey Guptill, DIRECTOR: Anne Émond Jesse Macmillan, James Gagné FEATURING: Mylène Mackay, LANGUAGE: English Emmanuel Schwartz, Marie-Claude Guérin RUNTIME: 90 minutes LANGUAGE: French with English subtitles RATING: Not Rated RUNTIME: 101 minutes RATING: 18A

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NIRVANNA THE OLD STONE BAND THE SHOW Sunday, March 5 10:00 am Saturday, March 4 Screening Room 9:15 pm Baby Grand The winner of the Best Canadian First Feature prize at TIFF and a deserving entry in their Canada’s Top Before he broke through to wider audiences with Ten, this gritty thriller signals the arrival of a major THE DIRTIES (KCFF’14) and this year’s OPERATION new artist in Johnny Ma, the film’s Shanghai-born AVALANCHE, Toronto filmmaker Matt Johnson and and Toronto-raised director. Ma returned to China his co-conspirator Jay McCarrol earned a devoted to shoot his own screenplay about a taxi driver following for their fearless web series about a who finds himself on the hook for the hospital bills hopelessly deluded rock duo’s quest for fame and for a man he injured in an accident. As his own riches. VICELAND liked it so much that they enlisted family faces ruin, Lao Shi (Chen Gang) grows more the team to revamp it as a new TV series. KCFF is desperate and events become more unpredictable. stoked (surely, that’s the right word) to present Similarly surprising is the film’s own shift from stark three fresh episodes of a show that’s the coolest social realism to a moodier, more stylized approach thing to happen in Canadian television since Casey more familiar from ‘40s film noir. But despite OLD met Rusty. STONE’s many dark turns, Ma’s future as a filmmaker After the screening, Damian Abraham (VICE, MUCH) is most definitely bright. sits down with the NTBTS creative team and other DIRECTOR: Johnny Ma guests to chat about the show and a whack load of other topics during his live podcast recording, FEATURING: Chen Gang, Nai An, Turned Out A Punk. Wang Hongwei, Zhang Zebin, Luo Xue’er LANGUAGE: Mandarin with English subtitles DIRECTOR: Matt Johnson RUNTIME: 80 minutes FEATURING: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol RATING: 14A LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 75 minutes RATING: Not Rated

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PRANK Sunday, March 5 12:45 pm Baby Grand An ode to being young, dumb and eager to make OPERATION trouble, PRANK is an often hilarious and sometimes AVALANCHE uncomfortably familiar anti-coming-of-age story by one of Quebec’s most distinctive new talents. Saturday, March 4 Best known for his own award-winning shorts and 6:55 pm striking cinematography for filmmakers like Denis Screening Room Côté, François Biron makes a confident feature Conspiracy theorists have long had their own ideas debut with this story of an adolescent misfit who about the Apollo 13 mission and whether the falls in with a trio of teens with a penchant for pranks. moon landing really happened. But none of their As tensions between the new friends grow, the what-if scenarios and elaborate fantasies can stunts take a shift from the crude and puerile toward compare with the version of events that director the cruel and unhinged. Yet as absurd as his movie Matt Johnson concocts for his wildly funny and can sometimes be, Biron ensures that viewers get inventive sophomore effort OPERATION AVALANCHE. a clear view of this world from both the perspective With its mix of fact and fiction, this tale of camera- of his characters and the unfortunate people they wielding CIA agents with their own secret mission torment with their jokes. at NASA is every bit as audacious as Johnson’s PRANK, l’histoire souvent hilarante et parfois dérangeante widely acclaimed high-school mock-doc THE DIRTIES de l’anti passage à l’âge adulte, est une ode à la (KCFF’14) and NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW, jeunesse, l’innocence et l’envie de causer des ennuis, the hilariously caustic web series that has now réalisé par un des talents québécois du moment. spawned a VICELAND TV series that will also be Mieux connu pour ses courts métrages primés et sa presented in a special screening at this year’s KCFF. cinématographie incroyable qu’il a monté pour Denis DIRECTOR: Matt Johnson Côté, François Biron fait un début fracassant avec cette FEATURING: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams histoire d’un adolescent inadapté qui se retrouve en compagnie d’un trio d’adolescents avec un penchant LANGUAGE: English pour les mauvais coups. Tandis que la tension s’accentue RUNTIME: 94 minutes entre les nouveaux amis, les farces d’abord simple et RATING: 14A puérile, deviennent de plus en plus cruelle et sans limite. DIRECTOR: Vincent Biron FEATURING: Étienne Galloy, Alexandre Lavigne, Simon Pigeon, Constance Massicotte LANGUAGE: French with English subtitles RUNTIME: 75 minutes RATING: 14A

17 SEARCHERS SIR JOHN A. AND (MALIGLUTIT) THE CURSE OF THE Saturday, March 4 ANTI-QUENCHED 3:55 pm Baby Grand Saturday, March 4 4:05 pm A 1956 western that teamed John Wayne with Theological Hall director John Ford, The Searchers has long been revered as a Hollywood classic that revealed HOMEGROWN TALENT! the racial codes underlying representations of Expanding his hard-drinking crowd favourite from American frontier life. Now, one of Canada’s the KCFF’s Local Shorts program two years ago, greatest filmmakers has put his own distinctive Kingston director Adam Kirkey invites an array of stamp on Ford’s story of revenge by resituating the hilarious characters to hoist a few (okay, more than western within an Inuit context. Like his own a few) in his boisterous and freewheeling comedy much-admired ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER, about two brothers’ efforts to prevent their fellow the latest feature by Zacharias Kunuk combines a citizens from falling prey to a supernatural curse rich presentation of the traditions of the north with started by Sir John A. MacDonald. As the taps flow highly compelling storytelling. At the core of and mayhem ensues, Kingston audiences will be MALIGLUTIT is a drama about a man determined thrilled to see some very familiar stores and to exact payback on the villains who attacked his watering holes, terrific local talent, comedian family and stole his wife. It may not feature any Spencer Rice and such distinguished visitors as gunslingers in cowboy hats but it’s every bit as Trailer Park Boys’ John Dunsworth and FUBAR’s Paul potent as any two-fisted tale of the old west. Spence. Like so many comedies, SIR JOHN A. AND DIRECTORS: Zacharias Kunuk THE CURSE OF THE ANTI-QUENCHED is probably and Natar Ungalaaq best not viewed while sober but you could’ve guessed that already. FEATURING: Benjamin Kunuk, Karen Ivalu, Jonah Qunaq DIRECTOR: Adam Kirkey LANGUAGE: Inuktitut with English subtitles FEATURING: Timothy Bell, Matthew Bell, RUNTIME: 94 minutes Spencer “Spenny” Rice, John Dunsworth RATING: 14A LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 90 minutes RATING: Not Rated

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STILL NIGHT, STILL LIGHT (MES NUITS FERONT ÉCHO) Saturday, March 4 1:00 pm Screening Room THE INTESTINE Even in a year (and a KCFF!) with so many strong Friday, March 3 first features by young Canadian filmmakers, 9:10 pm this thoughtful and delicately rendered debut by Screening Room Montreal’s Sophie Goyette is a standout. One reason With its visual beauty and eerie allure, this debut why it’s so remarkable is the subdued sense of feature by Toronto’s Lev Lewis should whet the lyricism that informs each of the film’s three parts appetites of David Lynch fans as they await a return as Goyette gently shifts the focus of her story from to the town of Twin Peaks. Not that the American a young Canadian woman in Mexico, to the man master of the uncanny is the only point of reference who employs her as a piano teacher for his son and for this stylish and very mysterious story of an then to the man’s lovelorn elderly father. Though underemployed young woman whose desire for a the themes of memory, regret and escape connect more glamorous existence prompts her to slip into all of these different lives, Goyette prefers to let her a life that doesn’t belong to her. In the process, insights emerge in a manner that’s subtle, surprising Lewis’s film does its own shape-shifting from a and utterly organic. stark arthouse drama to an existential horror movie to a sly satire about quarter-life crises. Whatever Malgré une année riche en films réalisés par de jeunes THE INTESTINE is, it’s an indisputably original effort cinéastes canadiens, la montréalaise Sophie Goyette by Lewis, a composer turned filmmaker who’s part se démarque par un premier travail réfléchit et délicat. of the team behind the equally distinctive AMY La subtilité du lyrisme qui habite les trois parties du GEORGE (KCFF‘12) and THE OXBOW CURE (KCFF’14). film est une des raisons pour lesquelles son travail est exceptionnel. En effet, Goyette déplace l’attention de DIRECTOR: Lev Lewis l’histoire d’une jeune canadienne au Mexique à FEATURING: Melanie J. Scheiner, Claudia Dey, l’homme qui l’emploie comme professeure de piano Jennifer Hardy pour son fils puis au grand-père de ce dernier. Goyette connecte toutes ces vies grâce aux thèmes de la LANGUAGE: English mémoire, du regret et de l’évasion, permettant de RUNTIME: 71 minutes manière subtile et surprenante d’exprimer ses idées. RATING: Not Rated DIRECTOR: Sophie Goyette FEATURING: Éliane Préfontaine, Gerardo Trejoluna, Felipe Casanova LANGUAGE: French, English, Spanish, Mandarin with English subtitles RUNTIME: 98 minutes RATING: Not Rated 19 An outstanding year. A standout university.

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THE LOCKPICKER THE RIVER OF MY Friday, March 3 DREAMS: A PORTRAIT 6:15 pm OF GORDON PINSENT Baby Grand Thursday, March 2 Eager to avoid the clichés and stereotypes of so many screen stories about teenagers, Toronto artist 7:00 pm and filmmaker Randall Okita did more than just The Isabel cast real high schoolers for his debut feature – he OPENING NIGHT FILM! involved them as close collaborators. The result of Arguably Canada’s most beloved actor, Gordon his unique methodology is both unusually nuanced Pinsent gets the tribute he so richly deserves in this and as visually inventive as any of the shorts and warm and winning documentary. THE RIVER OF MY art projects in Okita’s prestigious CV. Newcomer DREAMS traces his trajectory from his Newfoundland Keigian Umi Tang plays a young thief who is deeply boyhood to his rise to prominence on Stratford’s troubled by a friend’s recent suicide and by the stage to his times in Hollywood and back in Canada, bullying of another student. Though much of his where films like THE ROWDYMAN and his TV mini- inner conflicts go unspoken, those hidden dramas series JOHN AND THE MISSUS fostered a sense of are revealed via a series of powerful sequences that confidence for English Canadian screen drama. His demonstrate Okita’s prodigious ability to startle performance in Sarah Polley’s AWAY FROM HER and mesmerize viewers while staying true to (KCFF’07) was a testament to his prowess and teenage perspectives and experiences. Produced charisma in his golden years, too. The documentary by Queen’s alumnus Jason Lapeyre! just as clearly demonstrates the skills of filmmaker DIRECTOR: Randall Okita Brigitte Berman, the Academy Award-winning Queen’s University alumna whose previous works FEATURING: Keigian Umi Tang, Storie Serres, David Woroner, Jordan Gray at the festival include HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL (KCFF’10). LANGUAGE: English DIRECTOR: Brigitte Berman RUNTIME: 105 minutes FEATURING: Gordon Pinsent, Norman Jewison, RATING: 14A Mary Walsh, Christopher Plummer LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 104 minutes RATING: PG

21 THE SECRET PATH THE STAIRS Sunday, March 5 Friday, March 3 Saturday, March 4 4:15 pm 2:00 pm 1:05 pm Theological Hall Baby Grand Baby Grand HOMEGROWN TALENT! One of the most moving Canadian documentaries in recent years, THE STAIRS introduces viewers In Kingston, The Tragically Hip frontman Gord to Marty, Greg and Roxanne, three people who Downie needs little introduction. After his brother have survived some very tough times on Toronto’s Mike introduced him to the story of Chanie Wenjack, meanest streets. Now, as their Regent Park a 12-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia neighbourhood undergoes a massive revitalization, Jeffrey Indian Residential School walking home to they face troubling changes of their own. By the family he was taken from over 400 miles away, capturing their accounts with such sensitivity, Gord was inspired to do what he does: write, director Hugh Gibson challenges prejudices and create, collaborate, and give a voice to an untold preconceptions about drug use, sex work and story. Developing from ten poems to an album, a homelessness. He was rewarded for his efforts graphic novel and now an animated film, THE when THE STAIRS won the Toronto Film Critics SECRET PATH acknowledges a dark and shameful Association’s award for Best Canadian Feature of part of Canada’s history, the long-suppressed, 2016. Showing some of the magnanimous spirit systematic mistreatment of Indigenous children that informs his film, Gibson decided to split the and families by the residential school system. The prize money with fellow nominees Kazik Radwanski film is one act of many that will hopefully start us and Matt Johnson, whose OPERATION AVALANCHE down the road toward reconciliation. The box office is also at this year’s KCFF. for this screening will be donated to The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, in support of their commitment DIRECTOR: Hugh Gibson to reconciliation and healing. FEATURING: Roxanne Smith, Greg Bell, DIRECTOR: Gord Downie Martin Thompson FEATURING: Gord Downie LANGUAGE: English LANGUAGE: English RUNTIME: 95 minutes RUNTIME: 45 minutes RATING: 14A RATING: Not Rated

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THOSE WHO MAKE REVOLUTION HALFWAY ONLY DIG THEIR OWN GRAVES (CEUX QUI FONT LES RÉVOLUTIONS À MOITIÉ N’ONT FAIT QUE SE CREUSER UN TOMBEAU) Sunday, March 5 3:30 pm Baby Grand No recent Canadian film can match the audacity of WE CAN’T MAKE this provocative portrait of new-school radicalism run amok. Directors Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie THE SAME were inspired by the student protests over tuition hikes that rocked Montreal in 2012, which had them MISTAKE TWICE wondering how far the protesters were really willing to go. The filmmakers integrated footage of real Friday, March 3 demonstrations into this otherwise speculative tale of 10:15 am four would-be revolutionaries who will resort to Theological Hall extreme measures if it means fundamental change for the society they abhor. Along with bracing depictions In 2007, the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada of their actions and sloganeering come stunning and the Assembly of First Nations filed a landmark displays of physicality, moments of sly humour and discrimination complaint against Indian Affairs and ardent homages to both Jean-Luc Godard and Northern Development Canada, arguing that child Norwegian death metal. The winner of the Best Canadian and family welfare services provided to First Nations Feature award at TIFF last September, it’s a film that seems uniquely attuned to these tumultuous times. children on reserves and in the Yukon were underfunded and inferior to services offered to Aucun film canadien récent ne pourrait rivaliser avec other Canadian children. WE CAN’T MAKE THE l’audace de ce portrait provoquant de la démocratisation SAME MISTAKE TWICE documents this epic court d’un nouveau radicalisme. Les manifestations des étudiants à propos de l’augmentation des frais de challenge, giving voice to the tenacious childcare scolarité à Montréal en 2012, ont inspiré les réalisateurs workers at its epicentre, especially Caring Society Mathieu Denis et Simon Lavoie, qui se sont demander executive director Dr. Cindy Blackstock, who was jusqu’à quel point ces jeunes étaient prêts à aller? Les spied on and harassed by the federal government cinéastes ont inclus des images de vraies manifestations for her part in this saga. Obomsawin takes us dans cette fiction montrant quatre prérévolutionnaires through all the stages of this long legal battle qui auront recours à des mesures extrême afin de changer cette société qu’ils détestent. Ce film, prix du meilleur long- without ever losing sight of the key issues: the métrage canadien au TIFF en septembre dernier, semble well-being of children and the sustainability of particulièrement adapté dans ces temps agités. indigenous culture.

DIRECTORS: Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie DIRECTOR: Alanis Obomsawin FEATURING: Gabrielle Tremblay, FEATURING: Cindy Blackstock Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, Laurent Belanger, LANGUAGE: English Charlotte Aubin RUNTIME: 163 minutes LANGUAGE: French with English subtitles RATING: 18A RUNTIME: 183 minutes RATING: 18A

23 WEIRDOS WEREWOLF Saturday, March 4 Sunday, March 5 10:05 am 4:00 pm Theological Hall Screening Room Kingston-born director Bruce McDonald once A first feature by a strong new filmmaker from the again heads out on the highway — and back into East Coast, WEREWOLF is an unvarnished yet often the 1970s — for another memorable journey in lyrical portrait of two young methadone addicts the latest feature by one of Canada’s most who face a formidable array of challenges in a accomplished filmmakers. An alternately wistful, bleak corner of Nova Scotia. When not raising a few witty and harder-edged coming-of-age story from bucks by mowing lawns or otherwise trying to the pen of esteemed actor and playwright Daniel improve their lot, the combative Blaise (Andrew McIvor, WEIRDOS stars Dylan Authors and Julia Gillis) and more sensitive Vanessa (Bhreagh Sarah Stone as Kit and Alice, two teenagers eager MacNeil) find refuge in each other, a situation that to escape their drab lives in small-town Cape may not necessarily be the best thing for either of Breton. Their (mis)adventures on the way to Halifax them. Working on a tiny budget with largely non- include an encounter with Kit’s estranged mother professional, first-time actors, writer-director Ashley – she’s played by Molly Parker, who previously McKenzie does her utmost to elicit viewers’ teamed with McIvor and McDonald on TRIGGER sympathy for some of our society’s most marginalized (KCFF’11). Their performances are beautifully served members. WEREWOLF’s honours include the award by McDonald’s sure-handed direction, Becky Parsons’ for best Canadian feature at Montreal’s Festival du gorgeous black-and-white cinematography and nouveau cinéma and a place in TIFF Canada’s Top the requisite soundtrack of ‘70s Can-rock classics. Ten – just as deserving is McKenzie’s own win for the Toronto Film Critics Association’s Stella Artois DIRECTOR: Bruce McDonald Jay Scott prize for emerging talent. FEATURING: Allan Hawco, Molly Parker, Julia Sarah Stone, Dylan Author, Cathy Jones DIRECTOR: Ashley McKenzie LANGUAGE: English FEATURING: Bhreagh MacNeil, Andrew Gillis RUNTIME: 75 minutes LANGUAGE: English RATING: PG RUNTIME: 80 minutes RATING: 14A

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WINDOW HORSES Friday, March 3 Saturday, March 4 6:20 pm 4:00 pm Screening Room Screening Room What with its warmth, humour and ingenuity, this Many of our films are accompanied long-anticipated effort by Vancouver’s Ann Marie by a post-show Q&A with directors, Fleming couldn’t be any more enchanting. Part of cast, crew, and/or special guests. This a terrific cast that also features Don McKellar is your opportunity to find out more (MONKEY WARFARE, KCFF’07) and Ellen Page (INTO THE FOREST, KCFF’16), Sandra Oh voices the part about the great minds that create our of Rosie Ming, a humble young poet who has the national cinema! adventure of a lifetime when she travels from Canada to attend a literary festival in Tehran. While Past guests include Deepa Mehta, experiencing the country’s traditions, she learns Ellen Page, Don McKellar, cast from the history of her father, an Iranian who left his Kids in the Hall, Letterkenny, and Canadian family to return to his homeland years lots of others. We continually before. The NFB’s first feature-length animated feature in nearly two decades, WINDOW HORSES confirm appearances right up is a touching, funny and ultimately profound until the start of the festival, so statement about art’s importance in our lives and keep checking our website for a the pain of exile. full listing of guests at KCFF this year. DIRECTOR: Ann Marie Fleming FEATURING: Sandra Oh, Ellen Page, Navid Negahban, Don McKeller LANGUAGE: English, Farsi, Mandarin with English subtitles RUNTIME: 75 minutes RATING: G

25 CANADIAN ONTARIO SHORTS Saturday, March 4 SHORTS 6:50 pm Friday, March 3 Baby Grand 9:15 pm Screening Room In honour of Canada’s sesquicentennial, KCFF presents the best shorts from this province. Celebrating our This short program culls the best Canadian short diverse voices and storytellers, ONTARIO packs a lot films made over the past year, with an eye toward of punch in just over 90 minutes. curating an exciting demonstration of the strongest filmmaking talent our country has to offer. Comedy, MARINER dir. Thyrone Tommy drama, documentary, horror. There’s something 3 WAY (NOT CALLING) dir. Molly McGlynn for everyone. THE DOORWAY dir. Michael Hayes GOD’S ACRE dir. Kelton Stepanowich ROAD TO WEBEQUIE dirs. Tess Girard LATE NIGHT DRAMA dir. Patrice Laliberté and Ryan Noth NONNA dir. Pascal Plante BIRD CARVER dir. Madeleine Cohen MARINER dir. Thyrone Tommy DETROIT BLOOD dir. Dusty Mancinelli ROAD TO WEBEQUIE dirs. Tess Girard CHÂTEAU LAURIER dir. James Stewart and Ryan Noth HOW TO STEAL A CANOE dir. Amanda Strong DETROIT BLOOD dir. Dusty Mancinelli CHÂTEAU LAURIER dir. James Stewart

YOUTH SHORTS Saturday, March 4 1:00 pm Theological Hall HOMEGROWN TALENT! The future of Canadian cinema is looking bright again this year! A collection of short films created by C IS FOR CANADA talented teens from the Kingston area that capture Sunday, March 5 the creativity, sincerity, ingenuity and humour of 10:15 am Generation Z. Just think: you could witness a Canadian Baby Grand film legend (or two) in the making! For youngsters and the young-at-heart, C IS FOR CANADA brings delightful, professionally-made family-friendly films to KCFF and the world-premiere of films created during our free kids’ animation workshops the previous day (if you have little folks that would like to participate, please visit our website to register). It’s the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning.

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LOCAL SHORTS HOMEGROWN TALENT! SHORTS We seem to say it every year: the number of local submissions has increased, once again. Obviously, huge thanks to the Queen’s Film and Media Department; however, more and more films are being submitted by filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds. This year you’ll have more opportunities than ever to see locally produced short films at KCFF! All films in this program are in the running for our Steam Whistle Homebrew Award for Best LOCAL SHORTS: EPICS PROGRAM A Local Short, with the winner to be crowned at our Awards Reception on closing night. Friday, March 3 9:00 pm The Isabel LOCAL SHORTS: MINUTES These local short films are screened back-to-back When time permits, we’ll screen a local short in a feature film slot; a great opportunity to pack before a feature film — it’s a two-for-one film in tons of local content in a 90-minute time-slot. festival bonus! Visit our website to see which With Kingston being Kingston, you never know feature films are preceded by one of the Local who you might recognize in attendance and on Shorts Minutes. Here are some some of the titles the big screen! you might see this year: TURTLENECK SOCIETY dir. Samantha Rousseau STORIES OF THE HIP dir. Braden Dragomir BELLY UP dir. Naseem Loloie BREAD OR ALIVE dir. Brigitte May, Daisy Barrette and others TY CONN: MY BROTHER THE OUTLAW dir. Adam Gray BALANCE dir. Ellie Berry ALLEEN dir. Fenton Isaacs and Emma Kent DEFAULT dir. Julia Carrie and Erika Weir DRY HUMOUR dir. Alex Behal SHE MOVES SHE dir. Josh Lyon THE VOICE OF THE VIOLIN dir. Jamie Day Fleck THE BALLAD OF THE UPHILL SKATEBOARDER dir. Julian Flavin THE TWISTED TALE OF EMMA SURLEY dir. Justin Holland SELF PORTRAIT OF A FRIDAY NIGHT dir. Joseph Elliott KANADARIO dir. Luke Montgomery A WOMAN’S GARDEN dir. Ava Brown-Mantha SWAPPED dir. Emma Kent, Chris Wiens and others LOCAL SHORTS: EPICS PROGRAM B HAVOC dir. Lang Bunka and Madeleine Moniz Sunday, March 5 FLOOD BROTHERS dir. Anastasia Szymanski, 6:30 pm Lucas Meadows and others Theological Hall SUPERPOSITION dir. Daisy Barrette Settle in, these local shorts run a bit longer than TOM FLAVOUR dir. Connor Thouret most of the others. They’re still shorts, but just longer shorts, not quite features, somewhere in HELPING HANDS dir. Daisy Barrette between a long-short and a short-feature…doesn’t and Ariana Bascom matter, they’re local, they’re great – ENJOY! IN YOUR ROOM, IN MY ROOM dir. Raven Adamson BARREN dir. John Abrams TERROR ON THE OCEAN dir.Jesse Macmillan SMALL TALK dir. Steven Griffin HERB FARMING dir. Brent Nurse DAY PLAYERS dir. Farid Yazdani PEEPHOLE dir. Doug Cook

SPECIAL EVENTS Long festival days leave room for lots of movies, music, live performances, and special events. This year, we’ve invited talented folks from across the country to Kingston to bring some extra magic to the KCFF festivities. Unless you have a VIP+ pass, you’ll need to purchase a ticket to these special events (although some are free for everyone!). Prices and outlets vary so visit kingcanfilmfest.com for more info. For a last minute purchase, there are usually tickets at the door for most special events!

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 BEN CAPLAN at The Mansion, 7:00 pm This East Coast troubadour blends lush, orchestral folk with gruff, rough-and-tumble blues. Ben Caplan is simply unforgettable.

MOTHER MOTHER + guests We Are The City at The Ale House, 9:00 pm Three-time JUNO-nominated indie-rockers MOTHER MOTHER are joined by guests WE ARE THE CITY, who you may have already heard without even knowing it — they penned the score for the film VIOLENT (KCFF’15) and drummer Andrew Huculiak was the director.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3 FORTY SEVEN TEETH + Paper Ladies at The Toucan, 11:00 pm Free! Jumping off the screen and into real life you can see these bands featured in the film LIVE IN KINGSTON... live in Kingston.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 CATHY JONES at BLU Martini, 7:00 pm Star of This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Bruce McDonald’s WEIRDOS, the Canadian comedic legend performs her one-woman show STRANGER TO HARD WORK.

DAMIAN ABRAHAM: Turned Out A Punk at Baby Grand 9:15 pm After the screening of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW, Damian Abraham, the Polaris prize-winning punk rocker and a fixture of the Canadian airwaves (MUCH, CBC, VICE) sits down with the NTBTS creative team and other guests to chat about music, movies, and probably marijuana (if we’re being honest).

P.S. I LOVE YOU + Warmer at The Toucan, 11:00 pm Free! Delivering catchy hooks with brute force, they’re one of our city’s most beloved bands. Joining guests Warmer, P.S. I LOVE YOU will be LIVE IN KINGSTON once again. 29 FESTIVAL RECEPTIONS KCFF is only a few days so we have to make the most of it and hold three receptions to keep the festivities going all weekend long! After all, it just wouldn’t be a festival without a few parties.

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We’re kicking off a weekend of incredible Canadian films with a celebration that will warm us up on a cold winter night. You can visit with filmmakers, festival guests, cast, crew, sponsors and other festival enthusiasts. Start planning your festival itinerary over a bottle of Steam Whistle or a glass of Traynor wine (delivered to us straight from the County). This reception is included for patrons with VIP, VIP+ and GUEST passes. 3-Film pass-holders can use one of the scans on their pass towards the reception, though it will count as an attended event (the same way it would if you attended a film). If you’re purchasing a single ticket for THE RIVER OF MY DREAMS, you have the option to add this reception – the cost is $25 for film and reception. If you don’t have a pass, you can attend this reception through the rush line starting 15 minutes after the event starts on a first-come first-served basis for $20 (pending capacity, cash only).

KCFF MIX + MINGLE Saturday, March 4 1:15–3:15 pm Tango Nuevo Recharge from a morning of movies and mingle with visiting industry guests and festival sponsors. Enjoy an opportunity to connect with friends new and old or simply kick back and relax over tasty tapas. In the past, we’ve surprised festival fans with guest appearances including Don McKellar and Oscar-winning composer Mychael Danna — you never know whom you might meet at this year’s edition. We’ll have wine from Bergeron Estate Winery and more Steam Whistle – we can’t wait! This reception is open to patrons with VIP, VIP+ and GUEST passes.

KCFF AWARDS RECEPTION Sunday, March 5 8:30–10:30 pm Delta Hotels by Marriott Kingston Waterfront We’re wrapping up KCFF’17 in much the same way as we started -- with a party! Celebrating our festival favourites and local heroes, we will announce four KCFF awards: the Limestone Financial People’s Choice Award (best feature, voted by audience), the Steam Whistle Homebrew Award (best local short), the Youth Shorts Award (best youth short), and our Make a Pitch competition winner. Come and see who takes home the top prize and celebrate the best of the fest. This reception is included for patrons with VIP, VIP+ and GUEST passes. If you don’t have a pass, you can enter via the rush line 15 minutes after the event starts on a first-come first-served basis for $20 (pending capacity, cash only).

30 KCFF FILM LAB The KCFF Film Lab is a series of workshops designed to offer participants of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds access to film-related skills-building, mentorship and networking opportunities throughout the festival and beyond.

BREAKING IN: Starting a Awesome Kingston Career in Film and Media MAKE A PITCH! Friday, March 3, 2:30-4:00 pm, The Isabel Saturday, March 4, 5:00 pm, The Mansion BREAKING IN is your chance to connect with KCFF We’ve teamed up with Awesome Kingston to award guests for serious advice on how to get started in a filmmaking team $1,000 for the best project the Canadian film and media industry. This event pitch…the only catch is they have to pitch in less is intentionally informal to help you access the than 3 minutes. The filmmaking teams have been best advice possible. Plus it’s free, so what are you selected, but the audience can enjoy industry waiting for? guests, witty banter and a behind-the-scenes look at a film-industry staple. Co-presented by the Queen’s Film Production Club.

Be sure to visit our website for more information, KIDS’ ANIMATION to register for events, and to explore additional Saturday, March 4, 1:00–3:00 pm FILM LAB activities. The Davies Lounge (Grand Theatre) Kids ages 8-12 will have a chance to unleash their imaginations and create their own claymation movies that will debut on the big screen during our C IS FOR CANADA screening the next morning!

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