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Welcome to the 17th annual Gimli Film Festival! This is an historic year in our country and to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday the GFF is screening a selection of the best Canadian films through the decades. These will be shown along with our usual program of Canadian, circumpolar and international films in what promises to be a tremendous year of entertainment for our audiences. There are many film festivals in our country today but none like the GFF. Our rural setting, the exceptional quality of our program and the enthusiastic community support make us unique and exciting. Where else do you find thousands of film goers filling the theatres by day and crowding the beach at night to enjoy cinema by a beautiful lake under the stars? It does make us what Telefilm says is “a jewel” of a festival in our country. Thank you to our Board, volunteers and staff led by our Festival

WELCOME Director Leona Johnson for their hard work and belief in the power of film to enrich our lives. “We Are The Movies and The Movies Are Us.”

Honourable Janis Gudrun Johnson Chair, Gimli Film Festival

GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Janis Johnson, Chairperson/Founder Claire Gillis, Vice Chair Del Arnason, Treasurer Devan Towers, Secretary Michelle Aitkenhead Norma Bailey James Borsa Rebecca Gibson Lila Goodspeed Terry MacLeod Phyllis Laing Syndi Prokopich 2 3

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 2017 Gimli Film Festival, a celebration of artistic expression and appreciation amid the scenic beauty of our province’s Interlake community.

A popular attraction on Manitoba’s impressive slate of summer festivals, this event gives people of all ages unique opportunities to explore movie magic, from concept The Honourable Brian Pallister Premier of Manitoba development to the silver screen, while also enjoying wonderful community hospitality and the sheer novelty of watching a film on the beach.

The continuing success of this extraordinary event is made possible by the shared vision and dedication of its founder and chair, The honorable Janis Johnson, and the festival’s board of directors, staff and volunteers. Their firm belief that Manitobans and guests would embrace a quality summer film festival is proven true year after year, as the event grows in size and scope.

Your fine contribution to our provincial arts and culture Honourable Rochelle Squires, Minister Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage community is much appreciated. We wish you continued success.

A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR RANDY WORONIUK MAJOR OF GIMLI The Rural Municipality of Gimli would like to welcome the world to the 2017 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 Mayor Randy Woroniuk, enjoy the fine shopping and various dining establishments. Rural Municipality of Gimli 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 historic church to our beautiful beach. As you visit Gimli be sure to stop in at the Visitor Centre to learn the history of our strong Commercial Fishing Industry, you may even run into a Fisherman and learn what it is like to fish the worlds 10th largest lake. And don’t forget to visit our Art Gallery, fantastic pieces of art done by local artists. Get your picture taken with our iconic Viking Statue. Come to Gimli as a visitor, leave as a lifelong friend. 4 5

A MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL ROY CHAIR OF THE BOARD, TELEFILM CANADA Several decades ago, our country’s filmmakers dreamed of offering Canadians more stories based on Canadian experiences. In 1967, the development of an original model for funding films in Canada led to the creation of Telefilm Canada. Acknowledgments 1 Greetings 2 2017 marks our 50th anniversary! What a great Box Office, How to Festival 7 opportunity this gives us to celebrate 50 years of talent—to Sponsors 10 Michael Roy honour those who helped build this industry, including our Special Events, What’s Free 12 Chair of the Board, Telefilm Canada partners the Gimli Film Festival, their staff and volunteers, RBC Sunset Screenings - Free 16 along with the actors, directors, screenwriters, producers Documentary Films 18 and technicians who, due to their talent, show Canada to BellMTS Stories from Home 21 the world. And of course thank you to Telefilm’s staff, Board Northern Lights Circumpolar Films 27 members and Executive Directors who throughout the last Icelandic Film Series 28 half-century have been there every step of the way. GFF Star Donors 30 Map of Gimli 31 I also want to thank you the audience for watching Film & Event Schedule 32 Canadian movies for the last five decades, for talking Narrative / Drama Films 35 about them, for sharing them—for allowing them to live and Manitoba Feature Films 41 breathe. Manitoba Short Films 42 Canadian Short Films 43 Looking to the next 50 years, the future is bright for Indigenous Short Films 44 Canadian cinema. On behalf of Telefilm, I wish you all a Great Canadian Film Series 46 wonderful festival full of discovery and delight. Contests & Awards 52 Filmmaker & Industry Events 54 Be a GFF Volunteer 56 Film Index - Alphabetical 61 TABLE OF OF TABLE CONTENTS Film Index – Genres & Themes 62 Thank You & Credits 63 A MESSAGE FROM CAROLE VIVIER CEO & FILM COMMISSIONER MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC On behalf of Manitoba Film & Music, thank you for attending the Gimli Film Festival!

At MFM, we support and contribute to the growth of Manitoba’s vibrant film, television and music industries. Our province has seen over $1 billion in screen production in the past 10 years alone, and over half of that amount has been GFF RAFFLES spent in the province on salaries, supplies and services. A SUPPORT GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL & HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN! Carole Vivier major economic driver, the film and television production CEO & Film Commissioner Manitoba Film & Music industry provides over 1,500 jobs for highly-skilled and To purchase your raffle tickets, stop by the GFF box office at 41 creative Manitobans. Festivals like this help support our Centre St (Lighthouse Mall) or call GFF box office at 204.642.8846. objectives by promoting films, developing filmmakers and Raffle tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. building an audience for quality work. Two travel raffles are available: - Icelandair Raffle: 2 economy return airline tickets from anywhere We hope that during the festival you will see the films of Icelandair flies. some of our fantastic local filmmakers and take pride in - WestJet Raffle: Gift of flight voucher for one (1) round trip for two what is created right here in our province. (2) guests to any regularly scheduled WestJet destination.

Full raffle details at gimlifilm.com

Also, stop by the GFF Box Office to purchase $2 raffle tickets to win a number of prizes, total value over $1,000. 7

The Gimli Film Festival Box Office is where you can get your passes, individual film tickets, printed programs and information on the Festival. You can also purchase merchandise and tickets to our raffles.

Passes and tickets are also available online at gimlifilm.com and through the interactive GFF APP. Download the APP to check out the films and get the latest GFF news. With our GFF APP, you can filter by film series & genres, see film trailers and order your tickets! All things GFF are at your fingertips.

GFF APP powered by (add Insurance Brokers logo) 2017 GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE 41 Centre Street, Lighthouse Mall, Gimli Phone: 204-642-8846 Hours of Operation: July 1 (Canada Day from noon – 4 pm) July 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 (weekends) from noon – 4 pm. July 22 - July 30 open daily from 10 am – 5 pm.

Gimli Film Festival Box Office technology sponsored by (Manitoba Liquor Mart logo) FILM FESTIVAL PASSES There are three types of passes available and quantities are limited.

IBAM SUPER PASS – $100 The GFF Super Pass gives you access to all films plus on the guest list to the festival hospitality events. Only 100 Super Passes available!

FILM PASS – $75 FULL The GFF Film Pass gives you access to all films. Only 150 Film Passes available!

FILMMAKERS PASS – $75 (available to filmmakers only, industry membership required) The GFF Filmmaker Pass gives filmmakers access to all films and filmmaker networking events. Only 50 Filmmakers PAGE AD Passes available! HOW GFF PASSES WORK PASS HOLDER ADVANCE FILM TICKETS Avoid the rush line and guarantee your seats at the Festival. BOX OFFICE & OFFICE & BOX CENTRE INFORMATION - 50% of GFF film tickets for each screening can be individually reserved. - Advance tickets must be reserved by GFF Pass Holders by 5 pm the day before the screening. Pass Holders reserve advance tickets with a special promo code which you receive when you purchase your pass. Your pass grants you one ticket for the selected screening. - If you reserve your advance tickets online, you can keep your virtual ticket on your mobile device, print your ticket at home, or stop by the GFF Box Office to get your tickets printed. - When arriving at the venue with your advance ticket, be sure to line up in the ticket holders line. - Pass holders must show your pass with your ticket to enter theatre in the “ticket holders” line. No sharing of passes! (Your pass will have your picture ID on it!) - It is highly recommended that you arrive 30 minutes prior to the film screening before the Rush Ticket seating begins (Rush Ticket Line opens 15 minutes before the screening). We fill all seats, even if you are late. 9 GFF – A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE No other film festival on earth has a giant screen in the lake, showing the very best in film every night from the beach. It’s free, and so are the added attractions of northern lights and spectacular stars, on the screen and in the sky. And this year we have the added attraction of The Delta Aquarids Meteor Showers lighting up our sky!

The four indoor venues are within easy walking distance of each other, and show the absolute best features, docs and shorts from Manitoba, Canada and around the world.

THANK YOU TO OUR GIMLI VENUE PARTNERS (see map on page 31): Gimli Unitarian Church – Aspire Theatre Dr. George Johnson Middle School 76 Second Ave. 53 Third Ave. Johnson Hall, 5th floor Waterfront Centre Gimli Dance Pavilion 94 First Ave. 1 Fourth Ave. Lady of The Lake Theatre, Gimli Lutheran Church New Iceland Heritage Museum 50 Third Ave. 94 First Ave. Gimli Theatre est. 1947 Lighthouse Mall 74 Second Ave. 41 Centre St.

OUTDOOR BEACH SCREENINGS – WHAT TO BRING Only at GFF can you watch fantastic feature films on the huge 11-meter screen in the lake. Screenings start after sunset, around 10 pm but it’s a good idea to arrive early. Most importantly, bring your friends and family, along with a blanket and (low) chairs. A little bug stuff might not hurt, either. Join us earlier on Friday and Saturday from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm for free fun at the RBC PASS HOLDER RUSH TICKETS beach boardwalk. More details on page 16-17. - Didn’t reserve an advance ticket with your GFF Pass? 50% of GFF film tickets are held at the venue for rush tickets for both pass holders and ticket buyers. INDOOR VENUES - Your pass grants you one ticket for the selected screening. You’ll be happy to hear that all the indoor venues are air-conditioned. Bring your film ticket, - If you are keen to see a particular film and do not have an advance ticket, we recommend GFF Pass or cash, along with your Festival Program, and arrive in plenty of time. arriving at least 30 minutes early with your GFF pass in the Rush Line to ensure you get Ticket holders (max of 50% of venue seats) have priority seating up until 15 minutes before in to the film. show time. Once they are seated, the rush seating line will be let in. Pass holders without HOW TO FESTIVAL TO HOW - You cannot share your pass! (Your pass will have your picture ID on it!) tickets and cash ticket buyers line up on a first come, first served basis. - First come, first served for rush ticket pass holders and rush ticket buyers. As outlined in Box Office Info (page 7): INDIVIDUAL FILM TICKETS - Pass holders may secure their seat by ordering individual film tickets by 5 pm the day before GFF FILM TICKET – $10 EACH the screening at the GFF Box Office, 41 Centre Street, Gimli or online. ADVANCE TICKETS - Rush seating is available for the casual GFF film fan! Minimum of 50% of film tickets are on - 50% of GFF film tickets can be individually pre-purchased prior to the screening of the film. All sale at door or for pass holders as walk ups. advance tickets are available for purchase up until 5 pm the day before the film screening. - When arriving at the venue with your advance ticket, be sure to line up in the ticket holders line. Single tickets at the door are $10 each – cash only. - It is highly recommended that you arrive 30 minutes prior to the film screening before Exceptions are: the Rush Ticket seating begins (Rush Ticket Line opens 15 minutes before the screening). - $5 for the Canadian classic films in the Great Canadian film series thanks to the outstanding We fill all seats, if you are late or a no show. support of The Asper Foundation. In addition, this initiative is made possible by the Community Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between Westshore Community Foundation, the RUSH TICKETS Government of Canada, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast. - 50% of GFF film tickets are held at the venue for rush seating 15 minutes prior to - $5 for Manitoba Youth Films: 10 am, Sunday, July 30 the screening. - Rush tickets are $10 CASH ONLY at the door, unless otherwise stated. WHERE DO I GET MY GFF PASS, PROGRAM OR SINGLE TICKET? - Rush ticket line opens 15 minutes before the film screening. If you are keen to see a film and GFF passes, film tickets and programs are available at the GFF Box Office and online at do not have an advance ticket, we recommend arriving at least 30 minutes early to ensure you gimlifilm.com or GFF APP (page 7). get a ticket. - First come, first served for rush ticket buyers and rush ticket pass holders. ARE THE FILMS RATED? Many of the films are newly released and not yet rated. Where possible, the films are rated by the All RBC Sunset Screenings at Gimli Beach are free. Manitoba Film Classification Board. If there isn’t a rating in this program, there may be a rating at the screening. BOX OFFICE & OFFICE & BOX CENTRE INFORMATION 10 11

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7 PM – 10 PM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 1 PM - 4 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION FREE MANITOBA-MADE VIRTUAL JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE, 94 FIRST AVE. REALITY SHOWCASE Super Pass holders are invited to join us as we celebrate 17 years of the Gimli Film FIRST AVENUE BETWEEN CENTRE & GOLDFIELD Festival. Get the inside info on the films creating a buzz and meet our sponsors, (rain location: GFF Box Office, 41 Centre) Explore storytelling through Immersive Content 360 supporters and special guests. Cash Bar. experiences made right here in Manitoba. Three projects will be on display: Sky Stories (Kistikan Pictures), Breaking Ice (Build Films) & Phantom of the Forest (Electric Monk). Stop by and try out Thank you for the support of Catherine & David Filmon, Elsebeth & Andre Kriening, these locally-made new media projects and win prizes provided by On Screen Manitoba. Bergmann’s on Lombard and De Luca Fine Wines. Sponsored by On Screen Manitoba.

ALL DAY | WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 | $5.00 PER TICKET | FREE FOR PASS HOLDERS GREAT CANADIAN FILM SERIES GIMLI THEATRE AND LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE 3 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 | TICKETS: $10, FREE FOR PASS HOLDERS In celebration of Canada 150, see classic Canadian films thanks to the outstanding support DUKE AND BATTERS BY ARTIST TALK of The Asper Foundation. In addition, this initiative is made possible by the Community GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between Westshore Community Foundation, the “Art is for empathy” presents Canadian filmmaking duo Duke + Battersby. Cooper Battersby Government of Canada, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast. Additional and EmilyVey Duke have been working collaboratively since June 1994 and GFF is proud to screenings throughout the Festival. More details on pages 44 –47. present this retrospective of three of their seminal works: Beauty Plus Pity, Here is Everything and Dear Lorde. Filmmakers in attendance, Q & A to follow. Presented by Winnipeg Underground Film Festival.

7:30 PM - 9 PM | THURSDAY, JULY 27 | $5.00 TO PLAY TRIVIA NIGHT SHIP & PLOUGH GASTROPUB 42 CENTRE ST. 5:30 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29  | THEATRE TICKETS: $10, FREE FOR PASS HOLDERS Payment collected at the event. MIKE HOOLBOOM RETROSPECTIVE Come out with your smart friends and play a few rounds of trivia. $5 per person at the GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH event. All trivia fees go to support the Gimli Film Festival. Thank you for playing and thank Gimli Film Festival is proud to present this selection of work by experimental filmmaker and writer you Ship & Plough! Being a GFF pass holder has benefits. Show your GFF pass and get Mike Hoolboom. Born from the avant-garde tradition, Hoolboom’s films present challenging, 20% off Ship & Plough Gastropub entertainment tent entrance fee on Friday & Saturday poetic discourses on the world around us and contradictions found therein. Films include: moucle’s night. Ticket price with GFF accreditation is $8. island,citizen poet, ghost - world premiere, identification - canadian premiere, colour my world - canadian premiere, fats - world premiere filmmaker in attendance, q & a to follow. Presented by: Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Canada 150.

7 PM - 9:30 PM |FRIDAY, JULY 28 & SATURDAY, JULY 29 FREE RBC BEACH BOARDWALK GIMLI BEACH, BEFORE THE RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS 8 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 Join us for FREE fun: GFF table with 2017 merchandise & raffle tickets, interactive GFF 2017 AWARDS RECEPTION GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FILM GIMLI EVENTS SPECIAL activities, 8 pm Friday & Saturday - Zumba with Jan Keryluk, 8:30 pm Friday – music by GIMLI DANCE PAVILION Andre Kriening, children games, free giveaways. Appetizers plus host & cash bar. Super Pass holders, sponsors, supporters, filmmakers and industry guests are invited to join us as we celebrate outstanding members of the film 10 AM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 | FREE industry. The Alda Award recognizes outstanding filmmakers from the circumpolar nations 6TH ANNUAL RBC $10,000 EMERGING including Canada, the United States, Russia, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, FILMMAKER COMPETITION Greenland and the Baltics states. This year’s recipient is Norma Bailey. Jack Clements “Livin’ Please join us as we premiere The Debut by Solmund MacPherson and Allegra Chiarella, the Dream” Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of outstanding contribution to the rich winners of the 2016 competition and then watch as the five finalists of this year’s competition history of film in Manitoba, will be presented to Derek Mazur and Joan Scott. pitch their story idea to a jury in front of a live audience. More details on page 52. Sponsored by GLED VID Investment Company. Beverages provided by Spirits Canada

1 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 | $10.00 PER TICKET GLED VID WINNIPEG FILM GROUP 48 HOUR FILM INVESTMENT CONTEST COMPANY Join us for the World Premiere of 18 new films all created in just 48 hours. Participants are tasked to write, shoot, edit, score and complete an original short in just two days. Awards and prizes presented plus cast your vote for the Audience Choice Award. More details on page 52.

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10 AM | SUNDAY, JULY 30 | TICKETS: $5, FREE FOR PASS HOLDERS MTYP’S MOVIE MAGIC CAMP – PREMIERE SCREENINGS GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH Join us for the screening of films by aspiring young filmmakers, as we premiere productions from the MTYP Young Filmmakers’ Camp in Gimli.

12:30 – 4:30 PM | SUNDAY, JULY 30 | FREE WORK SHOP DIRECTING & ACTING WORKSHOP WITH SEAN GARRITY: USING IMPROV TO UNLOCK SCENES & CHARACTERS JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE, 94 FIRST AVE. If you think you can’t improvise, you’re wrong. Films from ‘On the Waterfront’ to ‘Kramer EMPOWERING CANADA’S CONTENT CREATORS vs. Kramer’ to ‘Super Bad’ make extensive use of improvisation on set and in prep to explore material, build character, and create authentic dialogue. Improv is an effective tool to unlock scenes, discover problems in writing, finesse characters and craft memorable, believable dialogue.

In this workshop, we will explore how to make use of improv as both a filmmaker and an actor. A brief discussion, and screening of film clips will be followed by hands-on improvisation exercises.

Free – preregistration required; online on GFF website or APP or by calling GFF Box Office (204) 642-8846. Maximum number of participants: 7 directors and 14 actors. Presented in conjunction with:

10 AM | SUNDAY, JULY 30 | FREE SCREENING IN THE NAME OF ALL CANADIANS LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE Presented by Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, this screening is a compilation of six short commissioned documentaries inspired by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. From Indigenous rights to multiculturalism to the controversial ‘notwithstanding clause,’ participating filmmakers have each selected a specific aspect of the Charter to explore, looking at how it resonates in the stories of their fellow Canadians. GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FILM GIMLI EVENTS SPECIAL

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Don’t miss the main attraction –it’s the 11 metre tall monster screen, 10 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 native only to the waters of Lake Winnipeg, and only during GFF. Every TWISTER night of the Festival, watch movies and documentaries from the beach, PG | USA | 1996 | 1 h 53 m and marvel at the fun you’re having. As always, our beach screenings are JAN DE BONT absolutely free at the RBC Sunset Screenings. Bill and Jo Harding, extreme storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting Note: Rain venue is Dr. George Johnson Middle School, 53 Third Ave themselves in the cross-hairs of the most violent class of tornadoes. at Keenora Dr – short walking distance from the beach screen. If the weather is inclement, please watch GFF website, social media and APP 11:59 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 for updates. Signs will also be posted at the beach and GFF box office by THE BIRDS 7 pm if the screening is moved to the school gym. Rain out is Saturday late night PG13 | USA | 1963 | 1 h 59 m BEACH FILM TIPS: ALFRED HITCHCOCK • Shows start after sunset, but grab a good spot early. In Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense classic, a wealthy San Francisco socialite • The marked-off area in front of the screen is the chair-free zone. pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that • If you bring a chair, make sure it’s low-profile as a courtesy to others. slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin • Mosquitoes are rare, but sometimes put in a cameo appearance, so to attack people. be prepared. • Beach blankets are always a good idea. 10 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 • Please respect the beach and keep it clean. No dogs allowed. FOOTLOOSE • Check out “How to Festival” on pages 9. **preceded by John Paizs’s 1981 Canadian short film “Springtime in Greenland”. | 25 m PG | USA | 1984 | 1 h 47 m 10 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 HERBERT ROSS FANTASTIC MR. FOX A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing G | USA | 2009 | 1 h 27 m have been banned, and shakes up the populace with his rebellious spirit WES ANDERSON and infectious moves. An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation in this beloved 10 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 stop-motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. THE NEVERENDING STORY PG | USA | 1984 | 1 h 42 m 10 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 WOLFGANG PETERSEN AMERICAN GRAFFITI In one of the most beloved children’s films of the 1980’s, a bullied boy PG | USA | 1973 | 1 h 50 m dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious GEORGE LUCAS book to escape his troubled school life. **preceded by local director Julie Epp’s 2016 “Contents of the Heart”. | 4 m Relive the magical nostalgia of the 1950’s when a couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. 18 19 DOCUMENTARY FILMS

LADY OF THE THEATRE | 3 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 BEING GREENE GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 18 m A BETTER MAN Premiere: Manitoba CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 19 m | English JEFF NEWMAN Premiere: Western Canada **preceded by Carly Southern’s short doc “This I know for sure” ATTIYA KHAN **filmmaker in attendance** / LAWRENCE JACKMAN On the surface, the Greenes are a fun-loving family of performers. Dave, Attiya was 17 when she dated Steve. Two decades later, they’re sitting across from the father, is an Elvis impersonator. The mom, Roxie, is a writer. Quinn, each other again, not to reminisce but to process. In a powerful act of restorative the eldest son, is an actor, and his little brother Kane is a beat-boxer. justice, they’ve come together to talk through their abusive relationship. But underneath, they have a secret.

LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 BLACK CODE A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 29 m | English CANADA/RUSSIA | 2017 | 1 h 50 m | Russian | English Subtitles Premiere: Manitoba Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Honourable Mention, Best Canadian NICHOLAS DE PENCIER Documentary Award, DOXA Film Festival 2017 A look at the global impact the internet has on free speech, privacy and FRANÇOIS JACOB activism. Canadian filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier (Watermark) examines The mining town of Norilsk sits at the end of the world in the Siberian how the internet is being controlled and manipulated by governments in Arctic. While teenagers in the icy city dream of escape, the nickel miners order to censor and monitor their citizens. ponder the lost Soviet comradeship and the atrocities of the Gulag prison that founded this remote community. A Moon of Nickel and Ice uncovers LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8PM, FRIDAY, JULY 27 Norilsk’s dark past, buried under ice and censorship. UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 DINA UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 USA | 2017 | 1 h 41 m | English UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3:30 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 Premiere: Canada | Awards: Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2017 ACTS AND INTERMISSIONS ANTONIO SANTINI / DAN SICKLES USA | 2017 | 57m | English Dina is an unconventional love story about an eccentric woman who has Premiere: Canada overcome tragedy and found true love. Dina is unstoppable, a force of ABIGAIL CHILD nature, and as the star of her own life story, she’s an unconventional movie **preceded by Kelly Gallagher’s short film “More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters” protagonist the likes of which hasn’t been seen before. Once considered the “most dangerous woman alive,” the American revolutionary Emma Goldman was also passionate, poetic and sexual. LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 This documentary weaves historical industrial-era footage with excerpts GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 27 of Emma’s prescient speeches and intimate diary entries to explore I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO human vulnerabilities, compromises, and choices. USA | 2017 | 1 h 33 m Awards: Nominated, Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 3 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 People’s Choice for Best Documentary Film, Toronto I.F.F. 2017 UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 RAOUL PECK BECOMING BOND When famed American novelist James Baldwin died in 1987, he left behind USA | 2017 | 1 h 30 m | English an unfinished manuscript. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal Premiere: Manitoba | Audience Award, SXSW Film Festival 2017 account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: JOSH GREENBAUM Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Master filmmaker Lazenby, George Lazenby. The only man to play James Bond just once, Raoul Peck re-envisions this incomplete novel, transforming it into an George shares the stranger-than-fiction story of how he lucked into the incendiary new documentary that encompasses decades of black history. iconic role and later left it behind. Through a playful combination of re- enactments and a stellar sit-down interview. 20 21

LADY OF THE THEATRE | 8 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 LADY OF THE THEATRE | 10 AM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 LIMIT IS THE SKY ROAD FORWARD, THE CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 47 m | English CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 41 m | English Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Best Canadian Documentary Award, DOXA Premiere: Manitoba Film Festival 2017 MARIE CLEMENTS JULIA IVANOVA **preceded by Erika MacPherson & Katherena Vermette’s short film “This River” [NFB]. Dubbed “Fort McMoney” by detractors and admirers alike, the city and The Road Forward is a musical documentary that celebrates the untold its vast oil sands projects offered lucrative employment to thousands history of the Indigenous civil rights movement in Canada. The film of fortune seekers from around the world. Limit is the Sky follows seven tells the story of six generations of Indigenous activism, chronicling the such dreamers, arriving from places as far flung as Sudan, Lebanon and history of Canada’s first Indigenous newspaper, The Native Voice, as well even Winnipeg. as the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood and the Constitution Express.

UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 PM, FRIDAY JULY 27 LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 PM, SATURDAY JULY 28 LOVE AND SAUCERS ROAD MOVIE, THE CANADA/USA | 2017 | 1 h 25 m | English RUSSIA | 2017 | 1 h 7 m | Russian | English Subtitles Premiere: Manitoba Premiere: Manitoba BRAD ABRAHAMS DMITRII KALASHNIKOV **followed by Nihad Ademi’s short doc “White Balloon” Russian national character is illustrated solely through dashboard camera videos. This The strange story of David Huggins, a 72 year-old Hoboken man who fascinating mosaic of asphalt adventures and landscape photography presents the claims to have had a lifetime of encounters with otherworldly beings. absurd and frightening nature of Russia. Everything can happen on Russian roads. Beginning with loosing his virginity to a gargantuan alien woman, David has chronicled it all in his surreal impressionist paintings. A quirky yet LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 endearing portrait of a regular man with some incredible stories. UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 ROCKED THE WORLD LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8:30 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 30 m | English OUT OF THIN AIR Premiere: Canada ICELAND/UK | 2017 | 1 h 25 m | Icelandic/English | English Subtitles CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE / ALFONSO MAIORANA Premiere: Manitoba **preceded by Ervin Chartrand’s “Apples to Indians” [NFB]. DYLAN HOWITT Rumble tells the little-known history of Native Americans influence on popular “Every Icelander knows about this case.” It’s Iceland, 1974. Two men music, from Link Wray to Charley Patton and Jimi Hendrix to Redbone. These disappear under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected. talented indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, Six suspects confess to two violent murders, but it was far from over. through their contributions, changed popular American music history forever. Incredibly, this infamous murder case is still being tried, debated and re-examined today. UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, THURSDAY JULY 27 SOUL SISTERS: THE CATHOLIC UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, THURSDAY JULY 27 WOMEN RELIGIOUS OF MANITOBA UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, FRIDAY JULY 28 CANADA | 2017 | 56 m | English QUEST DANIELLE STURK USA | 2017 | 1 h 45 m | English An intimate glimpse into the lives of the Catholic Sisters of Manitoba, Premiere: Manitoba laced with humour, feminism and compassion. JONATHAN OLSHEFSKI Filmed with intimacy for over a decade, Quest is the moving portrait of a UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 family living in North Philadelphia. Everyday life brings a mix of joy and WAKING THE SLEEPING GIANT: THE unexpected crisis, set against a backdrop of a country now in turmoil. A MAKING OF A POLITICAL REVOLUTION profound testament to love, healing and hope. USA | 2017 | 1 h 30 m | English Premiere: Canada | Awards: Best Documentary Feature (Thin Line Fest) JON D. ERICKSON / KATHRYN GOLDMAN / JACOB SMITH Waking the Sleeping Giant is a moving call-to-action in uncertain political times. Five people – including a school bus driver from LA, an anti- poverty activist from West Virginia, the organizers of Democracy Spring, and Senator Bernie Sanders – all come together in an intersectional coalition that offers a glimmer of hope in these dark days. 22 SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM SERIES

Gimli Film Festival believes in the power of cinema to change society and expand the minds of all! Through the support of The Mauro Family Foundation, we bring you groundbreaking documentaries and films that will stir you from your seat, and into action!

CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 19 m | PAGE 18 A BETTER MAN ATTIYA KHAN / LAWRENCE JACKMAN

CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 18 m | PAGE 19 BEING GREEN JEFF NEWMAN

CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 29 m | PAGE 19 BLACK CODE NICHOLAS DE PENCIER

USA | 2017 | 1 h 33 m | PAGE 19 I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO RAOUL PECK

USA | 2017 | 1 h 45 m | PAGE 20 QUEST JONATHAN OLSHEFSKI

CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 41 m | PAGE 21 THE ROAD FORWARD DMITRII KALASHNIKOV

USA | 2017 | 1 h 30 m | PAGE 21 WAKING THE SLEEPING GIANT JON D. ERICKSON / KATHRYN GOLDMAN / JACOB SMITH

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Through Stories From Home, BellMTS provides funding and assistance to Manitoba based community producers. The films shine a spotlight on our SHENANIGANS AT SUNSET province and our stories. These stories are intensely local, created by people CANADA | 2016 | 22 m with a wide range of experience including students and first-time producers. KAYLA JEANSON A whimsical lamentation on a seemingly bygone era. The film follows a dinner theatre troupe in the small town of Oak Bank, Manitoba, as it LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY prepares for its 23rd season. BELLMTS STORIES FROM HOME 1 -

OUR LAND, OUR PAST, UNITARIAN CHURCH | 12 PM, SATURDAY BELLMTS STORIES FROM HOME 3 - OUR FUTURE. BEYOND THE QIKIKTAARJUIT CANADA | 2017 | 22 m TIMELIGHT CHRISTOPHER PAETKAU Has Canada’s most southern ancient Thule settlement been found BEYOND THE LIMELIGHT in Manitoba? CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 23 m | World Premier NATE BOWER BAYLINE Grammy Award winning violinist James Ehens decides that for his 40th CANADA | 2017 | 15 m birthday he will tour every province and territory in Canada. In his most JJ NEEPIN ambitious tour ever, James visits every corner of the country, capturing A family travels back to the ‘Bayline’ for a 3 day long camping trip. tour life, intimate family moments, and breath taking scenes of each region, all set to the gorgeous sounds of his violin. FOR OUR PEAT’S SAKE CANADA | 2017 | 35 m THAYER MACINNIS UNITARIAN CHURCH | 2 PM, SUNDAY A look at the ecological impacts on the Lake Winnipeg watershed BELLMTS STORIES FROM HOME 4 - through the production of peat mosses. Desperate Canadians and First Nations people fight for environmental protection as nutrient runoff, CONCERTO flooding, and extreme weather results in suffocating their lake. CONCERTO CANADA | 2016 | 46 m | World Premiere LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 3 PM, SATURDAY IVAN HUGHES BELLMTS STORIES FROM HOME 2 - Victoria is a percussionist with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra who is given the opportunity to preform as the soloist in the world premiere of BYGONE ERAS a new composition. As the date of the concept nears she must overcome her fears and prepare to take her place at the front of the stage. NEW AND USED: WINNIPEG CANADA | 2016 | 44 m JAMIE MIERAU The Winnipeg record stores that once lined North Portage represented a vibrant community of Winnipeg’s musicians and music lovers. They would inspire the music scene in Winnipeg for decades. This is their story! 27 NORTHERN LIGHTS CIRCUMPOLAR FILMS

Each year we highlight the foreign films that are included in our Northern Lights program sponsored by Pharmasave in Gimli.

Our emphasis on Iceland and other circumpolar nations is unique. Circumpolar nations include Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Greenland and northern Canada among others.

A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE CANADA/RUSSIA | PAGE 18 COMMUNE, THE DENMARK/SWEDEN/NETHERLANDS | PAGE 35 HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI, THE W GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL W FINLAND / SWEDEN / GERMANY | PAGE 36 HEARTSTONE ICELAND | PAGE 36 LIMIT IS THE SKY Welcome Film Enthusiasts! CANADA | PAGE 20 OUT OF THIN AIR At Pharmasave Gimli, our community matters ICELAND/UNITED KINGDOM | PAGE 20 and so does the health and well-being of REYKJAVÍK our customers. ICELAND | PAGE 38 ROAD MOVIE, THE That’s why our Live Well Pharmacists are with RUSSIA | PAGE 21 you every step of the way... helping to keep you SEARCHERS (MILIGLUTIT) CANADA | PAGE 38 the picture of health. Proud supporters of the Gimli Film Festival.

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GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH | 5:30 PM, THURSDAY LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM, SATURDAY HEARTSTONE Iceland | 2016 | 2 h 6 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles Premiere: Western Canada GUÐMUNDUR ARNAR GUÐMUNDSSON Teenagers Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer amidst the FLY ICELANDAIR TO MORE THAN rugged beauty of a remote fishing village in Iceland as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best 25 DESTINATIONS IN EUROPE friend. Summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland returns, signalling Stopover in Iceland at no additional airfare. the boys’ transition to adulthood.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 OUT OF THIN AIR USA | 2017 | 1 h 41 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles Premiere: Canada DYLAN HOWITT “Every Icelander knows about this case.” It’s Iceland, 1974. Two men disappear under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected. Six suspects confess to two violent murders, but it was far from over. Incredibly, this infamous murder case is still being tried, debated and re- examined today.

GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH | 8 PM, THURSDAY GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH | 5:30 PM, SUNDAY REYKJAVIK ICELAND | 2016 | 1 h 32 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles ASGRIMUR SVERRISSON A thirty something couple, Hringur and Elsa, are about to buy their dream house in downtown Reykjavík when the video store Hringur owns faces foreclosure. As the crisis threatens to split them apart, Hringur PROUD SUPPORTERS OF THE resolves to sort things out before it’s too late. GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL 2017

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GEND THEATRE 31 32 33 WED 26 10 AM GIMLI THEATRE 11 AM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 PM GIMLI THEATRE 3 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 10 AM UNITARIAN CHURCH Apprenticeship of Soul Sisters: The A Ghost Story Searchers (Maliglutit) Dim the Fluorescents Duddy Kravitz, The Catholic Women Religious of Manitoba 10 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 5:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 AM GIMLI THEATRE 10 AM LADY OF THE LAKE A Moon of Nickel and Ice Acts & Intermissions FREE RBC $10,000 Goin’ Down the Road 12:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Emerging Filmmaker BellMTS Stories From 10 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 5:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Competition 12:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE Home 1: Our Land, Our Kubasa in a Glass Cowboys and Indians: Crime Wave Past, Our Future The JJ Harper Story 10 AM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH Slack Bay (Ma Loute) 12:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 12:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Quest 5:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE Life Without Death Out of Thin Air I Am Not Your Negro 12:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 10 PM GIMLI BEACH Heartstone 3 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 12:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE American Graffiti 5:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Man Who Skied Down Son of Sofia My American Cousin 12:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Everest, The IFA Indigenous 12:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH FRI 7:30 - GIMLI BEACH Short Films 3 PM GIMLI THEATRE Stealing Alice 28 9:30 PM RBC Beach Boardwalk Norman McLaren: 10 AM LUTHERAN CHURCH 12:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 8 Films 3 PM LADY OF THE LAKE A Moon of Nickel and Ice 8 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Waking the Sleeping Becoming Bond Dina Giant: The Making of a 3 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 10 AM UNITARIAN CHURCH Political Revolution Happiest Day in the 3 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Dim the Fluorescents 8 PM GIMLI THEATRE Life of Olli Maki, The I Am Not Your Negro Downtime 1 PM GIMLI THEATRE 10 AM LADY OF THE LAKE Winnipeg Film Group 5:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 3 PM GIMLI THEATRE Norman McLaren: 8 PM GIMLI THEATRE 48 Hour Film Contest Léolo Boundaries 8 Films Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, The 1-4 PM FIRST AVE, GIMLI 5:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 3 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 AM GIMLI THEATRE Manitoba-Made My Winnipeg Sheldon Kennedy Salesman, The 8 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH Virtual Reality Story, The (Forushande) Stealing Alice Showcase 7-10 PM JOHNSON HALL Opening Reception 5:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 12:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 PM GIMLI THEATRE 3 PM LADY OF THE LAKE C.R.A.Z.Y. Becoming Bond Little Hours, The BellMTS Stories From 8 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Home 2: Bygone Eras Fly, The 5:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 12:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 10 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Heartstone Commune, The Neruda 3 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 8 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Black Code Picture of Light 5:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 12:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE 10 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Love and Saucers & Graduation (Bacalaureat) Road Movie, The 3 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 PM GIMLI BEACH White Balloon Duke & Battersby: Fantastic Mr. Fox 12:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 10 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 3 Films 7 PM SHIP & PLOUGH Road Forward, The Slack Bay (Ma Loute) Trivia Night This River 3:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE THU 10 PM GIMLI BEACH Manitoba Short Films 27 8 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 3 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Twister 10 AM LADY OF THE LAKE Limit is the Sky Being Greene 5:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Commune, The 11:59 PM GIMLI BEACH A Better Man 8 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 3 PM GIMLI THEATRE Birds, The 10 AM GIMLI THEATRE Menorca Personal Shopper 5:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH Little Hours, The Mike Hoolboom: 6 Films 8 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH 3 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH SAT 10 AM LUTHERAN CHURCH Reykjavík Quest 29 5:30 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Road Forward, The 10 AM LADY OF THE LAKE RUMBLE: The Indians

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5:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE 12 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH 10 PM GIMLI BEACH Salesman, The BellMTS Stories From Neverending Story, The NARRATIVE (Forushande) Home 3: Beyond the Limelight 6 PM GIMLI PAVILION Filmmakers Mix 12:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE FILMS & Mingle A Better Man

8 PM GIMLI BEACH 12:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE RBC Beach Boardwalk Dim the Fluorescents GIMLI THEATRE | 10 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM, SUN DAY, JULY 30 8 PM LADY OF THE LAKE 12:30 PM JOHNSON HALL A GHOST STORY Life Without Death Directing & Acting USA | 2017 | 1 h 27 m | English Workshop with Sean Premiere: Manitoba 8 PM LUTHERAN CHURCH Garrity DAVID LOWERY Neruda In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of 2 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost (Casey Affleck) 8 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH BellMTS Stories From returns to his suburban home to try and reconnect with his bereft wife Road of Iniquity Home 4: Concerto (Rooney Mara). A Ghost Story is a profoundly haunting and beautiful meditation on the nature of grief. 8 PM GIMLI THEATRE 3 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Son of Sofia Canada 150 Manitoba GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 Short Film - WFG BOUNDARIES 8 PM GIMLI PAVILION CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 40 m | French | English Subtitles Awards Reception 3 PM GIMLI THEATRE Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: New Directors Competition - 2017 Seattle Lovesick International Film Festival 10 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH CHLOÉ ROBICHAUD Dina 3:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH Emily Price tries to balance family life and leading crucial negotiations Acts and between a Canadian politician and the president of a country whose 10 PM GIMLI THEATRE Intermissions natural resources are being exploited. Personal Shopper 5 PM LADY OF THE LAKE LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 AM, THURSDAY JULY 27 10 PM LADY OF THE LAKE Canada 150 Manitoba LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 Road Movie, The Short Films - Video Pool COMMUNE, THE DENMARK/SWEDEN/NETHERLANDS | 2016 | 1 h 51 m | Danish | English Subtitles 10 PM GIMLI BEACH 5:30 PM GIMLI THEATRE Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actress (Trine Footloose A Ghost Story Dyrholm) - 2016 Berlin Film Festival THOMAS VINTERBERG 5:30 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH Searching for more out of life, a family in 1970’s Denmark establishes SUN Reykjavík a commune in a large villa in the upmarket district of Copenhagen. 23 Collective living may prove to be more than they bargained for, as they 10 AM GIMLI THEATRE 6:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE try to navigate through the idiosyncrasies and dramas of the members of Graduation Canadian Short Films their new alternative family. (Bacalaureat) 8 PM GIMLI THEATRE UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 10 AM LADY OF THE LAKE Best of Fest LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 12:30 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 In The Name of All DIM THE FLUORESCENTS Canadians 8 PM UNITARIAN CHURCH CANADA | 2017 | 2 h 8 m | English RUMBLE: The Indians Premiere: Manitoba | Awards: Grand Jury Prize - 2017 Slamdance Film Festival 10 AM UNITARIAN CHURCH Who Rocked The World DANIEL WARTH MTYP’s Movie Magic A struggling actress and an aspiring playwright pour all of their Camp – Premiere 8:30 PM LADY OF THE LAKE creative energy into the only paying work they can find: role-playing Screenings Out of Thin Air demonstrations for corporate training seminars. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel conference, they commence work on their most ambitious production to date. 36 37

GIMLI THEATRE | 10 AM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 NARRATIVE GIMLI THEATRE | 10 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 LITTLE HOURS, THE USA | 2017 | 1 h 30 m | English Premiere: Manitoba FILMS JEFF BAENA A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages.

GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 GIMLI THEATRE | 10 AM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 LOVESICK GRADUATION (BACALAUREAT) CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 31 m | English ROMANIA | 2016 | 2 h 8 m | Romani | English Subtitles TYSON CARON Premiere: Manitoba Dash, a broke and depressed 33-year-old man living in Winnipeg’s Awards: Best Director - 2016 Cannes Film Festival historic Exchange district, is still in love with his ex. It all seems hopeless CRISTIAN MUNGIU until he meets Nora, a spontaneous and unforgettable woman. But Romeo Aldea, a physician in a small town in Romania, wants the best life timing is everything, and Nora’s not going to wait around. Featuring a for his 18 year old daughter. When she is attacked on the street before her soundtrack by Winnipeg musicians. college entrance exams, he must face the difficult task of getting justice for her while sticking to the very principles he taught her to live by. UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 MENORCA LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 21 m | English GIMLI THEATRE | 8 PM, FRIDAY JULY 28 AT 8PM Awards: Best Feature - 2017 Winnipeg Film Group’s Windy Awards HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOHN BARNARD OLLI MAKI, THE A hedonistic soccer mom embarks on a journey of self-discovery to FINLAND/SWEDEN/GERMANY | 2017 | 1 h 32 m | Finnish/English | English reconnect with her estranged son after he dismisses her as his mother Subtitles by bringing his pet rock back to the island of Menorca, Spain. Filmed both Premiere: Western Canada in Manitoba, and amongst the breathtaking vistas of Menorca. Awards: Un Certain Regard - 2016 Cannes Film Festival JUHO KUOSMANEN LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 Shot in gorgeous high-contrast black & white, this is the true story of the LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title. From NERUDA the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, the road to fame CHILE | 2016 | 1 h 47 m | Spanish | English Subtitles and fortune has been paved for Olli. All he has to do is lose weight and Premiere: Western Canada concentrate. But he didn’t count on falling in love. Awards: Nominated, Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language) - 2017 Golden Globes LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 PABLO LARRAÍN LADY OF THE LAKE | 5:30 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is on the run after joining HEARTSTONE the Communist Party and drawing the ire of an obsessed police inspector ICELAND | 2016 | 2 h 6 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles (played by Gael Garcia Bernal). This kicks off a wild game of cat and Premiere: Western Canada mouse in Pablo Narrain’s lyrical, freewheeling, and alternative anti-biopic Awards: Q Hugo Award (Best Feature) - 2017 Chicago International Film Festival that blurs the line between fiction and fact. GUÐMUNDUR ARNAR GUÐMUNDSSON Teenagers Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer amidst the GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 rugged beauty of a remote fishing village in Iceland as one tries to win GIMLI THEATRE | 10 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best PERSONAL SHOPPER friend. Summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland returns, signaling FRANCE/GERMANY | 2016 | 1 h 45 m | English/French/Swedish | the boys’ transition to adulthood. English Subtitles Awards: Best Director - 2016 Cannes Film Festival OLIVIER ASSAYAS In her inimitable style, Kristen Stewart plays Maureen, a personal shopper for a high-class celebrity in Paris. Struggling with the death of her brother, she begins to seek contact with him from beyond the grave. What follows is a uniquely-modern take on the ghost story for the digital age. 38 39 NARRATIVE FILMS

LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 UNITARIAN CHURCH | 5:30 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 30 UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 REYKJAVÍK SLACK BAY (MA LOUTE) ICELAND | 2016 | 1 h 32 m | Icelandic | English Subtitles FRANCE/GERMANY/BELGIUM | 2016 | 2 h 2 m | French/English | English Subtitles Premiere: Canada Premiere: Western Canada ASGRIMUR SVERRISSON Awards: Nominated, Palme d’Or - 2016 Cannes Film Festival A thirtysomething couple, Hringur and Elsa, are about to buy their dream BRUNO DUMONT house in downtown Reykjavík when the video store Hringur owns faces Summer 1910. Several tourists have vanished while relaxing on the foreclosure. As the crisis threatens to split them apart, Hringur resolves beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast. Infamous inspectors Machin to sort things out before it’s too late. and Malfoy soon gather that the epicenter of these mysterious disappearances must be Slack Bay, a unique site where the Slack river UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 and the sea join only at high tide. ROAD OF INIQUITY CANADA | 2017 | 1 h 37 m 39 s | English GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 MARK ENNIS GIMLI THEATRE | 8 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 Just out of prison, a man becomes embroiled in an escalating conflict SON OF SOFIA between two First Nation gangsters operating a lucrative drug trade BULGARIA/FRANCE/GREECE | 2017 | 1 h 45 m | Russian | English Subtitles through the US/Canadian border. Premiere: Canada ELINA PSIKOU GIMLI THEATRE | 10 AM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 11-year-old Misha moves from Russia to Athens to live with his mother in GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 the home of an elderly Greek man who will be his new father. As Misha SALESMAN, THE (FORUSHANDE) struggles adapting to this new life, he clings to the stories he grew up IRAN/FRANCE | 2016 | 2 h 5 m | Persian | English Subtitles with, melding them with reality to create a dark fairy-tale. Awards: Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film - 2017 Academy Awards ASGHAR FARHADI UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 12:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 After their flat becomes uninhabitable, Emad and Rana, a young UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 couple living in Tehran, Iran, must move in to another apartment. Once STEALING ALICE relocated, a sudden eruption of violence linked to the previous tenant of CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 30 m | French/English/Italian | English Subtitles their new home dramatically changes their lives, further exacerbating Premiere: Manitoba the simmering tension between husband and wife. MARC SÉGUIN Art dealer Alice is haunted by the suffering inflicted on her mother’s LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 Inuit people. As she and her sisters travel back and forth between the Far SEARCHERS (MALIGLUTIT) North, Venice, Manhattan, and the Vatican, she releases her fury while CANADA | 2016 | 1 h 34 m | English trying to get a handle on the hunger for revenge that consumes her. Awards: Nominated, Best Motion Picture - 2017 Canadian Screen Awards ZACHARIAS KUNUK Nunavut, circa 1913. Kuanana returns from a caribou hunt to discover his wife and daughter kidnapped, and the rest of his family slaughtered. His father’s spirit helper, the loon Kallulik, sets him on course to overturn fate and reunite his family. 41 MANITOBA FEATURE FILMS

Gimli Film Festival is proud to support Manitoba Filmmakers with the screening of a number of feature films. This is your opportunity to support our talented Manitoba filmmakers plus meet them at the Q & A session after the screening. Many filmmakers will be in attendance.

MANITOBA PREMIERE | PAGE 19 BEING GREENE JEFF NEWMAN

PAGE 37 LOVESICK TYSON CARON

BEST FEATURE - 2017 WINNIPEG FILM GROUP’S WINDY AWARDS | PAGE 37 MENORCA JOHN BARNARD

WORLD PREMIERE | PAGE 25 BEYOND THE LIMELIGHT NATE BOWER

PAGE 21 SOUL SISTERS: THE CATHOLIC WOMEN RELIGIOUS OF MANITOBA DANIELLE STURK

PAGE 38 ROAD OF INIQUITY MARK ENNIS

Also, check out the Manitoba Short Film series and Manitoba Film & Music Audience Choice Award, page 42.

Thank you to the ongoing support of 42 43 MANITOBA CANADIAN SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS PRESENTED BY JOHNSTON GROUP PRESENTED BY JOHNSTON GROUP

GIMLI THEATRE | 3:30 PM, SATURDAY LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 6:30 PM, SUNDAY Please remember to stay and vote for Manitoba Film & Music Audience Choice Manitoba Short Film Award of $750.00. BOMBING GLORIA MERCER FISHER COVE Sophie is an unmotivated comedian. When her estranged young daughter is unexpectedly SEAN SKENE thrust back into her life, Sophie’s plans have to be reshuffled. While they both struggle Finn, a tenacious fisherman, locks in a deathly battle with a powerful creature hooked on to adjust to the new environment, Sophie must come to terms with the fact that she’s in the line of his boat. over her head. BAYLINE SNIP JJ NEEPIN TERRIL CALDER A family travels back to the ‘Bayline’ for a 3 day long camping trip. In this richly layered stop-motion animation, written and narrated by award-winning author Joseph Boyden, Annie and Gordon travel through a portal in time to help two “THE TALK” TRUE STORIES ABOUT THE children escape the horrors of residential school. BIRDS AND THE BEES ALAIN DELANNOY CE MOMENT D’IVRESSE OU TOUT There are things in life you never forget. One of them, like it or not, is “The Talk”. POURRAIT BASECULER ANNE-MARIE BOUCHARD BLESSING, THE While cycle touring in Normandy, a young French Canadian girl makes a striking encounter. SHIRA NEWMAN 1904. A young Jewish immigrant begins to believe that she is possessed by a baby-killing HILA spirit after moving to a newly-established Jewish agricultural settlement in the Manitoba ADAM BENTLEY Interlake and giving birth to her first child. In the first video to ever feature a choreographed dance in snowshoes, an Inuit woman in Canada’s north has a private moment in which she dances in snowshoes KAMI JAMES DIXON DER GLOCHNER A short documentary that details the creative and physical process of Winnipeg artist CHRYSTENE ELLS & BERNY HI Kami Goertz. 16mm German Expressionist homage film. From his lonely belltower, the aged Glöckner (Bellringer) watches the ravages of WWI on the village below. The eventual destruction THYCO of all he knows unveils his own soul in the form of a ghostly young girl, who leads him to MELANIE DAHLING transcendence through loss and beauty. A little girl with a flair for the dramatic and a love of Hitchcock films makes a suspenseful journey to the Principal’s office. SARAH ELIAS DJEMIL NATURE MOTHER Sarah wants to dance. Like any artist, wants to create. This movie tells the story of the DELF GRAVERT creative transition from darkness to light. An artist follows in the steps of his mother - visiting the same photographic haunts, talking to her friends about her - learning more about her approach to life and art, and also about his own artistic process. IMITATIONS MILOS MITROVIC / FABIAN VELASCO After getting plastic surgery to look more like famous pop star Austin Kelsey, things become strange for introverted super-fan Arnold as he notices the surgery has gone awry. 44 INDIGENOUS SHORT FILMS

This series is presented by Indigenous Filmmakers Association, a non-profit collective group of indigenous filmmakers working to grow the indigenous film community in Winnipeg and Manitoba.

LUTHERAN CHURCH | 12:30 PM, SATURDAY C&J FOREVER ROGER BOYER DON’T WASTE A PRECIOUS MINUTE MARC GREENE The Asper Foundation is FOREVER YOUNG STEVE PAYNE proud to support the 17th annual GHOST HUNTERS AMANDA KINDZIERSKI Gimli Film Festival HEADDRESS JJ NEEPIN showcasing an exceptional selection HOW THE SAVAGE CAME TO BE DINAE ROBINSON of features, documentaries and shorts REMAINS, HUMAN CODY HALCROW from around the world. RESTORING THE SACRED STUDENTS OF THE SACRED HOOP BROADCAST PROGRAM FILM MENTOR: ANDREW GEORGE

SACRED WOMYN STUDENTS OF THE SACRED HOOP BROADCAST PROGRAM FILM MENTOR: ERICA DANIELS www.asperfoundation.com SWEAT KRISTIN SNOWBIRD URBAN SASQUATCH, THE VINCENT BEAULIEU WHERE DID SHE GO? STUDENTS OF THE SACRED HOOP BROADCAST PROGRAM N/A 46 47 GREAT

CANADIAN LADY OF THE LAKE | 5:30 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 LÉOLO FILM SERIES CANADA | 1992 | 1 h 47 m | French | English Subtitles JEAN-CLAUDE LAUZON Gimli Film Festival is proud to celebrate Canada 150 through the generous Young Léolo lives in a Montreal apartment building with his troubled and support of The Asper Foundation and the Community Foundations of highly eccentric family. Léolo attempts to cope with his unsettling reality Canada / Westshore community Foundation. by retreating into his mind, with his meandering thoughts often drifting to his gorgeous neighbor, Bianca. This film series showcases great Canadian stories through a retrospective of the best Canadian films; stories that represent on the diversity of Canada’s past, and LADY OF THE LAKE | 12:30 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Canadian’s hopes and dreams for the future. Some filmmakers to be in attendance. LADY OF THE LAKE | 8 PM, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LIFE WITHOUT DEATH CANADIAN FILMMAKERS CANADA | 2000 | 1 h 22 m | English RETROSPECTIVE FRANK COLE In 1989, Canadian Frank Cole began the harrowing journey across the LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 AM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Sahara Desert by camel, confronting his own mortality. Will he persevere APPRENTICESHIP OF or will he fall prey to the shifting weather patterns or murderous DUDDY KRAVITZ, THE banditry across the region? Filmed by Cole himself, the striking images CANADA | 1947 | 2 h | English of the desert create a powerful cry for life in this, Cole’s final film. TED KOTCHEFF Duddy Kravitz (Richard Dreyfuss) seeks to rise above his family’s poverty LADY OF THE LAKE | 3 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 and to purchase and develop lakefront land near the hotel resort he is MAN WHO SKIED DOWN working at. But Duddy’s quest to make something of himself reveals a harsh EVEREST, THE determination to do whatever he has to in order to make his dream a reality. CANADA | 1975 | 1 h 26 m | English Awards: Best Documentary Film, Academy Awards 1976 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 BRUCE NYZNIK / LAWRENCE SCHILLER C.R.A.Z.Y. A Japanese skier and his unfathomable dream to ski down Mt. Everest. CANADA | 2016 | 2 h 7 m | French | English Subtitles This documentary chronicles this incredible feat and the tremendous JEAN-MARC VALLÉE task of climbing Everest itself, told through diary entries from the skier Zach is confused about his sexuality and is in conflict with his Canadian- himself. This would be the first Canadian-produced feature film to win Catholic upbringing. Forcing himself to like girls, Zachary also has to an Oscar for best documentary in 1976. cope with his older brothers, who don’t make his life any easier. But when he finally accepts his true feelings, will his family still accept him? LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 MY AMERICAN COUSIN LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 CANADA | 1985 | 1 h 30 m | English FLY, THE SANDY WILSON **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE CANADA | 1986 | 1 h 36 m | English In 1950s British Columbia, 12-year-old Sandy Wilcox longs for adventure DAVID CRONENBERG over her summer break. When her cousin Butch arrives unexpectedly A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/ from America, he introduces her to rock music and makes her swoon. An fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. Directed by unforgettable Canadian tale of a young woman coming-of-age. David Cronenberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. LADY OF THE LAKE | 5:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 AM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 PICTURE OF LIGHT GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD CANADA | 1994 | 1 h 23 m | English CANADA | 1970 | 1 h 30 m | English PETER METTLER DON SHEBIB We live in a time where things do not seem to exist if they are not In rural Nova Scotia, childhood friends Joey and Peter set off in search of captured as an image. A film crew braves the rigours of the Canadian a better life in Toronto. The pals find meager but steady work at a soda Arctic Circle in winter to document the beauty of the Northern Lights bottling plant. Soon, Joey then learns that his girlfriend is pregnant and in Churchill, Manitoba. A beautiful, poetic film by master Canadian they must now figure out some way to survive in the big city. documentarian Peter Mettler. 48 49 GREAT CANADIAN FILMS FROM MANITOBA FILMMAKERS

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 COWBOYS AND INDIANS: THE JJ HARPER STORY CANADA | 2003 | 1 h 30 m | English NORMA BAILEY J.J. Harper, a First Nations chief, is gunned down by police constable Robert Cross on his way home one night in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba. A classic WINNIPEG FILM GROUP Winnipeg-based film directed by renowned Manitoban director Norma Bailey. RETROSPECTIVE

GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Founded in 1974, The Winnipeg Film Group is an artist-run education, CRIME WAVE production, exhibition and distribution centre committed to promoting CANADA | 1985 | 1 h 20 m | English the art of cinema. In conjunction with WFG, we are proud to present this JOHN PAIZS compilation of outstanding Manitoba films. A young director intent on making “the greatest colour crime movie ever” can’t seem to finish his script. The daughter of his landlord LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 3 PM, SUNDAY befriends him and tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who SPRINGTIME IN GREENLAND wants to collaborate on the script – the strange “Dr. Jolly”. CANADA | 1981 | 25 m | English JOHN PAIZS LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 A lifetime of suburbia in a half hour, Springtime in Greenland uses 50s cinematic DOWNTIME conventions to tell a story about the sophomoric inhabitants of a fictional utopia. CANADA | 1980 | 1 h 2 m | English Meet Nick. He’s silent, aloof and straining against suburban values. GREG HANEC The everyday lives of a group of 20-somethings living in Winnipeg in 5¢ A COPY the 1980s. Dark, brooding, and full of dry humour, Downtime paints a CANADA | 1980 | 5 m | English lethargic picture of life for young people, with characters and banter than ED ACKERMAN / GREG ZBITNEW are funny, unnerving and insightful. Considered the first feature film An innovative experimental animated film that makes moving images with a made at the Winnipeg Film Group. photocopy machine and a pulsing electronic musical score.

LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 10 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 28 WE’RE TALKING VULVA KUBASA IN A GLASS CANADA | 1985 | 6 m | English CANADA | 2006 | 56 m | English SHAWNA DEMPSEY / LORRI MILLAN / TRACY TRAEGER ATELIER NATIONAL DU MANITOBA / WALTER FORSBERG / MATTHEW RANKIN At long last, everything you’ve always wanted to know about “down Kubasa in a Glass is a hilarious collection of Winnipeg’s commercial and public there” but were afraid to ask. access programming throughout the 80s, rescued from the trash by members of the former-Winnipeg filmmaking collective Atelier National du Manitoba. CATTLE CALL CANADA | 2008 | 4 m | English LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 MIKE MARYNIUK / MATTHEW RANKIN MY WINNIPEG A high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock CANADA | 2007 | 1 h 20 m | English auctioneering. GUY MADDIN Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this famed LAZER GHOSTS 2: “docu-fantasia” of Winnipeg. By combining archival footage and interviews, RETURN TO LASER COVE dreamlike camera work and recreated scenes Guy Maddin manages to be CANADA | 2008 | 10 m |English historical, intimate, surreal, entertaining and entirely his own. STEVEN KOSTANSKI In this spectacular sci-fi, our heroes from Winnipeg’s Astron 6 must wage UNITARIAN CHURCH THEATRE | 3 PM, THURSDAY, JULY 27 war on the evil spirit of Einstein and his army of laser-wielding ghosts. SHELDON KENNEDY STORY, THE CANADA | 1999 | 1 h 30 m | English QUESTION OF REALITY NORMA BAILEY CANADA | 1997 | 24 m | English Rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy is recruited for professional ice-hockey BARRY GIBSON at age 14. Years later Sheldon decides to publicly disclose what’s been A look into the real or imagined psychic abilities of a loner, and in the eating him for years: coach Graham James sexually abused Sheldon, who process, put a touchingly human face on the heavily metaphoric isolation fears being laughed away as a queer or loosing his job if he goes public. commonly used by other members. 50 51

VIDEO POOL RETROSPECTIVE GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH – ASPIRE THEATRE | 5:30 - 7:30 SATURDAY A wander through some titles from the Video Pool Media Arts Centre catalogue MIKE HOOLBOOM 6 FILMS looking back at our earlier work from 1978 to work being made today. Each artist in FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE the program has played an important role at Video Pool and in the arts in Canada. Gimli Film Festival is proud to welcome esteemed filmmaker, writer and recent Governor General’s Award winner, Mike Hoolboom. Born of the avant-garde LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5 PM, SUNDAY tradition, Hoolboom’s films present challenging, poetic discourses on the world BETWEEN around us and contradictions found therein. HEIDI PHILLIPS Someone once said that the only interesting story is the human face. In Films include: Between, Phillips superimposes family portraits with handmade emulsion. Moucle’s Island, Citizen Poet, the Canadian premiere of Identification and Colour My World, and the world premiere of Ghost and Fats. Filmmaker in attendance, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS AND Q & A to follow. SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT Presented by the Winnipeg Underground FREYA BJÖRG OLAFSON A part of Olafson’s AVATAR series exploring methods of creating, validating and disseminating one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet. GIMLI UNITARIAN CHURCH – ASPIRE THEATRE | 3 PM, SATURDAY DOMESTIC BLISS DUKE AND BATTERSBY 3 VIDEOS WENDY GELLER FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE A highly condensed, yet playful narrative on conjugal life with a “Art is for empathy,” preach acclaimed Canadian-born, US-based media protagonist dominated by B-movie scenes. The character’s gestures artists Duke and Battersby. Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have highlight relationships between women, domestic space and film. been working collaboratively since 1994 and the Gimli Film Fest is proud to present three of their seminal works: Beauty Plus Pity, Here is Everything FOUNDER and Dear Lorde. LEAH DECTER / CHERYL L’HIRONDELLE Founder: Noun- a person who establishes an institution or settlement. Verb- Filmmakers in attendance, Q & A to follow. Presented by the Winnipeg (of a ship) fill with water and sink. (of a plan or undertaking) fail or break down. Underground Film Festival and Platform Gallery.

GAME ON GIMLI THEATRE | 3 PM WEDNESDAY DIVYA MEHRA NORMAN MCLAREN 8 FILMS Being a real woman is never simple. Gimli Film Festival is proud to present this collection of short films by legendary Oscar®-winning Canadian filmmaker, Norman McLaren (1914- JOURNEY THROUGH FEAR 1987). McLaren was a pioneer in several areas of animation and filmmaking, DENNIS JACKSON including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, The story follows an old Aboriginal mushom (grandfather) as he checks his abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. week’s worth of traps while hunting along the shoreline. As he ventures out with his dog sled team, he reflects on how he got where he is. POMPIDOLEUM RYAN TAKATSU “Pompidoleum” is a psychedelic video-processed architectural tour of the newly-built Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. LESBIAN NATIONAL PARKS & SERVICES PRESENTS: ENDANGERED SPECIES SHAWNA DEMPSEY / LORRI MILAN Lesbian National Parks and Services presents three portraits of lesbian species in crisis. Not unlike the renowned 1970s Hinterlands Who’s-Who series, these public service announcements point to the perils of habitat loss and poaching. 52 53

3:30 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 | $10.00 PER TICKET | FREE WITH FILM PASS MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC AUDIENCE CHOICE MANITOBA SHORT FILM AWARD $750.00 GIMLI THEATRE Awarded to the Manitoba film that displays innovation and a strong vision. Audiences choose their favorite.

10 AM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 Please stay at the end of the screening to vote and for the announcement of the winner. More on these short CONTESTS AND AWARDS AT GIMLI FILM films on page 42. FESTIVAL 6TH ANNUAL RBC $10,000 EMERGING FILMMAKER COMPETITION JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE, 94 FIRST AVE.

Gimli Theatre Free event Emerging Manitoba Filmmakers with an idea for a short dramatic film have been invited to compete for the money, mentorship with National Screen Institute 8 PM | SUNDAY, JULY 30 and a $2,500 Equipment Rental Grant Certificate from William F. White Inc. Five finalists BEST OF FEST have been chosen by jury. Please join us as we premiere The Debut by Solmund MacPherson GIMLI THEATRE and Allegra Chiarella, winners of the 2016 competition and then watch as the five finalists of The Best of Fest is an additional screening of THE FILM that creates the biggest buzz at GFF. It is based on this year’s competition pitch their story idea to a jury in front of a live audience. audience ratings, ticket sales and committee review. The selected film will be announced early Sunday afternoon. Find the announcement on GFF website, APP and social media. Poster will also be posted Gimli Theatre. THE 2017 FIVE FINALISTS ARE: ALAN WONG | DREAMS ALEX ATEAH | HEEL JACKSON PETERS | YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY JUSTIN LAMOUREUX | THE ALLIGATOR: THE BEAST OF MANIGOTOGAN RIVER MILES CROSSMAN & NICOLA BALDWIN | IF IT AIN’T GOT

1 PM - 4 PM | SATURDAY, JULY 29 | $10.00 PER TICKET 48 HOUR FILM CONTEST On Screen Manitoba celebrates made in FIRST AVENUE BETWEEN CENTRE & GOLDFIELD Join us for the World Premiere of 18 new films all created in just 48 hours. This annual Manitoba films at the 17th Annual event organized by the Winnipeg Film Group encourages the creation of new, short films by Manitoba residents. Participants are tasked to write, shoot, edit, score and complete an Gimli Film Festival original short in just two days. Find out about these projects and our film industry at onscreenmanitoba.com The films will premiere at GFF in front of a live audience. Over 30 sponsors will provide high value prizesfor Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editor, Best Score, Best Actor and Best Actress. Cast your vote for the Audience Choice Award. The jury will also select five films from this year’s competition to be broadcast on Shaw TV. CONTESTS & AWARDS CONTESTS FESTIVAL FILM GIMLI AT 54 55

EVENTS OFFERED THROUGHOUT 12:30 - 4:30 AM | SUNDAY, JULY 30 | FREE THE FESTIVAL WORKSHOP USING IMPROVISATION TO UNLOCK FILM MAKERS PASS $75.00 SCENES & CHARACTERS DIRECTING AND ACTING WORKSHOP WITH SEAN GARRITY ACCESS TO ALL FILMS, FILMMAKERS NETWORKING EVENTS AND FESTIVAL JOHNSON HALL, 5TH FLOOR, WATERFRONT CENTRE, 94 FIRST AVE. HOSPITALITY EVENTS. ONLY 50 INDUSTRY PASSES AVAILABLE. If you think you can’t improvise, you’re wrong. Films from “On the Waterfront” to “Kramer vs. Kramer” to “Super Over 30 Manitoba filmmakers have been invited to attend the 2017 Gimli Film Festival to Bad” make extensive use of improvisation on set and in prep to explore material, build character, and create present their films and to offer Q & As after their screenings. Please stay and enjoy their authentic dialogue. Improv is an effective tool to unlock scenes, discover problems in writing, finesse characters passion and vision for the art of filmmaking. GFF has allotted time after each screening so and craft memorable, believable dialogue. you don’t have to rush off to your next film. In this workshop, we will explore how to make use of improv as both a filmmaker and an actor. A brief discussion, Networking events have been organized throughout the 5-day Festival. Registered and screening of film clips will be followed by hands-on improvisation exercises. filmmakers will be given invitations to all events including a industry networking dinner on Saturday at 6 pm, sponsored by Integro Entertainment and Spirits Canada. Free – preregistration required; online on GFF website or APP or by calling GFF Box Office (204) 642-8846. Maximum number of participants: 7 directors and 14 actors.

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email: [email protected] FILM INDEX Boundaries 35 More Dangerous Than a Discover Your Icelandic Roots Brief Encounters and Thousand Rioters 18 Subscribe Today! Sustained Engagement 50 Moucle's Island 13, 51 C & J Forever 44 My American Cousin 47 CONGRATULATIONS ON www.LH-INC.ca (204) 284-5686 C.R.A.Z.Y. 46 My Winnipeg 48 Cattle Call 49 Nature Mother 42 ANOTHER GREAT FILM FESTIVAL Ce moment d'ivresse où Neighbours 51 tout pourrait basculer 43 Neruda 37 Citizen Poet 13, 51 Neverending Story, The 17 Colour My World 13, 51 New and Used: Winnipeg 24 Commune, The 35 Opening Speech: McLaren 51 Concerto 25 Out of Thin Air 20 We can care for your house Contents of the Heart 16 Pas de deux 51 Cowboys and Indians:The JJ Personal Shopper 37 while you're out of town. Harper Story 48 Picture of Light 47 Crime Wave 48 Pompidoleum 50 Dear Lorde 50 Qikiktaarjuit 24 Debut, The 52 Quest 20 Der GlöcknerA39 43 Question of Reality 49 $10/visit Dim the Fluorescents 35 Remains, Human 44 Dina 19 Restoring the Sacred 44 Domestic Bliss 50 Reykjavík 38 Don't Waste a Precious Minute 44 Road Forward, The 21 Downtime 48 Road Movie, The 21 $10/month Fantastic Mr. Fox 16 Road of Iniquity 38 mail collection Fats 13, 51 RUMBLE: The Indians Who Fisher Cove 42 Rocked The World 21 Fly, The 46 SACRED WOMYN 44 Interlake Cottage Services Footloose 17 Salesman, The (Forushande) 38 For Our Peat's Sake 24 Sarah 43 Forever Young 44 Searchers (Maliglutit) 38 Home Patrol Founder 50 Sheldon Kennedy Story, The 48 Game On 50 Shenanigans at Sunset 25 204-641-6226 Ghost 13, 51 Short and Suite 51 Ghost Hunters 44 Slack Bay (Ma Loute) 39 Goin' Down the Road 46 Snip 43 Graduation (Bacalaureat) 36 Son of Sofia 39 Happiest Day in the Life of Soul Sisters: The Catholic Olli Maki, The 46 Women Religious of Manitoba 21 Headdress 44 Springtime in Greenland 17, 49 Heartstone 36 Stealing Alice 39 gimlifilm.com Here is Everything 13, 51 SWEAT 44 62 FILM INDEX GENRE C &JForeverA39 Bayline (with The Road Forward) Apples andIndians INDIGENOUS FILMS Stealing Alice Women Religious of Man Soul Sisters: The Catholic Dina Dim theFluorescents Boundaries Acts andIntermissions A Better Man FUTURE ISFEMALE Moucle’s Island Life Without Death Identification Kubasa inaGlass Here isEverything Ghost Fats Dear Lorde Colour MyWorld Citizen Poet Beauty PlusPity Acts andIntermissions EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS - The Mauro Family Foundation SOCIAL JUSTICE SERIES on GimliBeach RBC SUNSET SCREENINGS NARRATIVE FILMS/DRAMAS - Johnston Group MANITOBA SHORT FILMSERIES - Icelandair ICELANDIC FILMSERIES - Manitoba films GREAT CANADIAN FILMSERIES - AsperFoundation GREAT CANADIAN FILMSERIES DOCUMENTARY FILMS - Pharmasave Gimli CIRCUMPOLAR FILMSERIES - Johnston Group CANADIAN SHORT FILMSERIES White Balloon Where DidSheGo? We're Talking Vulva The Makingof aPoli Waking theSleepingGiant: Urban Sasquatch, The Twister This IKnow For Sure Synchromy Thyco This River

24, 42 35-39 46-51 18-21 16-17 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 48 42 28 22 43 44 44 44 48 27 42 20 49 47 39 35 35 18 18 18 19 19 21 21 21 21 51 17 New andUsed: Winnipeg Nature Mother My Winnipeg Menorca Lovesick & Services Presents: Endang Lesbian NationalParks to Laser Cove Lazer Ghosts 2:Return Kubasa inaGlass Kami Journey Through Fear Imitations Hue Quilted Windowpane How theSavage Came to Be Headdress Ghost Hunters Game On Founder Forever Young For OurPeat’s Sake Fisher Cove Downtime Don’t Waste aPrecious Minute Domestic Bliss Crime Wave The JJ HarperStory Cowboys andIndians: Contents of theHeart Concerto Cattle Call C &JForever Sustained Engagement Brief Encounters and Blessing, The Beyond theLimelight Between Being Greene Bayline 5¢ ACOPY About theBirds &theBees “The Talk” True Stories MANITOBA FILMS Where DidSheGo? Urban Sasquatch, The This River (with RUMBLE) SWEAT Stealing Alice Searchers (Maliglutit) SACRED WOMYN Rocked The World RUMBLE: The IndiansWho Road of Iniquity Road Forward, The Restoring theSacred Remains, Human How theSavage Came to Be Hila Headdress Ghost Hunters Forever Young Don’t Waste aPrecious Minute The JJ HarperStory Cowboys andIndians: 24, 42 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 48 48 48 48 48 48 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 49 49 49 38 38 25 25 24 24 39 37 37 16 19 21 21 21 17

FILM INDEX Kami Ghost Fats Debut, The Concerto Beyond theLimelight PREMIERE -WORLD Slack Bay (Ma Loute) Personal Shopper tout pourrait basculer Ce moment d’ivresse où Boundaries Language Cinema PARLER FRANÇAIS -FRENCH Road Movie, The Question of Reality My Winnipeg Thousand Rioters More Dangerous Than a Life Without Death Kubasa inaGlass I AmNot Your Negro Acts andIntermissions NEW WAVE DOCS White Balloon Where DidSheGo? We’re Talking Vulva Urban Sasquatch, The Thyco This River This IKnow For Sure SWEAT Springtime inGreenland Women Religious of Man Soul Sisters: The Catholic Shenanigans atSunset Sheldon Kennedy Story, The SACRED WOMYN Road of Iniquity Restoring theSacred Remains, Human Question of Reality Qikiktaarjuit Pompidoleum

13, 51 13, 51 44 44 44 44 44 44 48 48 48 50 42 42 43 20 49 49 49 49 38 52 25 25 25 47 24 39 35 37 18 18 19 19 21 21 21 The Makingof aPolitica Waking theSleepingGiant: Stealing Alice Rocked The World RUMBLE: The IndiansWho Road Movie, The Road Forward, The Quest Out of Thin Air Love andSaucers Little Hours, The Limit istheSky Graduation (Bacalaureat) Don’t Waste aPrecious Minute Dim theFluorescents Der Glöckner Commune, The Citizen Poet Boundaries Black Code Being Greene Becoming Bond A Moonof Nickel andIce A Ghost Story PREMIERE -MANITOBA Slack Bay (MaLoute) Sarah Neruda Heartstone Olli Maki,The Happiest Day intheLife of tout pourrait basculer Ce moment d’ivresse où A Better Man PREMIERE -WESTERN CANADA White Balloon Son of Sofia Reykjavík Identification Fisher Cove Dina Colour MyWorld Acts and Intermissions PREMIERE -CANADA 13, 51 13, 51 13, 51 44 42 43 43 43 20 20 20 20 20 38 36 36 36 36 39 39 39 35 35 35 35 37 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 21 21 21 21 64

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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Graphic Design Every film has a story to tell. LEONA JOHNSON ChangeMakers

Film Researcher & Senior Projectionists We believe every business does, too. Film Programmer TBA Aaron Zeghers TBA TBA Let’s work together to tell yours. Film Programmer & Production Sponsor Recognition David Knipe Trailer Urban Prairie Post Visit us at changemakers.ca Communications Manager Amy Harrison 2017 GFF Box Office Venue – 41 Centre, Gimli Logistics Coordinator Eryn Mckenzie Lighthouse Mall - Ernest Stefanson & Claire Gillis Sponsorship & Hospitality Coordinator SPECIAL THANKS TO: Daniel Axelsson The GFF Volunteers – over 100 strong Box Office Coordinator Elena Olafson Consulate General of Iceland Winnipeg - Þórður Volunteer Coordinator Bjarni Guðjónsson Jon DalZotto The New Iceland Heritage Technical Coordinator, Data Museum – Julianna Management & Print Traffic Roberts

THANK YOU Ryan Simmons The RM of Gimli Site Management – Waterfront Centre - Ross Gimli Beach Bailey and Kristin Strachan Don Steinmetz Services A SPECIAL THANK Audio/Visual Technicians YOU TO ALL OF THE AVentPro HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE William F. White WHO MAKE THE GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL HAPPEN. International APP & Web Design MyEventApps