ReelHeART International Film Festival

Theater 222,  Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)

‘Syndicate’ is a visually riveting music video for the Dublin-based band, ‘Future Kings of Spain.’ The piece cleverly illuminates the band’s dark humor and self-effacing style, synergizing song and video to create a pulsing, narratively-compelling whole.

To obey with your eyes shut is the onset of panic – Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
The non-verbal film Victims offers dreamlike images of a cultur caught in madness. The starting point is a private 16mm b&w foundfootage material from Austria in 1938. We all know the tragic story of Europe during the Third Reich and this makes it painful to watch people living their everyday life, believing in the propaganda that lead to the Second World War.

Programmers’ Note: This film will get a ton of feedback from any viewer that knows their histrory. It’s scary, clever and riveting. We applaud the Nino for combing history and ART is such a compelling way for our audience…

An insiders POV to a special ballet at the Teatro alla Scala. Stars and music backstage, on stage and in the streets of Milano. The performance was filmed on the occasion of a special New Year’s eve ballet performance at the Scala de Milano 2007/2008. You’ll get to feel the atmosphere and energy of the last rehearsals, backstage and on stage an idea of the show and the magic of the city of Milan.

Death is inevitable, yet we spend most of our lives trying to ignore that fact. On the surface this film is about death and dying, yet it’s really about living, and about learning to face our own mortality. This film follows two extraordinary women who are facing death head on. Both have been told they have only months to live, yet they face each new day with resolution and a level of calm.