Edmonton International Film Festival 2008

Display Plays With:
time rating title venue
Friday, September 26th
7:00 PM
Pontypool
Bruce McDonald 2008 | Feature Film, Gala Event, Guests Attending, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada!, Opening Night Gala | 97 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:00 PM
Opening Night Gala After-Party
Gala After-Party | 360 min.
 Free Mason’s Hall
9:30 PM
REPO! The Genetic Opera
Darren Lynn Bousman 2008 | Edge of Night, Feature Film, Horror, Western Canada Premiere! | 98 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Saturday, September 27th
11:00 AM
24/One Film (making) Challenge
2008 | Filmmaking Challenge | 5 min.
** Note: Register online only -- until September 19th!
 Empire City Centre 9
12:00 PM
Song Sung Blue
Greg Kohs 2008 | Doc Central, Feature Film | 87 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
12:15 PM
Bonjour!!! Je m'appelle Maxime Renard
Niels Dubost, Sevy Weber 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Comedy, Feature Film, World Cinema | 82 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
2:15 PM
Big Story In A Small City
Gor Kirakosian, Narek Ghaplanyan 2007 | Comedy, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere!, World Cinema | 90 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
2:30 PM
The Project
Ryan Piotrowicz 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 90 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
4:30 PM
The Great Match
Gerardo Olivares 2006 | Comedy, Feature Film, World Cinema | 88 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
4:45 PM
A Necessary Death
Daniel Stamm 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 101 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
6:45 PM
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Sacha Gervasi | Doc Central, Featured, Feature Film, Guests Attending, Music | 80 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:00 PM
Spanish Shorts
Various 2008 | Short Film Package, Spanish Language | 84 min.
  • M-16 | 2008
  • Mofetas | Ines Enciso 2008
  • Tickets Please (Boletos Por Favor) | Lucas M. Figueroa 2008
  • The Eye | Adrian Castagna 2007
  • Hero. Wings Are Not Necessary To Fly | Angel Loza 2008
  • Made In Japan | Ciro Altabas 2008
Metro Cinema
7:15 PM
The Cake Eaters
Mary Stuart Masterson 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 100 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:15 PM
Dutch Shorts
Guests Attending, Short Film Package | 70 min.
  • Oh Great, Now Look What Happened | 2007
  • Xenia I, II, III | Anna Lange 2006
  • Idyll | Esther Urlus 2008
  • Jolanda 23 | Pim Zwier 2008
  • Passage | Paul van de Wildenberg 2007
  • Number Two | Guido van der Werve 2003
  • Amsterdam Reconstruction | Jerome Schlomoff 2007
  • Nook & Cranny | Francien van Everdingen 2008
Metro Cinema
9:15 PM
I Served the King of England
Jiri Menzel 2008 | Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere!, World Cinema | 118 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
The Goodtimes Kid
Azazel Jacobs 2005 | Canadian Premiere, Feature Film, Spotlight: Emerging Indie Filmmaker | 77 min.
  • Birthday Girl | Erin Laing 2008
Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
ANVIL - In Concert at Century Casino
2008 | Live Music Concert | 90 min.
 Century Casino
Sunday, September 28th
10:00 AM
In Our Own Backyard 1
2008 | Short Film Package | 42 min.
  • Art As Life | Adolfe Ruiz 2008
  • Buy'er Beware | 2008
  • The Observer | Oliver McGarvey 2008
  • Zinneke | James Reckseidler 2008
Metro Cinema
11:00 AM
In Our Own Backyard 2
2008 | Short Film Package | 43 min.
  • Sketch | Tyler MacIntyre 2008
  • Doppelganger | John Hollinger 2008
  • Baby Boots | Hans Olson 2008
  • Phil and Jenny | 2008
Metro Cinema
12:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 3
2008 | Short Film Package | 41 min.
  • Sugar City | 2008
  • Tragedy | Megan Graham 2008
  • The Backgrounder | Harley Hay 2008
  • The Lesson | Punam Kumar Gill 2008
Metro Cinema
12:00 PM
The Cake Eaters
Mary Stuart Masterson 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 100 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
12:15 PM
Roman de Gare
Claude Lelouch 2008 | Edmonton Premiere, Feature Film, Thriller, World Cinema | 103 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
1:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 4
2008 | Short Film Package | 40 min.
  • Why I Bought A Bike | Brianne Nord-Stewart 2008
  • Dead Boyfriends | 2008
  • Sterile Atomic Fly | Riley Beach 2008
  • Anybody's Baby | Eve Kinizo 2008
  • Tigers At the Gate | Nina Sudra 2008
Metro Cinema
2:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 5
2008 | Short Film Package | 44 min.
  • Operation: Operation | Courtney Garvin 2008
  • Die, Dracula, Die: A Tale of Terror By Bram Stoker | Mark Jowett 2008
  • The Glory Years | Marcin Sokolowski 2008
Metro Cinema
2:15 PM
A No-Hit No-Run Summer
Franc Leclerc 2008 | Feature Film, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada! | 100 min.
  • Symmetrical Desires | Anh Minh Truong 2008
Empire City Centre 9
2:30 PM
Heavy Load
Jerry Rothwell 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Doc Central, Feature Film, World Cinema | 91 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
3:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 6
2008 | Short Film Package | 41 min.
  • The Curse of the Piano | Michael Peterson 2008
  • Suicidium | Joel Douglas Abrahamson 2008
  • Visages | 2008
  • Colony | Michael Olson 2008
Metro Cinema
4:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 7
2008 | Short Film Package | 41 min.
  • Crossing Rio Grande | Jason Sacha 2008
  • Bullets | John Osborne 2008
  • The Son of Santo | Adonay Guerrero 2008
  • The Boiler Room | Jonathan Joffe 2008
Metro Cinema
4:30 PM
The Forgotten Woman
Dilip Mehta 2008 | Alberta Premiere!, Doc Central, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada! | 90 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
4:45 PM
War Eagle, Arkansas
Robert Milazzo 2008 | Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 8
2008 | Short Film Package | 46 min.
  • Return Stolen | Munir Karbani 2008
  • Mediocritization | 2008
  • Comeback | Shane Lawrence 2008
  • 419: The Nigerian Scam | Sorin Mihailovici 2008
Metro Cinema
6:00 PM
In Our Own Backyard 9
2008 | Short Film Package | 49 min.
  • Looking Glass | Harley Hay 2008
  • The Femme Fatale | Jonathan Joffe 2008
  • Invisible | Neil Grahn 2008
  • Midnight Matinee | J. Scott Portingale 2008
  • Not So Cruel, Today | Norm Fassbender 2008
Metro Cinema
6:45 PM
Heaven On Earth
Deepa Mehta 2008 | Feature Film, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada!, Special Presentation | 106 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:15 PM
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
2008 | Doc Central, Featured, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere! | 80 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
8:45 PM
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
Grant Harvey 2008 | Comedy, Feature Film, Guests Attending, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Made in Alberta, Oh Canada! | 88 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
Babysitter Wanted
Michael Manasseri, Jonas Barnes 2008 | Edge of Night, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere! | 102 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Monday, September 29th
12:00 PM
Sobeys Lunchbox Shorts 1
2008 | Short Film Package | 44 min.
  • Boyfriend Latte | Mark Sanders 2008
  • Fading Away (Zwischen Licht und Schatten) | Fabian Giessler 2008
  • Made In Japan | Ciro Altabas 2008
  • Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things | Matt Strachan 2008
  • In Translation | Corey Lee 2008
Empire City Centre 9
4:00 PM
The Great Match
Gerardo Olivares 2006 | Comedy, Feature Film, World Cinema | 88 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Under the Snow
Candela Figueira 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Feature Film, World Cinema | 99 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
6:45 PM
Zack and Miri Make A Porno
Kevin Smith 2008 | Comedy, Edmonton Premiere, Feature Film, Special Presentation | 102 min.
  • The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish | Jim Goodall 2007
Empire City Centre 9
7:00 PM
International Shorts 1
2008 | Short Film Package | 112 min.
  • Hero | Adrian Van De Velde 2007
  • Laura - in Action! | Laerke Drews 2008
  • The Ladies | Christina Voros 2008
  • A Day In A Life | Nicolas Daenens 2008
  • Light Years | Richard Martin 2008
  • Betty Banned Sweets | Michelle Savill 2008
  • In the Same Boat | Emily Bissland 2007
  • Ralph | Alex Winckler 2008
Metro Cinema
7:15 PM
45rpm
Dave Schultz 2008 | Feature Film, Guests Attending, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Made in Alberta, Oh Canada! | 95 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:15 PM
International Shorts 2
Short Film Package | 109 min.
  • Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things | Matt Strachan 2008
  • Cheeese... | Huseyin Tabak 2008
  • Irish Twins | 2007
  • Ransom | Chien-wei Chen 2007
  • Rob Tim Tom | Brendon Killen 2007
  • Vartan LLP | Myles Price 2007
  • Glory At Sea | Benh Zeitlin 2008
Metro Cinema
9:15 PM
12
Nikita Mikhalkov 2008 | Feature Film, World Cinema | 159 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
Nurse.Fighter.Boy
Charles Officer 2008 | Feature Film, Guests Attending, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada!, Western Canada Premiere | 93 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Tuesday, September 30th
12:00 PM
Sobeys Lunchbox Shorts 2
2008 | Short Film Package | 48 min.
  • Like Other People Do | Alex Kelly 2008
  • raspberries (bringeboer) | Morgan Davidsen 2008
  • Medium Rare | Stefan Stuckert 2008
  • From Little Things Big Things Grow | Luke Monsour 2008
  • The Gordiranfla (La Gordiranfla) | Anwar Safa 2008
Empire City Centre 9
4:00 PM
Song Sung Blue
Greg Kohs 2008 | Doc Central, Feature Film | 87 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Wherever You Are
Rob Margolies 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Pre-Screening Reception - Mothers & Daughters
Party, Pre-Screening Party | 120 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 Black Dog Freehouse
6:45 PM
Man On Wire
James Marsh 2008 | Doc Central, Feature Film, World Cinema | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:00 PM
Pre-Screening Reception - Sex Positive
Party, Pre-Screening Party | 120 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 Boots & Saddles
7:15 PM
Mothers & Daughters
Carl Bessai 2008 | Edmonton Premiere!, Feature Film, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada! | 85 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:15 PM
Prairie Tales 10
Guests Attending, Short Film Package | 85 min.
  • A Chandelier Accident | Daniel Dugas 2007
  • What You're Ready For | Corey Lee 2007
  • Transitting | Collin Ward MacDonald 2007
  • Intergalactic Who's Who: Praepredatorprae | 2008
  • Photosynthesis | J. Scott Portingale 2007
  • For Me | Thea Killen-Smith 2007
  • Sleepless | Mike McLaughlin 2007
  • Zap Girl Makes Toast | Chris J. Melnychuk 2007
  • Inside|Outside | Kyle Armstrong 2007
  • Evolution | John Osborne 2007
  • Ice Climber's Waltz | James Reckseidler 2007
  • DINX! | Trevor Anderson 2007
  • Beech-Nut | Cameron Woykin 2007
  • Greycon4 | Brandon Bloommaert 2007
  • Prairie Nautical | Caitlin Thompson 2007
Metro Cinema
9:15 PM
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson 2008 | Edge of Night, Edmonton Premiere!, Feature Film, World Cinema | 114 min.
  • Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve 2008
Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
Sex Positive
Daryl Wein 2008 | Doc Central, Edge of Night, Feature Film, Guests Attending | 75 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Wednesday, October 1st
12:00 PM
Sobeys Lunchbox Shorts 3
2008 | Short Film Package | 47 min.
  • The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory | Michael Ramsey 2008
  • Hold On | Damien Roussineau 2008
  • Patience | Robert Hackett 2008
  • For A Few Marbles More | 2008
  • Tickets Please (Boletos Por Favor) | Lucas M. Figueroa 2008
Empire City Centre 9
4:00 PM
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson 2008 | Edge of Night, Edmonton Premiere!, Feature Film, World Cinema | 114 min.
** Note: Encore Screening
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Audience of One
Michael Jacobs 2007 | Doc Central, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere! | 88 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
6:45 PM
Down To the Dirt
Justin Simms 2008 | Feature Film, Guests Attending, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada!, Western Canada Premiere! | 114 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:15 PM
Rachel Getting Married
Jonathan Demme 2008 | Edmonton Premiere, Feature Film, World Cinema | 113 min.
  • The 12th Alley | Anh Minh Truong 2008
Empire City Centre 9
9:00 PM
Afterparty - Down to the Dirt
Afterparty, Party | 240 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 Red Star Pub
9:15 PM
Adam's Apples
Anders Thomas Jensen 2007 | Edmonton Premiere, Feature Film, World Cinema | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
Midnight Meat Train
Ryuhei Kitamura 2008 | Edge of Night, Edmonton Premiere!, Feature Film | 100 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Thursday, October 2nd
12:00 PM
Sobeys Lunchbox Shorts 4
2008 | Short Film Package | 42 min.
  • Zombie vs Ballerina | Dave Skwarczek 2008
  • A Pickle | Karen Nielsen 2008
  • The 12th Alley | Anh Minh Truong 2008
  • The Contest | Naoko Kumagai 2008
  • Because There Are Things You Never Forget | Lucas M. Figueroa 2008
Empire City Centre 9
4:00 PM
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
2008 | Doc Central, Featured, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere! | 80 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
The Greatest Auto Race on Earth
Michael Hamm 2008 | By Invitation Only, Documentary, Feature Film, Made in Alberta | 95 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Pre-Screening Reception - One Week
Party, Pre-Screening Party | 120 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 LUX Steakhouse & Bar
6:45 PM
One Week
Michael McGowan 2008 | Featured, Feature Film, In Competition for Citytv Canadian Feature, Oh Canada! | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:00 PM
Picturing the Yukon
Guests Attending, Made in Canada, Short Film Package | 96 min.
  • Aydaygooay | Mary Code 2007
  • smallfilm | Richard Lawrence 2007
  • My Indian Bum | Kerry Barber 2007
  • Two Winters | Carol Geddes 2007
  • Dogs in Concert | Werner Walcher 2007
  • RAM | 2007
  • Dawson Town Melted Down | Lulu Keating 2007
  • Artifacts | Andrew Connors 2007
  • Boar Attack | Jay White 2007
Metro Cinema
7:15 PM
All Together Now
Adrian Wills 2008 | Doc Central, Featured, Feature Film, Western Canada Premiere! | 84 min.
  • Not So Cruel, Today | Norm Fassbender 2008
Empire City Centre 9
9:00 PM
Afterparty - Nerdcore Rising
Afterparty, Party | 240 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 LUX Steakhouse & Bar
9:15 PM
CFMDC ReGeneration
2008 | Short Film Package | 100 min.
 Metro Cinema
9:15 PM
[REC]
Paco Plaza, Jaume Balaguero 2008 | Edge of Night, Edmonton Premiere, Featured, Feature Film, Thriller, World Cinema | 80 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
Nerdcore Rising
Negin Farsad 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Doc Central, Edge of Night, Featured, Feature Film, Guests Attending | 85 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
Friday, October 3rd
12:00 PM
Sobeys Lunchbox Shorts 5
2008 | Short Film Package | 47 min.
  • Postmark | Christopher Markowsky 2008
  • Midnight Matinee | J. Scott Portingale 2008
  • Donut Quest | Eric Picolli 2008
  • Symmetrical Desires | Anh Minh Truong 2008
  • Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve 2008
  • Incident At A Truckstop Diner | Jeff Cassidy 2008
Empire City Centre 9
4:00 PM
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Sacha Gervasi | Doc Central, Featured, Feature Film, Guests Attending, Music | 80 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Sugar
Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden 2008 | Feature Film, Sports, Western Canada Premiere, World Cinema | 114 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
5:00 PM
Pre-Screening Reception - Dakota Skye
Party, Pre-Screening Party | 120 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 STIR Cocktail Lounge
6:00 PM
Canadian Shorts
2008 | Guests Attending, Short Film Package | 185 min.
  • Incident At A Truckstop Diner | Jeff Cassidy 2008
  • Gilles | Constant Mentzas 2008
  • Symmetrical Desires | Anh Minh Truong 2008
  • A Pickle | Karen Nielsen 2008
  • The 12th Alley | Anh Minh Truong 2008
  • Pappy and Speedster | Brae Norwiss 2008
  • Birthday Girl | Erin Laing 2008
  • Donut Quest | Eric Picolli 2008
  • Basket Casket | Greg Hewett 2008
  • Synthetiseur | Sarah Fortin 2008
  • The Escape Clause | Scott Boyd 2008
  • Turbulence | Jeannine Gagne 2008
  • The Contest | Naoko Kumagai 2008
  • Kodiak | Andrew MacLeod 2008
  • Ending the Eternal | Justin McConnell 2008
  • Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve 2008
Metro Cinema
6:45 PM
Dakota Skye
John Humber 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Featured, Feature Film, Guests Attending | 89 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:30 PM
24/One Top 10 World Premiere Screening
All the crazy cats who took up the 24/One challenge 2008 | Made in Alberta, Short Film Package | 100 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:15 PM
Momma's Man
Azazel Jacobs 2008 | Contemporary Independents, Featured, Feature Film, Spotlight: Emerging Indie Filmmaker | 94 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
9:30 PM
What We Do Is Secret
Rodger Grossman 2008 | Edge of Night, Featured, Feature Film, Guests Attending, Music | 92 min.
  • Ending the Eternal | Justin McConnell 2008
Empire City Centre 9
11:00 PM
Afterparty - What We Do is Secret
Afterparty, Party | 240 min.
** Note: Open to ALL passholders and ticketholders!
 STIR Cocktail Lounge
Saturday, October 4th
12:00 PM
Gomorrah
Matteo Garrone 2008 | Edmonton Premiere!, Feature Film, World Cinema | 137 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
2:15 PM
Goodbye Baby
Daniel Schechter 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Contemporary Independents, Feature Film | 87 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
2:45 PM
Flame & Citron
Ole Christian Madsen 2008 | Feature Film, World Cinema | 130 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
4:15 PM
Jonna's Body, Please Hold
Adam Bluming 2008 | Comedy, Featured, Films Without Borders, Guests Attending | 45 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
4:15 PM
The Miracle
Jeffrey Jon Smith 2008 | Films Without Borders | 29 min.
 Empire City Centre 9
7:30 PM
On Broadway
Dave McLaughlin 2008 | Canadian Premiere, Comedy, Contemporary Independents, Featured, Feature Film, Gala Event, Guests Attending | 100 min.
** Note: CLOSING NIGHT GALA
  • Closing Night Gala After-Party
Empire City Centre 9