Annual Report 2019 by The Cinematheque

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Annual Report 2019

Strategic Plan Societal Vision

We value:

We envision a society enriched by the understanding and appreciation of cinema as an art form and enlightened by thoughtful education about the impact of moving-image media in our lives.

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Mission

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We are a cultural and educational institution that excites and educates our community about the art, impact, and legacy of cinema and screenbased media.

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Success Statement

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The Cinematheque will be a leading cultural destination for film and screen-based media, with state-of-the-art facilities, world-class programs, and a community of staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders committed to excellence.

Cinema as a communal and transformative art form Excellence in our programming, business, and brand Inclusivity and diversity in our programming and overall organization The fostering of local and national talent, and Canadian cinema overall Reaching, inspiring, and educating new audiences

Priorities: Increase Revenue through Development and Fundraising Increase the Visibility and Profile of The Cinematheque Improve The Cinematheque Audience Experience Strengthen and Grow Educational Programming

The Cinematheque acknowledges that Vancouver is located on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples, including the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy ə̓ m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

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The Cinematheque Annual Report 2019

Executive & Artistic Director’s Report 5 President’s Report 5 Treasurer’s Report 6 Public Programs and Services 7 Significant Figures 8 Learning and Outreach 10 Notable Film Exhibitions 12 Special Guests and Events 14 Acknowledgements 14 Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers 4

Front Cover: Varda by Agnès (Varda par Agnès)

Executive & Artistic Director’s Report The Cinematheque continued to be a vital and vigorous contributor to the cultural life of our city, province, and country during the past year. Our core activities and great strengths were, as always, our calendar of quality, curated film exhibitions devoted to the finest historical and contemporary cinema from Canada and around the world; and the array of excellent learning and outreach initiatives we offer to children, youths, and educators. Our greatest strength remains the passion and commitment of The Cinematheque’s many stakeholders and supporters: our patrons, volunteers, professional staff, board members, donors, funders, and programming partners. All play essential parts in the organization’s ongoing success. All are motivated by a love of cinema, its rich history, its diverse practice, its importance as a means of communication and cross-cultural understanding, its ability to inspire and astonish. Our curatorial team mounted upwards of 560 film screenings in 2019, presenting more than 370 films. Our major exhibitions of the year included long-planned retrospectives dedicated to the careers of Claire Denis, Abbas Kiarostami, and Agnès Varda. Kiarostami, the late Iranian master, is one of the most acclaimed directors of the last three decades. Denis and Varda, both giants of the French and European cinemas, rank among the most significant female filmmakers of our time. Our fifth annual season of “The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia” showcased 33 works spanning the years 1945 to 2018, and included programs devoted to next-generation B.C. animators, the repatriation of First Nations sacred objects, local African-Canadian history, and the Japanese-Canadian experience. DIM Cinema, our signature program of experimental film and movingimage art, spotlighted daring and risk-taking work by Canadian and international creators. Film Club, our Sunday morning movie program for kids and their families, presented films from Canada, Great Britain, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, and elsewhere, aiming to instill a love of cinema excellence and cinema diversity in young audiences, the cinephiles of tomorrow.

Our Learning and Outreach team continued its excellent work promoting active and interactive learning about film and visual media. It provides film production, digital literacy, and film studies programs for students and youths; professional development in digital literacy and film education for teachers; and various special projects and learning initiatives aimed at vulnerable, at-risk, and marginalized young people. Some 2000 youths and nearly 300 educators participated in The Cinematheque’s Learning and Outreach programs in 2019. Crews of young filmmakers created 87 short films during the year under the mentorship of our facilitators. And we introduced a new, hands-on animation workshop designed for adults. We are proud of the work our team does in fostering a thoughtful, engaged, and empowered youthin-film community in our city and province. It is almost obligatory, in reports of this sort, to conclude with something along the lines of “We look forward to continuing these important efforts in the year and years ahead.” Or, “We promise another exciting year to come.” And those sentiments could, in all good faith, be repeated here. The reality is, however, that I am writing these words in the spring of 2020, in the social-distancing, self-isolating midst of a global pandemic that has shut down much cultural activity (including cinemas, including The Cinematheque) and much other social and commercial activity around the world. Therefore, I must acknowledge that, for all of us, everywhere, the year ahead will be far from ordinary. We will have to ride out its challenges and make the best of things, until we emerge somewhere over there, on the (not-yet-glimpsed) other side. In the meantime, we’ll undoubtedly pine for the normality and routine we took for granted back in 2019. Stay healthy and stay strong!

Jim Sinclair Executive + Artistic Director

President’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Dear Members of the Cinematheque,

Statement of Financial Position:

Putting aside for a moment the extraordinary events of the last four months (a difficult feat, no doubt), let me start by saying that 2019 was yet another year of growth and development for The Cinematheque, and I’m extremely proud of the tireless dedication shown by staff and volunteers in the amazing work accomplished during the year.

The society ended the fiscal year December 31, 2019, in a positive cash position.

Highlights of the year must include the surge of programming put out by the Learning and Outreach department, led by the quietly relentless Michael Fontana and his dynamic team: Indie Lab at the SFU Downtown campus, camps and workshops in North Vancouver, Surrey, and UBC, just to name a few. In late 2018, the board was happy to assist in the acquisition of new equipment and computers which got put to good use throughout the year! Unfortunately, Michael was forced to step down at the beginning of 2020 for family reasons, but we are grateful for all that he has accomplished in his short but dynamic tenure. Although she started work just as The Cinematheque was forced to shut its doors, we look forward to our new Learning and Outreach Manager Chelsea Birks taking up the challenge and leading the department forward in 2020. In my opinion, the other significant event of 2019 was our long-overdue website redesign, which, coupled with the rollout of new ticketing and point-of-sale software, promises to enhance and streamline ticket buying both online and at the wicket. In harmony with the website’s exciting new graphic design, members may have also noticed a new look and branding refresh on our signage and printed material as well, particularly visible in our program guide. I think we can all be thrilled with the results: special thanks to Communications Manager Lizzie Brotherston and Managing Director Kate Ladyshewsky for successfully helming this complex project over the past two years. The board, meanwhile, continued to work to foster closer links between our organization and the film and television industry, made progress to enhance our fundraising capacity, and provided oversight in longerterm budget, programming, and staff planning strategies. Although the first six months of 2020 have disrupted our scheduled programming and outreach programs, and will require significant adjustments in our activities going forward, I can assure you our fantastic staff is up to the task, led by Acting Managing Director Ben Shockey and Executive and Artistic Director Jim Sinclair. The board also stands ready to work in any way we can to see us through this difficult period, and we are happy to report that The Cinematheque is on a firm financial and management footing. Inspired by the decisive manner in which the crisis has been handled to date, we are confident in the leadership of The Cinematheque to guide us successfully through any bumps still along the way, so that when our regular activities resume, we will be well-placed to resume our place as one of Vancouver and B.C.’s premier cultural institutions.

David Legault Chair

All receivables are current and either received or anticipated before the end of January 31, 2020. GST returns are up to date. New asset purchases include the completion of the Cinematheque website ($23, 109) , Camera Equipment ($24,010), and Computer Equipment ($20,712). All liabilities are current and paid out in full. Deferred Contributions of $33,500 for operations and Deferred Contributions of $114,991 for the purchase of capital assets have been set up. Deferred Contributions are government contributions received in one fiscal year but intended for costs incurred in the next fiscal year. There was a reduction in Fund Balances of $33,394. Management is aware of this and has budgeted accordingly.

Statement of Operations: Revenues: The society has a healthy mixture of sources of revenue year over year, with Earned Revenue taking in the greatest percentage of earnings at 47% compared to 44% in fiscal 2018. Expenses: The greatest increase in overall dollar spending between the two years was in Education. Those costs increased by 21.7%. Management believes that Education is like advertising where the benefits are evident over a longer period than one year. The allocation of other resources to expenses remained consistent. As in previous years, credit for these results must be given to the management team and staff of Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique for their continued passion and diligence for the society and its mandate. The management team and staff have further been pro-active in 2020 as they coped with the uncertainties of the current COVID-19 pandemic. They continue to enjoy the board’s full confidence. Yours truly,

Rudy Bootsma BA PBA Treasurer

Film Exhibitions 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.

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.

West Coast Film Archives 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.

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 Hendi and Hormoz (Hendi va Hormoz)

2019 Screening Figures:

70 Canadian films 42 B.C. films 99 Female-directed films

376 Films 568 Screenings

Film Reference Library The Film Reference Library is a learning resource centre dedicated to the understanding of film and moving-image media and the advancement of 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.

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. An informative resource, it is also a highly recognizable publication, with a print circulation of 10-15,000 copies distributed to cafés, bookstores, libraries, universities, and many other sites throughout Metro Vancouver. The Program Guide is also published online at issuu.com/thecinematheque

Learning & Outreach thecinematheque.ca/learn The Cinematheque offers interactive programs that explore film and visual media in the world around us. We believe that creative filmmaking, film appreciation, and digital literacy are best approached through fun and active handson learning. We value diversity and inclusion, and we centre these values in the learning opportunities we provide. Bringing more than twenty years of outreach experience to our practice, we offer programs to members of the public, community organizations, and primary and secondary schools, in Metro Vancouver and throughout British Columbia. Our work focuses on four key areas:

Film Production Innovative production programs allow participants to learn the language and process of filmmaking by creating their own short films. Includes in-school sessions and our popular summer camps.

Digital Literacy Engaging discussions provide participants with critical-thinking skills for a better understanding of social media and visual culture. Issues explored in 2019 included: artificial intelligence, news, and media culture.

Film Studies These unique workshops welcome participants into our theatre for film screenings and facilitated debates. Topics explored in 2019 included: Canadian identity in film, Shakespeare and film, and Canadian Indigenous voices in film.

A regular focus of The Cinematheque’s Learning & Outreach programs has been vulnerable and at-risk youth. These initiatives strive to be fully accessible to all, regardless of income, gender, sexual orientation, or culture. Free programs, or programs supported by bursaries, are a priority. The Cinematheque’s efforts have been rewarded with enthusiastic feedback from participants: “Words can not express how grateful and truly humbled I am to have had the opportunity to be part of this amazing program run by The Cinematheque. I loved every minute and second of being in the program each day. I am grateful to have spent time with such an amazing collective.” Q. N.

“I feel that the skills I learned while participating in the camp will benefit me in future film and art projects I plan to pursue as an adult. Without the bursary I was awarded, this camp would not have been possible.” N. W.

Pro-D & Conferences Specialized training sessions support educators to foster digital literacy and film appreciation in their students. In the past school year we have presented to the BC Alternate Education Association, the Provincial Intermediate Teachers’ Association, and at the Interpretation Canada National Conference (Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg).

“I heard about [this program] through a lot of people either who were previous participants or who thought the program would be perfect for me, but I never looked into it too seriously because I come from a very low-income family. I was so happy to find out the program provided a bursary and even happier when I was accepted! This program gave me the tools to let my ideas run wild without limitations.” A. D.

87 Films created by participants

404 Film Production participants Special Projects and New Initiatives Collaborating with educational institutions and reaching new audiences are central priorities in the development of our Learning & Outreach initiatives. In 2019, we successfully started several new programs:

Moving Still – Youth Project

Created in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, this project saw youths making short films in response to the VAG exhibition “Moving Still: Performative Photography from India,” which explored themes of gender, migration, religion, and identity.

Film & Media Summer Camps with UBC

Organized in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, these camps offered youths aged 11-13 a comprehensive introduction to the art of filmmaking and to key concepts in media literacy.

1565 Digital Literacy & Film Studies Participants

Looking For Us

Second-generation, refugee, and recently immigrated youths explored heritage, culture, and identity in a filmmaking initiative designed to empower them to take an active role in defining their place in the contemporary Canadian mosaic and to produce works that promote change within their local communities. Created in collaboration with the Surrey Learning Centres, generously funded by Canadian Heritage (Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program), and supported by several local community service organizations.

Paper Animation

This community engagement project aimed at adult participants involved the hands-on creation of simple paper animation using historic pre-cinema methods such as the thaumatrope and the zoetrope. Other projects included: The Indie Filmmakers Lab (in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts, and supported by Creative BC, McLean Foundation, the City of North Vancouver, and the District of North Vancouver); Hope Strength and Resilience (in partnership with Plea Community Services, and supported by Leon and Thea Koerner Award); Youth Driven Forum (organized by Collingwood Neighbourhood House); Film & Documentary School Projects (Edith Cavell Elementary, TREK Outdoor Education Program, Prince of Wales Mini School, David Thompson Secondary, Sea to Sky Learning Connections); Summer Camps (in collaboration with the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver).

279 Professional

Development Participants

Notable Film Exhibitions 2019 1

The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia — Take 5

[Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole]

From Russia with Love: The Cinema of Andrey Zvyagintsev

[Loveless (Nelyubov)]

3 Contemporary Iranian Cinema [Orange Days (Rooz-haye narenji)] 4 Film Club: A Movie Matinée Series for Kids and Their Families [Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)]

The Spirit of Place: Simone Rapisarda Casanova – In Person

[Zanj Hegel la (Hegel’s Angel)] 6 New Restorations: Jackie Chan’s Police Story & Police Story 2 [Police Story (警察故事)] 7 Chan Centre Connects [The Winding Stream] 8 New Canadian Cinema [Under the Viaduct] 9 Essential Cinema: Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai

10 Chris Marker’s The Owl’s Legacy 11 DIM Cinema: Moving-Image Art in Dialogue with Cinema [Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show]

National Canadian Film Day: Phillip Borsos’s The Grey Fox

23 New Documentary: Ron Mann’s Carmine Street Guitars

13 New Documentary: Khalik Allah’s Black Mother

24 Film Noir Spotlight: Two Films by Ida Lupino [Ida Lupino]

14 Down and Dirty in Gower Gulch: Poverty Row Films Preserved by UCLA [The Vampire Bat] 15 Claire Denis: Trouble Every Day – A Retrospective [35 rhums (35 Shots of Rum)] 16 High and Low: From Pulp to Poetry – High Arts Films from Pop Art Sources [High and Low (天国と地獄)] 17 Frames of Mind: A Monthly Mental Health Film Series [The Raft (Flotten)]

25 Fly Me to the Moon: Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary [Apollo 11]

18 National Indigenous Peoples Day: Two Films by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers [Bihttoš (Rebel)] 19 New Documentary: Wang Bing’s Dead Souls 20 Wayward Heroes: A Survey of Modern Icelandic Cinema [Rams (Hrútar)] 21 Djibril Diop Mambéty x 2 [Touki bouki] 22 Jean-Pierre Melville: Master of French Noir [Le Samouraï]

26 New Restorations: Elaine May x 2 [Ishtar] 27 It’s in the Trees! It’s Coming! British Folk Horror! [The Wicker Man] 28 And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami [Where is the Friend’s House? (Khaneh-ye doust kojast)]

29 22nd Annual European Union Film Festival [A Wedding (Noces)] 30 Viva Varda! The Films of Agnès Varda [The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)]

Sean Baker: Peripheries Sean Baker in Person [The Florida Project]

32 New Documentary: Werner Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev 33 New Restorations: Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó

Steve Gravestock (middlde) at the opening night of “Wayway Heroes: A Survey of Modern Icelandic Cinema”

February To celebrate Black History Month, Trinidadian-Canadian filmmaker Selwyn Jacob introduced a screening of Mighty Jerome (2010), an NFB documentary Jacob produced on African-Canadian track legend Harry Jerome. The video work Hogan’s Alley (1994), which explores the history of Vancouver’s Black community, preceded the film, and was introduced by its co-director Cornelia Wyngaarden. Director Jonathan Tammuz introduced a screening of his B.C. road movie Rupert’s Land (1998), winner of six Leo Awards. A screening of multimedia artist Maggie Lee’s Mommy (2015), copresented with the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A), was introduced by the film’s producer Asher Penn.

March Dorothy Woodend, cultural editor at The Tyee, introduced a program of animated films produced in British Columbia. Guests included animators Bettina Matzkuhn, Jody Kramer, Elisa Chee, Diego Maclean, David Fine, and Alison Snowden. Selina Crammond introduces The Gleaners and I

Special Guests & Events January Acclaimed Canadian cinematographer Norm Li (Never Steady, Never Still, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) introduced a screening of his directorial debut Under the Viaduct (2018), an artful critique of Vancouver’s homelessness crisis. Italian-Canadian director (and SFU instructor) Simone Rapisarda Casanova joined us in person for a program dedicated to his poetic and principled brand of “meta-documentary.” Colin Browne, Vancouver filmmaker, poet, scholar, and Professor Emeritus at SFU, introduced the opening program of “The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia — Take 5,” curated by Harry Killas. Anne-Marie Dekker introduced a program dedicated to the films of her late husband Daryl Duke (1929–2006), the first Western Canadian to win the Directors Guild of Canada’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Filmmaker and ECUAD Assistant Professor Lindsay McIntyre introduced a screening of Gil Cardinal’s reclamation documentary Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole (2003) and its sequel, Totem: Return and Renewal (2007). Vancouver-based film producer Cari Green joined us for a screening of Hugh Brody’s The Washing of Tears (1994), a documentary, produced by Green, on the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation of Friendly Cove, Vancouver Island.

Indigenous actor Angel Gates joined us for a screening of Vancouver filmmaker Wayne Wapeemukwa’s audacious debut feature Luk’Luk’I (2017), which she appears in. Curtis Woloschuk, Associate Director of Programming at VIFF, introduced a screening of Anne Wheeler’s powerful documentary Chi (2013) and Jill Sharpe’s Emmy-nominated Bone Wind Fire (2011), with Sharpe in attendance. Director David Paperny joined us in person for a screening of his Oscarnominated documentary The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter (1993), based on the video journals of Vancouver physician and AIDS activist Peter Jepson-Young. As part of “Frames of Mind,” New York-based director Sandra Luckow joined us in person for the Vancouver premiere of her documentary That Way Madness Lies (2018). Thierry Garrel, a French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, introduced the opening screening of legendary French film essayist Chris Marker’s newly restored The Owl’s Legacy (1989), a 13-chapter symposium on ancient Greece. Garrel and Marker produced the ambitious work, originally broadcast on European television. On the morning of March 30, The Cinematheque welcomed a coterie of diehard cinephiles for our biennial 24 Hour Movie Marathon, which featured 24 consecutive hours of essential cinema around 2019’s theme of seasons.

April Vancouver cinematographer and experimental filmmaker Kirk Tougas introduced a screening of Linda Ohama’s Obachan’s Garden (2001), which Tougas shot. To conclude the fifth season of “The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia,” Christine Haebler introduced a 35mm screening of Bruce McDonald’s Canadian rock ‘n’ roll movie classic Hard Core Logo (1996), which Haebler produced.

Post-screening Q&A with director Sean Baker (right)

August

Folk Horror Freak-Out! Halloween Party

May The opening night of “High and Low: From Pulp to Poetry,” an exhibition of high-art films made from pop-art sources, featured an introduction by curator Donald Brackett before screenings of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956). As part of “DIM Cinema,” North Carolina artists Sabine Gruffat and Bill Brown joined us in person for a program of their experimental film work. Co-presented with Vancouver’s Iris Film Collective.

June Dave Barber, programmer of the Winnipeg Cinematheque, and Kevin Nikkel, a Winnipeg documentarian and animator, joined us for a screening of their co-directed film Tales of the Winnipeg Film Group (2018), about the influential artist-run centre. For National Indigenous Peoples Day, Blackfoot/Sámi filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) produced a special video introduction to a program celebrating her acclaimed documentaries c ə̓ snaʔəm: the city before the city (2017) and Bihttoš (2014). Steve Gravestock, Senior Canadian and International Programmer at TIFF, introduced the opening-night program of “Wayway Heroes: A Survey of Modern Icelandic Cinema,” a touring series he curated. Allison Collins, Curator of Media Arts at Western Front, introduced a screening of Claire Denis’s 35 rhums (2008) as part of the opening night of “Claire Denis: Trouble Every Day,” a major retrospective dedicated to the revered French director.

July Casey Wei, a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist and musician, interviewed pioneering American video artist Skip Blumberg via Skype for a “DIM Cinema” program celebrating Blumberg’s four-decade career. Co-presented with VIVO Media Arts.

A joint opening night celebrating Film Noir 2019 and a retrospective on Jean-Pierre Melville, “godfather of the French crime film,” featured a courtyard reception with music by DJ Niña Mendoza. Sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Vancouver.

September Wil Aballe, owner and curator of Wil Aballe Art Projects (WAAP), introduced a screening of Jack Hazan’s newly restored A Bigger Splash (1974), an innovative biopic on British pop artist David Hockney. Dr. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and practicing psychiatrist, participated in a discussion via Skype following a “Frames of Mind” screening of his documentary Bedlam (2019), which follows several mentally-ill people over five years.

October Victoria-born, Vancouver-based artist Julia Feyrer joined us in person for a program of her acclaimed moving-image work. Guest programmed for “DIM Cinema” by Steffanie Ling, Artistic Director of Toronto’s Images Festival. The centrepiece of our British folk horror program was a Folk Horror Freak-Out! Halloween Party on October 31, featuring a participatory theatre performance by Jarin Schexnider, Director of East Vancouver artist space What Lab, followed by a screening of Ben Wheatley’s folkhorror revival film Kill List (2011).

November As part of the “Crave Hot Docs Showcase,” Hot Docs Associate Programmer Mariam Zaidi moderated post-screening Skype Q&As with sexual-abuse survivor Rod MacLeod, subject of Matt Gallagher’s Prey (2019), and Emily Gan, director of Cavebirds (2019).

December For the opening night of “Viva Varda! The Films of Agnès Varda,” a near-comprehensive retrospective devoted to the films of Belgianborn French director Agnès Varda, DOXA Documentary Film Festival’s Director of Programming Selina Crammond introduced The Gleaners and I (2000), one of Varda’s seminal non-fiction works. Acclaimed writer-director-editor Sean Baker, a leading light in American independent cinema, joined us in person for a special 35mm presentation of his latest feature The Florida Project (2017) as part of the retrospective “Sean Baker: Peripheries.”

Acknowledgements The Cinematheque is a non-profit organization and registered charity dedicated to advancing the understanding and appreciation of cinema as art by bringing the very best in film culture and film education to Vancouver audiences of all ages. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all of the organizations and individuals whose generous contributions support the innovative year-round film programming and award-winning learning and outreach programs that make us Western Canada’s largest and most active film institute. The Cinematheque gratefully acknoledges the financial support of the following agencies:

Donors Friend ($60 – $119) Nancy Barker David Damon Kathy Evans Atzin Gonzelez Bruce Harwood Shirley Reid Andrea Tuka Kathryn Wood

Patron ($120 – $299) Jo Bergstrand Joseph Clark Charlotte Ensminger Shaun Inouye Andrew Joe Paul Kaas Richard Kaduki Reet Kana Catherine Ladyshewsky Elaine Littman Liam Mcclure David Morton Gritt Orsten Tim Reeve Clara Rozee Michael Scott

Benefactor ($300 – $599) Dr. Harry Karlinsky David Legualt Wyn Owen Moshe Mostai In Memory of Haida Paul In Memory of Jean-Paul Leon Magda Theriault

Director ($600 – $1119) Sakae Alford Jim Bindon Roelof Bootsma Rhys Davies Michael Demers Jim Sinclair

Producer ($1200+) Eric Wyness

In Kind Bill Jeffries

Learning & Outreach Funders and Partners ArtStarts in Schools BC Alternate Education Association BC Arts Council BC Teacher Librarians’ Association Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society City of North Vancouver Coast Capital Savings Creative BC Department of Canadian Heritage District of North Vancouver DIVERSECity (Youth Integration Program) Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society Fusion Cine GearBASE Guildford Learning Centre Leon and Thea Koerner Award McLean Foundation MOSAIC North Shore Youth in Film North Surrey Learning Centre North Vancouver City Library North Vancouver District Public Library Options Pacific Community Resources Society PLEA Community Services Society of BC Provincial Intermediate Teachers’ Association School District No. 48: Sea to Sky Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts SUM Place Surrey School SOGI-Inclusive Education Surrey School Welcome Centre TELUS STORYHIVE UBC Camps Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver School Board White Rock Learning Centre

Exhibition Partners A24 Anime Evolution Capture Photography Festival Canadian Film Institute Canadian Mental Health Association — Vancouver-Fraser Branch Catriona Jeffries Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Centre of Imaginative Ethnography Consulate General of France in Vancouver Delegation of the European Union to Canada Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation Elevation Pictures Embassies and Consulates of the European Union member states European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) French Embassy and Cultural Services in New York Honorary Consulate of Finland in Vancouver Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Icelandic Film Center Images Festival Immigrant Services Society Institut français Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry Institute for Performance Studies — Simon Fraser University Iris Film Collective Janus Films Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Mood Disorder Association Multi-Agency Partnership Pacific United Productions Phoenix Cultural Center REEL CANADA School for Contemporary Arts — Simon Fraser University SFU Department of Psychology SFU Mental Health Law and Policy Institute (MHLPI) Toronto International Film Festival Tourism Iceland UCLA Film & Television Archive Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A) VIVO Media Arts Centre West Coast Tap Dance Collective What Lab Winnipeg Film Group

Staff and Volunteers Board of Directors

Volunteers

Chair David Legault

Hazel Ackner Aya Alvarez Jo B. Horacio Bach Taylor Bishop Sasha Bondartchouk Kyle Bowman August Bramhoff Jeremy Buhler Fiona Chen Bianca Crewe Bill Dovhey Yaz Ebrahi Fabio Facchini Moana Fertig Gail Franko Kevin Frew Lesli Froeschner Shokei Green Pablo Griff Arthur Hain Jeff Hallady Alyse Hebert Thomas Keenliside Savannah Kemp Alan Kollins Ray Lai Stewart Lampe Christina Larabie John Ledingham Martin Lohmann Chelsea Lomax Lynn Martin Maggie McPhee Vivian Mendoza Jim Miller Vit Mlcoch Adrian Nickpour Lars Neufeld Betty-Lou Phillips Brad Reed Nadya Santoso Tori Schepel Matthew Shields Sweta Shrestha Raimondo Spano Mustafa Syed Lora Tanaka Vincent Tao Stephen Tweedale Nathaniel von Vossen Harry Wong Jay Zhuang

As of December 31 2019

Vice Chair & Treasurer Rudy Bootsma Secretary Tim Reeve Members Jim Bindon Leah Mallen Moshe Mastai Erin Mussolum Wynford Owen Nicole Prior Eric Wyness

Staff

As of December 31 2019 Executive & Artistic Director Jim Sinclair Managing Director Kate Ladyshewsky Operations & Programming Associate Shaun Inouye Communications & Marketing Manager Lizzie Brotherston Learning & Outreach Manager Michael Fontana Learning & Outreach Coordinators Shaghayegh Haghdoust Thea Loo Cameron Mackenzie Venue Operations Manager Linton Murphy Assistant Theatre Managers Sonja Baksa Aryo Khakpour Justin Mah Emma Pollard Head Projectionist Al Reid Relief Projectionists Ryan Ermacora Lukas Henne Ray Hinkle Abigail Markowitz Cassidy Penner Learning & Outreach Collaborators Flick Harrison Kellen Jackson Rami Katz Anthony Lee Grace Mathisen Cameron McLeod Polina Mikhailova Angie Rico Colin Williscroft Carina Xu

Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)

As of December 31 2019

January / February 2019

March / April 2019

May / June 2019

July / August 2019

September / October 2019

November / December 2019

Financials Revenues

49% Earned Revenue

44%

Government Grants $434,621 (44%) Earned Revenue $486,945 (49%)

Government Grants

Fundraising & Sponsorship Revenue $73,146 (7%)

Fundraising & Sponsorship Revenue

Expenses Programming $654,340 (64%)

64% Programming

21%

General / Admin

Marketing & Comms

11%

1% 3%

Fundraising

Depreciation

General/Admin $215,679 (21%) Marketing & Communications $108,677 (11%) Fundraising $12,801 (1%) Depreciation $36,609 (3%)

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Annual Report 2019

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