Newsletter ... March 2000

FILM FESTIVAL GET-AWAY: CINÉFEST SUDBURY TOUR

by Liz Mayer

Jeff Barlow, of Napanee, loves movies. In fact, he's such a confirmed cinephile that he is the founder and coordinator of the Great Napanee Film Society (an alternative film series much like the QFA).

It just so happens that Jeff is also a travel consultant and tour organizer, affiliated with Bayridge Travel in Napanee. Now Jeff -- with the able assistance of our own QFA organizer, Denise Wakeman -- has combined his personal interest with his professional skills to offer a unique four day escorted tour to the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, September 21-24, 2000.

With round-trip transportation by private coach, three nights' accommodation, tickets for a Gala showing and ten (10!) additional films, plus breakfast and gratuities, all for $329 per person, Jeff's Sudbury film festival odyssey offers fellow movie fans a lot of value.

It also promises to deliver a whole lot of fun: an evening and two full days to take in the best new Canadian and international films, socialize with fellow movie-lovers and meet special industry guests, all sandwiched between two convivial, sit-back-and-relax rides through the fall landscapes of central and northern Ontario.

The annual Sudbury festival, billed as "the North's window to cutting edge film culture," was first presented in 1989. Last year's edition drew 20,000 movie-goers to brand new Canadian and international films such as Felicia's Journey, The Winslow Boy and An Ideal Husband. Following on the heels of its high-gloss, big-city cousin, the Toronto International Film Festival, Sudbury Cinéfest offers many of the same great films in a less frenzied and more accessible format.

Several QFA committee members are already Sudbury festival converts, having attended the event during the past three years. As a programming resource, their previewing has paid off: film selections from the Sudbury line-up have been prominently featured in our programs over the past few seasons.

Join us at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival!

Create your personal film screening schedule from dozens of films. Have FUN! Your tour includes:

• Fully-escorted, round trip transportation Kingston-Sudbury by private coach
• 3 nights accommodations at the Best Western Downtown
• 3 full breakfasts including gratuities
• book of ten general admission tickets for Cinéfest Sudbury
• ticket for one Gala performance at Cinéfest Sudbury
• driver's gratuity
• federal and provincial taxes, and administrative costs included
• cost per person: $329 double occupancy; $464 single room
• cancellation insurance available

Reserve your place now! Call Jeff Barlow at Bayridge Travel, (613) 384-9999.

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WHAT'S PLAYING AROUND TOWN?

Reciprocal arrangements with Cinefest Picton and the Great Napanee Film Society mean that QFA members now enjoy an added perk with their annual memberships. The Picton and Napanee film groups will honour your QFA membership for the members' price at films, and Cinefest and Napanee members are invited to pay the members' price at QFA films.

Cinefest Picton
Cinefest movies are screened at the Regent Theatre on Main Street in Picton every second Monday evening at 8 pm. Here's a glimpse of what's to come ...

     March 6  All About My Mother
     March 20  Guinevere
     April 3  American Movie
     April 17  Xiu-Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Napanee Film Society
The Great Napanee Film Society screens films at the Boulevard Cinema on Richmond Blvd. in Napanee. Films are usually shown the last Sunday of the month, starting at 6 pm. Their 2000 lineup continues...

     March 26  The Straight Story
     April 30  Sunshine
     May 28  Emporte-moi
     June 18  All About My Mother

PAST NEWSLETTERS ON-LINE

February 2000 -- Cinéfest Bus Trip
January 2000 -- The Malkovich Effect
November 1999 -- Coming to Earth: Director Deepa Mehta Survives an Indian Fire-Storm
September 1999 -- Welcome to our Fifth Season
May 1999 -- It's Your Turn, Laura / C'est à ton tour, Laura Cadieux
March 1999 -- The Cinematic Tourist: Lessons of Foreign Films