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ZZ°WAIEmDOCllmlClE-W.Mlyl.20u , Seven day S in May l’ O 0 . . . . ; Pnncess Cinemas brmgs homegrown movies to annual Canada Film Days Festival & BY BOBVRMNAC What happened was a 10-year musical { Chmflifl? Sufi journey that was captured on film by Bruce : ‘J McDonald and collected on a haunting The Princess Cinemas have always been a & soundtrack that accompanies the film. place to showcase great Canadian cine~ Q; {5,5 “As they say the rest is history." said ma. Chiarelli, who will close this year‘s festival on“ But that programming would usually be 5 May 11 with a concert. “From there the idea drawn out over a month and would require * ~ ~ came and it slowlygrewinto this film. , the audience to work harder to try to find it. “It's incredible how you can come to a That's why the Princess reworked the for- ‘ turn in the road and find a whole other story. mat for the fifth annual Canadian Film Days . ' “' I got to jam with the inmates and I had to Festival starting May 5 at the local inde- T , ‘ . talk them into doing it, but i told them my pendent theatre. spreading it out over just story and they trusted me i guess because seven days with the hope ofbuilding critical they opened up and talked about their mass for the nation’s undiscovered jewels lives." ..lnstead of doing it over a month-and-a- D A . U While Chiarelli dives into the heart of half and having sporadic screenings of N A i ‘ , darkness, Ralph Zavadil who stars in Beauty Canadian cinema, we're actually committing Y S ‘ ;, ' Day will give the audience something com- ' to turning it into a festival." said John Tutt. D A _ , . ' " ' pletely different owner of the Princess. “It's a week‘long M 0 | ‘ _. r _ _-'; a. . f , A cable curiosity. Who some saywas the nugget of really good cinema. AL 2 if ‘ ‘ ‘ . precursor to the whole Jackass phenome- “lt puts a focus on it. and says ‘Hey folks, \V ;.‘- _, non. his homemade stunts and setups have let's look at what's going on right now in the ' "_ ' found a new audience in the documentary country." / ~ , a: . f about his antics The added bonus of the condensed ,/ r i' " . e fur.“ _ “Wethought about doingthisasalittle 15 schedule is that they'll also be able to bring v' ' , - bti' ' 54 minutes of Canadiana for the lntemet.’ said in the people intimately involved in the .- ’ vi Zavadil, who is as energetic in real life as the films including actors. writers and directors o' 1 ' -_ characters the filmmakers captured on and feature more interplay with the audi- " ' f, is we; screen. “The snowball kept rolling and all of ence. - a . ~ ' “ ~ 7;- a sudden we’re doing film festivals “These are people involved in the " . }‘ t 1. ”it's freaking me out â€" it really is. 1 process," said Tutti “This allows the audi- ‘ . . »*’ thought all ofthiswasway behind me.” ence to engage in the filmmaking process. . ‘ ;» Zavadil will also be demonstrating some which makes it more exciting." . 1 ' 1, . ,. of his homemade contraptions the day of That will put audiences on an more inti- 1 f ‘ ‘ i " ‘f Beauty Day’s screening May 9. including his mate level with people like blues artist Rita ' ' ' " fr , chainsaw-powered skateboard and his hip- Chiarelli. who will be playing some of the ' ‘1' .‘ 715 ’ pie van. music featured in the film Music from the » ”1 JV --’“‘ ‘ 'Comparing me to Jackass is just like Big House. (% g ~ is?» ‘ comparing a carrot to a piece of celery.” said The film started as one of those acciden- ~ f is, , é. ' “5.1 “ Zavadil about the differences in his perform- tal detours for Chiarelli, a Juno award-win- ‘ A, ; ‘;:.’_ ‘ "s 5" ’ ance art. “They're both vegetables but that's ning singer who has nine albums to her . . . ”if é; the onlythingtheyhaveincornmon.” credit, and was travelling in the deep south is. fig; The Canada Film Days Festival will also looking for the home of the delta blues. ‘ . - A -# ,. featured Oscar nominated lncendies, which She was looking for the famous cross- 51,3 Tim felt should have won an Oscar in Febru- roads where blues legend Robert Johnson . ai- > 9 ary. ' supposedly sold his soul to the devil, and i i" “The big film is Incendia,” said Tun. “it instead found another collection of lost got robbed but it will be playing for two or souls in the prisoners warehoused in Canadian Juno award-udmtlng bluesartistklta Oiiarelliperformsafterasaeenhgofthe threescreeninp. ‘ Louisiana State Penitentiary. movie documenting her discovery of the stories behind the music It the Louisiana State Peni- ‘lt’s in the mix with two or three of the Chiarelli literally made a wrong turn and tentiary also know as Angola. eta-mm documentaries, but as a national cinema cameacrosswhatisalsokrmmAngolain youneverknowwhatwillbeproducedyear so much music and storytelling from the blues but these amazing musicians who also research on where lead Belly had been and to yearand it'sexdtingto see it." area She doesn't know exactly why she did lived them too. the rich musical history in that area." said The festival kicks 06 May 5 with a collec- 1 it but she decided to ask for a tour. and she "l hadn't planned on going there but 1 Chiarelli. 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