Edmonton International Film Fest 2008
The Edmonton International Film Festival... international, independent and eye-opening. Our Festival is about 'discovery'. We strive to uncover cinematic gems and celebrate unique voices in movie-making such as directors, writers and producers. EIFF is about films and the people who make them.
Unless otherwise noted, all screenings at Metro during EIFF are $12, Metro & EIFF passes will both be accepted. The difference is the all-day screening of In Our Own Backyard on Sun, Sept 27 – tickets are $10 for the day, Metro & EIFF passes will be accepted.
Official SiteEIFF: Spanish Shorts
- Sep 27 (2008) @ 7pm
EIFF: Just because I'm standing here, doesn't mean I want to
- Sep 27 (2008) @ 9:15pm
Dutch Experimental & Documentary Shorts
A (re) presentation of contemporary Dutch landscape in several variations and moods; urban reconstruction of cultural housing, deserted orderly suburbs and a cultivated countryside in which the sound of a nearby (high)way is always present.
EIFF: OOB 1
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 10am
EIFF: OOB 2
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 11am
Including: Sketch (Tyler MacIntyre), Doppelganger (John Hollinger), Baby Boots (Hans Olson), Phil and Jenny (Cameron Dixon, Grant Cooper & Sarah Fulcher)
EIFF: OOB 3
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 12pm
Including The Lesson (Punam Kumar Gill), Sugar City (Adrianne Williams), Tragedy (Megan Graham), The Backgrounder (Harley Hay).
EIFF: OOB 4
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 1pm
Including Why I Bought A Bike (Brianne Nord-Stewart), Dead Boyfriends (Mooky Cornish, Neil Evenson & Xstine Cook), Sterile Atomic Fly (Riley Beach), Anybody's Baby (Eve Kinizo) and Tigers At the Gate (Nina Sudra)
EIFF: OOB 5
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 2pm
Including: Operation: Operation (Courtney Gavin), Dracula, Die: A Tale of Terror By Bram Stoker (Mark Jowett), The Glory Years (Marcin Sokolowski).
EIFF: OOB 6
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 3pm
Including: The Curse of the Piano (Michael Peterson), Suicidium (Joel D Abrahamson), Visages (Lyle Pisio), and Colony (Michael Olson).
EIFF: OOB 7
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 4pm
EIFF: OOB 8
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 5pm
Including: Return Stolen (Munir Karbani), Mediocritization (John Negroponte), Comeback (Shane Lawrence), 419: The Nigerian Scam [Sorin Mihailovici (1st film)]
EIFF: OOB 9
- Sep 28 (2008) @ 6pm
Including Looking Glass (Harley Hay), The Femme Fatale (Jonathan Joffe), Invisible (Neil Grahn), Midnight Matinee (J. Scott Portingale) and Not So Cruel, Today (Norm Fassbender).
EIFF: International Shorts 2
- Sep 29 (2008) @ 9:15pm
EIFF: Prairie Tales 10
- Sep 30 (2008) @ 9:15pm
The fifteen works featured in Prairie Tales 10 showcase the wide diversity of originality, ingenuity and technical achievement of Alberta media creators at varying stages of their careers.
EIFF: Picturing the Yukon
- Oct 2 (2008) @ 7pm
EIFF: CFMDC Regeneration
- Oct 2 (2008) @ 9:15pm
To mark their 40th anniversary last year, the CFMDC (Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre) commissioned seven artists to make works inspired by films that are significant to them as image-makers. Premieres meet archetypes from the avant-garde in this unique evening that pairs new films with their influential companion pieces.
EIFF: Canadian Shorts
- Oct 3 (2008) @ 6pm
Why fight the drive-home rush? Settle in and fill yer boots with Canadian cinema - a smorgasbord of the finest, 100% maple! You'll have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with visiting filmmakers following their film. Hosts for the evening are Joel Higham and Deanna Kayne from FAVA.
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