From May 6th to 15th, 2011 the DOXA Film Festival returns to our city (it never left! It's a Vancouver-based festival) and Vancouver Is Awesome Inc is very proud to be a community partner for three nights of films which we'll be spotlighting in the coming days!
In case you're not familiar, DOXA is a fantastic, long running festival that showcases independent and innovative documentaries. Check out the DOXA web site for the full schedule and to purchase tickets and if you're interested you can peruse the release below to learn about the films in this year's festival that have a Vancouver slant to them.
The official word:
DOXA Shines a Spotlight on Vancouver
Vancouver, BC — In honour of the City’s 125th Anniversary, DOXA is very proud to present a special Spotlight on Vancouver comprised of a number of different programs including a mini-retrospective on Allan King, a First Nations Films and Filmmakers collection, a number of new films about the city, as well as some of the earliest images of the city ever committed to magic lantern slide. Together, these films and images create a kaleidoscopic portrait of this place we call home.
Curated by Graham Peat, A City’s Image reveals how differently we viewed our city as recently as 50 years ago. A picture postcard, Vancouver beckons the viewer to explore its multitude of pleasures, contrasting with more intimate stories of the city as it grows and abandons the old in Vancouver Honeymoon, The Outcast, West End ‘66 and Swingspan. Together, these films create an affectionate portrait of a city that once was.
Curated by Doreen Manuel, First Nations Films and Filmmakers depicts the struggles and triumphs of First Nations people through a collection of short films including Lisa Jackson’s The Visit, Cody, David Martin’s The Gathering, Kamala Todd’s Indigenous City and Our City Our Voices: Follow the Eagle, Kelvin Redvers’ The Making of a Haida Totem Pole, Beric Manywounds’ In The Name of North Star Woman, My Mother and Jenn Strom’s 12 Takes: Roy Henry Vickers.
Before Allan King became one the masters of Canadian documentary, he worked as a producer/director at CBUT and CBC in Vancouver. A collection of three films, Gyppo Logging, Portrait of a Harbour and Skidrow, capture the nascent emergence of King’s pioneering documentary style.
In their studios, at galleries and while walking around the city, three Vancouver art stars (Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace and Rodney Graham) reflect back in Harry Killas’ Picture Start.
Paris has the Eiffel Tower and New York has the Statue of Liberty, but there is perhaps no more iconic structure in Vancouver than Stanley Park’s Hollow Tree. Daniel Pierce’s film The Hollow Tree explores this last lingering reminder of the city’s wild past and its emerging future.
A stunning and nostalgic journey through the life of iconic painter and writer Roy Kiyooka, Fumiko Kiyooka’s film Reed is a moving and powerful document of a time in Canada when artists, painters and musicians were a major force for social change.
Magic Lanternist Michael Lawlor and Civic Historian John Atkin present some of the earliest images of the city in Magic Lantern Images of Vancouver (1890-1940).
DOXA Documentary Film Festival runs May 6–15, 2011. Tickets to the Opening Night film and party at the Vogue Theatre are $20. Tickets to the Closing Night film and party at the Park Theatre are $20. Single tickets for all other screenings are $10 each plus a one-time $3 membership. Festival Passes allow access to all films except Opening and Closing Nights, and are available for $125. Tickets are available at Videomatica, People’s Co-op Books, and online at www.doxafestival.ca. For further information, call DOXA at 604.646.3200.
DOXA is presented by the Documentary Media society, a Vancouver-based non-profit, charitable society.
DATES: May 6th – 15th, 2011
VENUES: Vogue Theatre, Vancity Theatre, Pacific Cinémathèque, Rio Theatre, Park Theatre — Vancouver
ADMISSION: Single Tickets: $10 (all films except Opening and Closing Nights); Opening Night film and party: $20; Closing Night film and party: $20; Membership: $3; FestivalPass: $125 (excludes Opening/Closing Night films & parties, includes $3membership); 5-Ticket Packs: $45 / 10-Ticket Packs: $85 (excludes Opening/Closing Night films; excludes $3 membership).
TICKETS: DOXA website (www.doxafestival.ca)
Videomatica (1855 West 4th Ave.)
People’s Co-op Books (1391 Commercial Drive)
