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Live appearance -
Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano, (Sopranos, The Fugitive, The Matrix) will attend
this year’s Imagine Film Festival to talk about his movie Canvas,
his own struggles with clinical depression and his work to combat
stigma associated with mental health. Joe will be on hand for
the screening of Canvas
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October 8 and will speak to audience members following the film.
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2008 FILM LINEUP |
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Imagine Film Festival Mission
The
Imagine Film Festival is the creation of Whitby Mental Health
Centre for the purpose of reducing stigma associated with mental
health. Through film and presentations, WMHC aims to engage
the public in meaningful education and dialogue while adding
a cultural event of interest to the communities it serves.
This annual festival looks to showcase a mixture of feature,
documentary and independent films that will entice both film
enthusiasts and the general community. |
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Crash Landing
- Oct. 7,
2:00 p.m.(Canada.
Directed by Luc Cote)
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Category:
documentary
Running time: 52 minutes
Crash Landing explores the psychosocial consequences of war
trauma, focusing on five Canadians whose lives have been seriously
compromised by their encounters with peril during international
“peacekeeping” missions. |
Away From Her
- Oct. 7,
7:00 p.m.
(Canada.
Directed by Sarah Polley) |
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Category:
feature
Running time: 110 minutes
Sarah Polley's debut feature Away From Her relates a beautiful,
yet unconventional, story of a couple coming to grips with the
onset of memory loss. Fiona (Julie Christie) is well aware of
what awaits her. To release her husband (Gordon Pinsent) from
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becoming
her caretaker, she chooses to check herself into a home specializing
in Alzheimer's patients. The couple must begin working through
the complex transition from lovers to strangers. Away From Her
is a screen adaptation of Alice Munro's short story, The Bear
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Cornelius
- Oct. 8,
3:00 p.m.
(US. Directed
by Giovanny Blanco)
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Category:
narrative/feature
Running time: 81 minutes
The movie is a sweet, character-driven comedic drama about a
father who has suffered a nervous breakdown and is now trying
to reconnect with his estranged son, while simultaneously attempting
to navigate what has become for him a strange and unfamiliar
world. |
Canvas
- Oct. 8,
6:30 p.m.
(US. Directed by Joseph Greco) |
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Running
time: 101 minutes
John Marino (Joe Pantoliano) is a Florida construction worker
struggling to make ends meet, while bringing up his son,
Chris (Devon Gearhart), and dealing with the increasing
irrationality of Mary (Marcia Gay Harden), his wife, who has
schizophrenia.
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negativeconsequences at school. After Mary's hospitalization, a
lonely John begins to build a sailboat that recalls a happier
time in his life. Underlying the relationship between father
and son is the belief that Mary will be better and the fear
that she never will. |
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About Whitby Mental Health Centre
WMHC
is a public hospital that serves 2.8 million residents and employs
over 1,000 staff. WMHC provides a range of specialized mental
health programs for inpatients and outpatients throughout Durham
Region, York Region, Scarborough, Toronto, Haliburton, Northumberland,
Peterborough Counties and the City of Kawartha Lakes. WMHC operates
treatment residences in Stouffville and Oshawa; provides specialized
community outreach services; and supports residents in privately
operated Homes for
Special Care. In addition, the Centre is actively involved in
mental health research and education activities.
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