Tickets are only $10 and includes a FREE raffle ticket for great prizes.

• Date: Thursday May 31
• Time: 7:00PM
• Where: Harbourfront Community Centre – Assembly Room “C”
• 627 Queens Quay West,  Toronto, ON M5V 3G3  Map
  (Bathurst Street Car – Bottom of Bathurst Street, Queen’s Quay stop)

“Sometimes you have to get lost to figure out where you’re going…”

Aaron Stanford and Jacob Fishel in Post 9/11 Drama "How I Got Lost"

**Feature Film**

“How I GOT LOST”
Director, Joe Leonard (USA)
1:28:00 (For trailer click Here)

“How I Got Lost” follows two twenty-something buddies trying to cope with post-9/11 life by temporarily fleeing New York to work through personal issues of grief, romantic angst and contemporary malaise.

Originally a short film, writer-director Joe Leonard makes a generational statement about young Gothamites whose dreams and illusions were dashed in the wake of 9/11, weaving feelings of anger and confusion into a road-trip drama. The trip is scenic and the drama well played with great deep character portrayals by un-known actors.

Director of Photography Christopher Chambers  makes this a visually polished film that achieves the desired contrast between the hustle-and-bustle of New York and the characters’ countryside (shot in Leonard’s native St. Louis) journey.

Please support this film and join us at the screening.

“How I Got Lost” is a great example of why independent film ideas drive the box office when we look for something and some new and fresh in film. “How I Got Lost” has won awards over the USA and this past June at ReelHeART, won “The Founder’s Award” (Best of The Fest).

Also Screening:
“The Architect” by Joshua Demers (CAN)

All Original. All Indie… The ReelHeART Monthly Film Series…

**Start Time 7:30PM**

Best Actor Winner Narinder Samra star of "Land Gold Women"

“Land Gold Women” was the **Official Opening Night Film for ReelHeART 2011** and packed the house! Let’s do it again with a new audience in our new home at the great Toronto Rep theater — The Projection Booth 1035 Gerrard Street East. Phone 416-466-3636–

**Feature Film**
“Land Gold Women”
Director, Avantika Hari
India, United Kingdom
1:49:00 (For Trailer click Here)

In this poignant film, Nazir Ali Khan (played with subtle intensity by British-Asian actor Narinder Samra) is an immigrant Indian professor at a university in Birmingham, England who lives with his wife, teenage son and daughter with whom he shares a great relationship and indulges their love for all things English. But, when his beloved daughter is found in an illicit relationship, Nazir finds himself suddenly on the brink of a tough decision to make as a Muslim patriarch.

“Land Gold Women” won The National Award in India 2010 and this past June at ReelHeART, won 2nd Place Feature Film, Best Cinematography and Best Actor for Narinder Samra.

Samra works in Bollywood, Hindi films as well as UK and American HBO features and theatrical films. For 6 years he played the character of Imran Jilani on the BBC Asian network’s radio drama “Silver Street”. As well as roles in the British serials “Dirty War” and “Doctors”, and starred with Hong Kong sensation Jet Lee in “The One“.

To read an interview with Narinder Samra, Please click here.

ReelHeART 2012 is only 2 months away. Let’s ramp up to another great festival with tons of fun and great films from around the World-

See You There!

The Projection Booth

• 1035 Gerrard Street East, Easy to get to Take College Street car #506 to Gerrard and Jones

ReelHeART Monthly Series shines a spotlight on the short, dark comedy, “My Last Confession” and a table read of “Donny’s Day” dramatized by the accomplished group of actors that helped make it one of the funniest Fringe Toronto hits of 2009. Both were written and directed by Award winner David Finley.

My Last Confession, written and directed by David Finley

Join us for a very Special night, Friday May 20th at 7:30PM

• COST: “Dinner and A Movie” $25 (includes HST) or Film Only $10
• 5:30PM Dinner and Cocktails Start
• 7:30PM Admission for Film & Live Read Start
• 7:45PM Doors Close
• 8:00PM Sharp! Film Starts
• Where: Southern Accent Restaurant (Upstairs)
• 595 Markham Street
• For more information and to RSVP your Dinner seat call 416-536-3211

David Finley is a long-time TV writer, filmmaker and published writer of short fiction. In 1996 he was a Gemini Award Nominee for Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program. In 2003, he received an Award of Excellence from The Alliance For Children and Television.

David won the 2005 prestigious Dora Award for outstanding New Musical for “Aladdin”, nominated again in 2006 for “Snow White and the Group of Seven”.

His short film, “My Last Confession” from 2006, screened at 40 International Film Festivals in 12 countries and it has won several awards and nominations. “My Last Confession” is the story of 13-year-old Danny Riley’s dark, yet humorous, look at the more interesting practices of the Catholic Church and confessions on the most grievous of all sins: “impure thoughts and deeds”, especially when the scariest priest to ever walk the earth is the one who sits in judgment.

In 2008, David started working on “Donny’s Day”, a broad comedy about one day in the life of Eddie Kowalski – an alcoholic, commitment-phobic, chronically procrastinating, and wannabe writer wise-ass. “Donny’s Day” was David’s theatrical directing debut and true to form he packed the house every night with his latest hit.

Currently, David has a youth-oriented half-hour sci-fi TV comedy in development and several other things on his mind…

“Donny’s Day”

4-Star Review – EYE WEEKLY
The day that this well-written and funny play chronicles actually belongs to Eddie (Timothy Walker), and Eddie is having a very shouty day indeed. He’s been fired from his lackluster job only to be serially dumped by his shrill (and yet strangely lisping) girlfriend, his borderline-abusive AA sponsor and his wildly unorthodox therapist, sending him into the open, grasping arms of his enabling bartender.

Walker invests sad-sack Eddie with enough dry snark to keep him afloat through one shitstorm after another while the whole cast digs happily into David Finley’s script, which is both crisp and clever.

This is the May installment of the Monthly Film Series put on by ReelHeART International Film Festival.

Please join us for the 7th Annual ReelHeART International Film Festival, June 20-25, 2011

Program is and advance ticket sales are online now at www.reelheart.com

SPRING IS FINALLY HERE !

ReelHeART has grown over the past 7 seasons and so should you.

Join us for a series of fascinating docs on Growing! and get a FREE Packet of Seeds so you can show off your own GREEN Thumb!

• COST: Dinner and A Movie $25 (includes HST)
• Film Only $10
• 5:30PM Dinner and Cocktails Starts
• 7:30PM Admission for Film Starts
• 7:45 Doors Close
• 8:00PM Sharp! Film Starts
• Southern Accent Restaurant (Upstairs)
• 595 Markham Street
• For more information call 416-536-3211

*The Enlightened Time* , Music Video
Featuring the beautiful GRAMMY nominated Jana Mashonee

*Lévesque et fils, maraîcher(s)*
Director, Nicolas Lévesque, QUE/CAN

It’s the end of another vegetable-producing season in Québec, Canada. Nature takes over and time does its work. We follow a market gardener close to the end of his career, searching for someone to take over his agricultural business. A documentary film which examines family relationships as well as the problems facing Québec farmers.  See Trailer

*The Healing Gardens of New York*
Director, Alexandra Isles, USA
chronicles stories of New York lives and communities transformed by gardens and green spaces created in response to crime, neglect, poverty and urban decay.

*The Mighty Humble Blueberry*
Director, Nancy O’Mallon
Sounds crazy but this doc “BLUE” everyone away . Greatly researched, this doc unearths the story of the versatile, delicious American blueberry and the herstory of the woman who dedicated her life to bringing the fruit into cultivation and taming the wild blueberry.  See Trailer

See you There!

Thursday March 24th 2011

In partnership with Southern Accent Restaurant, enjoy an awesome Creole, Cajun Meal with all the trimmin’s in one of the Mardi Gras themed dining rooms and then move upstairs for a selection of Three Short Films made by Women from the ReelHeART Archives. Don’t miss these award winning films!

• Cost: $25 (includes HST) or Film Only $10
• 5:30PM Dinner and Cocktails Starts
• 7:30PM Admission for Film Starts
• 8:00PM Sharp! Film Starts
• For more information call 416-536-3211

**Featured Films**

*Ten Souls Rising* dir. Emily Rosdeitcher – The incredibly taut story of Eight New Yorkers and two French tourists who get stuck in an elevator in a New York City.

*A Place Like This* dir. Yvonne Kenney – We go beyond the “No Visitors” sign of an increasingly rare institution, a Catholic-run women’s residence in New York City, and focus on the emotional worlds of its diverse and eccentric residents as we watch these women pursue their dreams and wrestle their demons.

*Pilar* dir. Leda Maliga – Of particular controversy in the medical and educational communities is the use of cochlear implants. Pilar was born almost completely deaf and grew up expressing herself through her art in the hearing world. In her late 20’s she participated in a study on the cochlear implant and began a journey into a world of sound. This is a heartfelt portrait of Pilar as she overcomes obstacles with inspiring humor and grace…

Thursday, February 24th 2011

In partnership with Southern Accent Restaurant, you’ll warm up your innards with an awesome Creole, Cajun Meal with all the trimmin’s in one of the Mardi Gras themed dining rooms and then move upstairs for a selection of Three Short Films with a Chinese influence from the ReelHeART Archives.

AND… you get Free Movie Snacks and a Free Raffle Ticket for cool prizes!

Cost: $25 (includes HST) or Film Only $10
5:30PM Dinner and Cocktails Starts
7:30PM Admission for Film Starts
8:00PM Sharp! Film Starts
For more information call 416-536-3211

Films from China:

Solutions (Director, Kim Wai Yuen, Hong Kong, China, 2006): Short film about a man who “stamps” women he pursues. Yi Dan, a lonely woman finds that life is nothing but boredom and emotional pain. She invents a little game; sending postcards that publicize ‘crimes of the heart’ committed by uncaring men she’s never met. Yan Song, works as a washroom attendant who accidentally discovers a game of his own, stabbing women’s buttocks. The director says his film’s “mark your target-stamping-game” was inspired by the Animal Channel…

Night Out (Director, Wei Chen, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006): Short film about the myth behind the Ku-Nian Temple – Night Out focuses on the myth behind the Ku-Nian Temple “A holy land for no man” for girls who die young and whose spirits contact young male travelers, while villagers pray for their souls. One traveler falls in love with a ghost and tries to create a dialogue between the real and illusion, hunting for “touchable” reality.

Asian Task Force (Director, William Lu, Taiwan, 2008): Short film spoof of 90’s cops shows but with ‘Asians’ – In this spoof of a 90’s cop show, an elite police force is assembled to investigate Asian crimes in Southern California. In this “pilot episode” A.T.F. is on their first mission to take down one of Los Angeles’ most nefarious drug lords, Francisco Montablan.

In William Lu’s words : “With Asian Task Force, I fulfilled a long dream of mine, working in the action genre (and screening at Comic Con). Since I had just done a short with Asian mothers, I felt I owed my dad a film. Again, I was blessed with a great cast and crew. Our last project with the Sony Z1U.” See Trailer …

]]> http://reelheart.net/monthly/?feed=rss2&p=85 0 http://reelheart.net/monthly/?p=71 http://reelheart.net/monthly/?p=71#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:00:23 +0000 admin http://www.reelheart.com/monthly/?p=71 Feature Movie For January 2011: Knuckle Draggers

The feature film is Knuckle Draggers directed by Alex Ranarivelo, starring Scottish heart throb Ross McCall (Band of Brothers) , Paul J. Alessi and Omar Gooding.

Ethan, an all around nice guy, gets dumped for failing to provide his fiancée with the plush life her friends are living. Desperate to get her back, he seeks help from his older brother Kyle, a tough talking sexist who seems to have a way with the ladies. Kyle gives Ethan a crash course on women, and just when it seems his misogynistic theories are proving themselves true, things take an unexpected turn.

BAM! ReelHeART is Turning Up the Heat Y’all…

• Dinner & Movie: $25 Bucks
• Movie Only: $ 10.

In partnership with Southern Accent Restaurant, you’ll warm up your innards with an awesome Creole, Cajun Meal with all the trimmin’s in one of the Mardi Gras themed dining rooms and then move upstairs for a Feature Indie Film from one of 40 countries out of the ReelHeART Archives.

AND… you get Free Movie Snacks and a Free Raffle Ticket for cool prizes. Now that’s a hot start to a New Year!

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When: Thursday, January 27 · 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Where: Southern Accent Restaurant Cajun & Creole
595 Markham Street
Toronto, ON
Cost: Dinner & Movie $25 (includes HST) – Movie Only $ 10

• 5:00PM Come for Dinner and Cocktails anytime from 5PM on
• 8:00PM Upstairs, Film Starts

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“LIKE” the ‘Official’ ReelHeART FaceBook Page Today and WIN Dinner and a Movie for TWO!

See You There!

September’s re-launch party was a Total Blast!

Join us in our new home for the November installment featuring local indie actress and filmmaker **RHEA AKLER**

To round out the program we’ll screen a selection of short films on ‘relationships’ from around the world. Rhea won the ReelHeART Spirit Award in 2009. Come out and meet her and see why-

Other short films include:

• ‘Larry and Roz’ dir by Kristen Palana
• ‘My Silent Sadness’ dir Stephan Szpak-Fleet (Starring Larry Hankin)
• ‘Norman’ dir by Chris Cruse
• ‘Son’ dir Glynn Beard
• ‘The Beneficiary’ dir by Theodore Melfi (Starring John Kapelos, Ron Canada)

While you’re at Southern Accent sop our sponsors speciality brew or join our Festival Director for a Bourbon Sour. Get your free raffle ticket and then settle in with free movie snacks for a series of great short films from the ReelHeART Archives.

All Original. All Indie…

The ReelHeART Monthly Film Series

Upstairs – Southern Accent Restaurant
595 Markham Street
Toronto, ON

While you’re at Southern Accent sop our sponsors speciality brew or join our Festival Director for a Bourbon Sour. Get a raffle ticket and then settle in with free movie snacks for some of these great short films from the ReelHeART Archives.

Some funny. Some silly. All Indie…

• I’m Sorry You’re Perfect 2007, Music Video featuring The Squares-
• Betty’s Treats dir. Kaye Kittrell 2005, Set in 1957 is a comic love story with a twist-
• Intersection dir. Eric Haywood 2005, Set in California a tale about bad love and even worse driving-
• Hunter dir. Nigel Douglas 2007, Two men hunt the mysterious woman of their desires-
• Wine Bar dir. Christian Remde 2007, Ordering beer in a wine bar is one way to piss of the bartender-
• Featured Toronto Filmmaker **Jeffrey P. Nesker** with his film ‘Night Club Story’ 2009

The ReelHeART Monthly Film Series
Upstairs – Southern Accent Restaurant
595 Markham Street
Toronto, ON

And now a shout out to our friends at the Toronto Jay Variety Show!

Purchase Tickets Here $15 (button on the upper right)

The “Best of ReelHeART” Monthly Film Series returns to its new home Southern Accent Restaurant (595 Markham Street).  Please join us for a great night of food, fun and films from our favorite hometown boys, the Butler Brothers.

Brewing Independent Movies Since 2003, Jason Butler and Brett Butler have been garnering a sweet cult-like following at every film festival they screen at across North America.

At ReelHeART 2008, they won the ‘CODES Pro Media ReelHeART Spirit Award’ and in 2009 they came back to blow the doors off an SRO audience and win our  best of the fest ‘Founder’s Award’ with their film ‘The Notorious Newman Brothers’, a quirky gangster film with laughs galore.

Their latest entry is a poignant and and bittersweetly funny web series about two brothers and the crap that life throws at them.

1. Never Ending – Music Video – Sweden
2. Sneaky Snake, Lost In The Holy Land – Animation – USA
3. Klotz and Clumpen – Animation – Germany
4. Toronto Featured Filmmaker – Jason Butler and Brett Butler with their web series ‘Gut Rot‘

1. Never Ending
Director, Martin Chab, Sweden/Argentina

Never Ending is a dreamy music video featuring a hot guy in a bathtub full of bubbles in the middle of a field of flowers. Those Swedes…
Stats: Programmers’ Favorite ReelHeART 2007

2.Sneaky Snake, Lost In The Holy Land
Director, George Sanders, New York, NY

3.Klotz and Klumpen
Director, Stephan Sacher, Michael Herm Germany

4. Gut Rot (Series)
Starring Jason Butler and Brett Butler