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POSTED: 30 MAY 2010

Canadian filmmakers bring courage, vision & independence to Sydney*

Possible Worlds, Sydney’s annual Canadian film festival, celebrates its fifth year in early August, showcasing the best new films made in Canada. The first and only annual Canadian film festival outside Canada, Possible Worlds is fast becoming a cornerstone of the Australian cultural calendar.

Possible Worlds will run from August 2 to 8, featuring a week of film premieres, filmmaker Q&As, industry talks and parties. Dendy Opera Quays and Dendy Newtown, the host cinemas, will joined by a multitude of site-specific screenings and parties around Sydney, with venues including Seymour Centre, Gleebooks, Fraser Studio and St Stephen’s Church Hall, Newtown.

Audiences can look forward to brand-new films in both French and English, many screening in Australia for the first time.

Features, documentaries and short films are presented by programmers and visiting filmmakers and the audience is invited to vote for the prestigious Audience Award for Best Film.

The full program will be revealed on Canada Day, 1 July.

“The Festival has grown in leaps and bounds over the past five years ... a reflection of local audiences’ insatiable appetite for world cinema. Filmlovers know Possible Worlds as a friendly, inclusive celebration of a cinema both strangely familiar and refreshingly different,” said Artistic Director Matt Ravier.

“This year we invite everyone to join us as we discover a cinema as entertaining as it is thought-provoking, infused with courage, vision and independence. In a society dominated by stories and images manufactured in and influenced by Hollywood, Canadian cinema has emerged as a vibrant alternative, offering a smart new perspective on the world we live in.”

For details about the festival visit www.possibleworlds.net.au.

*Based on media release issued by www.possibleworlds.net.au.

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