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Estonia's Oscar entry Mushrooming plays at the CFI's Bright Nights Fest. |
I’m probably not the only ByTowner checking off the films on
Oscar’s Foreign Film list this week, what with nominees A Royal Affair and Amour
playing in town. (Amour opens
Friday.) However, Ottawans can discover a handful of hidden gems that won’t
receive the extra exposure afforded by the Academy’s favour when the Canadian Film Institute holds its annual Bright Nights: Baltic-Nordic Film Festival, which
starts this Friday. Bright Nights brings some of the most exciting new films from
the Baltic-Nordic countries to Ottawa. 2013 marks the third edition of the Bright Nights Film Festival and its the first time that the fest has partnered up with Winterlude. Enjoy the outdoor activities and warm up by seeing a movie!
The eight-film programme looks strong overall, with prizewinners
and festival favourites included on the slate. There’s also a spoof of a
filmmaker’s ambitions for an Oscar in Iceland’s Mamma Gógó. The film even plays the weekend of the Academy Awards,
if one wants some added novelty in the programme!
The CFI is offering a special deal for moviegoers who want
to visit all the Baltic cinemascapes. For the low price of $40, viewers can nab
a pass that admits them to all eight nights of the festival. This pass is a
real bargain, since single tickets are $12 a ticket for general audiences and
$8 for members/students/seniors.
Bright Nights Baltic-Nordic Film Festival runs Feb. 8 – Mar 1. All
screenings are in the auditorium of Library and Archives Canada, 395. Wellington St.
The full line-up for the festival is as follows:
Simon and the Oaks
Sweden | Dir. Lisa Ohlin | 121 min.
-Friday, February 8 at 7:00pm
Soundbreaker
Finland | Dir.
Kimmo Koskela | 86 min.
-Friday, February 15 at 7:00 pm
INUK
Denmark | Dir. Mike Magidson | 88 min.
-Friday, February 15 at 9:00 pm
*Director Mike Magidson will be in attendance to present his film and discuss it with the audience.
*Director Mike Magidson will be in attendance to present his film and discuss it with the audience.
Mamma Gógó
Iceland | Dir. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | 90 min.
Friday, February 22 at 7:00 pm
Mushrooming
Estonia | Dir. Toomas Hussar | 90 min.
Friday, February 22 at 9:00 pm
Monsieur Taurins
Latvia | Dir. Alexander Hahn | 93 min.
Thursday, February 28, 7:00 pm
Low Lights
Lithuania | Dir. Ignas Miškinis | 92 min.
Thursday, February 28, 9:00 pm
King Curling
Norway | Ole Enderson | 75 min.
-Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm
* Local curlers receive a $2 discount if they attend this screening wearing their curling team jackets/uniforms!
* Local curlers receive a $2 discount if they attend this screening wearing their curling team jackets/uniforms!
See you at the movies!
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bio!
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Se dig i biografen!
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bíó!
Näeme filme!
Tiekamies filmas!
Iki pasimatymo filmus!
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Se deg på kino!