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MANDATE Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique, incorporated in 1972, is a society and centre dedicated to the understanding of film and moving images in both the Canadian and international contexts. Through screenings and film tours, as well as the provision of educational services and resources, The Cinémathèque fosters critical media literacy and advances cinema as art and a vital means of communication in British Columbia and Canada. The Mandate of the Society is: 1. Through screenings and related
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programming, to provide public access to films which have made significant
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contributions to the history and/or current practice of cinema locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. 2. To fulfil an educational role in British Columbia and Vancouver through: a) maintenance of an up-to-date library for members and researchers; b) maintenance of a moving image archive housing works by western Canadian independent producers and works reflecting regional social, political, and cultural concerns; c) provision of educational programming and provincial film tours;
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d) provision of information on programming through brochures and publications. 3. To promote and encourage Canadian film and filmmakers at all levels of programming. 4. To co-programme with arts, multicultural, and special interest groups in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canada in the interest of community service and the advancement of cinema.
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REPORTS EXECUTIVE + ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT At The Cinematheque, a passion for cinema and for community drives everything we do. We are committed to cinema as a significant art form with a rich history and an exciting contemporary practice. We believe in a vision of cinema that is expansive and inclusive, that embraces diverse voices and diverse forms of creative expression, and that celebrates, alongside the great films and filmmakers of the world, the accomplishments of our own local and national artists. The Cinematheque’s home in downtown Vancouver offers an extensive, year-round program of curated film screenings devoted to cinema’s finest achievements. Beyond the screen and outside the theatre, our award-winning Education Department does superb outreach work in the larger community, providing programs in media literacy, critical thinking, film appreciation, and creative filmmaking to thousands of young people every year. The Cinematheque’s film archive and film reference library are important cultural and educational resources. Our 2015 season featured retrospectives of some of the world’s most important filmmakers and most beloved films – Hou Hsiao-hsien, Orson Welles, Wim Wenders, Satyajit Ray’s “Apu Trilogy,” François Truffaut’s “Antoine Doinel” cycle – but was especially strong in the prominence it afforded Canadian filmmakers and media artists. Highlights include “The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia,” curated by Emily Carr University’s Harry Killas; and “Traces That Resemble Us,” curated by The Cinematheque’s Shaun Inouye, a joint film and art exhibition, co-presented with Monte Clark Gallery, that explored the influence of cinema on the some of Vancouver’s most renowned visual artists. “Through Indian Eyes: Native American Cinema,” a travelling exhibition of Canadian and American independent films, was the largest of our presentations devoted to First Nations filmmakers. DIM Cinema, our signature avant-garde series, continued to showcase daring, challenging work by moving-image artists from Canada and abroad. Cinema is a great art form; a vital means of cultural communication and cross-cultural understanding; a captivating window on the particular and the universal, on humanity and the world. The Cinematheque’s activities are made possible by a committed staff and Board of Directors; a community of devoted volunteers; a wider community of funders, donors, partners, and patrons. My thanks to them all. We promise another exciting year ahead!
Jim Sinclair Executive + Artistic Director
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Once again, we have had a very successful and progressive year at The Cinematheque. We presented more than 500 screenings, including: retrospectives of Hou Hsiao Hsien, “The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective: Neil Young On Screen”, “A celebration of the work of Haida Paul”, “Boyhood A La Truffault: The Antoine Doinel Cycle”, a Wim Wenders retrospective, “Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival”, the “18th Annual European Union Film Festival”, Orson Welles’ 100th anniversary retrospective, our annual “Film Noir” series, “The Films of Ruben Ostland”, “Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy”, and much, much more.
I am pleased to report that the Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique Society continues to enjoy steady financial performance, as reflected in the enclosed financial statements. We ended the fiscal year with a small fund deficit of $2,743, decreasing our fund balance to $139,804.
We also opened doors to: Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, and Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. We hosted numerous special events throughout the past year, including: our 7th annual open house (with free screening), providing our friends and members with an opportunity to see what goes on “behind the screen” and to see our brand new digital exhibition system in action, a celebration of the 20th anniversary of our Education Department, Cameron Bailey of TIFF hosted Vancouver’s first-ever “In Conversation With...” dialogue: a conversation with award-winning Sandra Oh, our annual 24-hour Movie Marathon, a 100th birthday party for Orson Welles, and our 3rd annual short film celebration, which took place on December 20 th, the shortest day of the year. Our fundraising initiatives continue to grow and evolve. A significant accomplishment for us this year was to successfully generate the funds required to support the preservation of our film archive. The campaign to replace our seats has also been successfully completed! I am told that the new seats will be extremely “comfy”. They are also larger, which will result in the actual number of seats in our theatre being reduced from 194 to about 154. For the coming year, one of our fundraising initiatives will be a special campaign which will offer our members the opportunity to put their name, or the name of a friend or loved one, on one or more of our new theatre seats. Stay tuned for more details.
We have seen a decrease in revenue for the society in 2015 of $133,375 or 14% from 2015. The change is attributable principally to a decrease in Education revenue. In 2015, the Summer Visions program was replaced with a new, smaller, one-month program, The Indie Filmmakers Lab. The decrease in Education revenue was offset, in part, to an increase in our Theatre rental revenue which is tied to an increase in our rental rates and the addition of a regular weekly rental. Expenses are down as well, $103,472 or 11%, from 2014. The drop in expenses is tied largely to a decrease in Education Department expenses – correlated to the introduction of the Indie Filmmakers Lab. Looking forward to 2016 and thereafter, management and the Board of Directors are focused on growing fundraising revenue and are making it an organizational priority. As in previous years, credit for these results must be given to the management team and staff of The Cinematheque for their continued passion and diligence for the society and its mandate. They continue to enjoy the board’s full confidence.
Elizabeth Collyer, CPA, CMA Treasurer, Board of Directors
Finally, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Jim Sinclair, our visionary Executive + Artistic Director, and his exceptional and talented leadership team: Kate Ladyshewsky, Shaun Inouye, Liz Schulze, Linton Murphy, and Al Reid. I would also like to thank the staff and the many volunteers who give their time and energy to help make The Cinematheque one of Vancouver’s cultural jewels. In closing, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Eleni Kassaris, a member of the Board of Directors who will be stepping down this year after many years of faithful service to The Cinematheque. Eleni, your efforts on behalf of The Cinematheque are deeply appreciated. Thank you…and thank you all for your continuing support.
Jim Bindon President, Board of Directors
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS & SERVICES FILM EXHIBITIONS
WEST COAST FILM ARCHIVES
The Cinematheque is home to one of the largest and most extensive programs of quality, curated film exhibitions in North America. We present over 500 screenings annually, providing audiences with access to significant contemporary and historical achievements of film, and celebrating the richness and diversity of local, national, and international film culture: retrospectives of great directors and important foreign cinemas; new Canadian film; prestigious international touring exhibitions; plus guest appearances, lectures, panel discussions, and more.
The Cinematheque’s Film Archive comprises three different collections of 16mm and 35mm film prints. The West Coast Film Collection is devoted to preserving the heritage of independent filmmaking on Canada’s west coast. Our holdings include a core collection of more than 220 significant B.C. films dating from 1968 to 1978, the period of the first major wave of independent and avant-garde filmmaking in Vancouver. The National Film Board Collection consists of over 800 film titles produced from 1960 to 1985. The Canadian Film Collection includes a number of animated, experimental, and feature films made outside of B.C.
FILM REFERENCE LIBRARY The Film Reference Library is key in promoting the understanding of film and moving-image media and advancing film culture in Vancouver. One of the largest collections of its kind in Western Canada, the library is international in scope, but maintains a special emphasis on Canadian cinema. Holdings include thousands of books and periodicals on a wide array of topics related to the appreciation, production, history, and sociology of film. The library is open to the public and is visited regularly by film studies students.
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PROGRAM GUIDE The Cinematheque’s free bi-monthly Program Guide provides extensive curatorial notes and support materials for all of our film screenings and exhibitions. With a print circulation of 10-15,000 copies distributed to cafes, bookstores, libraries, universities, and many other sites throughout Metro Vancouver, it remains a potent and recognizable resource. The Program Guide is also published online at issuu.com/thecinematheque for free public access.
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
451 FILMS SCREENED
722 TOTAL SCREENINGS
151 CANADIAN FILMS SCREENED
69 B.C. FILMS SCREENED
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EDUCATION PROGRAMS The Cinematheque Education Department offers award-winning film and media education programs and resources for youth, teachers, and educators from a variety of fields. Our digital filmmaking programs, media literacy workshops, film screenings, facilitated discussions, and educational activities foster an appreciation for film and visual media. We are committed to supporting a vibrant and active youth-in-film community across the province, and prioritize accessibility.
FILM AND MEDIA LITERACY WORKSHOPS Our film and media literacy programs include: •
Sights and Sounds, our innovative in-school digital filmmaking program, which engages participants in learning the language and process of filmmaking by creating their own short videos. We bring media educators and video production equipment into classrooms and community centres and support small teams in creating documentaries, video-poems, public service announcements, and short dramatic films.
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Media Literacy Workshops for Youth, providing youths with critical-thinking skills and analytical perspectives for a better understanding of how film and other mass and social media influence their lives.
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Youth Screenings Days, in which students enjoy film screenings, facilitated discussions, and workshops at the theatre. Issues explored in 2015 include sensationalistic journalism and real-life crime, paparazzi and celebrity culture, as well as speculative fiction and artificial intelligence.
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Professional Development for Educators, using workshops, seminars, and lectures to foster media education, technical skills development, and media literacy instruction skills for teachers. This school year included professional development presentations with the Surrey and B.C. alternate education associations and the Vancouver School Board Teacher Librarians’ Association.
In total, more than 3,500 youths, adults, and educators from across the province participated in our Film and Media Literacy programs in 2015, presented in collaboration with a variety of community partners including Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts, YWCA Metro Vancouver, and Vancouver Coastal Health, offering media production, film literacy, and educator professional development workshops.
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The Indie Filmmakers Lab, offered in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts, engages youth 14-19 in an immersive, two-week summer filmmaking workshop. In its highly successful first year, the program served 45 young filmmakers from across the Lower Mainland at SFU’s downtown facilities, and celebrated their accomplishments at a premiere screening on September 1 at The Cinematheque. The films are also hosted on TELUS Optik Local for their BC and continued on page 10
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Alberta customers. Funders included TELUS Optik Local as our presenting partner, IATSE Local 891, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, and North Shore Youth in Film (a coalition of the City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, and District of West Vancouver, with funding support from the B.C. film industry). In keeping with our commitment to accessibility, a total of 21 students attended on full bursaries, with 13 to North Shore youth. •
Living Landscapes – This BC Arts Council-funded Youth Engagement Project is in the final phase, after four successful video intensives completed in Quesnel, Trail, Bella Coola, and Dease Lake in 2014-15. From September, 2014 to May, 2015, The Living Landscapes Youth Filmmaking Tour provided youth in these communities with artistic skills, technical training, professional artistic mentorship, and access to video equipment to create video portraits of their lives within the remote landscapes of B.C. The films reflect a variety of styles, from documentary, to fictional narrative, to experimental forms, presenting stories from their local landscapes. Each filmmaking intensive ended with its own community screening where the students shared and discussed their creative works with their audience. Living Landscapes is in its final phase; the finished projects are now available for viewing through the Education Department’s Vimeo page with communitybased educational promotions scheduled for Fall/Winter 2015.
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Media Literacy Roadmap – 2015 marked the launch of our Media Literacy Roadmap project in the 16 Vancouver classrooms and five Surrey Learning Centres. Aimed at pairing professional development workshops for teachers with supported in-class media literacy sessions, the goal of each program was to create resources and support schools by providing a so-called roadmap for them to follow to assist in building student media literacy.
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Vancouver Coastal Health Anti-bootlegging Campaign – To support VCH in their anti-bootlegging campaign, a group of North Shore youth received workshops to gain awareness into the impacts of bootlegging, and to develop strategic communications skills to better target their audiences. Though this was a highly resisted campaign message, the youthproduced videos were launched with major publicity, including a press conference, interviews on CBC, and presentations at North Shore School District and city councils.
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Immersed: The Effects of Social Media – The Cinematheque Education Department partnered with Surrey Learning Centres to create and launch three pilot videos and accompanying video guides exploring the cognitive, social, and communications impact of social media in Fall 2015. This project was part of a growing educational movement towards an alternative “flipped classroom” model, a learner-centred approach where students watch videos and do research at home and complete assignments in class.
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Adoptive Families Association of BC: Aging Out YouthProduced Documentary – In Fall 2015, youth members of the Adoptive Families Association created a half-hour documentary about the process of “aging out” of ministry and foster care. These youth received training, filmed and edited the videos while sharing their own personal stories about the process, and will present the final film in June 2016 as part of BC Child and Youth in Care Week.
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The Cinematheque on YouTube and Vimeo – The Cinematheque Vimeo account showcases digital videos created by participants in our education and outreach programs: http://vimeo.com/thecinematheque
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NOTABLE FILM EXHIBITIONS IN 2015 ONGOING PROGRAMS Cinema Sunday — An afternoon film program for children and their families presented by The Cinematheque Education Department. Classics From Our Collection — A showcase of 16mm films from The Cinematheque archive. DIM Cinema — Moving-image art in dialogue with cinema. Programmed by Michèle Smith. Frames of Mind — Presented with the Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry, “Frames of Mind” is a monthly event utilizing film and video to promote professional and community education on issues pertaining to mental health and illness. Hosted by Dr. Harry Karlinsky. Programmed by Caroline Coutts.
RETROSPECTIVES, FILM SERIES, FESTIVALS, AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien — This internationally-touring retrospective was the most comprehensive we have ever presented on the revered Taiwanese filmmaker.
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The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective: Neil Young On Screen — Audiences explored Canadian music legend Neil Young’s creative genius with the first-ever retrospective of Bernard Shakey, the nom de cinema used by Young when sidelining as a filmmaker. Boyhood à la Truffaut: The Antoine Doinel Cycle — If the extraordinary Boyhood has an antecedent, it is François Truffaut’s much-admired series that follows a single fictional character over five films spanning 20 years. Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival — A celebration of excellence in Canadian cinema with TIFF’s annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, a showcase of the year’s best feature-length films, and shorts. 18 th Annual European Union Film Festival — Our annual finger-on-thepulse showcase of acclaimed new films from across greater Europe. Film Noir — The feverish, fatalistic world of Film Noir with 12 hard-boiled classics from noir’s 1940s/1950s heyday, plus two sidebars. The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia — A celebration of the innovative, iconoclastic, often astonishing cinematic, television, and video heritage of British Columbia. Curated by Harry Killas. In Case of No Emergency: The Films of Ruben Östlund — The Swedish
Left to Right: Actors Adam Beach and Evan Adams in Smoke Signals (1988); filmmaker Orson Welles; Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas (1984).
director of Force Majeure who quickly emerged as one of world cinema’s most distinctive voices, was the subject of this mid-career retrospective. Motor Sister: A Celebration of the Work of Haida Paul — A celebration of the vibrant work of Genie award-winning filmmaker and editor Haida Paul (1937-2014) with an evening of screenings and discussion with colleagues and collaborators. Painting With Film: The Cinema of Stillness — The dream-like interstitial zone between poetic paintings, photographs, and motion pictures was uncovered in a series of works by some of cinema’s most seminal artists. Curated by Donald Brackett. Orson Welles 100 — A celebration of the centennial of one of cinema’s foremost artists with a 12-film retrospective. Reel Kanata: Short Films by Canadian Indigenous Filmmakers — To mark National Aboriginal Heritage Month, The Cinematheque and imagineNATIVE presented a special program of award-winning short films by Canadian Indigenous filmmakers.
presented in beautiful new digital restorations with newly-translated subtitles. The Shortest Day: A Celebration of Short Films — The annual celebration of the short film returns with four free programs of new, classic, and awardwinning shorts. Through Indian Eyes: Native American Cinema — Curated by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, this program showcased the renaissance in independent First Nations filmmaking from across North America over the last 25 years. Traces That Resemble Us — The intersections between visual art in Vancouver and cinema were explored in this special screening series and art exhibition, presented in collaboration with Monte Clark Gallery. Visible Verse Video Poetry Festival 2015 — Curated by Ray Hsu, our annual festival of video poetry with hybrid form that married verse with media-arts. Wim Wenders: A Retrospective — The long and distinguished career of German auteur Wim Wenders was surveyed in this major retrospective, the first in Vancouver in more than two decades
Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy — The great Indian director Satyajit Ray’s pinnacle achievement, an astonishing trio of films known as the Apu Trilogy, was
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SPECIAL EVENTS IN CONVERSATION WITH… | JANUARY 18 Cameron Bailey from the Toronto International Film Festival hosted a dialogue with award-winning actress Sandra Oh to discuss her work in film and television. This was the first-ever In Conversation With… event in Vancouver and a part of Canada’s Top Ten film festival.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES 20 YEARS | JANUARY 22 Founded in 1995, our award-winning Education Department celebrated its 20 years of providing media education to youths, teachers, and community groups across the province. This free event featured participant stories and screenings of select films produced by youth participants, followed by a reception.
our projection booth, library, and archive. We themed it after Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some like It Hot, which screened for free later that day, and held a poster auction and led educational activities.
MOTOR SISTER: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORK OF HAIDA PAUL | JUNE 27 Haida Paul (1937-2014) was a vibrant filmmaker and editor who contributed to the Vancouver film community for over 50 years, working on dozens of films across multiple genres. This celebration of Paul’s craft made visible her largely invisible editorial work and contributions to Vancouver’s film community and the West Coast’s key aesthetic styles. This Film is About Rape (1978), Street Kids (1986), Horse Drawn Magic (1979), and Girls Fitting In (1980), all the films that Paul worked on, were screened, followed by a film compilation of Paul’s work and a panel discussion featuring her colleagues and collaborators.
24 HOUR MOVIE MARATHON | FEBRUARY 16-17 Back by popular demand, we screened essential cinema that spanned genre, mode, and time for a secret time-themed 24-hour event. For audience members who braved the lengthy event, there were prizes, treats, goodies, and more. Event sponsored by CityTV and the Georgia Straight.
THE SHORTEST DAY | DECEMBER 20 Our annual event to celebrate short films returned for the third time. This allages, day of free screenings featuring four outstanding Canadian shorts was a fun way for families and film lovers to celebrate the winter solstice on Dec. 22 - the shortest day of the year - and to usher in the holiday season.
2015 POSTER SALE | APRIL 25 We opened up our vault to showcase hundreds of film posters from arthouse favourites like Michaelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and more. Roughly 250 film enthusiasts participated, and we raised $1000 to support our future programming initiatives.
7TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE WITH FREE SCREENING | JUNE 13 To celebrate the Film Lovers Month of June, we opened up our doors for a glimpse beyond the screen, where members of the public were invited to tour
OPENING RECEPTIONS We held five opening receptions with refreshments and special introductions for the following film series: • • • • •
“Canada’s Top Ten Festival Celebration” — January 10 “Painting With Film: The Cinema of Stillness” — April 10 “Orson Welles 100, 100 th Birthday Party” — May 14 “Film Noir” — August 7 “Traces That Resemble Us” — November 21, at Monte Clark Gallery
Clockwise from top left: Marilyn Monroe impersonator singing at The Cinematheque’s 7th annual open house; artist Ian Wallace introducing Contempt; Opening Reception of “Traces That Resemble Us” at Monte Clark Gallery.
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SPECIAL GUESTS CANADA’S TOP TEN | JANUARY Actress Sandra Oh, who acted in Mina Shum’s Double Happiness and TV drama Grey’s Anatomy, was the special guest for the In Conversation With… event for “Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival”. Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, who hosted the first-ever In Conversation With… event in Vancouver. Filmmaker Ann Marie Flemming, who collaborated with Sandra Oh on the animated feature Window Horses, participated in the In Conversation With… event. Filmmaker Andrew Huculiak, who participated in a post-film Q&A for Violent, a film he directed, which was programmed for “Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival”.
24-HOUR MOVIE MARATHON | FEBRUARY Craig Takeuchi, film critic for The Georgia Straight, who introduced the 24 Hour Movie Marathon.
THE IMAGE BEFORE US | JANUARY, FEBRUARY, & MARCH Harry Killas, filmmaker and Assistant Dean of Dynamic Media at Emily Carr University, who curated “The Image Before Us”, introduced screenings of The Image Before Us, and Secrets of Chinatown. Colin Browne, filmmaker, poet, scholar, and Professor Emeritus at SFU, who wrote and directed The Image Before Us, introduced Skidrow, The Pemberton Valley, How to Break a Quarter Horse, and The Education of Phyllistine. Vancouver-based filmmaker Richard Martin, who produced and directed Backbone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema, introduced his curated program “Vancouver Experimental Films”. Filmmaker and Associate Professor of Film Production at UBC, Sharon McGowan, who produced Better Than Chocolate and The Lotus Eaters, introduced Madeleine Is… and Your Name in Cellulite. Kevan Funk, director of film shorts A Fine Young Man and Yellowhead, introduced The Grey Fox. Filmmaker Nathaniel Geary, whose works On The Corner, Canadian Pacific I and Saint Pierre were screened. Dr. Glen Lowry, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Culture and Community, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, who hosted the screening of On The Corner, Canadian Pacific I, and Saint Pierre and moderated the post-screening panel discussion of Air India 182 and You Fig. Director Bruce Sweeney, whose films Dirty and Betty and Vera Go Lawn Bowling were screened. Director Barb Cranmer, who attended the screening of her film, T’Lina: The Rendering of Wealth. Cinematographers Tony Westman and Kirk Tougas, who worked on Air India 182, participated in the panel discussion after Air India 182 and You Fig were screened. Filmmaker Mina Shum, whose works, Double Happiness and Me, Mom, and Mona were screened.
PAINTING WITH FILM: THE CINEMA OF STILLNESS | APRIL, MAY, & JUNE Art/film/culture critic and author Donald Brackett, who curated The Cinematheque’s 2013 retrospective, “Strange Magic: The Films of Charles Brackett and Billy, Wilder”, presented “Painting with Film: The Cinema of Stillness” and introduced Russian Ark and Rope.
Top to Bottom: Actress Sandra Oh; actor Bill Dow; director Mina Shum.
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WAVELENGTH + BLOW UP | APRIL Artist Casey Wei, who works in film/video and text, curated Michael Snow’s Wavelength and Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up, co-presented by Capture Photography Festival.
ORSON WELLES 100 | MAY Tom Charity, programmer at VIFF Vancity Theatre and film critic for Sight & Sound and Cinema Scope magazines, who introduced a screening of Citizen Kane for our Orson Welles 100 th Birthday Party Opening Night event.
MOTOR SISTER: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORK OF HAIDA PAUL | JUNE Paul’s colleagues and collaborators who participated in her film clip compilation post-screening discussion include: • • • •
Hugh Brody, anthropologist, author, and documentary filmmaker Raymond Hall, film editor, producer and Professor Emeritus, Film Production, UBC Mo Simpson, documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and editor Jennifer Torrance, film producer
LIMINAL DARKNESS | JULY Guests who co-introduced the first episodes of Vancouver-shot series Supernatural and The X-Files, which preceded Canadian cult classic, Ginger Snaps: • • •
Julia M. Wright, Professor of English at Dalhousie University and former Canada Research Chair in English and Cultural Studies and European Studies. Karen Budra, literature and film studies instructor at Langara College Bill Dow, actor, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television, also best known for playing Dr. Bill Lee in the Stargate franchises
VISIBLE VERSE FESTIVAL | OCTOBER Poet and artistic director Ray Hsu, who curated and hosted the “Visible Verse Festival”.
TRACES THAT RESEMBLE US | NOVEMBER & DECEMBER Visual artist Ian Wallace, whose work was integral to the Vancouver school of photoconceptualism, introduced his selected film, Contempt. Visual artist Dana Claxton, who introduced her selected film, Dog Day Afternoon. Aaron Peck, novelist, art writer, and lecturer at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, who introduced visual artist Roy Arden’s selected film, Speedy. Visual artist Vikky Alexander, a leading practitioner in photoconceptualism, who introduced her selected film, Playtime. Monte Clark, owner and director of Monte Clark Gallery, who introduced The Night of the Hunter, selected by visual artist Karin Bubaš. Visual artist Stan Douglas, who introduced a screening of his 2007 work, Vidéo, preceded by his selected film, Film by Samuel Beckett. Visual artist Jeff Wall, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, who introduced his selected film, Straight Time. Visual artist Greg Girard, who introduced his selected film, The Yakuza. Dr. Aoife Mac Namara, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at SFU, who introduced Star 80, selected by visual artist Myfanwy Macleod. Nigel Prince, Executive Director of Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), who introduced Gummo, selected by by photographer Owen Kydd.
Top to Bottom: Artist Ian Wallace; artist Jeff Wall; artist Stan Douglas.
Visual artist Robert Arndt, who introduced his video work, Pursuit, Plunder & Fleece, followed by his selected film, Pickpocket. Helga Pakasaar, Curator at Presentation House Gallery, who introduced Dillinger is Dead, selected by visual artist Rodney Graham. 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Cinematheque gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the following agencies:
Many thanks to all of The Cinematheque’s donors
North Vancouver, City of Vancouver, District of North
Documentary Film Festival • Dr. Carolyn Steinberg •
in 2015. Your generous support provides us with
Vancouver, IATSE Local 891, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Charlotte Johnston • Dr. Harry Karlinsky • Dr.
much needed resources to continue our service
School for the Contemporary Arts, Surrey Learning
Heather Donaldson • Dr. Michael Wilkins-Ho • Dr.
to the community.
Centres, TELUS Community Board, TELUS Optik Local,
Miriam Driscoll • Dr. Rene Weideman • Dr. Shauna
The BC Alternate Education Association, The Leon and
Correia • Embassies and Consulates of all EU member
Thea Koerner Foundation, Vancouver Coastal Health,
states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Vancouver School Board, YWCA Metro Vancouver.
Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
FRIEND ($60–$119)
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Amber Orchard, Anna Liczmanska, Anonymous, Chanda Siddoo-Atwal, Dan Jackson, Frances McCall,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Malta,
the
Netherlands,
EDUCATION PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Kevin Frew, Raymond Hall, Sue Abzinger, Sylvia
Academie Duello, Adoptive Families Association of
Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom • Embassy of
Norton.
BC, Alliance Française de Vancouver, BC Alternate
Sweden in the US • Emily Carr University of Art +
Education Association, BC Arts Council, BC Teacher
Design • European Union • Film Society of Lincoln
Librarians’
Greg Blue, Ian Neil, Joseph Clark, Kate Ladyshewsky,
Independent
Center • Greg Girard • Harry Killas • Hot Docs
PATRON ($120–$299)
Filmmakers Society, City of North Vancouver, City of
Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Anonymous, Andrew Clark, Chris Pollard, David
Vancouver, Cloudscape, District of North Vancouver,
• Ian Wallace • imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts
Abramowitz, Elaine Makortoff, Joost Blom, Kagan
Golden Age Collectables, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre,
Festival • Information Office, Derek Barnett, Vicky
Goh, Marc Wang, Peter & Rosa Stenberg, Peter
IATSE Local 891, James and Jamesy, Kidsbooks, Metro
Lum • UBC Institute of Mental Health • International
Rozee & Fanny Patterson, In Memory Of Haida Paul,
Vancouver, Michael van den Bos, Pacific Museum
Gothic Association • Jan-Christopher Horak • Janus
Reet Kana, Ron Strand.
of Earth, Powell Street Festival Society, Reel Youth,
Films, Brian Belovarac • Jeff Wall • Karin Bubas
SFX Studio, Simon Fraser University School for the
• Leslie Bonshor • Marie Carlson • Mark Haden •
Contemporary Arts, Surrey Learning Centres, TELUS
Michèle Smith • Ministry of Culture of the Republic
Community Board, TELUS Optik Local, The Leon and
of China (Taiwan) • Monte Clark Gallery, Monte Clark,
Thea Koerner Foundation, Vancouver Coastal Health,
Lindsay Inouye, Matt McGale • Myfanwy MacLeod •
Vancouver
School
National Endowment for the Arts • Nina Rao • Oliver
Board, Videomatica Sales, YWCA Metro Vancouver,
Hockenhull • OMNI • ONF NFB (Office national du
YWCA Metro Vancouver.
film du Canada; National Film Board of Canada) •
BENEFACTOR: ($300–$599) Anonymous x 2, Bruce Ralston, Craig Godsoe & Charles Melamou, Eric Wyness, John LeBlanc, Magda Theriault, Patty Burn, Takao Tanabe.
Association,
Maritime
Cineworks
Museum,
Vancouver
Owen Kydd • Pacific Post Partum Support Society • DIRECTOR: ($600–$1199) Anonymous, Elizabeth Collyer, Jim Bindon, Jim
Paul Malcolm • Plattform Produktion • Presentation We thank the following organizations and individuals
House Gallery • Rob Roy • Robert Arndt • Rodney
for their support and cooperation in 2015:
Graham • Roy Arden • Shannon Kelley • Simon
Sinclair, Moshe Mastai.
Fraser University • SODEC Quebec • Consulate of Luxembourg • Stan Douglas • Swedish Film Institute EXHIBITION PARTNERS
PRODUCER: ($1200+) Carrie Gorringe & Scott Thurlow.
•
Canadian
Executive We extend our sincere gratitude to the following organizations who supported our educational programming in 2015:
• Taipei Cultural Center • Taiwan Film institute •
Art Works • Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
•
Film
Director;
Caroline
Coutts
Institute: Jerrett •
Tom
Zaroski,
Casey
Wei
McSorley, Programmer •
Center
for Moving Image Arts at Bard College: Richard I. Suchenski, Director • Chan Centre Connect Series • City • Comeback Company • Consulate General of Sweden in New York • Creative BC • Dale Beyerstein
EDUCATION FUNDERS
• Dana Claxton • Dawn Jackson (Saginaw Chippewa) • Delegation of the European Union to Canada (Ottawa),
Adoptive Families Association of BC, BC Arts
Diodora Bucur, Press Officer • Directors Guild of
Council, BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association, City of
Canada BC District Council • Donald Brackett • DOXA
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Telefilm Canada • The Georgia Straight • The UBC Neuroscience Graduate Student Society Association • Toronto International Film Festival Group, Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director; Steve Gravestock; Lisa Goldberg; Meaghan Brander; Alex Rogalski; Megali Simard • UCLA Film & Television Archive • Valerie Red-Horse Mohl (Cherokee) • Vancity Theatre, Tom Charity, VIFF programmer • Vancouver Art Gallery, Unscrolled: Reframing Traditions in Contemporary Chinese Art • Vikky Alexander
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STAFF
VOLUNTEERS
AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
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CHAIR AND PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE + ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jim Bindon
Jim Sinclair
Abbey Markowitz
Martin Lohmann
Adrian Nickpour
Matthew Shields
Alan Kollins
Michael Kling
VICE-PRESIDENT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Andrew Clark
MichaelDemers
Eleni Kassaris
Kate Ladyshewsky
Andrew Gable
Moana Fertig
Betty-Lou Phillips
Nadia Chiu
SECRETARY
MARKETING & OPERATIONS
Bill Dovhey
Olivia Fauland
Lynda Jane
Shaun Inouye
Britt MacDuff
Paige Smith
Chahram Riazi
Paul Griffiths
TREASURER
EDUCATION MANAGER
Christina Larabie
Ray Lai
Elizabeth Collyer
Liz Schulze
Dawn McCormick
RJ Rudd
Eileen Brosnan,
Rob Danielson
MEMBER
EDUCATION COORDINATOR
David Legault
Hayley Gauvin
Gail Franko
Sarah Bakke
Gordon Tanner
Savannah Kemp
MEMBER
VENUE OPERATIONS MANAGER
Harry Wong
Sharon Lee
Moshe Mastai
Linton Murphy
Hazel Ackner
Shokei Green
Hisayo Saito
Simon Armstrong
MEMBER
ASSISTANT THEATRE MANAGERS
Horacio Bach
Stephen Tweedale
Wynford Owen
Gabi Dao
Jeff Halladay
Steve Devereux
Jessica Johnson
Jeremy Buhler
Sweta Shrestha
MEMBER
Aryo Khakpour
Jo B.
Tash King
Eric Wyness
Justin Mah
Joe Haigh
Taylor Bishop
Justina Vanovcan
Vanessa Turner
HEAD PROJECTIONIST
Kelley Montgomery
Viktor Koren
Al Reid
Kevin Frew
Vit Mlcoch
Lesli Froeschner
Will Ross
ADVISORY BOARD
RELIEF PROJECTIONISTS
AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
Tim Fernandes Ron Lacheur
Christos Dikeakos
Cassidy Penner
Christine Haebler
Helen Reed
Rodney Graham
Ryan Ermacora
Harry Killas Michael Turner Jeff Wall
FILM ARCHIVE PRESERVATION COORDINATOR
Ian Wallace
Jarin Schexnider
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