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Manifesto, fightingtheboss and Honour Rebel continue

MONTAGE
A monthly spotlight on local independent filmmakers

On Thursday August 13th, MONTAGE returns to transform the parking lot of the Manifesto Space at 358 Dufferin into an Outdoor Urban Theatre as we celebrate the work of our city’s (and the world’s) independent filmmakers and artists, minus the barriers of genre, scene or subculture. Featuring short films from the worlds of animation, documentary, avante-garde and the far reaches of our collective imagination, MONTAGE aims to bring together the inspired and expressive, the audience and artist, in all of us.

More than anything else, MONTAGE is a celebration. With music provided by ANDY CAPP (Bang the Party), art installations by Phillippe Blanchard and Sean Procyk, an artist market and refreshment stand, this night is about coming together to bask in the independent spirit of Toronto.

You complete the picture. Be a part of the MONTAGE.

Thursday, August 13th, 2009
358 Dufferin Street, Toronto
8 – 11pm
$5 or PWYC

Rain or shine.

We’re also still looking for submissions for more outdoor screenings later this summer so if you or anyone you know has a film they’d like to show, get in touch.

Manifesto, fightingtheboss and The Alt continue

MONTAGE
A monthly spotlight on local independent filmmakers

with an OUTDOOR SCREENING in the courtyard at the Manifesto Space (the same people who just brought you the amazing Canada Day Michael Jackson Tribute at Dundas Square). We’ll have many short films and installations by local artists, popcorn, and drinks. Join us for a fun evening of movies under the stars!

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
358 Dufferin Street, Toronto
8 – 11pm
$5 or PWYC

Rain or shine.

We’re also still looking for submissions for more outdoor screenings later this summer so if you or anyone you know has a film they’d like to show, get in touch.

Listening to his music being played all over the place these past few days has been really great. His musical talent was monstrous, and simply put, he was the greatest entertainer on Earth for a period, with a legacy that will go on well beyond any infamy he garnered in life.

Let’s use this Canada Day to celebrate our great country and pay tribute to the musical genius of Michael Jackson. A pretty unexpected pair, to be sure, but in death as in life, MJ entertains.

Manifesto Festival presents
Michael Jackson: A Toronto Tribute and Canada Day Celebration
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Dundas Square
8pm – 11pm
FREE

If you or someone you know has a film they’d like to screen at one of our events, get in touch with us and we’ll work to make it happen (details are in the poster).

Our first event is being planned for Thursday, July 9th, with more to follow through the summer.

Montage: A monthly spotlight on local independent filmmakers

featuring the world premiere of

VENTURE CAPITAL
Directed by Daniel Libby

“A debut projection in the midst of a great economic crisis, a little digital movie 6 years in the making… A cutthroat critique of the capitalist system, with a gentle touch of prestidigitation, and a controversial hint of mysticism…”

ATTENTION We’re looking for shorts and features from local artists to play at this series. If you or anyone you know is interested in screening a film for friends, family, and the general public, get in touch with us and we’ll work to make it happen! We’re even looking for shorts to play before the main film for this Tuesday, so if you’re interested, or you know someone who might be, get in touch!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Manifesto Space
358 Dufferin St., Toronto, Suite 104 (Map)
Programme starts at 8pm
$5 Suggested Donation
Popcorn included

If you want to bring your own seating, blanket, sleeping bag, pillow, whatever, that is definitely encouraged! You can also bring your own food, drinks, booze, whatever.

Pass this on to anyone who might be interested!

Beautifulcity.ca Town Hall
Tuesday May 5th Committee Room 2 from 6:30-9 PM.

Presented by Manifesto Community Projects, the Toronto Youth Cabinet, Youth Action Network, the Canadian Youth Arts Network and the BCBF (Beautiful City Billboard Fee) Alliance.

Come find out how you can be a part of historical change in Toronto. Discussion will focus on how to implement a charge on billboards to fund art in the public sphere — with a priority on marginalized communities and youth art. Topics also include policy recommendations for the city defining enforcement of graffiti art.

Visit beautifulcity.ca to sign the petition and for more info!

The event is hosted by Jerome Jenner Fine Art at Smash in the Junction as part of the Contact Photography Festival and will probably be a really good party.

If you’re interested in seeing what it’s all about, the info is in the flyer above and by following the links in this post.

Volume 006: The Future Is Noir

featuring

BLADE RUNNER / 1982 / Ridley Scott / USA / 7pm

“A haunting, eerily prophetic mixture of science fiction and film noir, director Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner boasts one of the most astonishingly designed futures ever put on film – a dark, decaying Los Angeles circa 2019. Blade Runner is based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by science fiction master Philip K. Dick. It stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a onetime ‘blade runner’, who is called out of retirement stop four homicidal ‘replicants’ – genetically engineered humans with superior strength and intellect who are used as slave labour on off-world colonies. Gorgeously designed, teeming with ideas about reality, memory, and mortality, Blade Runner is a groundbreaking motion picture. It is also universally acclaimed as one of the most highly influential science fiction films of the past 25 years.”

followed by

MINORITY REPORT / 2002 / Steven Spielberg / USA / 9:30pm

“Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-film noir reflects the writer’s familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for “Precrime,” a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases its work on the visions of three psychics or “precogs” whose prophecies of future events are never in error. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he’s never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues as he tries to uncover the mystery of the victim-to-be’s identity.”

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
358 Dufferin St., Toronto, Suite 104 (Map)
Programme starts at 7pm
$5 Suggested Donation
Popcorn included with the screenings

If you want to bring your own seating, blanket, sleeping bag, pillow, whatever, that is definitely encouraged!

You can also bring your own food, drinks, booze, whatever. Come for one or both movies.

Pass this on to anyone who might be interested!

This should be a great event because Alison does everything with style and the studio space is pretty amazing, if you’re interested you should come out, details are on the flyer above.

I created Alison’s website and logo, and will be at the party capturing images for the site and elsewhere.