Rendezvous with Madness - Films

WORKMAN ARTS PRESENTS
The 19th ANNUAL RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 4 – 12, 2011
NOVEMBER 4-6 LISTINGS
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com

Friday November 4
5:15 p.m. ― Opening Night Pre-Gala Reception
TIFF Bell Lightbox, BlackBerry® Lounge
Reitman Square, 330 King St. West

7:00 p.m. ― Opening Night Gala
Feature: Sisters & Brothers
Carl Bessai, Canada, 2011, 90 min, English
A comedic, endearing look at dysfunctional families and the bonds that hold them together. Featuring an ensemble cast including Glee’s Cory Monteith and Corner Gas’s Gabrielle Miller. Director in attendance.

Saturday, November 5
1 p.m.
Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St. West
Feature: Yelling to the Sky
Victoria Mahoney, USA, 2011, 95 min, Canadian Premiere, English
With an alcoholic father, and mentally ill mother, Sweetness has had to grow up tough.  But is she strong enough to make it alone in the slums of New York? Starring Zoe Kravitz and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious).

Short: Collect Call
Christopher Mills, Canada, 2010, 5 min, English
A meditative short that follows a young woman as she faces her mortality, death, and her ultimate renewal. Part ‘goodbye lullaby,’ part steampunk hallucination, and part music video (Metric).

3 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 330 King St. West
Feature: Isolerad (Corridor)
Johan Lundberg, Sweden, 2010, 80 min, Canadian Premiere, Swedish with English subtitles, Brussels European Film Festival: Cineurope Prize 2010
A withdrawn medical student suspects something terrible is happening in the apartment above him. Without a friend to confide in, paranoia and reality converge and terror becomes real.

7 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 330 King St. West
Feature: U.F.O.
Burkhard Feige, Germany, 2010, 95 min, Toronto Premiere, German with English subtitles.
Bodo’s always loved science fiction, but in 1986 the lines between fantasy and reality blur when the Challenger explodes, Chernobyl erupts, and his mother, Christa, falls apart.

Sunday, November 6
1 p.m., Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St. West
Our Stories, Our Voices: Canadian Shorts
When someone has a mental illness, it can change everything. As friends, family, and individuals struggle with the impact, the affects can ripple through generations.
Pins and Needles: Nicole Nyholt, Canada, 1 min, No Language
Wilderness: Dawn Wilkinson, Canada, 2011, 10 min, World Premiere, English
Nowhere Elsewhere: Annick Blanc, Canada, 2010, 15 min, French with English Subtitles
Beyond the Pale: Maureen Bradley, Canada, 2010, 18 min, Toronto Premiere, English
I Need My Best Friend Back: Gina Simone, Canada, 2011, 15 min, World Premiere, English
Burning Blossom: Kathryn Threlkeld, Canada, 2010, 9 min, World Premiere, English

3 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 330 King St. West
Feature: Baderech Lemalla (The Way Up)
Shirly Berkovitz, Israel, 2009, 52 min, North American Premiere, Hebrew with English subtitles, Best Documentary: Romania International Film Festival
From the streets and alleys of Tel Aviv, Lian searches for a family, fights her addictions, and rebuilds her life in this powerful and intimate portrait.

Short:  Latzuf (Floating)
Inbal Gibrolter, Israel, 2010, 33 min, North American Premiere, Hebrew with English Subtitles
Two young women battle with their weight: one is a binge eater, the other an anorexic.  They share a hospital room in the facility in which they have been committed.  Both girls rebel against their rehabilitation, bonding over the experience, but to terrible consequence.  This film is a cautionary story about female body image.

7 p.m.
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 330 King St. West
Feature: Part Time Fabulous
Alethea Root, USA, 2011, 78 min, Canadian Premiere, English, Best Narrative Feature Audience Award: Berkshire International Film Festival 2011
Blending documentary and drama, Alethea Root captures the ups and downs of loving someone with mental illness with an accuracy rarely seen on screen. Filmmaker in attendance.

7 p.m.
Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St. West
Industry Artist Talk: Jenn E Norton
Jenn will discuss how working intimately with the technology used in the production of her practice in a DIY capacity marries intuitive and formal approaches to her creative process.

8 p.m.
Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St. West
Wee Requiems: Shorts
Curated by Deirdre Logue and Erik Martinson
A program of short experimental videos in lament. Mourning for the increasingly complex worlds of animals, plants and people, these works wander in and around the real and the alien, animated, mutated, recorded and illustrated.
How to Care for Introverts: Leslie Supnet, Canada, 2010, 2 min
Bird: Julieta Maria, Canada, 2010, 3 min
Wee Requiem: Jenn E Norton, Canada, 2010, 7 min
Beauty Plus Pity: Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Canada, 2009, 14 min
The Fire Theft: Isabelle Hayeur, Canada, 2010, 9 min, Toronto Premiere
Thalé: Barry Doupé, Canada, 2009, 5 min
Golden Room: Michael Stecky, Canada, 2008, 5 min, Toronto Premiere
Cartoon For Those Who Have A Certain Fondness For Ideas but Are Tired Of Thinking: Steve Reinke, Canada, 2010, 2 min, Toronto Premiere

LOCATIONS:  TIFF Bell Lightbox - Reitman Square, 350 King St. West/
Workman Arts - 651 Dufferin Street/ NFB - 150 John St. / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 33 Russell St. / T.A.N. Coffee, 992 Queen St. West
BOX OFFICE: 
- Online: http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
- By phone: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily,
416-599-TIFF (8433) / Toll free: 1-888-599-8433
- In person: 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily,
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Reitman Square, 350 King St.  West
- Tickets may be purchased at the venue one hour before each screening, if available.
PRICE:  Regular Programs: $10 or pay what you
can at the door (suggested min. $2) / Opening Night Gala: $30 / Special Presentation (Big Daddy Tazz and reception): $15 / Closing Night Gala (Carnivale of the Mind): $15 / Artist Talks, Industry Events: Free!

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