Canadian FLIKS Festival What good is a country & people who don't share their own culture & stories?Canadian film is internationally recognized for its innovation & quality, yet there have been times when it has gone unnoticed in Canada .
One film scholar once coined Canadian Cinema as "The Invisible Cinema" . Join us in being part of that change!
The Canadian F.L.I.K.S. Festival
brings the best
in Canadian Film
to Nelson`s Capitol Theatre February 10-11, 2012.
This year the festival features six films, heavy on the comedy, with a bit of drama and doc - spanning issues of octegenarian same sex love, family dynamics, helping each other heal, fighting against progress that is killing you, ethics, and the choices we make under adversity.
Directors: Jaret Belliveau & Craig Jackson
Producer s: Craig Jackson & Sean Buckley
Editors: Jonathan Eager & Graham Withers
Songs: John Jerome
Sound: Dwayne Newman
Highway Gospel
Friday Feb 10, 7 pm
A KLOSP Fundraiserand celebration of the long boarding counter culture. Weird, hilarious, and heartbreaking at times - profane and fast - not for the wee ones, but a riotous start to the CFF. Let's get that skate park built!
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once. B.C. renegades race down mountain highways on customized longboards, while a middle-aged skateboarder fights to keep his Ottawa skate park and creaky knees operational. Whether it's bombing down hills at over 100km per hour, just inches from the ground, or spending 25 years and their life savings to keep competing in the sport they love, these guys are truly devoted - and a little road rash or even open-heart surgery are simply tests for the faithful.
What starts out as a gonzo skate movie turns into a surprisingly heartfelt documentary that bears witness to the power of community, dedication and the DIY spirit. With intimate and candid moments that may lead you to think this is a mockumentary, Highway Gospel is a humorous and at times heartbreaking multi-character documentary that strikes an intricate balance between rowdy and insightful while serving as a reminder that heartfelt stories can also be hilarious.
Director Jaret Belliveau, has concocted a wonderful and compelling account of three grown men who refuse to give up.
Director & Writer: Phillipe Farlardeau
Cast: Mohamed Fellaq, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron
Monsieur Lazhar
Friday, February 10, 9 pm
Canada's entry to the Oscars, Phillipe Farlardeau's heartfelt and often humourous drama doesnt dissapoint.
This is the story of an Algerian immigrant substitute teacher who brings emotional stability to a Montreal middle school class shaken by the suicide of their well-liked teacher.
Surprisingly humorous, this is a luminous and tender tale about the lessons we learn from one another, regardless of age and features amazing performances by the child actors, verifying that director Philippe Farlardeau is one of Canada’s great filmic treasures. Winner of best film by Canadian Film Critics and Canada’s entry to the Oscars. PG
Starring: Jordan Prentice, Steven McCarthy and Kristin Adams
Directed by: Jeff Kopas
An Insignificant Harvey
Saturday Feb 11, 1 pm
People can only make you feel small if you give them permission
Harvey, a diminuitive, lonely outsider works as a janitor at a small skiiing town lodge. While walking in the woods one day a stray huskey befiends him, and links Harvey up with an attractive woman from the local strip bar. She is also an outsider.
Jordan Prentice’s straightforward and sensitive portrayal as the insignificant Harvey is the heart of the film, and Inca the dog steals the show.
A brave and offbeat choice for Jeff Kopas first theatrical feature.
79 mins. PG.
FLIKS Rating. Quirky, swears, bums, drug reference - not for the wee ones.
After big oil started drilling around his family compound in northern Alberta, Weibo and his family are pushed to the edge to protect their land, health and way of life. Filmaker David York has amazing intimate access to Weibo Ludwig's family compound. A fascinating doc - with no answers, just more questions.
Wiebo’s War tells the story of a man at war with the oil and gas industry. Wiebo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a series of pipeline bombings near his family’s farm, near Hythe, Alberta.
The Ludwig family live in northern Alberta, in the heart of Canada's oilpatch. They came 25 years ago, wanting to live more closely according to their Christian beliefs, according to scripture. They built their community in the wilderness with their own hands, not knowing that it lay on top of one of the largest undeveloped fields of natural gas on the continent.
Other people take whatever buyout is on offer, and make an accommodation with the oil and gas industry. Wiebo and his family - after years of trying to deal with the industry, politicians and the media - went to war.
The community is self-sufficient in food and energy, but isolated. Apart from Wiebo and his wife Mamie, there are 5 married couples, seven unmarried adults, and 38 grandchildren, many entering their teenaged years. They are security conscious, aware that they are being watched, open to the outside world, but guarded. And they believe that those who don't share their beliefs, like filmmaker David York, are living in terrible darkness.
94 mins. 14A.
FLIKS Rating. A few disturbing images of poisoned people & livestock but well worth seeing.
From acclaimed Nova Scotia Director Thom Fitzgerald, this hilarious and profane comedy has swept the film festival circuit winning accolades from critics and audiences alike.
It stars Oscar®-winning actresses Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as Stella and Dot, an aging couple who escape from a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia on a quest to be legally married. Stella and Dot have been together for 31 years and have faithfully accompanied one another through life's ups and downs.
Now in their seventies, Stella is hard of hearing and Dot is legally blind. Dotty's prudish granddaughter, Molly (played by Genie Award-winner Kristin Booth), decides the best place for Dot is a nursing home that will provide all the necessities.
This forces Stella and Dot to make a bold decision: they will leave their hometown and make their way to Canada, where same-sex marriage is legal. It's a last-gap bid to stay together.
En route to Canada, they pick up a young hitchhiker, Prentice, played by newcomer Ryan Doucette. A small-town boy turned modern dancer, he is returning to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother. Despite his bravado, Prentice is a confused and wounded soul who has much to learn from Stella and Dot as they wage their own unexpected battle – after three decades, can they keep their family together?
With equal parts humour and grace, Cloudburst explores the important themes of life, death and love through the eyes of this oddball trio.
93 minutes. R nudity and foul foul language.
FLIKS RATING - definitely 18yrs and those with even mildly delicate ears be warned - Stella is wincingly profane but hilarius. Also full frontal nudity can be had in this film.
(This is the tamest clip I could find)
“Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis shines in this beautiful love story as the defiant and hilariously profane Stella." - Georgia Straight, Vancouver
"Olympia Dukakis' incendiary "Stella" exploded on the screen like a roadside bomb... This film was not just entertaining, it was liberating and redeeming." – FQ
"Hilarious, unpredictable and extremely moving, this new tour de force by the Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald features two actresses at the height of their talent: Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker. The two are irresistible..." – Image + Nation Film Festival
"Dukakis is brilliant as the charmingly vulgar, potty-mouthed Stella" – Michael Hawrysh, 2b Magazine
“Thom Fitzgerald has crafted a new Canadian movie classic, and he’s directed his actors to some of the finest performances you’ll see this year. Plus, this film is one heck of a crowd-pleaser!” – Edmonton International Film Festival website
"Canada comes out strong with this flick about 80-year-old lesbians forced to flee Maine for Nova Scotia after vulgar, fiery Stella (a feisty Dukakis) springs her lover of 30 years, sweet, blind Dot (Fricker), from an old-folks home. It’s funny, heartfelt and full of foul language — and indeed a story everyone needs to see." -Westender Weekly, Vancouver
Principal Cast: Cory Monteith, Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Gabrielle Miller, Kacey Rohl, Ben Ratner,
Sisters & Brothers
Saturday Feb 11 , 9 pm
The third installment in a hilarius trilogy on family dynamics - Mothers & Daughters (CFF 2010) and Fathers & Sons (CFF 2011). Carl Bessai's new film SISTER & BROTHERS doesnt dissapoint with its unique collaborative style and filmmaking process.
Carl Bessai’s third installment in his family trilogy is a bracingly funny look into the lives of four sets of siblings. Brimming with affection, hostility and a healthy dose of guilt, Sisters & Brothers cleverly tills the volatile territory of siblinghood.
Four scenarios are rife with comedy and drama : A Schizophrenic brother (Ben Ratner) is nursed back to health by his sister; A famous actor caught up in his own fame and his philanthropic brother try to relate; Two sisters are worlds apart in what they want from life - and finally a mother is faced with telling her daughter about a sister she never knew she had.
92 mins. PG - violence, sex, bums and swears ... the stuff families are made of!
Please note: PASSES are individual and nontransferable
ADVANCED Tickets & Passes available IN PERSON at
OTTER BOOKS in Nelson.
Pls be kind to Otter Books & no calls or holds.
If you live out of town and you want to reserve a ticket or pass - email us BEFORE FEB 10 and we'll set one aside for you. If you're stuck or want to ask a festival question, call FLIKS toll free 1-866-354-5722 (not Otter Books). Thx!
There are a limited number of passes this year, so get yours early to avoid being disappointed. All prices are inclusive of applicable taxes.
The festival is held at the CAPITOL THEATRE on Victoria street in Nelson.
If you have a pass or a ticket, please go to the TICKET HOLDER LINEUP.
If you need to buy a pass or a ticket, go to the RUSH LINEUP.
PASSHOLDERS, please arrive 15 minutes before show-time to be guaranteed a seat.
Please note in order to keep the theatre as beautiful as it is, the Capitol Theatre does not allow food and drink (other than water) inside the theatre proper. But food and drink may be consumed in the lobby. Thank you for your cooperation.
Without the help of FLIKS’ sponsors, supporters, volunteers & you our audience,
we would
not be able to bring this festival to Nelson or screen eclectic, independent films
throughout the Kootenays.
We can’t tell you how much your support,
attendance & kind words of encouragement means.
Thank you!
ADVANCED TICKETS SALES
and Baker Street
sandwich board wranglers.
The festival needs volunteers that can commit to one day of service in exchange for films, food, fun and satisfaction that you are supporting Canadian film exhibition. We need cashiers, ushers, ticket-takers & crowd wranglers. . Contact us if you'd like to volunteer.
