Tonight's sold-out screening of Michael Haneke's terrific, gorgeous "The White Ribbon" was sponsored by Calgary Cinematheque. Introducing the movie was well-known Calgary filmmaker, and Calgary Cinematheque board member, Gary Burns. (If you haven't seen his Calgary cult classic "waydowntown", go see it right now.) (Well, right now you should go see a movie at CIFF, but when CIFF is over, you should see "waydowntown".)
Calgary Cinematheque hosts regular screenings of classic movies at The Plaza in Kensington. In its two-year existence, the Cinematheque has screened such great and important movies as "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", "Killer of Sheep", and "The Earrings of Madame de...", and this fall they've got an exciting programme: The French New Wave at 50, starting soon after CIFF with Louis Malle's "Elevator to the Gallows". Not only that, but they're also introducing a "film school" aspect to the programme: some screenings will also include lectures from film experts about the movie being screened!
The Calgary Cinematheque has quickly become an important resource for any Calgary film fan. CIFF lasts only 10 days -- let the Cinematheque feed your love of film for the rest of the year!
