NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) presents InFocus: Canadian Cinema, co-hosted by the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles and sponsored by Seneca College and Mount Saint Mary’s University, and includes an open bar with beer, wine and vodka cocktails. The 2019 line-up consists of two short film programs highlighting a a diverse set of voices from all over Canada, including alumni of festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Sundance, Slamdance, Berlin International Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest. The evening begins with Canadian Cinema Shorts Program One, which features a thought-provoking animated film, a bittersweet story captured in a cinematic music video, contemplation of social norms through new perspectives and exciting new work by French Canadian and First Nations filmmakers, such as the Berlinale-winning Just Me and You. Canadian Cinema Program Two offers a selection of stories that ask us to examine our perception through narrative, documentary, animated and experimental work from up-and-coming Canadian filmmakers, including Alexandra Lazarowich’s Fast Horse, winner of the Sundance 2019 Special Jury Award for Directing. The evening concludes with a mix of short narratives that span from historical to horror comedy that offer spotlights into the unexplored corners of familiar stories, contemplating the meaning in the mundane, the invisible narratives in war, as well as the battle with ourselves and others. The NFMLA Monthly Film Festival is supported by venue sponsor South Park Center, Executive Circle sponsors FilmLA and HBO and Foundation Supporters CA Arts Council, LA City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), LA County Arts Commission and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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Schedule:
4:00pm – 4:30pm – Pre-Reception: Shorts Program #1 – InFocus: Canadian Cinema Program #1

4:30pm – 6:00pm – Shorts Program #1 – InFocus: Canadian Cinema Program #1• Hair: The Story of Grass – Dir. Maha Al-Saati• Bygone Bugs – Dir. Barnabas Wornoff• Just You and Me – Dir. Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers• My Boy (Mon Boy) – Dir. Sarah Pellerin• Silver Light – Dir. Brad McDermott• Romance Language – Dir. José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço• Turning Tables – Dir. Chrisann Hessing

6:00pm – 6:15pm – Audience Q&A with first program Filmmakers

6:15pm – 6:45pm – Pre-Reception: Shorts Program #2 – InFocus: Canadian Cinema Program #2

6:45pm – 8:15pm – Shorts Program #2 – InFocus: Canadian Cinema Program #2• Fast Horse – Dir. Alexandra Lazarowich• Dziadzio – Dir. Aaron Ries• One – Dir. Handuo Zhang• Now or Never – Dir. Rose Schimm• Acadiana – Dir. Yannick Nolin, Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau• Nothing to Say – Dir. Aubry Mintz• Little Grey Bubbles – Dir. Charles Wahl

8:15pm – 8:30pm – Audience Q&A with second program Filmmakers

8:30pm – 9:00pm – Pre-Reception: Shorts Program #3

9:00pm – 10:30pm – Shorts Program #3• Belphegor – Dir. Stephen Vanderpool• Tijuana – Dir. Mary Lyn Chambers• In Circles – Dir. San-San Onglatco• Listen – Dir. Omri Bezalel• Boo – Dir. Rakefet Abergel

10:30pm – 10:45pm – Audience Q&A with third program Filmmakers

10:45pm – 11:30pm – After-Party

11:30pm – Event Wraps

The open bar runs from 4:00pm to 11:30pm. Beer, wine and vodka cocktails will be served. Mixers include cranberry juice, orange juice, ginger ale, tonic and club soda. Water will also be available.