Cam Carpenter, NXNE Film Programming Manager, is pumped about this year’s incredibly diverse and unique projects.
“The film fest is kicking of NXNE so we’re running films before the music starts, which means it’s sort of standing alone for the first time,” he explained. “It’s great because so many people are coming in and have crammed schedules where sometimes they don’t have the chance to see the movies.”
Also, going into the 14th year of NXNE Film, all the featured films are about a myriad of topics, not just exclusively about music, which in the past they were. “With the 20th anniversary of NXNE, we decided to open it up and make it a bigger film fest, so we opened it up to every genre. It’s a big experiment but we’re excited.”
A few highlights:
– “Boyhood,” written and directed by Richard Linklater and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane and Ethan Hawke. “It played at Sundance and Berlin, and it’s premiering in Canada here. To have the Canadian premiere is fantastic!”
– “Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back – The Quiet Riot Movie,” which is, “A great Quiet Riot movie with Frankie Banali and he’ll be up to talk about the movie as well.”
– “La Voz De Los Silenciados”, a silent film about South American deaf children who are brought to NY. “It’s very intense and based on a real story.”
– “Born To Ruin,” another Canadian rock band film that follows Toronto-based group Wildlife.
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