RANDOM ACTS OF ROMANCE - THE PROVINCE: Vancouver International Film Festival feeds on '50-kilometre' diet
By Glen Schaefer
September 6, 2012
Midnight's Children, Canadian director Deepa Mehta's movie adaptation of the Salman Rushdie novel, will open this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.
The festival finalized its lineup Wednesday, with Mehta's Canadian-Indian co-production get-ting the gala opening spot Sept. 27. Rushdie wrote the screenplay and supplied the narration for the film, which tells the story of Hindu and Muslim babies switched after their birth in 1947, at midnight of the day India gained independence.
The 16-day festival screens more than 380 features, documentaries and short films from 75 countries, but Wednesday's announcement highlighted the 100-odd Canadian films on the bill...
... The B.C.-made films this year include feature films directed by Mark Sawers (the political stalker comedy Camera Shy), co-directors Terry Miles and Kristine Cofsky (the arrested-development tale In No Particular Order), Jesse James Miller (the 1970s coming-of-age fable Becoming Redwood), Katrin Bowen (Amanda Tapping heads the cast of the multi-couple story Random Acts of Romance) and Bruce Sweeney (the thriller The Crimes of Mike Recket)...
The Vancouver International Film Festival runs September 27 to October 12, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
TAKE YOUR MARK! VIFF's on-line film guide launches noon on Monday Sept. 10. Check back then for full details.
One of the largest film festivals in North America, VIFF brings Vancouver audiences some of the best films from around the globe. This year's Festival is sure to showcase cinematic gems that you won't want to miss.
RANDOM ACTS OF ROMANCE Katrin Bowen, BC
Katrin Bowen (Amazon Falls, VIFF 2010) returns with a feature comedy about the crazy and obsessive behaviours that spring from that thing called love. The story is punctuated by moments of uncomfortably illuminating hilarity, as characters confront the brittleness of relationships.
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