Monday Tickets Available Online Only
Posted in Blog on 10/04/2009 09:06 pm by Ron Sanchez
Just a reminder that there will be NO DOOR SALES at the Canadian Embassy for our Monday screenings. Due to security restrictions, all tickets must be bought in advance. The cutoff time is Monday at 4:30 p.m.
We also will not be selling any of our hot, delightful, lovely, colourful (note Canadian spelling since we will be at the Canadian Embassy for this screening) t-shirts, hats or mugs. You can buy our merch on Tuesday when we’re back at the U.S. Navy Memorial Theatre for our shorts program.
Okay, about the films that we are showing on Monday:
Twelve, 6:30 p.m. at the Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
At the age of 12, Lester Alfonso immigrated from the Philippines to Canada. This event has been forever burned into his memory, being the point at which he entered the next stage of his life and acquired a new identity. As an adult, Alfonso muses on how this transition affected his sense of belonging and shaped his personal development in a country that became his second home.
Twelve follows Alfonso as he seeks out fellow immigrants that came to Canada from a range of places such as South Africa, Hungary and Poland—also when they were 12. Each of the twelve subjects in his documentary, who range in age from 12 to 70, divulge the lessons learned as they retell their stories of immigration, displacement and settlement over the past several decades. – Anna Petrillo
Short films The Others, I Want To Be A Desi 2 and Catalog will screen before the feature.
Click here to purchase tickets.
Tiger Spirit, 8 p.m.
Korean Canadian documentarian Min Sook Lee takes us on a remarkable journey into the heart of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and the divided world of the two Koreas. Tiger Spirit, Lee’s third feature-length film, is a riveting piece of work that offers an engaging and unique look into the true “Tiger Spirit” of the Land of Morning Calm — a place that remains divided by a border yet is still bound together by memories, national pride and family ties. – Christian Oh
Click here to purchase tickets.
Editor’s Note: Canadians love hockey. So if you run into any of the embassy employees, feel free to chat hockey with them. A few things to remember:
– When discussing Wayne Gretzky, do not bring up the trade that sent him from Edmonton to the Los Angeles Kings more than two decades ago, some are still fuming over that trade.
– Don’t ask them “Whatever happened to the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets?” The Nordiques are now the Colorado Avalanche and the Jets are now the Phoenix Coyotes.
– The best player in the NHL is Alexander Ovechkin, not Canadian Sidney Crosby. A lively debate may ensue if you say that. But it’s true, Ovechkin has back-to-back MVP Hart Trophies.
– If you want to get on their good side, feel free to say “Commissioner Gary Bettman is an idiot, eh?” That line always elicits a smile.
Disclaimer: the hockey comments on this post is made solely by your humble blogger and does not represent DC APA Film, eh?