102.1 THE EDGE TO HOST “CONFESSIONS” SCREENING

Come the end of November, The Edge 102.1 FM will be giving away tickets to a premiere screening of CONFESSIONS OF A PORN ADDICT and a chance to meet director and star, Spencer Rice aka Spenny from KENNY VS. SPENNY. The Premiere screening is on December 3 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto.

CONFESSIONS OF A PORN ADDICT opens on December 5 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto.

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Synopsis of the film:

MARK TOBIAS (Spencer Rice, Kenny vs. Spenny) had it all: a good job, a beautiful wife, and a particularly unhealthy addiction to pornography. His wife, Felice (Lindsey Connell), finally got fed up with the competition and left him, causing Mark’s addiction to spiral out of control, until one day he was caught with his pants down—literally. Now, with the help of his Porn Addicts Anonymous sponsor, Bob (Mark Breslin), Mark is determined to prove to the world that he’s given up porn for good.

Filmed in Toronto and Los Angeles, and featuring music by artists such as Major Maker, Andre Ethier, and Mohawk Lodge, CONFESSIONS OF PORN ADDICT is a hilarious mockumentary about voyeurism, obsession, and life in the San Fernando Valley.

The film was executive produced by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy of Breakthrough Films & Television in association with The Movie Network and Movie Central.

EXPERIENCE A NEW HIGH!

EXPERIENCE A NEW HIGH!

Kurt Cobain, William S. Burroughs, Marianne Faithfull, Genesis P-Orridge, John Giorno, Iggy Pop, Kenneth Anger and DJ Spooky are all known users of the “dream machine”. The subject of the HotDoc award-winning film FlicKeR (yes, this is spelt right), the “dream machine” is presently touring downtown Toronto bookstore storefront windows providing passer-by’s the opportunity to get lost in it’s hypnotic gaze.

Check one out at the following stores:

THIS AIN’T THE ROSEDALE LIBRARY - 86 Nassau Street, in the heart of Kenningston Market, Toronto (on display now until November 22)

PAGES BOOKSTORE – 256 Queen Street West, Toronto (on display from November 23 to 30)


FLicKeR opens November 28 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto.

“BALLAST” RELEASE DATE LOCKED IN TORONTO

The 2008 winner of the Sundance Dramatic Directing Award, Excellence in Cinematography Award and FIPRESCI Prize, BALLAST, has been confirmed to open at the Carlton in Toronto on November 21.

Synopsis:

In the cold, winter light of a rural Mississippi Delta township, a man's suicide radically transforms three characters' lives and throws off-balance what has long been a static arrangement among them. Marlee is a single mother struggling to scratch a living for herself and James, her 12-year-old son, who has begun to stumble under drug and violence pressures. So when the opportunity to seek safe harbor at a new home arises, she grabs it, though the property is shared by Lawrence, a man with whom Marlee has feuded bitterly since James's birth. With circumstances thrusting them into proximity, a subtle interdependence and common purpose emerge for Marlee and Lawrence as they navigate grief, test new waters, and tentatively move forward.

BALLAST is one of those rare films that maximize the medium through an aesthetic of understatement. Every frame is deliberately and beautifully composed, every cut artfully and economically executed not only to transmit a quietly gripping story but to reveal characters' layered emotional experiences and the specific textures and sensations of their locales. Because it is grounded by three exquisitely nuanced performances, it's not surprising that BALLAST is the product of intensive collaboration with local nonactors organically connected to the material. First-time director Lance Hammer is a distinctive voice with a remarkable sensitivity to the topography of human relationships and a powerfully cinematic social-realist vision.

Visit their official website: http://www.ballastfilm.com/

“TRIAGE” HOLDS FOR SECOND WEEK IN TORONTO

Patrick Reed’s TRIAGE: DR.JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA had a successful Toronto opening at the AMC at Yonge and Dundas in Toronto and has had it’s run extended until November 20.

You can also check it out in Vancouver starting November 21 at Cinemark’s Tinseltown Cinemas, in Calgary starting November 28 at the Plaza Theatre and in Ottawa from December 5 to 9 at the Bytowne Cinema.

“YANGTZE” HITS THE EAST COAST!

UP THE YANGTZE, the 3rd highest grossing Canadian theatrical documentary of all time, will be making a tour of the east coast of Canada in November. The select screenings will take place in Annapolis Royal, NS, Fredericton, NB and Liverpool, NS. Check out www.filmcircuit.ca for exact details.

“TKARONTO” GETS OPENING NIGHT!"

Shane Belcourt’s critically acclaimed TKARONTO (www.tkaronto.net) will be the opening night screening for the WINNIPEG ABORIGINAL FILM FESTIVAL and will screen on November 19 at 7pm at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Visit their website for more festival information (www.aboriginalfilmfest.org).

TKARONTO will also be opening Calgary at the Plaza Theatre starting on November 21 and in Saskatoon at the Broadway Theatre from November 28 to December 4.

WATCH A FILM WITH THE FISH!

WATCH A FILM WITH THE FISH!

The film that keeps winning awards (most notably the Black Pearl Audience Award at the Middle East International Film Festival), SAVING LUNA is now set to open at the Ridge Theatre in Vancouver on December 5.

We are working closely with our friends at the Vancouver Aquarium on promoting this opening and plan to host a special premiere screening at the Aquarium on December 3. Stay posted for details on this event and check back to take advantage of special coupons that will be offered for both the film and the Aquarium!