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Closer You Get to Canada

The Closer You Get to Canada

John Bolton, Vancouver, Canada

  • Country: Canada
  • Year: 2010
  • Language: English
  • Producer: Les Lukacs
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  • Screenplay: John Bolton
  • Runtime: 11
  • Programmes:

Adapted from Thomas King’s darkly comic story, two old friends trapped in a futuristic American seniors’ residence try to escape to Canada.

Adaptation,  Canada,  Short Film,  Violence,  Comedy

Films in Short Cuts Canada: Programme 4

Trenches

Claude Cloutier

Trench warfare is brought to harrowing life as Claude Cloutier creates a high-stakes world of physical and psychological dangers, by animating archival images with India ink.

Living History

Isaac Cravit

Living History follows a father and his teenaged son as they make their way to the annual reenactment of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

Closer You Get to Canada

John Bolton

Adapted from Thomas King’s darkly comic story, two old friends trapped in a futuristic American seniors’ residence try to escape to Canada.

Interregnum

Nick Fox-Gieg

As a Nazi-occupied France has a population under threat, one man’s attempt to thwart a corrupted system shapes a dramatic sequence of events.

Woman Waiting

Antoine Bourges

A middle-aged woman searches for a place to live in Vancouver. The system should be there to assist her, but amidst all the red tape of applications and waiting periods, she longs for human help.

MANÈGES

Sophie Goyette

Trying to avoid some big decisions, Nadège spends a restless night at an arcade and go-kart track.

Wapawekka

Danis Goulet

Josh and his father visit their family cottage for the last time. They are leaving their traditional Cree territory, but Josh has already adopted an urban lifestyle and finds it hard to relate to his heritage.

screening times

    • Monday September 13
    • 6:30:00 PM
    • JACKMAN HALL - AGO
    • Tuesday September 14
    • 5:00:00 PM
    • JACKMAN HALL - AGO

Note: indicates Premium Screening.

official description

Adapted from Thomas King’s celebrated, darkly comic story, two old friends trapped in a dystopic American seniors’ game preserve try to escape to Canada. As hunting season begins, they get their chance. But is the grass always greener on the other side? A striking film that plays with themes of patriotism, state security and personal liberties. MS

director bio

John Bolton was born in Vancouver and studied English, film and theatre at the University of British Columbia. He has directed the short films Beethoven Opus 59 No 3 Allegro Molto (04), The Harp (05), Breakdown (06), Christus Vincit (06), Valentines (08), Flame/Through Walls (10) and The Closer You Get to Canada (10), as well as the feature film The Water Game (01) and the television documentary 12 Takes (10)

full credits

Principal Cast: Gordon Tootoosis, Alex Diakun, Shirley Broderick
Producer: Les Lukacs
Cinematographer: Carl Bessai
Editor: Jenn Strom
Sound: Kirby Jinnah
Production Designer: Roxana Chapela

Canadian Distributor: Ouat Media    
Production Company: Simplicity Media
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