Kaslo BC

The Langham Cultural Centre
447 A Avenue
Kaslo BC

FLIKS and the Langham Cultural Centre have teamed up to bring you the best of FLIKS. We have 4 films scheduled for the 2010 new year.

Passes for all four films cost $28 for Langham Members, $32 for non-members or individual film tickets are $9.

Check with THE LANGHAM about purchasing a movie pass. Passes on sale Nov 1, 2009. A great Christmas present!

A special thankyou to Kaslo's Michael Young for spearheading this initiative and to the Langham Board for supporting this partnership!

THE HORSE BOY

Friday Jan 15, 2010 - 7:30 pm
The Langham Theatre, Kaslo

Wed Nov 18,2009 - Capitol Theatre - Nelson 7:30 pm
Mon Nov 30,2009 - Nakusp Bonnington Arts Ctr, 7:30 pm
Fri Dec 4, 2009 - Vallican Whole Community Ctr, 7:30 pm

If you see one FLIKS this season, let it be this one!

How far would you travel to heal your child? An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, THE HORSE BOY follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When two-yr-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son – but traditional therapies had little effect. Then they discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity for animals-particularly horses and the family set off on a quest for a possible cure…

THE HORSE BOY is part travel adventure, part insight into shamanic tradition and part intimate look at the autistic mind.  In telling one family’s extraordinary story, the film gives voice to the thousands who display amazing courage and creativity everyday in the battle against this mysterious and heartbreaking epidemic. This ravishing documentary odyssey gives insight into how, in life’s darkest moments, one can find the gateway to joy and wonder.

Rated PG, 96 mins.

THE HORSE BOY trailer

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THE BIG ANIMAL

Friday Feb 12, 2010 - 7:30 pm
The Langham Theatre, Kaslo

A FLIKS FAVOURITE FILM OF ALL TIME

The Big Animal (Duze Zwierze), scripted by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and shot in shimmering black-and-white by cinematographer Pawel Edelman (Academy Award®-nominee for Roman Polanski's The Pianist) is a lovely, small film that exposes greed and pettiness while celebrating the most beautiful human themes: Love, friendship and tolerance.

When the circus leaves a small Polish town, a couple adopt a camel into their family - and quickly form a close bond with the strange and beautiful creature. At first the townspeople love this diversion from their lives, but soon they begin to ostracize the couple.

Written at the height of political oppression in the 1970s The Big Animal is a rueful yet gentle fable about the price of individuality and the value of dignity. It will appeal to anyone with a heart.

It's an art house crowd-pleaser.  PG 72 minutes. 6

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BIG RIVER MAN

Friday Mar 26, 2010 - 7:30 pm
The Langham Theatre, Kaslo

There are documentaries about quirky characters with unusual quests …usually Werner Herzog is in the credits -  and then there is Big River Man. ! 

Overweight and over 50, Martin Strel attempts to shatter his own world record with what can only be described as the longest, most dangerous swim in history - in an effort to bring some focus to the environmental condition of the world’s rivers . 

Strel paddles through malevolent gangs, isolated tribes, crocodiles, toxic waste, lethal whirlpools and toothy piranhas during an historic 3375 mile swim down the Amazon - guzzling as much as two bottles of wine a day whilst still immersed.

Director John Maringouin captures the many dimensions of Strel's one-of-a-kind quest, from his strained working relationship with Borut, his son and manager, to his ultimate aspiration of contributing to a cleaner, greener world.

Environmental campaigner, world-class athlete, compulsive drinker and adventurer, Martin Strel makes Big River Man a journey not to be missed.

Rated PG or NUTS... run time is 96 minutes.

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MID-AUGUST LUNCH

Friday April 23, 2010 - 7:30 pm
The Langham Theatre, Kaslo

A touching comedy to end the season!

Gianni is a middle-aged man, the only son of his widowed mother, with whom he lives in an old house in central Rome. Living under the tyranny of this impoverished aristocrat, his life drags on between housework and going to the bar.

The day before the August bank holiday the condominium manager asks him to take his mother into his home for the two days of the bank holiday. In exchange, he will knock some money off the condominium debts Gianni has run up over the years.

Gianni is forced to accept.

The manager treacherously turns up with two women, since he doesn't know where to take his aunt, he brings her along too.
Gianni is overwhelmed and crushed by the clash between these three dominant characters, but heroically does his best to make them happy. At a certain point he feels faint and calls a friend of his who is a doctor. The doctor not only reassures Gianni, but foists his own elderly mother on him, since he is on shift at the hospital.

Gianni goes through 24 hours of hell.

But when at last it’s time to say goodbye, the women have other ideas…

2008, PG, 75 mins, Italian with English Subtitles.

watch the MID AUGUST LUNCH trailer

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Upcoming Screening Dates in Kaslo

Friday Jan 15, 2010........................................ THE HORSE BOY
Friday Feb 12, 2010........................................ THE BIG ANIMAL
Friday Mar 26, 2010......................................... THE CLAY BIRD
Friday Apr 23, 2010 ......................................... MID-AUGUST LUNCH

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