Sun.20-Mon.21/Feb: FREE Tim Burton show at Lightbox
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(Regular price, $22.75)
The Lightbox centre opens at 10am.
There are also free film screenings on both days!
[Free tickets distributed 30 minutes prior to showtime — first-come, first-served; capacity is limited. See FAQ for details.]
Sunday, February 20th
Free Black History Month event
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- 3:30pm – Witness As Desired: A Celebration of African Canadian Film
"A selection of short films programmed/curated by Kenneth Montague, followed by a panel discussion hosted by Cameron Bailey. Witness As Desired is an exploration of African Canadian identity in film. The program presents a series of short films by emerging and established filmmakers that reflect historical journeys and challenge representations of African Canadians as well as document contemporary perceptions of race and identity." – Presented shorts include:
- Sum of the parts: what can be named, 2009 [18min] – Deanna Bowen
- Where Do White People Go When the Long Weekend Comes?, 2008 [7min] – Powys Dewhurst
- Batty Boys Revenge, 2010 [3min] – Alison Duke
- Olé’, 2010 [3min] – Jason Ebanks
- CHAINS, 2009 [11min] – Sharon Lewis
- Keep On Keepin’ On, 2010 [3min] – Sylvia Hamilton
- The Little Prince, 2009 [7min] – Chantal James
- MAKING CHANGE, 1995 [18min] – Colina Phillips
- Proverbs 24:10, 2008 [2min] – Peter Dean Rickards
- Looking for Dawn, 2011 [25min] – Dawn Wilkinson
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- 1:00pm, 6:15pm, 8:40pm – Unauthorized [Harvey Weinstein documentary by Barry Avrich], 2010
- 3:30pm – Cameraman [Jack Cardiff documentary], 2010
- 1:00pm – Leave Her to Heaven, 1945
- 6:00pm – Red Shoes, 1948
- 7:00pm – The Rules of the Game, 1939
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Free Tim Burton screenings
- 12:30pm – Alice in Wonderland, 2010 — Tim Burton
- 1:45pm – James and the Giant Peach, 1996 — Tim Burton
- 3:00pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993 — Tim Burton
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- 4:30pm – Sherlock Jr., 1924 — Buster Keaton (with live music from iNSiDEaMiND; see the Toronto Star interview with Cheldon Paterson and Erik Laar plus Silent Toronto's Buster Keaton, turntables and sound effects: The early days of cinema redux.
12:00pm – Suds, 1920 — Mary Pickford
- 2:30pm – Through the Back Door, 1921 — Mary Pickford
- 4:30pm – My Best Girl, 1927 — Mary Pickford
See you there!
#TOfilmfest
PS.
For families with children, Lightbox is also bringing back Bibi Blocksberg (2002, Germany; previously screened for Halloween), and Singin' in the Dark hosted by Shawn Hitchins (presented during the 2010 Nuit Blanche celebration).
Labels: Black, Canadian, Family, Family Day, Free, Lightbox, live performance, Mary Pickford, Nuit Blanche, Tim Burton
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