Get a film fix this weekend as the Shuswap Film Society presents a Reel Weekend Film Festival at the Salmar Classic Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 3.
Join the fun in a pre-film celebration that will feature refreshments, music and door prizes beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Schedule:
• Kon-Tiki – Friday at 7:30 and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. – Based on the true story of legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 8,000 kilometre, 101 day crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1948 to prove that it was possible for South Americans to have settled in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
This action/drama explores the origin of the idea, the preparations, and what it was like to be the six people on an uncontrollable raft in the middle of the ocean.
• Twenty Feet From Stardom – Saturday at 10:30 a.m., Sunday at 3:30 p.m. –
A documentary, this is the story of back up singers, most of them female, black and thrust into prominence in the 1960s. They tell their stories, while the audience hears of past vocal glories and smoothly-mixed music clips with remarks by stars like Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Sting, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow and others with whom they worked.
A behind-the-scenes look at the talent and expertise backing up the stars.
• Unfinished Song – Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. – This film is about sweet old people who brighten their retirement years by singing in the community choir.
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp feature as the long married couple whose abiding love is never in question.
• Teddy Bear – Saturday at 3:30 p.m. – Directed by Mads Matthiesen, this simple film features 38-year-old body-builder Dennis (Kim Kold) who still lives with his mother in Copenhagen.
When his uncle marries a woman from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his own luck at finding a wife.
As he knows his mother would never accept another woman in his life, he lies and tells her he’s going to Germany.
• Much Ado About Nothing – Saturday at 7:30 p.m. – This modern version of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy maintains its humour, its depth of characterization and innovative use of text and landscape.
Shot in glamorous black and white, director Joss Whedon uses one main location, his house, the perfect setting in a story where everyone is eavesdropping on everyone.
• In a World – Sunday at 1:30 – In this comedy/drama, director Lake Bell plays Carol, a vocal coach and expert mimic of accents.
She aches to break into the male-dominated universe of the voice-over industry, where specialized artists – never seen, only heard – ply their trade.
Carol’s father, a titan in the industry, believes that voiceover work is a man’s job. When she becomes a frontrunner for a gig, a tense father-daughter dynamic ensues.
Coffee and conversation will be featured in a closing night event following the showing of Unfinished Song.
Stop by the Art Gallery Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a “Reel Lunch.”
Tickets are available at Wearabouts or at the door (cash only) at $7 for a single admission, $30 for a five-film pass or $35 for six films.