"Bessai and his cast manage to balance the emotional heart of the movie with light and clever comedy. The performances are universally outstanding, this is some of the best acting you'll find. Mothers and Daughters is Bessai's most enjoyable movie, and a welcome breath of fresh air in the midst of the blockbusters." - Jesse Wente, cbc http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/2009/05/mothers_and_daughters_runs_143.html
"Three mother/daughter narratives are tightly woven in this drama/mock-doc hybrid about love, rejection and reunification." - Now Magazine
SYNOPSIS MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS is a comedic drama that blends elements of narrative and documentary film. It follows three mother/daughter pairs as they unknowingly approach a pivotal moment in their lives. The film explores the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the complicated dynamics of mother/daughter relationships. These three mother/ daughter pairs offer a diverse glimpse into the needs, the denials, and the inescapable love that these women feel towards each other. Ultimately, it is a celebration of these inexplicable, universal bonds.
"With MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS, Bessai has created a film that is entirely fresh yet openly referential to iconic filmmakers and movements: Robert Altman, John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and the Dogme95 set can all be sensed." - Toronto Film Festival
"a handful of really terrific performances." - Toronto Sun
Screening Times: Friday May 29 @ 7pm and 9:15pm Saturday May 30 @ 7pm and 9:15pm Sunday May 31 @ 4:30pm, 7pm and 9:15pm Monday June 1 @ 9:15pm Tuesday June 2 @ 7pm and 9:15pm Wednesday June 3 @ 7pm and 9:15pm Thursday June 4 @9:15pm
What: The Golden Pin Screening at the Finish Line Screening at York University
When: at 7pm sharp, Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Where: Price Family Cinema in the Accolade East Building on York University campus (at the corner of Fine Arts Road and Ian Macdonald Blvd.) Main university address is 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, phone number 416-736-2100
Chaos for Hire is a short comedy by two Ryerson University 4th year students, Daniel Tahmizian and Abe Sanjakdar.
Synopsis: Lee (Steve Carey) and Booker (Jeff Elliott) are two amatuer hitmen who can't seem to catch a break until Lee's cousin Jevan (Daniel Reininghaus) offers them a job that seems too good to be true. The job is a young woman. The man who wants her dead is Bill Hopper (Paco Paquito Hernaci), just another white collar unhappy with his job, his marriage, his life. When Lee and Booker show up at her apartment she's not there at all, but instead they find 7 armed men. In this short comedy of errors we watch as everything goes wrong in a situation in which each character finds themselves out of their element.
Come out to support local Ryerson University student filmmakers!!
Run Time: 26 minutes
Tickets are only $5 at door to help the filmmakers
Directors: Daniel Tahmizian & Abe Sanjakdar Screenplay by: Daniel Tahmizian & Abe Sanjakdar Executive Producers: Daniel Tahmizian & Abe Sanjakdar
Cast: Lee - Steve Carey Booker - Jeff Elliott Jevan - Daniel Reininghaus Bill Hopper - Paco Paquito Hernaci Fraiser - Dave Schokking Cherry - Natalie Gonzalez News Anchor - Booker Laporte
Celebrating 16 years of bringing the world's finest documentaries to Toronto, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs until Sunday, May 10, offering 11 days of over 170 films from 39 countries.
Hot Docs welcomes over 100 filmmakers with film's in this year's Festival, who will be on on hand at a number of screenings to introduce their work and take questions from the audience. Some of these filmmakers will also be discussing their work as part of Hot Docs Talks. http://www.hotdocs.ca. The Hot Docs Daily is your source for Festival highlights, special features and Q&As, Programmer Picks, Festival photos and more. For information on all of this year's films, including venues and screening times, visit Hot Docs' Online Schedule at http://schedule.hotdocs.ca. Happy Hot Docs!
Friday, May 01 7:30 PM Laughology 10:00 PM Clubland
Saturday, May 02 7:00 PM Ganesh: Boy Wonder 9:45 PM Invisible City
Sunday, May 03 1:00 PM Waban-aki: People From Where The Sun Rises 4:00 PM Zombie Girl: The Movie 6:45 PM Hard Name 9:30 PM Love at the Starlite Motel
Monday, May 04 7:30 PM About Face: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw 9:45 PM René
Tuesday, May 05 7:30 PM Antoine 10:00 PM Video: DigiBeta Jazz Baroness
Wednesday, May 06 7:30 PM Forgetting Dad 10:00 PM Grandmother's Flower
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