Sunday February
5th 7pm, The Screening Room
An
Evening With Cassandra Nicolaou
Toronto-based writer/director
Cassandra Nicolaou has been making movies since 1995.
Her award-winning shorts include Why I'll Never Trust
You (In 200 Words Or Less), Dance With Me, and When
She Comes Back. Her films have screened at hundreds
of international festivals and have been licensed for
broadcast and home video/DVD distribution throughout
North America and the UK. Her most recent short film
INTERVIEWS WITH MY NEXT GIRLFRIEND has been a particular
favourite of both audiences and critics, picking up
11 festival awards and a 2003 Gemini Nomination for
Best Short Program. Nicolaou is a graduate of the Canadian
Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab. SHOW ME is her first feature
film.
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Show
Me
Cassandra Nicolaou/Canada/2005/35mm/97min
Sarah is stuck in traffic. She’s
anxiously looking forward to get away from the stress
of Toronto living by escaping to cottage country with
her lover Sam. Yet Sarah’s plans are about to take a
very wrong turn in the form of Jenna and Jackson, a
pair of teens with some serious secrets and troubles
of their own - and life will never quite be the same
again. Stylishly directed by Cassandra Nicolaou, this
thrilling drama intensifies as captives and captors
become interchangeable as they struggle to make sense
of the ties that bind them together. “A taut, brittle
thriller... one of the best Canadian films I’ve seen
in years.” - Sarah Liss, Now Magazine
Filmmaker in attendance
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Preceded By:
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Why I'll Never Trust You
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Dance with Me |
| Why I’ll never Trust You
(In 200 words or less)
Cassandra Nicolaou/Canada/1995/video/11mins
Two women bask in the afterglow of sexual bliss ... but
is it just an illusion? “straddles conventional narrative
and experimental lyricism with much grace and sensuality.”
- Jerry White, POV Magazine
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Cassandra Nicolaou/Canada/1997/video/9min
A lyrical, experimental film that the Toronto Star describes
as a “haunting portrayal of the yearning for intimacy
between parent and child.”
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Interviews
with My Next Girlfriend
Cassandra Nicolaou/Canada/2001/video/13min
Tired of dating losers? Screen your dates! Experience
this classic comedic short all over again on the big
screen. A reelout encore presentation.
Awards:
Audience Award & Best Comedy,
planetout.com/HBO Short Movie Awards;
Best Short Film,
Inside Out Toronto Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival
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