Cinema in the Park

Presented by Dr. Debra Rovinelli and Dr. Graham Foster, West Vancouver Optometry

Friday, July 30th & Friday, August 6th
West Vancouver Community Foundation Stage
John Lawson Park, 9:15pm following the Sunset Concerts

Friday, July 30th

Everything’s Coming Up Rosie (2009) A short award-winning film Written and Directed by Jereme Watt, Produced by Alisia Webster, Executive Producer Paul Armstrong Winner of Best Canadian Short Film at the 2010 Canada International Film Festival.
Inside Rosie’s mind, she’s beautiful, intelligent, fun and normal. To society and her family, she’s autistic. A glimmer of understanding finally opens a new chapter in the family’s relationship as she breaks through the stereotype of her condition and the barriers of communication “U” and “I” take for granted.
	Shall We Dansu (1996) Feature Film Directed & Written by Masayuki Suo Shohei Sugiyama, a successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons, and slowly begins to fall in love with the art form itself.

Friday, August 6th

Midnight Ballet (2008) A short animated film Created by Vancouver Film School student Jin Xie through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program.
Life seems to be so unfair to Jenny: a chubby girl with a lousy job who has no money and future. However, Jenny doesn’t care because she has a dream of being a ballet dancer. Each day while she is working at the ballet studio and watching others practicing, Jenny wants to become one of them. Can Jenny’s dream come true?
Circle Maker (2008) A short animated film Created by Vancouver Film School student Jesse Davis through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program.
	Bring your daughter to work day! It’s finally time to show Wendy what work her father does all night long. But being a typical kid, Wendy’s interests only arise when her childhood curiosity kicks in. Although happy she’s enthused, her father is ill-prepared for the meddling mind of his daughter.
Coraline (2009) Feature Film Directed by Henry Selick and Written by Henry Selick (screenplay) and Neil Gaiman (book)
From the Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas comes a visually stunning stop-motion animated feature – the first to be originally filmed in 3-D! Coraline Jones is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door that leads her into a world that's just like her own…but better! But when this fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her 'other' Mother tries to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness and bravery to get home. Critics are hailing Coraline as 'A remarkable feat of imagination.' (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times).