The Cinema Travellers

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
The Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library - University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB
Admission by Donation | FREE for Students w/ ID

After our Summer break, we are really excited to present "The Cinema Travellers" (India, 2006) as part of our opening 2017/2018 Season!
Here's the synopsis:

Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India once every year. Seven decades on, as their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, their patrons are lured by slick digital technology. A benevolent showman, a shrewd exhibitor and a maverick projector mechanic bear a beautiful burden - to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running.

A film by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya.

30 minutes Q&A via Skype with Amit to follow the screening.

Press Reviews:
"Whatever masterpieces, if any, bow at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, it is likely none will communicate the excitement engendered by movies more headily than The Cinema Travellers." - Graham Fuller, Screen Guardian.

"The most involving films on film history included [...] “The Cinema Travellers,” which follows exhibitors who show films in fairground tents in the remotest parts of India." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times.

"Although The Cinema Travelers simply could have been a sad chronicling of the struggles of a once-vibrant industry in its final throws, its triumph lies in how it also captures the magic of this unique, collective movie-watching experience." - Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter.

"A wise and wistful documentary that puts things in perspective by inviting viewers not to think of new ripples in the landscape (e.g. Netflix and VOD) as signs of decay, but rather as the symptoms of a form that’s simply shedding its skin." - David Ehrlich, Indie Wire.

"An evocative, subtle and heartfelt snapshot, it also refrains from sentimentality. For all the fondness for the old, there’s equal thrill of the new." - Benjamin Lee, The Guardian.

Awards for The Cinema Travellers:
Cannes Film Festival – L’Œil d’or: Le Prix du documentaire Special Mention
Batumi International Art House Film Festival – Best Documentary Award
New Hampshire Film Festival – Grande Jury Award
Mumbai Film Festival – Young Critics’ Choice Award and India Gold Special Mention
Hawaii International Film Festival – Golden Orchid Award for Best Documentary
Anchorage International Film Festival – Doc Jury Award
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival – Audience Prize
Documentary Edge Festival – Special Mention: Best International Director
National Film Awards India – Special Jury Award: Best Non Fiction Film
Indian Film Festival Stuttgart – Best Documentary

All seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early.
Free for students with ID and community by donation ($5.00 – $10.00 suggested)
All proceeds go towards the Campus Food Bank.

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