I Was Not Alone
17-27 February
İstanbul Modern Cinema, in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada, presents recent Canadian films focusing on identity. Based on the forms, quests, and pangs of identity defined by modern life, the program includes six films ranging from Defendor, starring Woody Harrelson, to I Killed My Mother, which has been picking up awards from each festival it goes to.
AWAY FROM HER, 2006
Canada | 35mm, Color, 110' | English
Director: Sarah Polley
Cast: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent
I KILLED MY MOTHER (J'AI TUÉ MA MÈRE), 2010
Canada | 35mm, Color, 95’ | English, French
Director: Xavier Dolan
Cast: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, François Arnaud
DEFENDOR, 2009
Canada, USA | 35mm, Color, 101' | English
Director: Peter Stebbings
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh
THE AGE OF IGNORANCE (L'ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES), 2007
Canada, France | 35mm, Color, 104' | English, French
Director: Denys Arcand
Cast: Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard
TWICE A WOMAN (2 FOIS UNE FEMME), 2010
Canada | 35mm, Color, 94’ | French
Director: François Delisle
Cast: Evelyne Rompré, Marc Béland, Marie Brassard
HEAVEN ON EARTH, 2008
Canada | 35mm, Color, 106’ | English, Punjabi
Director: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Preity Zinta, Gick Grewal, Vansh Bhardwaj