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Thursday March 29: Rockin’ Doc Shorts

Our curated monthly screening for March is a partnership with Hot Docs, which celebrates its 25th edition from April 26 – May 6 at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema and at several other venues around the city. We’re pleased that we’ll have a representative from the festival to talk up this year’s selection of films ahead of our screening, as well as to give away an awesome Festival 10-pack of tickets as a raffle prize. We’re also delighted to announce Woodhouse Brewing Co. as our Official Beverage Sponsor, with $5 tall cans available at all of our screenings. Join us at 6pm for a frosty cold beer in the lobby and we’ll share our plans for upcoming screenings and our festival in November!

Thursday March 29th at 7:00pm
(but meet us at 6:00pm in the lobby for pre-screening drinks – $5 tall cans courtesy of Woodhouse Brewing Co.)
Carlton Cinemas
20 Carlton Street (steps from College subway station)


KUNSTGLASER (ART GLAZIER)

Dir: Ben Proudfoot
USA/Canada – 2016

In Pleasantville, Nova Scotia, Norbert Sattler works as a master craftsman in stained glass, working with artists to bring their visions to light.

Duration: 9:00


TAKING STOCK

Dir: Duncan Cowles
UK (Scotland) – 2017

Filmmaker Duncan Cowles shows us some footage he’s trying to sell to stock video agencies.

Duration: 4:00


COMMODITY CITY

Dir: Jessica Kingdon
USA – 2017

An observational documentary which takes place in the Yiwu Markets, the largest wholesale consumer goods market in the world.

Duration: 11:00


THE SHINING STAR OF LOSERS EVERYWHERE

Dir: Mickey Duzyj
USA – 2016

The strange but true story of how Japanese racehorse Haru Urara became a nationally celebrated symbol of perseverance while enduring a losing streak of epic proportions. Director and artist Mickey Duzyj traveled to Japan to uncover the story behind the horse’s unlikely rise to celebrity, and presents this animated short as the answer to how an undersized horse who vowed to “Never Give Up” became known as The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere.

Duration: 19:00


POP UP PORNO: F4M

Dir: Stephen Dunn
Canada – 2015

A woman recovering from breast cancer tries to reclaim her sexuality through online dating.

Duration: 4:00


A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN

Dir: Marshall Curry
USA – 2017

In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism – an event largely forgotten from American history. A Night at the Garden uses striking archival fragments recorded that night to transport modern audiences into this gathering and to shine a light on the disturbing fallibility of seemingly decent people.

Duration: 7:00


THE FORGER

Dirs: Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia, and Pamela Druckerman
USA – 2016

In 1944 Paris, 16 year-old Adolfo Kaminsky tries to avoid capture as the notorious Paris Forger, creating false passports and travel documents for Jews trying to flee the Nazis.

Duration: 16:00


POP UP PORNO: M4M

Dir: Stephen Dunn
Canada – 2015

A man visiting New York City launches Grindr on his phone and sees something vaguely familiar.

Duration: 4:00


ROCK THE BOX

Dir: Katherine Monk
Canada – 2015

Critic-turned-filmmaker Katherine Monk trains her lens on DJ Rhiannon Rozier in this short film about breaking the glass ceiling in a music industry dominated by men. The Vancouver-raised, university-educated Rozier was so intent on making a career in the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) scene that she did something she never thought she’d do: she posed for Playboy.

Duration: 10:00


Tickets available online or at the Carlton box office ($10 adults, $7 seniors). Facebook RSVP here!