The Sault represents at Sudbury's Cinéfest Film Festival

Three Sault Ste. Marie-related films will be featured at the 20th annual Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival as part of its Northern Connections programming.

Written, produced and directed by local filmmaker Justin Colautti, Job Interview will screen as part of the Northern Connections Shorts series on Friday, September 19 at 12:30 p.m.

Job Interview made its public debut at the Shadows of the Mind Film Festival on February 23 of this year during the Algoma International Film Association's 4th annual video competition.

For more information about Job Interview and Justin Colautti, visit www.nonlinearpictures.com

Also included in the Northern Connections Shorts series is G8, the 2007 product of the Make It Short (MIS) film project .

Headed by Sault-born Lee Chambers [shown], MIS is an annual community short film project that allows anyone and everyone interested in the industry to take part and gain first-hand experience in the art of filmmaking.

Chambers presented Making Movie Magic, a filmmaking workshop, at the Shadows of the Mind Film Festival in 2008 and had the honour of accompanying G8 to the Short Film Corner at Cannes earlier this year.

To learn more about MIS, please visit www.leechambers.com

Chronicling a heart-wrenching journey of discovery and loss and featuring New York blues man Floyd Lee and his musical partner, Sault Ste. Marie's Joel Poluck, Full Moon Lightnin' is scheduled to screen on Thursday, September 18 at noon as part of the Northern Connections Documentary Films programming.

Director John Gardiner brought Full Moon Lightnin' to the Sault for its debut during the 2008 Shadows of the Mind Film Festival and has since shown it in Memphis, TN.

For more information about Full Moon Lightnin', visit www.fullmoonlightnin.com

Below is the Cinéfest press release outlining the entire Northern Connections programming.

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PRESS RELEASE

CINÉFEST SUDBURY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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Sudbury – Cinéfest Sudbury is pleased to announce the Northern Connections programming for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Festival.

The Northern Connections programme is a forum for emerging filmmakers from Northern Ontario to display their talent.

This year’s line-up includes excellent feature, documentary and short films from Northern Ontario.

Northern Connections Feature Films

An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and the first feature film from Canadian directors Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds, Only is a glimpse into the heightened impressions and dreams of two unlikely 12-year-olds.

Daniel (Jacob Switzer) lives in a motel managed by his parents in Northern Ontario.

People come and people go -- Daniel hardly notices.

Until one day a girl arrives and changes his world.

Over the course of a single day, they venture on a journey, exploring deep secrets, dark fears, and first love in a pure and powerful meeting of young hearts and minds.

Dawgs Playing Poker is a feature length comedy about a crime of opportunity.

Follow a colorful cast of characters as they chase each other through a night of kidnapping, forced inebriation, club dancing, bar brawling, first dates and loves realized, helium explosions, electrocutions and hilarious sudden deaths.

A pulsating, youthful, attractive and absurd farce, this film moves at a pace driven by the sounds of rave, acid-jazz and punk rock music.

A world of vibrant primary colors serves as a backdrop for all the action, giving Dawgs Playing Poker an overall comic book appearance.

Northern Connections Documentary Films

From independent filmmaker John Gardiner comes Full Moon Lightnin', the powerful and gripping story of blues musician Floyd Lee.

It has been over 60 years since New York City blues man Floyd Lee left the hill country of Mississippi.

With his exodus he also turned his back on a troubled childhood and a harsh life in the cotton fields.

Abandoned by a mother he never knew, Floyd still wrestles with unanswered questions to his mysterious and painful past.

Now at the age of 73, Floyd and his band embark on a deeply personal journey back home to Mississippi to reconnect with the family he left behind and search for the family he never knew.

Along the way they are forced to deal with an unexpected tragedy that will change their lives forever.

Just Say It! explores the bizarre and hilarious nature of people’s number one fear: public speaking.

It examines the history and psychology of this fear while following Luke King, the director, as he takes a public speaking class and attends Ontario’s largest provincial speech competition for kids.

Just Say It! features candid interviews with Canadian celebrities including CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, George Chuvalo and the cast of the Royal Canadian Air Farce as they attempt to help Luke shed some light on Canadians’ deepest fear.

Northern Connections Short Films

The Claw [Bruce Claydon] - The Claw is a reminiscence of a bogeyman – only worse! Art-noir absurdity for kids 6-106.

Dave Foley + Fans [Brian Smith] - In this comedy ‘mockumentary’, two exuberant Sudburians trap actor Dave Foley in a Toronto hotel lobby.

G8 [Kyle Giardino] - In this short film, the G8 summit will have eight world leaders, two briefcases, and one bomb.

Job Interview [Justin Colautti] - A series of short vignettes centered around one man’s task to find the right candidate for the job of eating him.

My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film [Karen Hines] - Pochsy has a life altering moment when she is audited at work and decides to examine her life in the same way.

Northland: Long Journey [Edie Steiner] - Filmed in and around a small mining community in Northwestern Ontario, this documentary is a meditation on the filmmaker's quest to bring social justice to her family, in light of her father's death from occupational illness.

Sunday [Jamie M. Dagg] - The final days of a relationship’s collapse are seen from a suspicious boyfriend’s perspective in this nuanced drama.

The Human Error [Derek Burnett] - A drug-dealing programmer convinces one of his clients to partake in the latest high: Virtual Reality.

All Northern Connections screenings will take place at SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas, located at 355 Barrydowne Road.

The Northern Connections program is proudly supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation.

The 20th edition of Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival runs from September 13th – 21st, 2008.

For further information, visit www.cinefest.com.

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