August 2011

A WORLD OF SHORTS: FAIRY TALE REDUX

Not just for kids! This collection of dark and funny fairy tales reinvents the genre for adults with its bondage brides, drug enchantments, magic swans and a sugar-addicted troll. These revisionist versions of "Little Red Riding Hood", "Alice in Wonderland", "Jack and The Beanstalk", "Bluebeard", and "Sleeping Beauty" will leave you begging for more!

Join us for a Q&A after the screening and an unbelievable prize giveaway!

DATE & TIME: Wednesday August 17th, 2011 at *NEW TIMES* 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: NFB Cinema, 150 John St (at Richmond West)
RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes
ADMISSION: Tickets are $6 Adults, $4 Students, Seniors, NFB Members

Please be sure to arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to the screening's start time. Please note that seating is accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is not guaranteed.

Featured Films:

A.J. Bond | Canada | 2010 | 6 minutes

A fantasy re-envisioning of the classic fairytale by Charles Perrault, in which Perrault's young wife reads herself into the story.

Filmmaker in Attendance!

Magali Magistry | Brazil, France | 2011 | 11 minutes

Love and loss in a Rio night club. How far will Luiza go to spend one more night with the man she loves?

Wyatt Denny | USA | 2010 | 15 minutes

Alice & her friend Dinah accept a ride with a mysterious white-haired albino and a gold-painted fallen Angel, deep into an underground world of glitter, drugs and Russian roulette. Amazing "Alice in Wonderland" style over substance (abuse)!

Dan Gitsham | UK | 2011 | 9 minutes

Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars as a gun-toting man with blood on his hands, a dead wife on the floor, and a daughter loose in the woods. Who is the hunted and who is the hunter in this sinister reworking of "Little Red Riding Hood".

Patrick Péris | Canada | 2010 | 4 minutes

In this modern adaptation of "Jack and the Beanstalk", we discover the Baghead family - a dysfunctional family just trying to make ends meet.

Joern Utkilen | UK | 2009 | 14 minutes

On a journey to deliver a television to her sick grandmother, a sullen young girl discovers that the adult world is very a dangerous place.

 

Emily Carmichael | USA | 2010 | 8 minutes

A Brooklyn couple entertains a hunter and his girlfriend, who happens to be a magical swan. It doesn't go well...

Pjotr Sapegin | Norway | 2011 | 13 minutes

In the old days, Norway was a safe haven for Trolls. Not anymore. A lonely, sugar-addicted, outsider of a Troll discovers how his clan evolved and disappeared.