Film Festival in Keno City-labour day weekend
August 25, 2008
Friday August 29- Keno Community Hall
All films are admission by donation.
8 pm Nahanni Donald Wilder/NFB, 1962, 18 min
The legend of a lost gold mine on the Yukon/NWT border lures men to their doom. Albert Faille, an aging prospector, has set out time and again to find the hidden gold.
Forty Men for the Yukon Tony Massil, 2008, 20 min
A new documentary about Highet Creek placer miner, Frank Erl and long-time Keno resident, Geordie Dobson.
9 pm Here Are the News: Edith Josie Cathleen Smith, BC/Yukon, 2008, 48 min
Gwich’in newspaper columnist, Edith Josie, began writing for the Whitehorse Star in 1963 and was soon syndicated in newspapers all over the world where she reports on the daily activities and events of the village of Old Crow.
10 pm Artifacts Andrew Connors, 2006, 36 min
A man awakens the spirits of his grandfather's youth when he travels to an abandoned town (Keno City in another dimension) in search of the grandmother he never knew.
Saturday Aug 30- see extended entry
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PST Aug 26- Yukon Old Times short films + Russian feature 'Urga'
August 14, 2008
YFS and the Yukon Arts Centre present:
Picture Show Tuesdays
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Double feature admission $5 for both shows.
LAST WEEK OF SERIES!
AUGUST 26 Schedule
7:30pm Picturing the Yukon
Sourdough Rendezvous Exploration Northwest, 1970, 24min
Rendezvous was once the one big winter party in Whitehorse. Sports, can-can dancers and socializing carried on for more than a week each February.
City of Gold Wolf Koenig + Colin Low, 1957, 21 min
A vivid recollection of the Klondike gold rush at its frenzied height, City of Gold uses a collage of still photographs to compare Dawson City of the gold rush, when the gold from its river beds flowed freely through the stores, taverns and dance halls, with the more tranquil Dawson City of the present.
Fading Times Audrey Levesque, 2008, 2 min
Physical Memories John Overell, 2005, 5 min
Two recent nostalgic animations by Dawson City artists.
See a clip from City of Gold.
9pm Urga (Close to Eden) 1992, 110 minutes
A traditional Mongol family faces progress and modernity when a Russian truck
driver interrupts their idyl when his vehicle breaks down and he adopted by the family.
Thanks to Lotteries Yukon for the Recreation Project Funding which assisted with our video projector purchase for this series.
PST Aug 19-Buster Keaton w live music score + 'Follow Your Dreams' and 'Yukon Belle'
August 13, 2008
YFS and the Yukon Arts Centre present:
Picture Show Tuesdays (July 1 to Aug 26)
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Double feature admission $5 for both shows.
See the full SUMMER SCHEDULE.
AUGUST 19 Schedule
7:30pm Picturing the Yukon
Follow Your Dreams dir. Werner Walcher, 2008, 47min
Yukon Belle CBC Vancouver, 1963, 27min
Belle DesRosiers was Yukon’s first woman to become a big game guide.
9pm Go West Buster Keaton, 1925, 69m
Keaton’s strange comedy about a young man who falls into the cowboy trade, with live musical score by experimental duo, The Upstanding Knaves (Jordy Walker and André Gagné).
Thanks to Lotteries Yukon for the Recreation Project Funding which assisted with our video projector purchase for this series.
August 12: Yukon Artists, In Short + Kanehsatake - 270 Years of Resistance
July 30, 2008
YFS and the Yukon Arts Centre present:
Picture Show Tuesdays (July 1 to Aug 26)
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Double feature admission $5 for both shows.
See the full SUMMER SCHEDULE.
7:30pm Picturing the Yukon
Artists in Ivavvik Park Elaine Alexie, 2006, 22 min
Universal Movement Machine Kirby Hammond, 2005, 5 min
Solitary William Vandermeulen, 2008, 2 min
Contained Chaos Rod Jacob, 2006, 6 min
A Fossiled Life Clayton Carlick, 2007, 5 min
Mayfly Days Natalie Edelson+John Overell, 2008, 4 min
A smörgåsbord of Yukon and Western Arctic art: animation from KIAC's art school in Dawson and Whitehorse based singer-songwriter, Natalie Edelson; three documentaries about visual artists: Meshell Melvin, Phillipe Leblond, Joyce Majiski, Charles Hegsted, Paul Fortin, Itai Katz, Ryan Fortin; and one personal reflection on the meaning of ancient Tlingit designs and artifacts to the filmmaker's modern Northern life.
8:45pm Kanehsatake - 270 Years of Resistance
Alanis Obomsawin, Canada, 1993, 119 minutes
Behind Mohawk lines during the summer of 1990, Alanis Obomsawin spent 78 days and nights filming an armed standoff between the Kanehsatake people, The Quebec police and the Canadian army. A powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action of an age-old aboriginal struggle. The result is a portrait of the people behind the barricades, providing insight into the Mohawks' unyelding determination to protect their land.
Watch the trailer for Kanehsatake.
July 29: Japan/Yukon drama + Persepolis
July 23, 2008
YFS and the Yukon Arts Centre present:
Picture Show Tuesdays (July 1 to Aug 26)
The Old Fire Hall on 1st Ave, Whitehorse
Double feature admission $5 for both shows.
See the full SUMMER SCHEDULE.
7:30pm Picturing the Yukon
In a Changing World
Calvin Lindstrom + Harutaka Kondo, 2005, 58min
Shot in Carcross, a man learns to take responsibility for his life.
9pm Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi + Vincent Peronnaud, France/USA, 2007, 95min
An Iranian girl comes of age during the Islamic revolution. Based on the best-selling graphic novel. Academy Award® Nominee for Best Animated Feature.
Watch the trailer for Persepolis.
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