February 2012

A WORLD OF SHORTS: ROMANCE IN RUINS

The perfect Valentine's Day antidote: a bounty of tragic and funny mood-killers, romantic mishaps and never-gonna-kiss-yas.  From adolescent experimentation to dating, just marrieds to ornery oldtimers, getting the romantic moment right and holding on tight is easier said than done!

DATE & TIME: Wednesday February 15th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: NFB Cinema, 150 John St (at Richmond West)
RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes
ADMISSION: Tickets are $6 Adults, $4 Students, Seniors, NFB Members

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Featured Films:

THE FIRST TIME
  
 

Emmanuel Osei-Kuffo | Japan | 2010 | 14 minutes

Yoyoko offers to give Koichi kissing lessons. Practice makes perfect complications as she teaches her crush how to seduce... the other woman.
 SPACEMONKEY  
 

 

Scott Cummings | USA | 2010 | 5 minutes

Three kids play a masochistic game. Forget rainbow parties and whippets, gas huffing and stoplight - hypoxia is the new high!
PILLOW TALK  
 

John Wynn | USA | 2010 | 10 minutes

While laying in bed, a mysterious couple confronts their undeniable emotional and physical connection, but when their violent past collides with their peaceful present they come face to face with a dangerous future.
CATAPLEXY  
 

John Salcido | USA | 2010 | 7 minutes

A man with an unusual medical problem is embarrassed to discover the call girl he's hired is an old friend. Awkward.
FOR HIM
(PENTRU EL)
 

Stanca Radu | Romania | 2009 | 9 minutes

A woman buys a webcam in order to connect with a faraway lover. But her sexy surprise goes from hot to humiliating in the click of a mouse.
SHE SAID LENNY  
 

Jim Donovan | Canada | 2010 | 6 minutes

What do you do when the man of your dreams turns out to be a woman?

*Filmmaker in Attendance!*
COCKROACH  
 

Luke Eve | Australia | 2011 | 13 minutes

Charlie is given another chance at life and love when he is reincarnated as a cockroach!
I STILL LOVE THEM
(JE LES AIME ENCORE)		  

 

Marie-Pierre Grenier | Canada | 2010 | 13 minutes

Michel, an aging lothario, strikes an honest and simply unforgettable pose in this documentary about following your sex drive.

Audience Choice Award,
Festival International de Court-Métrages de Lille
BAHIYA & MAHMOUD
  

 

Zaid Abu Hamdan | Jordan/USA/UAE | 2011 | 14 minutes

Bahiya and Mahmoud prove that love comes in all kinds of packages. Theirs? Bitter, bickering, belaboured and ... beautiful?

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.   

 

 

 

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