We are RESCHEDULING the event on Wednesday February 1st, 2012. Please read the attached media release for the new RESCHEDULED details.

The moral of this story: Crazy Wisdom is unpredictable!

The event has been RESCHEDULED to Wednesday March 2nd, one week from today. Same time…

Please see the previous post for details of the film and event.

This is the first time we’ve had to cancel or reschedule an event since launching in 2003. We appreciate your understanding and hope to see you on March 2nd!

Enjoy the snow day!

We are thrilled to be screening the award winning and groundbreaking film

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

OPEN CINEMA: Season Seven will launch in October 2009.

Watch for updates about upcoming screenings and exciting new initiatives in Kenya!

OPEN CINEMA founder and Director Mandy Leith recently spent time in Nairobi researching community media initiatives and the Kenyan film industry.

It was incredibly inspiring to meet so many talented and hardworking folks who are doing amazing things with video, photography, radio and print, despite extremely challenging living conditions and limited resources. I spent a few days with one group in particular, The Mwelu Foundation and I was so touched and impressed by their vision, talent, humour and the ways that they are empowering young people in the slums of the Mathare Valley, on the outskirts of Nairobi.

Founder Julius Mwelu and other members of the group have been winning international awards for their photography, and making short films with next to no resources. It is exciting to think what they might be able to achieve with support!

I encourage you to take a look at their website www.mwelu.org.

OPEN CINEMA will be developing support and exchange initiatives with this group, and other community media groups in Nairobi in the near future.

For more information please contact Mandy (info@opencinema.ca).

OPEN CINEMA is honoured to present an evening focussed on addressing issues associated with homelessness on Wednesday February 25th 2009, with Mayor Dean Fortin, Reverand Al Tysick and more…

The award-winning National Film Board of Canada film Carts of Darkness and a short film by Rose Henry will be followed by open forum discussion focussed on issues related to Victoria’s homeless.

Carts of Darkness (NFB, 2008)

On the way to cash in bottles for a few dollars, a group of homeless men turn into road warriors, careening their grocery carts down death-defying hills. This award-winning documentary adopts the tropes of extreme sports filmmaking; fluid flowing cinematography, intense music, visceral pulse pounding action and irreverent characters unbounded by society s constrictions, to bring viewers deep into a world and deep into people they would normally look away from.

The story of endurance and resourcefulness, Carts Of Darkness captures the risk and intensity of life lived on the very edge.

Directed by Murray Siple, National Film Board of Canada, 2008

To watch a preview of the film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5JHYt7n58E

POST SCREENING DISCUSSION

Mayor Dean Fortin

Reverand Al Tysick,

Rose Henry

Levi Vandorn

moderated by Dvora Levin

7pm Wednesday February 25th 2009

Doors at 5.30pm

The Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street

Cash Bar, Door prizes, more.

$10 donation at the door

Please come early to avoid disappointment.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAILS ABOUT OPEN CINEMA EVENTS

please send an email to catlin@opencinema.ca with SUBSCRIBE in the subject header.

SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES!

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In partnership with MediaNet, the evening will feature a dozen hot off the press films, created as part of the inaugural Eco Doc film production program (http://www.media-net.bc.ca/otherprograms/ecodoc.html).

Don’t miss this one-off evening showcasing a dozen locally made environmental short films followed by discussion with Saanich-Gulf Islands candidates Andrew Lewis (Green), Julian West (NDP), activist/filmmaker Richard Boyce and more!

7pm (Doors open at 5.30pm)
Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad St

$10 donation at the door only

Cash bar and hand-made snacks for sale, so make sure you come early to avoid disappointment!

We regret that there is no elevator access at this time.

www.opencinema.ca

is proud to announce its first fundraising event!

An Earth Day Special Fundraising Eventwith VIDEA

in conjunction withThe Council of Canadians & The Victoria Water Watch Coalition

7pm, Monday April 21st 2008

Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Doors open at 5:30pm

Western Canada Premiere!

FLOW: For the Love of Water

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This award-winning documentary and 2008 Sundance favourite highlights the local intimacies of an emerging global catastrophe, in Africa, India, California and Canada.

With an unflinching focus on politics, pollution and human rights, FLOW: For Love of Water ensures that the precarious relationship between humanity and water can no longer be ignored. While specifics of locality and issue may differ, the message is the same; water, and our future as a species, is quickly drying up. Armed with a thirst for survival, people around the world are fighting for their birthright. www.flowthefilm.com

 Post-screening discussion with Richard C. Bocking (filmmaker and author of Mighty River) and Gwen Barlee, Policy Director for Western Canada Wilderness Committee 

Cash bar 

Complimentary Appetizers

Courtesy of Paisley Restaurant/Sanctuary Café

Silent & Live Auctions

Dozens of great items, including a night for two at Sooke Harbour House!

Much more! 

ADMISSION BY DONATION

20% of funds raised go to VIDEA’s Women For Change Water Projects

TAX RECEIPTS AVAILABLE

Support our vibrant community event!