IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
National Canadian Film Day
WHAT’S UP?
National Canadian Film Day, presented Reel Canada, returns on Wednesday, April 17, with more than 800 Canadian film screenings and events anticipated across the country and around the world.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NEW WESTMINSTER?
The New Westminster Film Society presents free screenings of The Grand Seduction, with showings at 1 and 4 p.m. at Landmark Cinemas, New Westminster.
WHAT IS THE GRAND SEDUCTION?
The Grand Seduction is Don McKellar’s 2013 English-language adaptation of the 2003 Quebecois comedy La grande séduction. It tells the tale of a small fishing village in Newfoundland that must secure a new doctor in order to keep the community alive. The cast includes Taylor Kitsch as the city doctor sent to the town for a court-ordered trial residence, and Brendan Gleeson as the unemployed fisherman who leads the townfolk in a plan to hoodwink the doctor into staying.
It also stars Liane Balaban and Gordon Pinsent.
WHO IS REEL CANADA?
Reel Canada is a charitable organization that celebrates Canadian film.
“Canadian films are the stories we tell about ourselves – they open the door to so many conversations about place, nation, identity, and what it means to be Canadian,” the organization says on its website. “Reel Canada promotes the power and diversity of Canadian film and encourages this ongoing conversation.”
WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION?
For details about the New West event and other screenings, see www.canadianfilmday.ca. To book a seat for the screenings of The Grand Seduction, see Eventbrite.ca.
NOTE: This story was updated April 9 with new screening time information.
