Docs opening this week (March 24-30)

It’s a sleepy week on the doc front. No new openers hit the screens, so doc fans have the chance to catch up on some of the non-fiction films they missed as they enjoy second runs and encore screenings. Cat doc Kedi continues to make good use of its nine lives as it expands to new locations and enjoys holdovers in theatres frequented by cat people. Canadian docs The Gardener, Angry Inuk, Call of the Forest and Ice Guardians add an extra screen in new venues, too, and extend their runs.

Fewer theatrical openings, though, mean that more festivals are popping up. Among the new festivals with a doc focus include Toronto Banff Film Festival, Water Docs and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which includes Girl Unbound, Black Code and Alanis Obomsawin’s We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice.

Opening this Week:

Angry Inuk | Feature | Review
Dir. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | Canada | 85 min.
-Guelph, ON: Bookshelf Cinema – Tues, Mar. 28 – Wed, Mar. 29

Call of the Forest
Dir. Jeff McKay | Canada | 82 min.
-Kitchener-Waterloo: Princess Cinema – Thurs, Mar. 23 – Fri, Mar. 24

Burden
Dir. Richard Dewey, Timothy Marrinan | USA | 88 min.
-Calgary, AB: Globe Cinema – Fri, Mar. 24; Sun. Mar. 26; Wed, Mar. 29

Franca: Chaos and Creation
Dir. Francesco Carrozzini | USA/Italy | 80 min.
-Vancouver, BC: Vancity Theatre – Fri, Mar. 24; Sun, Mar. 26; Wed, Mar. 29

The Gardener
Dir. Sébastien Chabot | Canada | 88 min.
-Montreal, QC: Cinema du Parc – Fri, Mar. 24 – Thurs, Mar. 30
-Sherbrooke, QC: Maison du cinema – Fri, Mar. 24 – Thurs, Mar. 30

Gentrified
Dir. Jason Black | USA | 120 min.
-Ottawa, ON: Mayfair Theatre – Sun, Mar. 26

Ice Guardians
Dir. Brett Harvey | Canada/Ireland/USA | 108 min.
-Vancouver, BC: Rio Theatre – Thurs, Mar. 30
—>Special fundraiser screening featuring a Q&A with Vancouver Canuck Gino Odjick, as well as the filmmakers

Kedi
Dir. Ceyda Torun | Turkey/USA | 79 min.
-Cobourg, ON: Cobourg Loft – Fri, Mar. 24 – Sat, Mar. 25
-Kingston, ON: The Screening Room – Sat, Mar. 25; Tues, Mar. 28 – Thurs, Mar. 30
-Ottawa, ON: Mayfair Theatre – Sat, Mar. 25 – Sun, Mar. 26; Tues, Mar. 28 – Thurs, Mar. 30
-Vancouver, BC: Vancity Theatre – Fri, Mar. 24 – Wed, Mar. 29
-Victoria, BC: The Vic – Fri, Mar. 24; Sun, Mar. 26 – Thurs, Mar. 30

Looking for Infinity: El Camino
Dir. Aaron Leaman | United Kingdom | 60 min.
-Ottawa, ON: Mayfair Theatre – Fri, Mar. 24 – Sat, Mar. 25; Mon, Mar. 27
-Vancouver, BC: Rio Theatre – Sun, Mar. 26

Mr. Gaga
Dir. Tomer Heyman | Israel | 100 min.
-Victoria, BC: Cinecenta – Sun, Mar. 26 – Tues, Mar. 28

My Scientology Movie
Dir. John Dowler and Louis Theroux | UK | 100 min.
-Victoria, BC: The Vic – Fri, Mar. 24 – Sun, Mar. 26

The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent
Dir. Brigitte Berman | Canada | 104 min.
-Kitchener-Waterloo: Princess Cinema – Fri, Mar. 24 – Sat, Mar. 25

Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
Dir. Peter Raymont | Canada | 90 min.
-Ottawa, ON: ByTowne Cinema – Sun, Mar. 26 – Mon, Mar. 27

Via: POV Magazine