Outtakes

Short Film Fest with a Kiss

The Canadian Film Centre's World Wide Short Film Festival gets underway on June 4 with a 182 shorts from 39 countries, including Italy's Il Bacio (The Kiss).
Roberto Totola's delightful seven-minute film centres on a couple that stops on their way from a restaurant to give each other what seems to be an interminable kiss. Very funny.
Also in this year's festival are Anne-Emanuelle Romanelli's Fork Keeps, about a single paranoid woman; Claudia Solti's Chasing Heaven, about a father having to tell his 10-year-old son that his mother has died; John Sparano's Reality School, a mockumentary about acting school; Media Whore starring Taye Diggs and Coolio; Doppleganger starring Rebecca Gayheart; Upheaval starring Frances McDormand; Member starring Josh Hartnett; Laud Weiner starring David Hyde Pierce; The Upgrade starring Minnie Driver; and Faye Dunaway's The Yellow Bird starring Brenda Blethyn and James Coburn.
The festival runs until June 9 in several venues along Bloor Street. For more information call 416.205.3951.

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Cinematheque Ontario's summer season has begun featuring an exclusive run of Zia Zhangke's Platform (May 31-June 11), and a retrospective on Polish director Andrzej Munk titled Wry Smiles, Suspicious Glances: The Films of Andrzej Munk, which runs until June 6. In addition, there's a rare retrospective of the Milan-based filmmaking duo Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi titled Cinematic Explorers. Running until June 11, the program screens the artists' films which use rare archival footage to explore timeless themes, including their acclaimed From the Pole to the Equator, featuring footage shot by travelling cinematographer Luca Comerio. All screenings take place at AGO's Jackman Hall. Call 416.968.FILM for details.

Publication Date: 2002-06-02
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