Film Exchange
Well, the NSI Film Exchange schedule is finally up. You'll find Retired about halfway down the most recent press release under "Showcase of Canadian Short Films". Retired plays at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd at the Globe Cinema (one of the only two reasons for going to Portage Place, the second being McNally Robinson, of course... oh, wait a minute, Prairie Theatre Exchange is in there too!). Nevermind. We're in a good theatre. And since the brand spanking new 35 mm print of 'Retired' has just been finished, I'll get to see it for the first time on a big screen. It should be beautiful, and given the time slot, reasonably well attended.There are a number of things that make the Film Exchange special, the most prominent of which is probably the Opening Night SnowScreen. It's quintessentially Winnipeg. No one but a Winnipegger would think of something like this. Films, usually animated shorts, are projected onto a huge screen carved out of snow. Outside. In February. In Winnipeg. Oh, and it's free!
I was at the first one five years ago when it was downtown in the Old Market Square. We huddled around oil-drum bonfires, drank free hot chocolate and watched Cordell Barker's excellent new (then) short Strange Invaders.
It made me glad to be in Winnipeg. In February. No, really. SnowScreen's moved around a bit since then, and it's semi-permanent home seems to be at The Forks now.The rest of the program looks pretty good, too. All Canadian, all the time. And, if you're in Winnipeg anyway, you can't beat hanging out at the Hotel Fort Garry. Should be a good time. And for whoever has some free time on Saturday afternoon, March 3rd, I'd love to see you there!
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Should be a cool Winnipeg experience, and amazing to see Retired on the big screen. I'm jealous. Looking forward to hearing how it went...
What, you're not coming?
I will definitely make it for the Saturday showing, and Friday's looks pretty interesting as well. The afternoon screenings reminded me of how they set up the Cannes at the WAG back when you had to stand in line to get tickets. You couldn't get in unless you had an unemployed friend to stand there all afternoon and get tickets for you. By the time a person drove in from Rosenort after working it would be sold out. Pissed me off.
Ran into your parents at the Chinese restaurant on Saturday and your mom stole James for a while. She's getting pretty excited.
See you in a couple of weeks.
Plett
The ticketing procedures at some festivals can be very frustrating for the casual viewer, and it often feels very arbitrary. For the Vancouver International Film Festival you can buy tickets for all the shows you want to see ahead of time online, and they're waiting for you at the will call window of the venue of your first film. However, if you want to buy tickets day-of for a particular show, it starts to get dicey. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that most of these films are only being screened once.
In our case, the Globe Cinema theatres are quite large. My guess is it won't sell out, although the festival programmer tells us that the Saturday afternoon shorts programs are very popular.
It'll be good to see you there, Plett.
By the way, tickets for Film Exchange screenings can be purchased in advance:
Prairie Theatre Exchange Box Office
3rd Floor, Portage Place, 393 Portage Avenue
204.942.5483
And, once again, 'Retired' will be screened in the Showcase of Canadian Shorts 4 program at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd.
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