GFF Program – 2018

JULY 25-29 2018 GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM GUIDE PLAY IT F RWARD

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TELEFILM.CA Sponsors 2 Welcome 4 Box Office & Festival Info 9 RBC Sunset Screenings 12 Narrative Feature Films 15 Documentary Feature Films 19 DOC35 Retrospective 25 Manitoba Feature Films 27 Opening / Special Event Films 29 Film & Event Schedule 30 Map of Gimli & Venue Info 32 Special Events 34 The Future is Female* Programs 36 Indigenous Film Series 39 Icelandic Film Series 41 TABLE OF OF TABLE Northern Lights Film Series 43 Social Justice Film Series 44 Short Films 45 CONTENTS Contests & Awards 51 GFF Star Donors 52 Thank You – Volunteers 58 Thank You – Staff 59 Film Index 60

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VENUE Dr. George Johnson Middle School Johnson Hall - Waterfront Centre Gimli Lutheran Church New Iceland Heritage Museum Gimli Theatre Est. 1947 - Lady of the Lake Theatre Gimli Unitarian Church - Aspire Theatre Welcome to the 18th annual Gimli Film Festival! I’m very proud of the Festival’s exceptional growth this year. We welcome many new supporters and foundations to GFF along with industry support provincially and nationally. We have grown our staff team and infrastructure assuring our place as Manitoba’s premier film festival and the largest rural film festival in Canada.

We have expanded our programming and special events and continue to showcase the best in Canadian, circumpolar and international cinema. Our newest initiatives spotlight women-driven cinema as we strive toward gender parity in our programming. The Future is Female* is a new film series showcasing up-and-coming female directors and a mentorship program aimed at engaging female filmmakers for a full day of women-centred programming.

Each year the GFF presents four major awards, notably the Alda Award and the Jack Clements “Livin’

WELCOME the Dream” Lifetime Achievement Award. This year we are proud to present three new awards, Best Manitoba Director presented by the Directors Guild of Canada and Best Performance for male and female leads in our Manitoba Short Films in Competition program presented by ACTRA Manitoba.

We look forward to celebrating with you at our new Saturday evening event, Rock and Roll Movie Night. It is both a film screening and a concert - an exciting new cinematic experience!

As our Festival grows, we stay true to our vision showcasing our vibrant culture, community and strengthening our belief in the power of film to enrich our lives.

Thank you to our Board, volunteers and staff led by our Festival Director Leona Johnson for their hard work.

The Honourable Janis Gudrun Johnson Chair, Gimli Film Festival

GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Janis Johnson, Michelle Aitkenhead Chairperson/Founder Norma Bailey Claire Gillis, James Borsa Vice Chair Lynn Chalmers Del Arnason, Rebecca Gibson Treasurer Lila Goodspeed Devan Towers, Vera Goussaert Secretary Syndi Prokopich MESSAGE FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA

The sheer majestic beauty of Manitoba’s Interlake region is an inspirational feast for the eyes, the heart and the artistic spirit. Naturally, it provides a memorable backdrop for the annual Gimli Film Festival, a wonderful celebration of the magic of cinema, and a showcase for the warm hospitality of the community that is so proud to serve as its host.

Entertaining and thought provoking, this much-anticipated Festival continues to grow and thrive, thanks to an appreciative public and the shared dedication of its founder, board of directors and volunteer contingent. This year’s event will be particularly timely as it shines a deserving spotlight on the talents, and incredible potential, of women filmmakers. The Future is Female film series will, no doubt, remind audiences that women are increasingly making their marks in leadership roles in the film industry and giving voice to stories that enrich us all.

As long-time Gimli cottage owners, my family and I have had a front row seat to watch this extraordinary film festival take root and blossom over the years, evolving into the must-see event it is today. We are grateful for that opportunity and hope you enjoy your time in the community we hold so dear.

As Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Manitoba, I extend congratulations to everyone associated with the Gimli Film Festival for your outstanding work in encouraging film excellence and arts appreciation. Bravo!

The Honourable Janice C. Filmon, C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba A MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE M LANIE JOLY Welcome to the 2018 Gimli Film Festival!

Arts and culture, including film, have a lasting power to enrich our lives and bring us together.

Our government is proud to invest in Canadian artists and their stories. This is why we are pleased to support the Gimli Film Festival, which gives Canadian filmmakers opportunities to showcase their work alongside outstanding international films. Manitoba’s largest film festival promises to entertain and engage audiences of all backgrounds with films that highlight our diversity and offer new perspectives and ideas.

As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I would like to congratulate the organizers and volunteers who have made this year’s event possible, as well as the filmmakers who enlighten and inspire us. I wish everyone an exciting and rewarding Festival. The Honourable Mélanie Joly Minister of Canadian Heritage

A MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER AND MINISTER OF SPORT, CULTURE AND HERITAGE On behalf of all Manitobans, we are pleased to welcome those attending the 2018 Gimli Film Festival, a celebration of artistic expression and appreciation in the scenic beauty of our province’s Interlake community.

This Festival gives audience members of all ages a unique opportunity to experience movie magic, from concept development to screening, while also enjoying wonderful community hospitality and the sheer novelty of enjoying a film on the beach. Successfully staging such an innovative event each year is a huge challenge. We join all Manitobans in thanking the many dedicated The Honourable Brian Pallister volunteers for the work they do in order to ensure the Festival Premier of Manitoba continues to be the exciting, entertaining event that it is.

The Honourable Cathy Cox, Minister of Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage A MESSAGE FROM RANDY WORONIUK, MAYOR OF GIMLI The Rural Municipality of Gimli would like to welcome the world to the 2018 Gimli Film Festival. I, Mayor Randy Woroniuk, Deputy Mayor Peter Peiluck, Councillors Danny Luprypa, Richard Petrowski, Thora Palson, and the administrative and operations staff wish all our visitors attending this prestigious event a very warm welcome.

As you visit our town and surrounding area be sure to enjoy the fine shopping and various dining establishments. From the north end to the south end, there are different experiences for all to enjoy. You will enjoy world class films in various venues, from a Randy Woroniuk, historic church to our beautiful beach. As you visit Gimli be sure Mayor of Gimli to stop in at the Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre to learn the history of our strong commercial fishing industry, you may even run into a fisher and learn what it is like to fish the world’s 10th largest freshwater lake. And don’t forget to visit our Art Gallery, fantastic pieces of art presented by local artists. Get your picture taken with our iconic Viking Statue. Come to Gimli as a visitor, leave as a lifelong friend.

A MESSAGE FROM CAROLE VIVIER On behalf of Manitoba Film & Music, thank you for attending the Gimli Film Festival!

This is a very exciting time for Manitoba’s film and television industries. Our province is seeing more film production than ever before, which is having an unprecedented economic and cultural impact. Last year, Manitoba’s production volume reached $173 million and created over 1,900 full time jobs. As a result of this growth, we are seeing the emergence of more local directors and creators that represent Manitoba’s incredible diversity. Festivals like this help support our local creators by promoting films, developing filmmakers and building an audience for quality work. Carole Vivier CEO & Film Commissioner We hope that during the festival you will see the films of some of Manitoba Film & Music our fantastic local filmmakers and take pride in what is created right here in our province. A grea stay, a beac! Lakeview Gimli Resort

Inviting you to enjoy: • Indoor & outdoor pools • Free movies • Free wireless internet • Exercise facility • Seagulls Restaurant • The Pier Lounge • Outdoor Patio And much, much more!

Proud to support the Gimli Film Festival! COME VISIT THE GFF BOX OFFICE A grea stay, a beac! #73 – 1st Ave, Lakeview Resort & Conference Centre (Located in Tara’s Corner, entrance on 1st Ave.) Lakeview Gimli Resort 204-642-8846 | [email protected]

The GFF Box Office - sponsored by Red River Co-op - is where you pick up your passes, buy individual film tickets, and find printed programs and other information about GFF. You can also purchase merchandise and tickets for our raffles. GFF GOES DIGITAL Passes and tickets are also available online at gimlifilm.com and through our interactive GFF APP. Download the APP to check out our film schedule and get the latest GFF news. With our GFF APP, you Inviting you to enjoy: can filter by film series, see film trailers and order your tickets! All things GFF are at your fingertips.

• Indoor & outdoor pools HOURS OF OPERATION: June 30 – July 2: 12pm – 4pm BOX OFFICE BOX • Free movies July 7 – 8: 12pm – 4pm July 14 – 15: 12pm – 4pm • Free wireless internet July 21 – 29: 10am – 5pm

• Exercise facility This year’s GFF Box Office is fuelled by Red River Co-op and the space is provided courtesy of • Seagulls Restaurant Lakeview Resort & Conference Centre. • The Pier Lounge • Outdoor Patio And much, much more!

Fuelling Your Community Red River Co-op is a Proud to support the Gimli Film Festival! Proud Sponsor of the Gimli Film Festival!

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Locally Invested . Community Minded . Lifetime Membership Benefits GFF FESTIVAL PASSES There are three types of passes available and quantities are limited.

SUPER PASS – $110 The GFF Super Pass gives you access to all films plus all of our special events, including our Opening Reception, Awards Reception, panels, workshops and our very special Rock & Roll Movie Night featuring Shooting Guns live soundtrack to Nosferatu (1922) on Saturday Night! Only 100 Super Passes available!

FILM PASS – $80 The GFF Film Pass gives you access to all regular film screenings. Only 150 Film Passes available!

FILMMAKER PASS – $90 (available to filmmakers only, industry membership required) GFF exists to support filmmakers! And that’s why we offer the very special Filmmakers Pass, which includes all the benefits of the GFF Super Pass PLUS a special Saturday Filmmaker’s Supper! Only 50 Filmmakers Passes available!

HOW GFF PASSES WORK

PASS HOLDER ADVANCE TICKETS Avoid the rush line and book your tickets in advance! • 50% of our seats for each screening can be reserved in advance. • Advance tickets must be reserved by GFF Pass Holders by 5:00pm the day before the screening with a special promo code you will receive after purchasing your pass. Your pass grants you one ticket for the selected screening. • Reserved tickets can be used on your mobile device, printed at home, or stop by the GFF Box Office

PASSES AND TICKETS PASSES to get your tickets printed for you. • Pass holders must show your pass with your ticket to enter the theatre in the “ticket holders” line. No sharing of passes! Your pass will have your picture ID on it for verification. • It is highly recommended that you arrive 30 minutes prior to the film screening. We start to fill all seats 15 minutes before the screening time, even if you are late.

PASS HOLDER RUSH TICKETS • Didn’t reserve an advance ticket with your GFF Pass? • 50% of GFF film tickets are held at the venue for walk-ups. • Your pass always grants you one ticket for the selected screening. If you don’t have an advance ticket for a film you can always arrive early and join the Rush Ticket Line. • First come, first served for rush ticket pass holders and rush ticket buyers.

INDIVIDUAL FILM TICKETS - $10 EACH

ADVANCE TICKETS • 50% of GFF film tickets can be individually pre-purchased until 5:00pm the day before the film screening. • When arriving at the venue with your advance ticket, please join the Ticket Holders line. • It is highly recommended that you arrive 30 mins prior to the film screening. We start to fill all seats 15 minutes before the screening time, even if you are late.

RUSH TICKETS • 50% of GFF film tickets are held at the venue for rush seating 15 minutes prior to the screening. • Rush tickets are $10 CASH ONLY at the door. • Rush ticket line begins 15 minutes before the film screening. We recommend arriving at least 30 minutes early to ensure you get a ticket. First come, first served for all rush tickets.

RBC BEACH SCREENINGS – WHAT TO BRING Only at GFF can you watch free, classic movies on the monstrous 11-meter screen on the lake. Screenings start at 10pm every night, but it’s a good idea to arrive early. Bring your friends and family, along with a blanket. A little bug stuff might not hurt either. Join us earlier on Friday and Saturday from 7:30pm - 9:30pm for FREE fun at the RBC Beach Boardwalk. Full Beach Film details on Page 12. INDOOR THEATRES You’ll be happy to hear that all the indoor venues are air-conditioned. Bring your film ticket, GFF Pass or cash, along with your Festival Program, and arrive in plenty of time.

Advance ticket holders (max of 50% of venue seats) have priority seating up until 15 minutes before show time. Once they are seated, the rush seating line will be let in. Pass holders without tickets and cash ticket buyers line up on a first come, first served basis. Single tickets at the door are $10 each – cash only! For full ticket & pass information, see Page 10. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHERE DO I GET MY GFF PASS, PROGRAM OR INDIVIDUAL TICKET? GFF passes, film tickets and programs are available at the GFF Box Office and online at gimlifilm.com or via the GFF Smart Phone APP. For more information about our Box Office see Page 9!

ARE THE FILMS RATED? To help you pick which films are right for you, all the films at the Gimli Film Festival have been rated according to the Canadian motion picture rating system! We have included our ratings in this program.

HOW TO FESTIVAL They are also posted for each film screening at the entrance of the theatre. If in doubt, feel free to ask our box office staff or ushers for film ratings.

WHAT DOES THE EXTRA $30 GET ME WHEN BUYING A SUPER PASS? The Super Pass gets you in to all regular film screenings, plus all of our special events with complimentary food and drink including: • Opening Night Reception w/ complimentary food & drink | 7pm, Wed, July 25 • Above the Line, a film producing workshop with Rebecca Gibson | Noon, Fri, July 27 • Women in View Panel Discussion w/ complimentary food | 5:30pm, Fri, July 27 • Awards Reception w/ complimentary food & cash bar | 7pm, Sat, July 28 • Rock & Roll Movie Night featuring Shooting Guns live score to Nosferatu | 9pm, Sat, July 28

I’M LOST! WHERE DO I GO? Check out our GFF Map on Page 32! Our beach screen is listed here as #1, alongside all our other venues and addresses! RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS AT GIMLI BEACH

Join us for cult hits and classic flicks on the beach, every night at 10pm! As always, our films are ABSOLUTELY FREE at the RBC Sunset Screenings on Gimli Beach.

Note: Rain venue is Dr. George Johnson Middle School, 53 Third Ave at Keenora Dr. Please watch GFF website, social media and APP for updates. Signs will also be posted at the beach and GFF box office by 7pm if the screening is moved to the school. BEACH FILM TIPS: • Shows start after sunset, but grab a good spot early. • The marked-off area in front of the screen is the chair-free zone. • If you bring a chair, make sure it’s low-profile as a courtesy to others. • Mosquitoes are rare, but sometimes put in a cameo appearance, so be prepared. • Beach blankets are always a good idea. • Please respect the beach and keep it clean. No dogs allowed.

10PM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN PG | DRAMA | 1992 | 128 m DIR. PENNY MARSHALL Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.

10PM | THURSDAY, JULY 26 PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE PG | FANTASY/MUSICAL | 1974 | 92 m DIR. BRIAN DE PALMA A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

10PM | SATURDAY, JULY 28 STAND BY ME PG | ADVENTURE/FAMILY | 1986 | 92 m DIR. ROB REINER **preceded by short film Laundry Day | DIR. JJ NEEPIN | DOC | MB | 2017 | 3 m After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

10PM | SUNDAY, JULY 29 THE GREAT OUTDOORS PG | COMEDY/FAMILY | 1988 | 91 m DIR. HOWARD DEUTCH | WRITER JOHN HUGHES A Chicago man’s hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in. Starring John Candy, Annette Bening and Dan Aykroyd. CBCRA 25426 FINAL May 11, 2018 2018 Gimli Film Festival Ad Print Ad 5.5” x 8.5” CMYK 0.125" TBD TBD TB NARRATIVE FILMS

ASPIRE THEATRE | 8 PM | THURS, JULY 26 ARCHANGEL 14A | MANITOBA | 1990 | 90 m | English *screens with The Heart of the World, dir. Guy Maddin | MB | 6 m | 2000 GUY MADDIN **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 12:30 PM | THURS, JULY 26 ASPIRE THEATRE | 12:30 PM | FRI, JULY 27 AVA PG | CANADA / IRAN / QATAR | 2017 | 103 m | Farsi | English Subtitles Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Mention, Best Canadian Feature, TIFF 2017; 8 Nominations, Best First Feature Winner, Canadian Screen Awards 2018 SADAF FOROUGHI In Tehran, upper-middle-class teen Ava abides by a strict routine of school, violin lessons, and curfew. When Ava’s mistrustful and overprotective mother questions her relationship with a boy Ava is stunned by this violation of privacy which escalates her rebellious behaviour, to life-altering effect.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 AM | FRI, JULY 27 ASPIRE THEATRE | 3 PM | SAT, JULY 28 BEFORE ANYTHING YOU SAY PG | MANITOBA | 2017 | 61 m | English Premiere: Canada | Awards: Best Director, Intl. Film Festival of World Cinema, Milan 2017 SHELAGH CARTER **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** Married couple Isobel and Jack work through hurt feelings and misunderstanding as they attempt to reconcile their lives and love in Paris after Jack announces his intent to pursue a job opportunity that would take him to Bangkok for five years. ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 PM | SAT, JULY 28 ASPIRE THEATRE | 8 PM | SUN, JULY 29 COCOTE 14A | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / ARGENTINA / GERMANY | 2017 | 106 m Spanish | English Subtitles | Premiere: Manitoba NELSON CARLO DE LOS SANTOS ARIAS Cocote is the story of Alberto, a gardener who returns to his native town to attend the funeral of his father, murdered by a policeman. Here he must reconcile his new Evangelical beliefs with the Indigenous traditions and rituals of his village all while seeking retribution for his father’s killing.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29 MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST, THE 14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 90 m | English | Premiere: Western Canada Awards: Grand Jury Prize, 2018 Sundance DESIREE AKHAVAN In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28 NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL PG | CANADA | 2017 | 112 m | English Awards: Emerging Canadian Director Award, Vancouver IFF 2017 KATHLEEN HEPBURN **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson’s disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta’s oil field work camps.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27 ASPIRE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29 SWEET COUNTRY R | AUSTRALIA | 2017 | 113 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba Awards: Platform Prize, TIFF 2017 ; Special Jury Prize - Venice Film Festival 2017 WARWICK THORNTON It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like Australian Outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill- tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defense, Kelly and his wife Lizzie go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 PM | THURS, JULY 26 ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 PM | FRI, JULY 27 TERROR NULLIUS 14A | AUSTRALIA | 2017 | 57 m | English *screens with Erodium Thunk, dir. Winston Hacking | Canada | 3 m | 2018 SODA_JERK Hitch a ride into the dark heart of Australia with Soda_Jerk’s Terror Nullius, a blistering, badly-behaved sample-based film that confronts the horror of our contemporary moment. Equal parts political satire, eco-horror and feminist road movie, the film is a rogue remapping of national mythology that uses the country’s popular images to interrogate, re-appropriate, and disintegrate.

GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI THEATRE | 10 AM | SUN, JULY 29 UNDER THE TREE (UNDIR TRÉNU) 14A | ICELAND / FRANCE | 2017 | 89 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles Premiere: Manitoba HAFSTEINN GUNNAR SIGURðSSON The shade from a front-yard tree brings the already simmering tensions between two families in an Icelandic suburb to a boiling point, in this hilariously absurd and psychologically astute comedy from director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM | SAT, JULY 28 WESTERN PG | GERMANY / AUSTRIA / BULGARIA | 2017 | 119 m German / Bulgarian / English | English Subtitles | Premiere: Manitoba VALESKA GRISEBACH A group of German construction workers start a job in the remote Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust. The stage is quickly set for a showdown when they begin to compete for attention from the locals. P R O U D S P O N S O R O F G I M L I F I L M F E S T I V A L

W H I T E S . C O M va n c o u v e r c a l g a ry w i n n i p e g s u d b u ry to ro n to h a l i fa x DOCUMENTARY FILMS

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | WED, JULY 25 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM | SAT, JULY 28 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR PG | ICELAND | 2017 | 57 m | English | Premiere: Canada KARNA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** In the middle of nowhere, the 645 people of Vopnafjörður village in Iceland go about their daily lives. The fear of depopulation leaves no inhabitant free from the pressure of protecting the existence of this little village. The film explores the communal tensions that push people to leave, and how personal identity can be so profoundly linked to place

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 AM | FRI, JULY 27 ASPIRE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28 ABOARD THE NAMAO G | MANITOBA | 2018 | 63 m | English | Premiere: World *screens with Bird City Lights, dirs. Kalli Anderson & Zachary Finkelstein | Canada | 17 m | 2017 CAM PATTERSON **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** Filmmaker Cam Patterson can’t stand on the beach and worry about the state of Lake Winnipeg any longer. The media is calling the lake a lost cause. The only way to see for himself and to show the world the massive algae blooms he’s only heard about, is to board the Namao, taking us with him.

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 PM | THURS, JULY 26 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28 AFTERMATH PG | CANADA | 2018 | 75 m | English | Premiere: North America MIKE HOOLBOOM A four-part experimental bio-pic that narrates moments from the lives of Fats Waller, Jackson Pollack, Janieta Eyre and Frida Khalo. Repurposing archival texts as audiovisual graffiti, old voices are cropped and replayed as intertitles or voice-over fragments, lending a historic charge to images that dream across the present. ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 AM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI THEATRE | 8 PM | SAT, JULY 28 BACHMAN PG | MANITOBA | 2018 | 80 m | English Premiere: Western Canada JOHN BARNARD **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** Randy Bachman reached rock royalty status decades ago. Now in his 70s, he’s still takin’ care of business: performing, working with young artists and hosting a radio show. A man who achieved the rare feat of number one hits with two different bands, Bachman eschewed the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of his contemporaries to focus on his craft.

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29 EXIT MUSIC 14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 77 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba *screens with Memento Mori, dirs. Anna Barker & Ryan Irving | Canada | 7 m | 2018 CAMERON MULLENNEAUX Born with cystic fibrosis, Ethan has been preparing to die his entire life. At 28, he faces his demise with a dark sense of humour and courage. Interweaving two decades of his father’s home movies and Ethan’s original music and stop-motion animation, this is an unflinching record of death’s transformative influence on a family and the life-giving possibilities of artistic creation.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM | FRI, JULY 27 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28 FROM SEED TO SEED G | MANITOBA | 2017 | 86 m | English KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** When Terry and Monique left the opera to pursue their true passion – small-scale farming – their story of community and resilience took center stage. We follow their family and a diverse group of farmers and scientists as they blend age-old traditions with cutting edge science to develop improved methods for growing food ecologically in our changing climate.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM | SAT, JULY 28 KING, THE 14A | UNITED STATES / GERMANY | 2017 | 118 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba EUGENE JARECKI Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | THURS, JULY 26 ASPIRE THEATRE | 3 PM | SUN, JULY 29 MANKILLER PG | UNITED STATES | 2017 | 74 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba Awards: Best Documentary, Tulsa Film Festival 2017 *screens with Nosisim, dir. Sonya Ballantyne | Canada | 2017 | 10 m VALERIE RED-HORSE MOHL An in-depth and inspirational look at the life and work of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected to serve as the Chief of the Cherokee Nation. GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM | FRI, JULY 27 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | SAT, JULY 28 MINDING THE GAP 14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 100 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba Awards: Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Fest 2018 BING LIU Three young men bond together over their love of skateboarding to escape volatile families in their Rust-Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship. Filmmaker Bing Liu returns home to reconnect with his two friends, bringing with him footage he shot over the course of the last 10 years.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM | FRIDAY, JULY 27 ROLL RED ROLL 14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 80 m | English | Premiere: Western Canada NANCY SCHWARTZMAN When a girl is raped in a sleepy Ohio town by members of the beloved high school football team, a veil of silence, complicity and denial descends until a whistle- blowing blogger exposes the truth, catapulting rape culture into national headlines and shining a light on the toxic nature of social media culture

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 6 PM | WED, JULY 25 ASPIRE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | FRI, JULY 27 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | SUN, JULY 29 SHIRKERS PG | USA | 2018 | 98 m | English | Premiere: Western Canada Awards: World Cinema Award, Sundance Film Fest 2018 SANDI TAN In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore’s first indie road movie called “Shirkers” with their enigmatic American mentor Georges. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished without a trace with all the footage. 20 years later, the footage is recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi on a personal odyssey across two continents to discover the truth about their film. GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM | THURS, JULY 26 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM | FRI, JULY 27 TALES FROM THE WINNIPEG FILM GROUP 14A | MANITOBA | 2017 | 80 m | English DAVE BARBER & KEVIN NIKKEL **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** The explosive story of how a stubborn band of independent filmmakers started a film co-operative that became the most highly respected film centre in Canada. Packed with rare archival footage, dynamic film excerpts, and hilarious interviews, this documentary traces the history of the legendary Winnipeg Film Group.

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 3 PM | THURS, JULY 26 ASPIRE THEATRE | 8 PM | SAT, JULY 28 THOSE WHO COME, WILL HEAR PG | CANADA | 2018 | 77 m | Various Indigenous Languages | English Subtitles Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Best Documentary, Ann Arbor Film Fest 2018 SIMON PLOUFFE **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** A cinematic survey of several indigenous languages of Quebec - all threatened with extinction. The film allows us to better understand the musicality of these languages and reveals the cultural importance of these oral traditions by reflecting on the consequences of their disappearance and through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today.

GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM | FRI, JULY 27 GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM | SUN, JULY 29 THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS 14A | UNITED KINGDOM | 2018 | 98 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba TIM WARDLE New York, 1980: three complete strangers accidentally discover that they are identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds’ joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but it also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives - and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM | FRI, JULY 27 GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29 TRANSFORMER PG | CANADA | 2017 | 77 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba Awards: Audience Choice Award, Hot Docs 2018 MICHAEL DEL MONTE | **PRODUCER PAUL KEMP IN ATTENDANCE** Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski - father, ex-marine and world-record powerlifter – stares down a singular feat of strength: transitioning from male to female. Risking professional and personal rejection, Matt comes out as Janae, a powerful woman who searches for peace in her own skin in this clear-eyed portrait of the transition process.

ASPIRE THEATRE | 3 PM | FRI, JULY 27 ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 AM | SUN, JULY 29 WHAT WALAA WANTS PG | CANADA / DENMARK | 2018 | 89 m | Arabic | English Subtitles Premiere: Western Canada | Awards: Special Jury Prize, Hot Docs 2018 CHRISTY GARLAND **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE** Young Walaa, her sights set on becoming one of the few women to join the Palestinian Security Forces, fights to survive police training bootcamp with her wildly rebellious spirit intact. Photo by Graffiti Art Programming

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To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) and DOC Manitoba are proud to present a selection of classic and dynamic documentaries by Manitoba-based filmmakers.

12:30PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | FRI, JULY 27 | 72 M FAT CHANCE DIR. JEFF MCKAY | 1994 This documentary follows Rick Zakowich as he faces his lifelong struggles with his weight and body image. The film takes on fat-shaming by examining the ways in which society treats people whose bodies don’t necessarily match the narrow ideal of attractiveness.

3PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | FRI, JULY 27 | 85 M TOTAL TWO FILMS BY ELISE SWERHONE TOMMY DOUGLAS: KEEPER OF THE FLAME | 1986 | 58 m Known as the “Father of Medicare,” T.C. (Tommy) Douglas was a one-time champion boxer and fiery preacher who entered politics in the 1930s and never looked back. HAVAKEEN LUNCH | 1979 | 27 m Summer 1977. A roadside lunch counter in Manitoba’s Interlake. Friends, strangers and oddball characters wander in and out as owner Ellen Kihn prepares to retire.

5:30PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | FRI, JULY 27 | 74 M TOTAL THE WAY THINGS WERE // CLASSIC SHORT MB DOCS TED BARYLUK’S GROCERY | DIRS. JOHN PASKIEVICH & MICHAEL MIRUS | 1982 | 10 M A wistful rendering of a shopkeeper’s relationship with his daughter and a fascinating portrait of a neighbourhood and its inhabitants from a bygone era. GRAIN ELEVATOR | DIR. CHARLES KONOWAL | 1981 | 16 m A visual portrait of “Prairie Sentinels,” the vertical grain elevators that once dotted the Canadian Prairies. BUSH PILOT | NORMA BAILEY & BOB LOWER | 1980 | 22 m A reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and bush pilots are slowly becoming obsolete. NOSE AND TINA | NORMA BAILEY | 1980 | 27 m An intimate domestic study of the lives of a brakeman and a prostitute. The film documents their hassles with work, money and the law.

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The Gimli Film Festival is proud to present our annual overview of the best in Manitoban cinema. We believe it to be our duty to support emerging and established filmmakers alike, providing local filmmakers a platform to showcase their work and screen to a diverse and engaged audience.

In 2018, we are also excited to be offering a new award for Best Manitoba Director, courtesy of the Directors Guild of Canada. Join us for our Awards Reception on Saturday, July 28th to find out who the talented winner is! This year’s nominees are Shelagh Carter | Before Anything You Say | Pg. 15, Erin Hembrador | Piece of Mind | Pg. 45, and Ryan Steel | The Birdwatcher | Pg. 45. More info about this new award on Pg. 51.

G | MANITOBA | 2018 | 46 m | English | Premiere: World | PAGE 19 ABOARD THE NAMAO CAM PATTERSON

PG | MANITOBA | 2018 | 80 m | English | Premiere: Western Canada | PAGE 20 BACHMAN JOHN BARNARD

PG | MANITOBA | 2017 | 61 m | English | Premiere: Canada | PAGE 15 BEFORE ANYTHING YOU SAY SHELAGH CARTER

PG | MANITOBA | 1994 | 72 m | PAGE 25 FAT CHANCE JEFF MCKAY

G | MANITOBA | 2017 | 86 m | PAGE 20 FROM SEED TO SEED KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER

14A | MANITOBA | 2017 | 80 m | PAGE 22 TALES FROM THE WINNIPEG FILM GROUP DAVE BARBER & KEVIN NIKKEL

For more films by Manitoban filmmakers, please check out our Manitoba Shorts in Competition (pg. 45) and our other Short Film Programs (pg. 46-49) We are proud to support the 2018 Gimli Film Festival showcasing an exceptional selection of features, documentaries and shorts from around the world.

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To kick off this year’s Festival, we wanted to choose one of our favourite films to highlight. But with such an incredible roster of films, choosing one film was just plain impossible. So instead we chose two!

6PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE USA / SINGAPORE | 2018 | 98 m | Premiere: Western Canada | PAGE 21 SHIRKERS SANDI TAN

8PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE ICELAND | 2017 | 57 m | Premiere: Canada | PAGE 20 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR KARNA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR (IN ATTENDANCE) ROCK & ROLL MOVIE NIGHT | SAT, JULY 28

FEATURING SHOOTING GUNS LIVE SCORE TO NOSFERATU (1922) Join us for our special Saturday night film screening that combines our love of cinema with live music! Following our private Awards Reception in Johnson Hall, our Rock & Roll Movie Night kicks off at 9pm. It’s open to the general public and will offer light snacks and a cash bar! Free w/ your Super Pass or Filmmaker Pass | $20 general admission

9PM | SAT, JULY 28 | JOHNSON HALL Local favourites Doreen Girard & Marie-France Hollier perform their musical, magic lantern inspired light show Spectral Repair at 9pm.

9:30PM | SAT, JULY 28 | JOHNSON HALL At 9:30pm Saskatoon-based psyche-rockers Shooting Guns hit the stage to perform their live score to F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922)! If you enjoyed their score to the GFF 2015 hit WolfCop, then you’ll be sure to love their haunting melodies to the first ever vampire film!

Presented in part by: 2018 GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM Shirkers 690 Vopnafjörður LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE 98 m | PG.21 57 m | PG.19

JOHNSON HALL GFF Opening Reception | PG.34

GIMLI BEACH A League of Their Own - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 128 m | PG.12

THURSDAY, JULY 26 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM ASPIRE THEATRE Bachman Ava 118 m Mankiller Archangel Terror Nullius A Ciambra - GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH 80 m | PG.20 103 m | PG.15 PG.15 74 m | PG.20 90 m | PG.15 57 m | PG.17 Scotty & the Secret History of Those Who 107 m A Song For John Ramsay 690 Vopnafjörður Aftermath LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE Hollywood | 98 m | PG.21 Come, Will Hear PG.22 62 m | PG.19 57 m | PG.19 75 m | PG.19 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH Miseducation of Cameron Post Tales from the Winnipeg Film 119 m King, The Roll Red Roll Western THEATRE 90 m | PG.16 Group | 80 m | PG.22 PG. 17 118 m | PG.20 80 m | PG.21 Under the Tree Swan, The 91 m GIMLI THEATRE 89 m | PG.17 (Svannurin) PG. 17 Pub Quiz proceeds to GFF! SHIP AND PLOUGH TAVERN | PG.34 GIMLI BEACH Phantom of the - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS Paradise | 92 m | PG.12

FRIDAY, JULY 27 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM ASPIRE THEATRE Before Anything You Say Ava What Walaa 89 m Shirkers Sweet Country Terror Nullius - GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH 61 m | PG.15 103 m | PG.15 Wants PG.22 98 m | PG.21 113 m | PG.17 57 m | PG.17 Aboard the Namao Fat Chance Two Films By DOC 35 | 86 m The Way Things Were: Classic Short Never Steady, Never Still Scotty & the Secret History LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE 63 m | PG.19 DOC 35 | 72 m | PG.24 Elise Swerhone PG. 24 MB Docs | DOC 35 | 74 m | PG.24 112 m | PG.16 of Hollywood | 98 m | PG.21 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH From Seed to Seed Minding the Gap 80 m Swan, The(Svannurin) Miseducation of Cameron Post Tales from the Winnipeg Roll Red Roll THEATRE 86 m | PG.20 100 m | PG.21 PG.21 91 m | PG.17 90 m | PG.16 Film Group | 80 m | PG.22 Custody (Jusqu’ la Sorry to Bother You 77 m Three Identical Strangers Rider, The Transformer GIMLI THEATRE Garde) | 93 m | PG.16 105 m | PG.16 PG.22 98 m | PG.22 104 m | PG.16 Above the Line Workshop Women in View Panel JOHNSON HALL with Rebecca Gibson | PG.37 Free! | PG.37

GIMLI BEACH Dazed & Confused Big Lebowski, The - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 105 m | PG.12 117 m | PG.13

SATURDAY, JULY 28 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM ASPIRE THEATRE Blood is Thicker Than Water A Ciambra Before Anything 61 m Aboard the Namao Those Who Come, Will Hear Cocote - GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH Shorts | 75 m | PG.48 118 m | PG.15 You Say PG. 15 63 m | PG.19 107 m | PG.22 106 m | PG.15 A Song For John Ramsay Aftermath When You Light a Shorts | 77 m Exit Music Minding the Gap LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE Candle You Also Cast 62 m | PG.19 75 m | PG.19 a Shadow PG.46 77 m | PG.20 100 m | PG.21 GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH 690 Vopnafjörður From Seed to Seed 118 m Never Steady, Never Stil Western King, The THEATRE 57 m | PG.19 86 m | PG.20 PG.20 112 m | PG.16 119 m | PG.17 RBC $10,000 Emerging Manitoba Shorts in Competition WFG 48 Hour Custody (Jusqu’ la Garde) Bachman Sorry to Bother You PG.51 GIMLI THEATRE Filmmaker Competition Shorts | 80 m | PG.45 Film Contest 93 m | PG.16 80 m | PG.20 105 m | PG.16 Film Maker Rock & Roll Movie Night | feat. Shooting Guns live Awards Reception | PG.51 JOHNSON HALL Meet & Greet | PG.35 soundtrack to Nosferatu (1922) | PG.29 GIMLI BEACH Stand By Me RAIN DATE: - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 92 m | PG.13 Big Lebowski, The

SUNDAY, JULY 29 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM ASPIRE THEATRE What Walaa Whats Indigenous Filmmakers Association 74 m Sweet Country Cocote Mankiller - GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH 89 m | PG.22 Shorts | 83 m | PG.49 PG. 20 113 m | PG.17 106 m | PG.15 MTYP Movie Magic Camp Exit Music Rinse & Repeat 84 m Miseducation of Cameron Post Shirkers LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE & Children’s NFB Films 77 m | PG.20 Shorts PG.47 90 m | PG.16 98 m | PG.21 Under the Tree Rider, The Three Identical 98 m Transformer Best of Fest | PG.51 GIMLI THEATRE 89 m | PG.17 104 m | PG.16 Strangers PG. 22 77 m | PG.22 GIMLI BEACH Great Outdoors, The - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 91 m | PG.13 WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 10 AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 12AM Shirkers 690 Vopnafjörður LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE 98 m | PG.21 57 m | PG.19

JOHNSON HALL GFF Opening Reception | PG.34

GIMLI BEACH A League of Their Own - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 128 m | PG.12

GIMLI BEACH Dazed & Confused Big Lebowski, The - RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 105 m | PG.12 117 m | PG.13

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A GREAT MANITOBA DESTINATION Welcome to the Town of Gimli! Visitors here enjoy much that this dreamy lakeside community has to offer, from the beaches, to shops and restaurants, to the unfettered natural surroundings and our laid-back, Icelandic way-of-life.

For more information on everything the Town of Gimli has to offer, please visit www.exploregimli.com

DIRECTIONS FROM WINNIPEG TO GIMLI: 1) Take McPhillips Street north past the Perimeter Highway. 2) McPhillips becomes Hwy #8. Continue on Hwy #8 for 75 kms north. 3) Turn right at Gimli Park Road… Welome! THE TOWN OF GIMLI THE

GFF OFFICES GFF VENUES 2018 GFF BOX OFFICE ASPIRE THEATRE LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE Fueled by Red River Co-op (UNITARIAN CHURCH) Sponsored by 73 First Ave (Lakeview Hotel) Sponsored by IATSE 856! Donald K. Johnson O.C., LL.D. 76 Second Ave 94 First Ave (Waterfront Centre) GFF ADMIN OFFICE Capacity: 70 Capacity: 60 Suite 100 & 101 94 First Ave (Waterfront Centre) GIMLI THEATRE EST. 1947 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE Sponsored by Recycle Everywhere! 50 Third Ave 74 Second Ave Capacity: 170 Capacity: 250 JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR 94 First Ave (Waterfront Centre) Capacity: 250 WE SETTLED HERE HOPING TO GET CLOSER TO THE GODS. IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU CAN SEE IT WORKED.

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In Norse Mythology, Gimli is described as the most beautiful place on Earth; even more beautiful than the sun itself. While it may be gorgeous in the daytime, the night sky is where you can catch a glimpse of the gods. EXPLOREGIMLI.COM 7PM - 10PM | WED, JULY 25 JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE, 94 FIRST AVE. OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION Super Pass and Filmmaker Pass holders are invited to to kick off our 18th annual Festival at this very special opening reception. Special thanks to our hospitality partners; Bergmann’s on Lombard for their delicious food, De Luca Fine Wines for their wine, and to Nonsuch Brewing Co., the Official Beer of Gimli Film Festival 2018!

7:30PM - 9PM | THURS, JULY 19 & THURS, JULY 26 | $5 TO PLAY SHIP AND PLOUGH TAVERN | 42 CENTRE ST. PUB QUIZ Join us at the Official After Hours Hangout of GFF 2018 and put your cinematic knowledge to the test! All trivia fees go to support the Gimli Film Fest and GFF Passholders receive 10% off food for the duration of the festival. Check out live music Friday night, July 27th and bust out your favourite tune at Karaoke on Saturday night, July 28th!

SPECIAL EVENTSSPECIAL FREE | WED, JULY 25 – SUN, JULY 29 FLATLAND COFFEE ROASTERS | 40 CENTRE ST. MEDIA ARTS INSTALLATION Stop in at Flatland Coffee, try the Official Coffee of GFF 2018 and check out a media arts exhibit by local visual artist Meganelizabeth Diamond. In As Seen On TV, Diamond reclaims footage from her days of childhood stardom. Through the re-editing process, Diamond tells her own story from all angles as the director, actress and editor.

FREE | 7:30PM – 9:30PM | FRI, JULY 27 & SAT, JULY 28 GIMLI BEACH, BEFORE THE RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS RBC BEACH BOARDWALK Join us for FREE fun: interactive activities, free games for kids, free giveaways and a GFF table with 2018 merchandise & raffle tickets and more!

12:30PM - 8PM | JULY 26, 27 & 28 PARK AREA NORTH OF 76 FIRST AVE (THAI PLAZA). GIMLI COMMONS & PARK Enjoy an outdoor lunch and some special displays and activities at the Gimli Commons. Pick a shady spot in the park for your picnic, and check out some special activities in this space, including the RBC Mobile Truck. 5:30PM - 7PM | SAT, JULY 28 JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE FILMMAKER MEET & GREET All Filmmaker Pass holders and attending filmmakers are invited to our Saturday night Filmmaker Meet & Greet. This year’s event features a home-cooked pickerel fish fry with coleslaw, fries and perogies from Gimli’s own Kiwanis Club! This complimentary buffet is generously provided courtesy of HUB International, insurance brokers for Manitoba’s film & television industry.

7PM - 9PM | SAT, JULY 28 JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE AWARDS RECEPTION Super & Filmmaker Pass holders, filmmakers, sponsors and volunteers are invited to join us for this very special reception. More info on Page 51. Sponsored by Gled Vid Investment Company.

10AM | SUN, JULY 29 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE MOVIE MAGIC FOR KIDS FILM SCREENING Join us for the screening of films by aspiring young filmmakers involved in the Movie Magic Camp in Gimli with MTYP! With additional children`s films courtesy of the the National Film Board of Canada.

8PM | SUN, JULY 29 GIMLI THEATRE BEST OF FEST SCREENING Join us for a reprise screening of the film voted Best of Fest! Thanks to Outlet Collection Winnipeg for their support of this seminal award! More info on page 51. THE FUTURE IS FEMALE* FILM SERIES

It is the duty of good film programmers to consider what films reflect our current zeitgeist, what films make bold new innovations in the art of cinema, and what films help us envision a better and more equitable future for all of humankind. In 2018 our programming committee accepted the challenge of ensuring 40-60% of all films programmed at GFF would be written or directed by women. And we are proud to announce that 46% of all films screened at GFF 2018 are made by women, including 40% of all feature films.

As GFF takes strides towards gender parity at our Festival, we are proud to present this bold series of feature films directed by some of the best up-and-coming female filmmakers working today! We are even more proud to have funded this series through a collaborative co-sponsorship by Winnipeg’s most successful production companies: Original Pictures, Inferno Pictures, Black Watch Entertainment, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Farpoint Films, Frantic Films, Media RendezVous, Rebecca Gibson and the Canadian Media Producers Association.

690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR KARNA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR PG | ICELAND | 2017 | 57 m | PAGE 19 AVA SADAF FOROUGHI PG | CANADA / IRAN | 2017 | 103 m | PAGE 15 MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST, THE DESIREE ARKHAVAN 14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 90 m | PAGE 16 NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL KATHLEEN HEPBURN PG | CANADA | 2017 | 112 m | PAGE 16 RIDER, THE CHLOE ZHAO 14A | UNITED STATES | 2017 | 104 m | PAGE 16 SHIRKERS SANDI TAN PG | SINGAPORE | 2018 | 98 m | PAGE 21 SWAN, THE (SVANNURIN) ÁSA HELGA HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR 14A | ICELAND / ESTONIA / GERMANY | 2017 | 91 m | PAGE 17 TERROR NULLIUS SODA_JERK 14A | AUSTRALIA | 2018 | 55 m | PAGE 17 THE FUTURE IS FEMALE* MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FRIDAY, JULY 27TH AS PART OF GFF 2018

Our new mentorship program is aimed at involving more women-identified folx in the Gimli Film Festival and the greater filmmaking community!

As part of this program, GFF is providing up to 45 applicants with free transportation to the festival via charter bus for a full day of inspiring woman-driven film programming on Friday, July 27th. This includes woman-directed film screenings, Q&As with out-of-town filmmakers, a workshop about producing your own films, a panel hosted by Women in View, a networking reception and more!

This exciting new program has been made possible through sponsorship from Women in View, On Screen Manitoba and Vital Transit, in addition to the hard work of our staff and board, led by Rebecca Gibson.

THE FUTURE IS FEMALE* SPECIAL EVENTS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

$10 | FREE WITH A FILMMAKER OR SUPER PASS | 12PM – 2PM | FRI, JULY 27 | JOHNSON HALL ABOVE THE LINE, A WORKSHOP WITH REBECCA GIBSON This two-hour intensive workshop will leave participants ready to embark on their creative projects with a strong sense of how to accomplish them. Topics to be covered are script development, pitching, the casting process, budgeting, working with funders and broadcasters, distribution, working with actors and aligning with other artists to successfully collaborate.

FREE | 5:30PM | FRI, JULY 27 | JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE WOMEN IN VIEW PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION Presented by Women in View | womeninview.ca Change is in the air. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the film industry has been inhospitable to women and that we are not prepared to accept the status quo. A new era is dawning, but it’s a new day that we should take an active role in shaping. Let’s talk about what we want the industry of tomorrow to look like and revel in the advantages these changes will bring – for women, the industry and society as a whole.

Join us for a truly optimistic discussion about the female-centric future of film and for the Manitoba launch of the MediaPLUS+ toolkit. Moderated by Jill Golick, Executive Director, Women in View. Panelists include: • Ellen Vanstone (Toronto-based writer) • Ása Hjörleifsdóttir (Icelandic director of The Swan) • Elise Swerhone (MB-based filmmaker and NSI rep) • Rebecca Gibson (MB-based actor, writer, producer, director). IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE GIMLI FILM

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Once again, GFF presents our annual series of stories of and by Indigenous peoples. Many of the films are from right here in Manitoba, and many more are from across Canada and around the Americas.

Generously sponsored by Manitoba’s very own, Indigenous-owned production company Eagle Vision! INDIGENOUS STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: COCOTE NELSON CARLO DE LOS SANTOS ARIAS | 14A | ARGENTINA / GERMANY / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 2017 | 106 m | PAGE 15 MANKILLER VALERIE RED-HORSE | PG | UNITED STATES | 2017 | 74 m | PAGE 20 SWEET COUNTRY WARWICK THORNTON | R | AUSTRALIA | 2017 | 113 m | PAGE 17 THOSE WHO COME, WILL HEAR SIMON PLOUFFE | PG | CANADA | 2018 | 77 m | PAGE 22 NUUCA MICHELLE LATIMER | 14A | CANADA | 2017 | 13 m | PAGE 47 INDIGENOUS STORIES FROM MANITOBA: INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION SHORT FILMS VARIOUS FILMMAKERS | 14A | MANITOBA | 2017 | 83 m | PAGE 49 LAUNDRY DAY JJ NEEPIN | PG | CANADA | 2017 | 3 m | PAGE 13 NOSISIM SONYA BALLANTYNE| PG | CANADA | 2017 | 10 m | PAGE 20 RUN AS ONE - THE JOURNEY OF THE FRONT RUNNERS ERICA DANIELS | PG | CANADA | 2018 | 19 m | PAGE 45 ZAASAAKWE MADISON THOMAS | PG | CANADA | 2017 | 5 m | PAGE 45 We welcome all the viewers to the 18th Annual Gimli Film Festival

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Gimli’s Icelandic roots have shaped this beautiful lakefront community, and so once again Gimli Film Festival is proud to present the best contemporary cinema out of Iceland. Generously sponsored by Icelandair and Pharmasave Gimli and supported by the Canada Iceland Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Iceland Naturally and Consulate General of Iceland Winnipeg. 690 VOPNAFJÖRÐUR KARNA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR **IN ATTENDANCE** PG | ICELAND | 2017 | 57 m English Subtitles | Premiere: Manitoba | PAGE 19 In the middle of nowhere, the 645 people of Vopnafjörður village in Iceland go about their daily lives. The fear of depopulation leaves no inhabitant free from the pressure of protecting the existence of this little village. The film explores the communal tensions that push people to leave, and how personal identity can be so profoundly linked to place. SWAN, THE (SVANNURIN) ÁSA HELGA HJÖRLEIFSDÓTTIR **IN ATTENDANCE** 14A | ICELAND / ESTONIA / GERMANY | 2017 | 91 m English Subtitles | Premiere: Western Canada | PAGE 17 A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp. UNDER THE TREE (UNDIR TRÉNU) HAFFSTEINN GUNNAR SIGURðSSON 14A | ICELAND / FRANCE | 2017 | 89 m English Subtitles | Premiere: CANADA | PAGE 17 The shade from a front-yard tree brings the already simmering tensions between two families in an Icelandic suburb to boiling point, in this hilariously absurd and psychologically astute comedy from director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson. 45 Centre Street, Gimli | 204-642-5504 NORTHERN LIGHTS FILM SERIES

The “Northern Lights” Circumpolar Film Series - sponsored by Pharmasave Gimli - highlights films with an emphasis on Iceland and other circumpolar nations including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Greenland and northern Canada, among others!

12:30PM | GIMLI THEATRE SAT, JULY 28 | 80 M

Please remember to stay and vote for Manitoba Film & Music Audience Choice Manitoba Short Film Award. Also *new* this year will be an Audience Choice Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, courtesy of ACTRA Manitoba!

And a very special thanks to Johnston Group, our dedicated long-time sponsor of Manitoba & Canadian Short Films!

PIECE OF MIND ERIN HEMBRADOR | MANITOBA | 2018 | 8 M An elderly man living with dementia invites an unexpected guest over for lunch.

DYING LIGHT LUKE WHITMORE | MANITOBA | 2018 | 16 M A reclusive man dying from terminal cancer tries to save a light bulb with the same expiration date as him in hopes that it will prolong his life.

BIRDWATCHER, THE RYAN STEEL | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M A Birdwatcher becomes infatuated with a traveler seeking shelter in the cabin he shares with his wife.

SURFACING TREVOR KRISTJANSON | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M A woman deals with trauma during a guided meditation session with her therapist.

RUN AS ONE - THE JOURNEY OF THE FRONT RUNNERS ERICA DANIELS | MANITOBA | 2018 | 19 M Ten young Indigenous athletes from First Nations across Manitoba were selected to run the Pan Am torch from Minneapolis to Winnipeg in 1967. But just before the athletes arrived at the opening ceremonies, the torch was taken from them and handed to a non-Indigenous athlete, who carried the torch into the stadium. Fifty years later the runners reunite to share their memories.

ZAASAAKWE MADISON THOMAS | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M In this uplifting celebration of life, a young woman calls upon Indigenous people to embrace their history while coming together to strengthen their ties within the community.

FROM THE DIRT TYLER FUNK & CARMEN PONTO | MANITOBA | 2018 | 22 M A moving documentary set in rural Manitoba witnesses a couple navigate the seasons of their garden and their marriage. SHORTS WHEN YOU LIGHT A CANDLE YOU ALSO CAST A SHADOW

3PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE SAT, JULY 28 | 77 M

A collection of Manitoba and Canadian shorts that walk the line between lightness and darkness, reality and myth. Thanks to Johnston Group, our dedicated long-time sponsor of Manitoba & Canadian Short Films!

TESLA WORLD LIGHT MATTHEW RANKIN | QU BEC | 2017 | 8 M New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor. Inspired by real events, this electrifying short is a spectacular burst of image and sound that draws as much from the tradition of avant-garde cinema as it does from animated documentary.

THREE THOUSAND ASINNAJAQ (ISABELLA-ROSE WEETALUKTUK) WEETALUKTUK | QU BEC | 2017 | 14 M Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—12 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the past, present and future of Inuit in a radiant new light.

BREAKFAST JESSE DE ROCQUIGNY | MANITOBA | 2018 | 5 M Shot on film and experimental in form, Breakfast is a creative take on the classic boy meets girl story.

OU VONT LES CHATS APRÈS 9 VIES MARION DUHAIME | QU BEC | 2017 | 18 M Teenager Lily-May decides to tell those closest to her she intends to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic. A humorous short that explores death.

ECHOES IN THE ICE BJ VEROT | MANITOBA | 2017 | 10 M Four men explore an abandoned research facility. Within the station unsettling signs of disorder are revealed, and in the lowest level of the facility, a chilling discovery is made.

TRIGGER WARNING SCOTT FITZPATRICK | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M An examination of everyday household objects based on a list published in the December, 2016 issue of Harper’s Magazine shot on a camera (shaped like a gun).

SHADOW NETTES PHILLIP BARKER | ONTARIO | 2017 | 17 M The Shadow Nette is a traditional fishing device that projects the silhouette of the fisherman. The “fishr” assumes archetypal (and secret) poses of virility that display their strength and ability. This lyrical and beautifully shot film creatively plays off this idea. SHORTS RINSE AND REPEAT

3PM | LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE SUN, JULY 29 | 84 M

No matter how hard we try, things in our lives can feel like they’re on repeat. Some of these repetitions are beneficial, others harmful. But as these short films show, there is always something to be gained by circling back.

Thanks to Johnston Group, ACTRA Manitoba & the Directors Guild of Canada for sponsoring this collection of local and Canadian shorts!

NUUCA MICHELLE LATIMER | ONTARIO | 2017 | 10 M A haunting essay that contemplates the connection between the abuse of the natural landscape and violence inflicted upon Indigenous women and girls.

A CABEÇA E A MÃO MARC SERPA FRANCOEUR | ONTARIO | 2018 | 23 M A meditative glimpse into the lives of two women with disabilities who spent decades living together.

REFURBISHD (RETOUR DE QUALITÉ) DANIEL ABRAHAM & PIERRE-ALEXANDRE GIRARD | QU BEC | 2017 | 5 M Germain shows up to the emergency room thinking he will be diagnosed with depression. Turns out something a lot darker is going on.

SAVING GRACE BISONG TAIWO | MANITOBA | 2017 | 9 M A detective makes a daring attempt at rescuing a friend from the clutches of a deranged psychopath.

A MOTHER’S LOVE JENNY NG-TURNER | MANITOBA | 2018 | 18 M A mother goes to the furthest lengths to try and find her son who disappears as a result of his addiction.

PUMPKIN MOVIE SOPHY ROMVARI | BRITISH COLUMBIA | 2017 | 10 M Two long-time friends swap stories of negative encounters with men, in this frank window into the pervasive nature of gender inequality.

REPEAT VIEWING DANIEL COCKBURN | ONTARIO | 2017 | 5 M A performance about replaying memory, rewatching films & repeating mistakes. SHORTS new life anddeeplysaddenedtobeseparated from theonlyfamilyshehasleft. conflictedwhenhersistermoves isleft Vika from Ukraine toCanada—bothoverjoyed by hersister’s CHRISTIAN BORYS /MARTA IWANEK |ONTARIO |201726M VIKA and genderidentity. aboutfamilysecretsA story andthe courage tobewhowe trulyare. AsWe Are explores genderroles JULIE EPP|MANITOBA |20174M AS WE ARE a lettertofamily, imagesofthefilmmaker’s itisaccompaniedby documentary life. isapersonalaccountofrelationship byDear Hatetts asuspectedlie.Told tornapart intheform of KERRY BARBER|YUKON |20176M HATETTS DEAR E.ROY /PHILIPPEDAVIDJEAN-MARC GAGNÉ |QU DEMENTH CRÈME thismovingincluding acollectionofpornotapes—in exploration ofdifficultfamilyrelationships. Trying hislatefather, tobetter understand CharlieTyrell decidestogothrough hisbelongings— |ONTARIOCHARLIE TYRELL |201714M DAD’SPORNOTAPESMY DEAD it represents. question fuelledthedirector’s desire how andwhatstories tounderstand theillnessmanifests itself How aloved can comealive onewithAlzheimersoccasionally againwhenplaying music?This LESLEY NAKONECHNY |MANITOBA |20172M FIDDLING NEURON Directors andCanadianshorts! GuildofCanadafor sponsoringthiscollectionoflocal thesefilmsexploresensitivity thetiesthatbind.ThankstoJohnston Group, ACTRA Manitoba&the Relying storiesthatbringfamiliestogetherandalsotearthemapart. onhumourand Short house. Shetriestofindoutwhatherspecificplaceisamongthismultitudeofmemories. A young woman returns thedeathofherhoarder toherhometown his after fatherandmustempty BLOOD ISTHICKER BEC |201723M 10AM |ASPIRE THEATRE THAN WATER SAT, JULY 28|75M

INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION SHORT FILMS

3PM | ASPIRE THEATRE (UNITARIAN CHURCH) SUN, JULY 29 | 84 M

A collection of locally produced short films by Manitoba’s own Indigenous Filmmakers Association. Thanks to Eagle Vision for sponsoring our Indigenous Film Series this year, including this program!

MOCASSIN STORIES CHARLENE MOORE | MANITOBA | 2016 | 21 M Moccasins are more than footwear. They have the power to show us who we are. This Manitoba documentary follows the stories and lives of Indigenous Women and demonstrates the important role moccasins have played in their lives.

WAABISHKI-MA’IINGAN (A WHITE WOLF) RYAN WILSON | MANITOBA | 2017 | 6 M Angus McDonad shows us how culture and tradition saved his life while being moved from home to home in the child welfare system.

RED RIVER ROOTS RACHEL BEAULIEU | MANITOBA | 2017 | 6 M Jesse’s connection to his Red River roots goes back over a century. He hears of how his family shaped his history with what he now has today and goes on a spiritual journey to bring his great great great uncle a piece of home.

FULL OF FIRE RHAYNE VERMETTE | MANITOBA | 2013 | 2 M There are few alternatives for exiles. The homecoming may be postponed to an indeterminate future; one could settle for a replacement; and lastly, there is always madness.

FORGOTTEN JESSE SPENCE | MANITOBA | 2017 | 6 M Levi lives a simple life until escalating visions too strong to ignore lead him to reconnect to his indigenous heritage.

BANK STATEMENT TYSHANA HOBSON | MANITOBA | 2017 | 6 M A young Indigenous woman gets questioned by a teller when she makes her bi-weekly cash deposits at her local bank.

THE SPIDER ROGER BOYER | MANITOBA | 2017 | 7 M Chuck has a crush on the flower shop girl next door. Using a superhero card drawn by his co-worker Kelly, Chuck tries to strike up a conversation with her.

THE ESCAPIST AMANDA KINDZIERSKI | MANITOBA | 2017 | 10 M A man faces his fears and his friends in his search for the life he wants and the relationships that matter.

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