The Shuswap Film Society is celebrating its 25th International Film Festival by putting on the ritz at the Salmar Classic.
At the opening night reception, patrons are invited to celebrate the silver anniversary by dressing to win. Everyone who dresses elegantly in black and silver will receive “star treatment.”
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. On screen entertainment starts at 6:45 p.m. followed by a showing of Nebraska.
In the film, Old Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), boozy and confused, is determined to collect his sweepstakes prize of a million dollars even if he has to walk from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska to do it. Enter Woody’s son David, who agrees to drive his old father and so begins a bleak and funny road trip.
This film will also be shown Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.
Other featured films include:
Lad: A Yorkshire Story, Feb. 22 at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.
The Yorkshire Dales provides the background to this story of a young lad whose life goes off the rails with the death of his father. The Dales seem idyllic but it’s a tough place to live, where settlements are at the mercy of the changing weather. For Tom, though, life suddenly opens up through his friendship with a park ranger.
Old Stock, Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.
Stock, a bright and kind young man, is also an eccentric. After being involved in an accident, he decides to move into a retirement home with his grandfather where he believes he can hide from the world. He fits in well with his geriatric companions, but eventually he has to come to terms with his troubled past and embrace life in the present.
Key of Life, Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
In this comedy of mistaken identities, a failed actor changes his mind about committing suicide when he witnesses someone fall on his head and succumb to amnesia. Taking on that person’s identity means he’s now a professional assassin.
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.
The gorgeous bluegrass score of this film interweaves old and newly written tunes, beginning with the classic, Will the Circle be Unbroken. The film itself is structured like a bittersweet bluegrass song, with a refrain, back and forth in time, as the relationship between Didier and Elise develops and reveals much about love, family, sex, sorrow, faith and music.
Blancanieves, Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m.
In this imaginative retelling of the fairy tale Snow White, Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s silent black-and-white film displays all the verve of Spanish Gothic romanticism.
Cas & Dylan, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Jason Priestly, in his directorial debut, brings the story of Cas Pepper (Richard Dreyfuss), a widowed and now terminally ill Winnipeg oncologist, to the screen. Cas decides to drive to the West Coast by himself until a travelling companion inserts herself into his life.
The Past (Le Passé), Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Four years after deserting his family and returning to Iran, his homeland, Ahman comes back to Paris with mixed feelings, as he is there to proceed with his divorce. Meanwhile he can’t help but become involved in the complications his wife Marie has created with her children and the new man in her life.
Good Vibrations, Feb. 23 at 7:30, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m.
In 1970s Belfast, Terri Hooley is an idealistic rocker who finds himself caught in the middle of Northern Ireland’s bitter troubles. In an effort to encourage some harmony, he opens a record shop specializing in reggae, and discovers a new music genre, punk rock.
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.
This film is an odyssey of emotion and intellect in the rich and contradictory world of Rome, the Eternal City. Saints and sinners rub shoulders as we follow 65-year-old Jep (Tony Servillo) through a series of parties and meetings as he tries to figure out what it all means.
In The House (Dans La Maison), Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Germain, a jaded literature teacher, tells his wife Jeanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) that his new students are the worst class he’s ever had. That is until a nondescript student starts writing his weekly assignment on his observations of “the perfect family.”
Louis Cyr, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
This is the story of real-life champion weight lifter, Louis Cyr from Quebec, who was promoted as the strongest man in the world in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
As a special feature, Waltzing Matilda, a beautifully filmed short/music video featuring an invisible man, a femme fatale, and a torch singer will be shown before selected movies. The film is directed by former Salmon Arm resident Mike Southworth.
The closing night on Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. will feature Right Kind of Wrong, where a man, notorious for being a loser, falls in love with a bride on her wedding day. Refreshments and hand-made chocolates will be served before the movie, as well as prizes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets, at $7 for adults, are available at the door, from Wearabouts and on the reservation line at 250-832-2294. Phone reservations must be made three hours before movie time.
Donations of canned food for the Second Harvest Food Bank are being accepted.