Sun.20-Mon.21/Feb: FREE Tim Burton show at Lightbox

In celebration of Family Day, the Tim Burton exhibition at the new Lightbox centre will be FREE on both Sunday, February 20 and Monday, February 21 from 12pm to 6pm.
(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

• 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

Free documentary screening

• 1:00pm, 6:15pm, 8:40pm – Unauthorized [Harvey Weinstein documentary by Barry Avrich], 2010
• 3:30pm – Cameraman [Jack Cardiff documentary], 2010

Free cinema classics

• 1:00pm – Leave Her to Heaven, 1945
• 6:00pm – Red Shoes, 1948
• 7:00pm – The Rules of the Game, 1939
  

Monday, February 21st

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
  
  

Free live music performance

• 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.
  

Free Mary Pickford screenings

• 12:00pm – Suds, 1920 — Mary Pickford
  
• 2:30pm – Through the Back Door, 1921 — Mary Pickford
  
• 4:30pm – My Best Girl, 1927 — Mary Pickford

The Mary Pickford: The Invention of the Movie Star, on the 4th-floor in the Canadian Film Gallery runs free from January 13 to July 3, 2011.

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).