DOC NYC
November 6-15, 2019
Various locations
New York, NY
Documentary storytelling is flourishing like never before – encompassing reportage, memoir, history, humor and more. DOC NYC celebrates its tenth anniversary, a documentary film festival that was hailed as “ambitious” (New York Times) and “selective but eclectic” (Village Voice). This year, ten Canadian productions and filmmakers will be featured. Do not miss out this great event that highlights Canadian talent!
Features
This is Not a Movie
November 8, 6:00 PM
The Pickup Game
November 8, 9:25 PM
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
November 6, 2019, 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM
Shella Record – A Reggae Mystery
November 10, 2019, 6:15 PM
Killing Patient Zero
November 10, 2019, 9:05 PM
My Dads, My Moms and Me
November 11, 2019, 7:30 PM
Short Films
In Dog Years
November 9, 2019, 10:15 AM
Love Letters from Everest
November 11, 2019, 5:10 PM
Broken Orchestra
November 11, 2019, 5:25 PM
Ataguttak the Hunter
November 13, 2019, 5:00 PM
Fast Horse
November 13, 2019, 9:35 PM
San Francisco Dance Film Festival – Screening of Betroffenheit
November 3, 2019
Delancey Street Screening Room
600 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94107
The Consulate General of Canada San Francisco | Silicon Valley is proud to be a co-presenter of Betroffenheit at this year’s San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Created by Canadians Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, the award-winning film is a boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance that explores the psychological states of trauma, grief, and addiction. In addition to the screening, co-creator Jonathon Young will be in attendance. Do not miss this riveting Canadian film and the opportunity to hear from one of its creators!
Book Reading/Discussion: Hunting the Northern Character, by Tony Penikett
November 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm
University of Washington, Seattle, Communications Building, Room 120 (followed by reception hosted in Room 204)
4109 E Stevens Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195
The Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; Quaternary Research Center’s 50th Anniversary Lecture Series; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; and the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle present: Book Reading/Discussion: Hunting the Northern Character, by Tony Penikett.
We often hear world leaders, environmentalists, and the media invoke “the northern character” and “Arctic identity,” but what do these terms mean, exactly? Stereotypes abound, but these southern perspectives fail to capture northern realities. During decades of service as a legislator, mediator, and negotiator, Tony Penikett witnessed a new northern consciousness grow out of the challenges of the Cold War, climate change, land rights struggles, and the boom and bust of resource megaprojects. In Hunting the Northern Character, Penikett argues that the negotiation of Indigenous land rights treaties and self-government agreements in Alaska, Northern Canada and Greenland over the last fifty years have totally transformed the character of the Arctic, in ways the capital cities of Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States do not yet recognize.
RSVP by Friday, November 1, 2019 to canada@uw.edu (the first 15 to register will receive a free copy of Hunting the Northern Character!)
Sound Unseen Film Festival
November 12-17, 2019
Trylon Cinema
2820 East 33rd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Screening three Canadian films – Gordon LIghtfoot: If you could Read My Mind (paying homage to Canada and the talents of their most celebrated son, Gordon Lightfood) Pipe Dreams (following 5 organists as they compete in Canada’s International Organ Competition), and Who Let the Dogs Out (“Who Let the Dogs Out” is a song that has transcended generations, and has led Ben Sisto to dedicate eight years exploring and exposing a story steeped in show business, legal battles, female empowerment, artistic integrity, and one very catchy hook”)
Cultivate Conference
November 14, 2019
Avalon Events Center
2525 9th Avenue S.
Fargo, ND 58103
Canadian Trade Commissioner (Agrifood), three Canadian AgTech Founders and CEOs will speak at the 3rd Annual Cultivate Conference on emerging technology in Agriculture. The event will feature short TED-style talks and a farmers’ panel focusing on emerging technologies in agriculture. Speakers will share their experience, developments, and challenges. Topics will cover a wide array of the AgTech industry, from software applications, precision agriculture, drones, to alternative farming methods.
Exhibition Opening Reception
November 20, 2019
Bernis Center
724 S. 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts invites the public to the opening of Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens: “Look, it’s daybreak, dear, time to sing.” Artist duo Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens are Montreal and Vancouver-based artists working in collaboration since 2002. These two Canadian artists’ works examine points of contact between birds and humans in an effort to expand and thicken the meaning of hospitality, care, communication, and attentiveness between species. This exhibition is sponsored, in part, by Douglas County, Nebraska; Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment; Omaha Steaks; and Security National Bank and is presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis.
Artist Talk with Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens
November 23, 2019
Bernis Center
724 S. 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the multimedia practice of artists Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, whose projects have been shown in biennials and exhibitions around the world. In this presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A, they will discuss the questions that drive their practice, their singular approach to research, the ways in which they develop their ambitious projects, and their production strategies. Join us for this first consideration of” Look, it’s daybreak, dear, time to sing” in the broader context of Ibghy and Lemmens’s practice and contribute to this initial step in our interpretative journey.