Film POP Picks from the Programmer

Quinn Caruana is one of the main organizers of Film POP this year and when she asked me to help spread the word on a special Film POP event, a Master Class for makers, I asked her to make some picks for our readers (fair deals! =) - the films she’s most personally excited about. So here’s Quinn’s list, and below that is info on the master class Film POP is organizing with the creator of Grey Gardens!

THURS:
“i Met the Walrus” short by Josh Rankin w illustartions by James Braithwaite
then,
“Half-Japanese” Jeff Feuerzeig (the devil and daniel johnston) doc, followed by live performance, w mudboy and dishwasher
FRI:
“Tragedy: the Story of Queensbridge” doc by Booker Sim
SAT:
“Death to the Tin Man” short by Ray Tintori
“Girls Rock!” doc on an experiment in empowerment: all all-girls rock n roll camp
by Arne Johnson and Shane King….broke my heart, made me cry, every girl and woman should see it.
SUN:
“Sounds of the Surreal” and “Monsters From the ID” live scores by Gary Lucas to silent experimental film from 1920 France and Russia & horror and sci-fi slips respectively

Sat Master Class:

Legendary American filmmaker Albert Maysles has been invited to the upcoming Film Pop Festival, in conjunction with the Pop Montreal International Music Festival. The highlight of this visit will be a three-hour master class presented by the National Film Board of Canada, and in collaboration with les RIDM and FASA, made accessible for both students and professionals on Saturday, October 6th, 2007, from 2:30 at the Tanna Schulich Hall.

Known the world over for his remarkable humanism, lauded by all ranks of the cinema industry, it is a tremendous honour for the Film Pop festival to welcome this luminary so that he may share his insights with Montreal’s ever-expanding artistic community through an enlightening class led by local critic and academic Matthew Hayes.

We decided to do this event at the university in order to introduce this venerable player on the international documentary stage to the upcoming generation of filmmakers at an affordable rate.

Besides the master class, Albert Maysles will be participating in a Q&A session following a projection of his cult classic, Grey Gardens, at 7:30pm that same Saturday in the H-110 amphitheater, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. 5$/students, 8$/general admission, free for Pop Montreal pass holders.

“My films stick firmly to the belief that the lives of individuals can be transformed into works of art that can help us better understand one another.” - A. Maysles

Master Class: RSVP required at : maysles @popmontreal.com $15 stud, $30 gen. admin.