Festival 2011
Welcome to Cinémental! This year, we are celebrating our 20th anniversary. What a wonderful age to be! And it's all thanks to you! We are grateful to you, and proudly so, for encouraging cinema from here and abroad. Thank you for joining us in acknowledging talents of our film artisans and the remarkable quality of our French-language productions.
Cinémental is rolling out the red carpet for you. It will be an exciting festival! Come and view the best French-language films of the year, with English subtitles. Enjoy!
Venue
- MANITOBA NIGHT
CCFM: 340 Provencher Boulevard – Wenesday October 19th, 7 p.m. - AFRICAIN NIGHT
CCFM: 340 Provencher Boulevard – Thursday October 20th, 7 p.m. -
FEATURE FILMS
Globe Theatre: Portage Place, Winnipeg – October 21th to 23th - SHORT FILM COMPETITION
CCFM: 340 Provencher Boulevard – Saturday October 22th, 1 p.m.
Tickets
Sales / 233-ALLÔ: October 5th to 19th, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 147 Provencher Boulevard, St. Boniface
Adults: $8 (taxes included).
Free admission Saturday to the short film competition at CCFM
New this year:
- Festival Pass $ 40 good for all movies (Non-transferable)
- You can buy your tickets online – 233-ALLÔ website
Tickets for all films will be on sale 30 minutes prior to every showing. We encourage you to buy your tickets in advance.
Information
For any information about the festival, contact our partner, the Centre d’information 233ALLÔ, call toll-free 1-800-665-4443.
Program
Featured are some comedies:
- Le mec idéal with Emma Lohoues et Serge Abessolo;
- Le sens de l’humour with Louis-José Houde, Michel Côté, Benoît Brière;
- Potiche with Catherine Deneuve et Gérard Depardieu;
- Le nom des gens with Sara Forestier et Jacques Gamblin;
- Starbuck with Patrick Huard et Antoine Bertrand;
- Frisson des collines with Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge et Antoine Pilon;
- Les femmes du 6e étage with Fabrice Luchini et Carmen Maura;
- French Immersion with Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Rita Lafontaine, Robert Charlebois.
And some dramas:
- Gerry with Mario Saintt-Amand et Éric Bruneau;
- Omar m’a tuer with Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès ;
- Sur le rythme with Nico Archambault et Mylène St-Sauveur;
- Marécages with Pascale Bussières et Luc Picard;
- 2 Frogs dans l’Ouest with Mirianne Brûlé et Diane Lavallée.
Manitoba Night
At the Centre culturel franco-manitobain Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m., Cinémental presents an outstanding evening of Manitoba films.
2011 is the year for anniversaries: 20 years for Cinémental, 15 years for Productions Rivard, and 75 years for CBC/Radio-Canada.
The line-up:
- Pascal Boutroy's L'Aventure française – la famille Dumont, a documentary by Productions Rivard;
- Manitoban Matthew Rankin's fictional Tabula Rasa;
- two Manitoba-made clips from the Web clip series called Où tu vas toi? by Caroline Monnet and Sébastien Aubin;
- segments from the upcoming season of the Radio-Canada variety show Pour un soir seulement to be aired in January;
- and two video clips by Franco-Manitoban artists—Alphabête by Daniel Roa and Comme la route by Marijosée.
A brief performance will follow as well as a question-and-answer period with artists in the field.
African Night
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, Cinémental will highlight the cultural contributions of French-speaking countries in Africa.
- Le mec idéal, a comedy by director Owell Brown from Ivory Coast, will be presented.
- The Congolese band Exile.z will perform before the screening.
There will also be an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Cameroon artists Henriette and Nelson Brian Mutima. Some clothing from Mali will also be shown. And delicacies from Senegal will be served. What better way to appreciate the richness of this great continent.
Short Film Competition
Don't miss the unique, and free, double bill Saturday, October 22 at 1 p.m. in the salle Antoine-Gaborieau of the CCFM. First the short film competition with 12 entries, including Manitoba-made productions in both amateur and professional categories. This will be followed by a feature-length presentation (with English subtitles) by director Dany Papineau, 2 Frogs dans l'Ouest. Be there!
People Choice Award
The most popular feature movie will receive the Gerbe d'or award. To vote, deposit your ticket stub in the appropriate box (1 to 4 stars, 4 being the best) following each movie. As for the short film competition, the winner of the Épi d'or award will be determined by audience members' ballot sheets distributed at the screening at the CCFM.
Expo 2011 - 20 Years Old
Cinémental is Western Canada's oldest festival dedicated to French-language films and is one of the longest-lived in the country. In order to underscore this event, the CCFM is hosting a special exhibition from October 19 to November 25. Cinémental 2011– 20 Years Old looks back on the past 20 years, a fascinating stroll through time in pictures and words. The posters, anecdotes and film clips will amaze and amuse you. Do not miss this! At the Centre culturel franco-manitobain art gallery located at 340 Provencher Boulevard.
School Program
Two very entertaining films have been selected for the School Program : and
(Teacher's guides will be available in October.)
Guests
A number of noteworthy guests will be attending. This includes:
Manitoba Night
- Pascal Boutroy — Director de L'aventure française
- Daniel ROA — Vidéoclip Alphabête
- Marijosée — Vidéoclip Comme la route
Feature Films
- Benoît Brière — Actor in Le sens de l'humour
- Mario Saint-Amant — Acteur in Gerry
- Ken Scott — Director of Starbuck
- Rita Lafontaine — Actress in French Immersion
- Kevin Tierney — Director of French Immersion