Gimli Film Festival Program 2018 7207 GFF 2018 Program FINAL LR | Page 18

ASPIRE THEATRE | 10 PM | SAT, JULY 28
ASPIRE THEATRE | 8 PM | SUN, JULY 29
COCOTE
14A | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / ARGENTINA / GERMANY | 2017 | 106 m
Spanish | English Subtitles | Premiere: Manitoba
NELSON CARLO DE LOS SANTOS ARIAS
Cocote is the story of Alberto, a gardener who returns to his native town to attend
the funeral of his father, murdered by a policeman. Here he must reconcile his new
Evangelical beliefs with the Indigenous traditions and rituals of his village all while
seeking retribution for his father’s killing.
GIMLI THEATRE | 10 AM | FRI, JULY 27
GIMLI THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28
CUSTODY (JUSQU’À L A GARDE)
14A | FRANCE | 2017 | 93 m | French | English Subtitles | Premiere: Manitoba
XAVIER LEGRAND
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 10 AM | THURS, JULY 26
GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27
LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29
MISE DUCATION OF CAME RON POST, THE
14A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 90 m | English | Premiere: Western Canada
Awards: Grand Jury Prize, 2018 Sundance
DESIREE AKHAVAN
In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her
conservative guardians.
LADY OF THE LAKE THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27
GIMLI LUTHERAN CHURCH THEATRE | 5:30 PM | SAT, JULY 28
NEVE R STE ADY, NEVE R STILL
PG | CANADA | 2017 | 112 m | English
Awards: Emerging Canadian Director Award, Vancouver IFF 2017
KATHLEEN HEPBURN **FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE**
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson’s
disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the
violence of Alberta’s oil field work camps.
GIMLI THEATRE | 8 PM | FRI, JULY 27
GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM | SUN, JULY 29
RIDE R, THE
14A | UNITED STATES | 2017 | 104 m | English | Premiere: Manitoba
Awards: C.I.C.A.E. Award - Cannes Film Festival 2017
CHLO ZHAO
After suffering a near-fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for
new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
GIMLI THEATRE | 12:30 PM | FRI, JULY 27
GIMLI THEATRE | 10 PM | SAT, JULY 28
SORRY TO BOTHE R YOU
18A | UNITED STATES | 2018 | 105 m | English
BOOTS RILEY
In an alternate present-day