First Weekend Club

Great Canadian Films Screening Across the Country

Check out the list below for Canadian films now playing or coming soon to a theatre near you.  For theatre locations and screening times visit Tribute.ca

High Life
Now Playing: Winnipeg (Globe Cinema), Calgary (Globe Cinema), Ottawa (The Mayfair)

Director: Gary Yates

A comedic heist movie from the flip-side of the 80’s consumer dream. It's 1983, and petty-thief Dick gets a surprise visit from his unhinged former cellmate, Bug. When Bug gets Dick fired from his first straight job, Dick devises the perfect plan for some much needed, fast cash. The problem is, his crew is so rife with loathing that just getting to the bank’s front door will take a miracle as the plan starts to unravel before Dick’s eyes. More info...

I Killed My Mother
Opens February 5th Toronto (Cineplex Varsity, Canada Square Cinemas)

Director: Xavier Dolan

Hubert is a cool and composed gay young man confused and obsessed by his love/hate relationship with his mother.  He drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent mother and son relationship unfolds with a combination of savage fury and melting affection. Dolan writes, directs and stars in this semi-autobiographical tale. Many awards and festival entries include three awards at Cannes 2009. More info...

Defendor
Opens February 19th - Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown), Toronto (AMC) & Calgary (Uptown)

Director: Peter Stebbings

ARTHUR POPPINGTON, is a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as "DEFENDOR" and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch enemy CAPTAIN INDUSTRY.  In his attempts to combat crime and bring down this drug and weapons dealer, whom he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother, Defendor ends up befriending a young prostitute.  Armed with unconventional weapons like marbles and paper clips, and with his new friend by his side, Defendor  proves that every one is capable of making a difference as he puts his life on the line and foils the entire crime operation. More info...

Reel Injun
Opens February 19th - Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown)  & Toronto (AMC)

Director: Neil Diamond

Reel Injun is about the Native American experience in film from its beginning to the cinema of today. More info...

Love And Savagery
Opens February 12th - Vancouver (Tinseltown Theatre)

Director: John N. Smith

Love and Savagery is a story of passion, fate, and the con-sequences of the two. In 1968, Newfoundland geologist and poet, Michael McCarthy, travels to Ballyvaughan to examine the “Burren” a geological wonder. There he meets Cathleen, a beautiful woman who captures his heart, but because of the path she chose when she was young she cannot allow him to capture hers. More info...

Prom Night in Mississippi
Now Playing in Ottawa (ByTowne Cinema) Tues Jan 26 - Thurs Jan 28

Director: Paul Saltzman

In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008, Freeman offered again. This time the school board accepted, and history was made. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom - in 2008. Until then, blacks and whites had had separate proms even though their classrooms have been integrated for decades. Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman follows students, teachers and parents in the lead-up to the big day. This seemingly inconsequential rite of passage suddenly becomes profound as the weight of history falls on teenage shoulders. We quickly learn that change does not come easily in this sleepy Delta town. More info...

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Coming Soon to: Vancouver Fifth Avenue Cinema February 4th & 8th at 7:00 PM

Directors: Peter Raymont & Michele Hozer

An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate 27 years after his untimely death. Intimately revealing the man behind the myth, Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould casts a fresh light on the mysterious pianist whose ideas were as controversial, and his private life as passionate, as his music. Never-before seen footage of Gould is featured along with photographs and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal memories from Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some of whom have never spoken about him publicly before. More info...