Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2015
Films screened at the 2015 Kingston Canadian Film Festival, February 26 to March 1, 2015.
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- DirectorSean GarrityStarsPortia DoubledayMarc-André GrondinChris NothAfter a young fashion designer runs afoul of her corrupt stepmother and stepsisters, she dons a disguise to help save the family business for her father.
- DirectorSuzanne CrockerStarsSuzanne CrockerGerard ParsonsA documentary that chronicles life's natural unfolding when a family tries to live by the seasons instead of by the clock.
- DirectorAudrey CummingsStarsAlysa KingMadison FergusonCristophe GallanderKylie Winters, a bullied teen, is forced to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in a pig mask appears at the door trick-or-treating, Kylie's night transforms into a horrifying game of cat-and-mouse.
- DirectorDaniel PerlmutterStarsKristin BoothAaron AshmoreEnnis EsmerSmall-town journalist Leonard Crane starts making up stories to save his job, but gets in trouble when one of his fabricated news pieces turns out to be true.
- DirectorAlex PugsleyStarsAlex Paxton-BeesleyPaul CampbellMatthew EdisonA close-knit circle of Toronto friends, shaken by the break-up of their favorite couple, are forced over a winter to finally grow up.
- DirectorDale MorriseyStarsDon CherryPhil PritchardAndrew BinksCaptain James Sutherland was a hockey pioneer who believed Kingston, Ontario could be the 'Cooperstown' of hockey. What he unleashed was a battle over the origins of the game and where best to honour hockey's greats. Eventually two "Halls of Fame" were established; one in the hockey metropolis of Toronto; the other in Kingston, Ontario. This is the Battle for Hockey's Hall of Fame!
- DirectorLeigh Ann BellamyStarsJennifer VerardiAmelia Gray-HyreKrista GarrettA jealous mother, a community theatre and an act of passive aggression thirty years in the making drive this coming of age drama about passion and loneliness. When Georgia accepts the lead role in her town's summer play, her social life blossoms while her home life wilts due to her erratic and increasingly resentful mother. Down the road, a 12-year-old befriends a reclusive woman with a secret kept for decades.
- DirectorMaxime GirouxStarsMartin DubreuilHadas YaronLuzer TwerskyIn Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.
- DirectorAlbert ShinStarsMoon Chang-gilYoon Da-kyungKil Hae-yeonA weathered woman and her odd teen-aged daughter live in isolation on a desolate farm in South Korea. An affluent city woman comes to them seeking help with a sensitive matter and the three women soon fall into a new rhythm of life together, each working to fill a void within. However, as their very different paths converge, their deal becomes more than what they bargained for.
- DirectorAlexis Durand-BraultStarsLaurence LeboeufPatrice RobitailleDenis BouchardJulie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she dope since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces, she managed to hush up the case, but the magnitude of the measurement mess ... Abuse. Lie. Treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond, will she succeed in finding a way out?
- DirectorDavid BrownDaniel WilliamsStarsBuck 65Dave BookmanDerrick BradyRon Hawkins (Lowest of The Low) goes not for a solo act with backup but a real band so good he ends up recording a double album with them. Was this a risky move in today's music climate of iTunes and singles ? Luck's Hard is an intimate look at the formation of a band and the recording of an album. A band member's near fatal illness doesn't stop them and playing sold out shows keeps them moving. Success is desired, but creating and playing music keeps them...creating and playing music.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJulianne MooreMia WasikowskaRobert PattinsonA tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsAmitabh BachchanMoushumi ChatterjeeSturla GunnarssonPart road movie, part spectacle, part drama, Monsoon is Sturla Gunnarsson's meditation on chaos, creation and faith, set in the land of believers. The subject is the monsoon, the incomparably vast weather system that permeates and unifies the varied culture of India, shaping the conditions of existence for its billion inhabitants.
- DirectorSarah GoodmanStarsLaura BarrettJose Miguel ContrerasBrad HartPORCH STORIES interweaves three different stories on three porches in a changing neighborhood one day in summer. Emma is about to get married when a man from her past shows up on her porch, throwing her planned out life into confusion. Across the street, an elderly Portuguese couple argue about divorce, and a musical brother/sister duo pursue their dreams without worrying about the consequences.
- DirectorHarold CrooksStarsAngus CameronSaskia SassenBrigitte AlepinA documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harboring profits in offshore havens.
- DirectorMarie-Hélène CousineauSusan AvingaqSol is a feature documentary that explores the mysterious death of a young Inuit man, Solomon Uyurasuk. As the documentary investigates the truth to Solomon's death it sheds light on the underlying social issues of Canada's North that has resulted in this region claiming one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world.
- DirectorStéphane LafleurStarsJulianne CôtéPierre-Luc LafontaineLuc SenayWhile her parents are away, a young woman and her friend are hanging out for the summer, and are joined by her brother and his bandmates.
- DirectorAndrew HuculiakStarsDagny Backer JohnsenMari Sofie AndreassenKarl BirdA young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event.