Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 22, 2012

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 22, 2012! It' been a heck of a hot week and I'm hoping to share this newsletter without my computer fizzling and sizzling!

In limited release this week we have a whole bunch of films to choose from and I know one that is on my radar is Your Sister's Sister from writer/director Lynn Shelton (Humpday, My Effortless Brilliance) with a fabulous cast including Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt. I think this week you could travel around the world in our limited release with documentary 5 Broken Cameras set in Palestine, Alps from Greece, El Jefe / The Boss a Canada/Columbia/Argentina co-production, Patang / The Kite from India and the South Korean romantic comedy All About My Wife / Nae Anaeui Modeun Geot. And you can bring it all home with the Canadian release of Bruno's Blues mockumentary/comedy that opens on on Saturday June 23, 2012 at The Carlton.

In wide release this week we have more than one of my most anticipated films of the year coming out with both female protagonist Pixar film Brave and the 2012 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter from director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch / Nochnoi Dozor, Day Watch / Dnevnoy Dozor) that's a genre masher bringing history and vampires together. Wow. I never thought the day would come where both films I was really looking forward to of the week would be in 3D. Yikes! How times change. Also out in wide release the apocalypse/armageddon friend-comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carrell and Keira Knightly and the Bollywood film Teri Meri Kahaani.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

The Female Eye Film Festival
10th Anniversary Year
Continues until June 24, 2012 at the Carlton Cinema locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Italian Contemporary Film Festival
June 26 - July 1, 2012 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Parkdale Film and Video Showcase
June 22 - 24, 2012 at various locations in Parkdale in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Korean Film Festival
June22 - July 1, 2012 at Innis Town Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Special Screening

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Summer Screening
Double bill of Cuban zombie film Juan of the Dead / Juan de los Muertos (7pm) and haunted house flick The Pact (9:45PM)
Wednesday June 27, 2012 at The Bloor Cinema
See more information at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival website or Buy Tickets to the Summer Screenings Here.

Friday June 22, 2012 Releases

5 Broken Cameras
Dirs: Guy Davidi (Interrupted Streams) & Emad Burnat - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel/France/ The Netherlands
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter **2012 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection**
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch / Nochnoi Dozor, Day Watch / Dnevnoy Dozor, Wanted)
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Marton Csokas
USA
Limited Release
Film Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

All About My Wife / Nae Anaeui Modeun Geot
Dir: Min Kyu-Dong (All for Love, Memento Mori )
Cast: Im Soo-Jung, Lee Seon-Gyun, Ryu Seung-Ryong
South Korea
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Alps
Dir: Giorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth)
Cast: Stavros Psyllakis, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris
Greece
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Brave
Dirs: Brenda Chapman (The Prince of Egypt) & Mark Andrews - feature film directorial debut
Voices: Kelly MacDonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

El Jefe / The Boss
Writer/Dir: Jaime Escallon-Buraglia (Sunshine Swim Team)
Cast: Marcela Benjumea, Mirta Busnelli, Carlos Hurtado, Katherine Porto
Canada/Columbia/Argentina
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Patang / The Kite
Dir: Prashant Bhargava - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Seema Biswas, Mukund Shukla, Aakash Maherya, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sugandha Garg, Hamid Shaikh
India/USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Writer/Dir: Lorene Scafaria - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, William Petersen, Patton Oswalt
USA/Singapore/Indonesia/Malaysia
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Teri Meri Kahaani
Dir: Kunal Kohli (Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Fanaa)
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Neha Sharma, Omar Khan, Greg Hefferna
India
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Your Sister's Sister
Writer/Dir: Lynn Shelton (Humpday, My Effortless Brilliance)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia
USA
Limited Release
No Official Film Site found, IMDb Page, Trailer

Saturday June 23, 2012

Bruno's Blues
Dir: Michael Simard - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Bruno Hubert, Mike Allen, Bill Campbell
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of June 22, 2012**