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Fifty vintage documentary films that show Canadians at work and at play, at war and in peace are featured in the two-day RearView Doc Fest at Cobourg's 60-seat Loft Theatre April 29 and 30.
RearView – a Vintage Film Festival project to help commemorate Canada's 150th. Birthday – is screening the films free in eight two-hour sessions, each with its own theme derived from a phrase in our national anthem.
The committee organizing the docfest reviewed more than 150 vintage short documentaries from the National Film Board, the CBC and McNally & Robinson.
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Although tickets are not yet available, we are pleased to announce that in keeping with this year’s celebration of Canada’s 150th year, the 2017 Vintage Film Festival program will feature Canadian Film greats – from stars Mary Pickford, to Marie Dressler, to Glenn Ford to Directors Max Sennett and Norman Jewison and more. There will be 12 Films from Friday October 13 through Sunday October 15 – plus a bonus film on Friday for Weekend and Gala pass holders.
Full program details are now online here.
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Marie Dressler Foundation Board Members Terry Foord and Rick Miller presenting a Vintage Film Festival poster designed by renowned artist Peter Doig, to Dale Clark, VP, Fuel Services Division, Cameco Corporation.
The poster was presented to Cameco Corp. as a token of appreciation for their ongoing generous support of the Vintage Film Festival and the upcoming Marie Dressler Exhibition project.
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We’re very proud to announce that the Marie Dressler Foundation Vintage Film Festival will be a Community Partner with TIFF Cinematheque for one of the films in the Restored! Program in the spring of 2016 to be presented at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
The film is the 1925 German silent, Varieté, (variously known in world release as Variety, Vaudeville or Jealousy) directed by Ewald Andre Dupont, and featuring Emil Jannings. (Paul Rotha in his 1930 book, ‘The Film Till Now’ puts forward the notion that the producer of the film, Erich Pommer, made a strong, uncredited contribution to the direction of the Film.) [Restored! information on Varieté here]
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Although sales were brisk, particularly on the first night of the Festival, not all posters were sold. Therefore, a limited number are now available for sale.
The posters are 18" x 23" and are approved by the Artist for Sale in conjunction with the 2015 festival.
The price is $30 and includes all taxes but does NOT include Shipping and Handling (S & H).
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At the 2015 Festival, patrons were asked to fill out an audience survey to help us with our marketing effort. A draw was held from surveys submitted - the prize for three lucky winners is a Free pass to next year's Festival. Surveys were drawn from entries by a person who was not a member of the committee and the lucky winners were:
- Lisa Irving - Cobourg
- Lisa Allicock - Toronto
- Geoffrey Allen - Toronto
All winners have been notified.