JURY'S PRIZES, CANADIAN SRUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
 OR'D'UR
The title is a play on the French word for
garbage. It's an audacious work which raises issues about the documentary idiom, not to
mention the language of a few humpy hustlers. A group of rowdy Montreal boys live under
the wing of a tough matron-mama (Claire Nadon) who runs her house like a youth hostel for
rough trade. An ironic twist on cinema verite.
"OR'D'UR...a gritty, realistic look at male prostitution and sexual
assault...an audacious, thought provoking work...one which raises important
questions about the documentary idiom".
James Adams, Cinema Canada
 BETSY
A camp comedy of social mores. Right
before her operation, a transsexual announces to her boss, mother and the world that her
intention is to marry her straight lover Maurice, a meeting that her kvetchy/suburban
in-laws will never forget.
"...identification with the milieu...warmhearted...lasting humour..."
Tom Waugh, The Body Politic
 AMOUR IMPOSSIBLE
Transsexuals? Transvestites? Skinheads?
Anarchy? Street life, hustling and drag are explored with sophistication, emotional
resonance and that certain extra something that'll make you want to change impossible to
incredible.
"...émouvant...imaginaire,
un amour rêvé..." (...moving...dream-like, yearned love..."
Michel Beauchamp, 24 Images
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OR
'D' UR (PART ONE)
STARRING:
CLAIRE NADON, JOHN WIMBS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
STEPHEN REIZES
SOUND:
ANDREW KOSTER
EDITORS:
MEIYEN CHAN, BASHAR SHBIB
MUSIC:
LAURIE ANDERSON, CONDITION, ERIC LAGACE, DIANE DULUDE
WRITTEN, EDITED, DIRECTED
BY:
BASHAR SHBIB
WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF: CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY and
THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
BETSY
(PART TWO)
STARRING:
JOHN WIMBS, CLAUDE BLANCHARD
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
STEPHEN REIZES
EDITED BY:
STEPHEN REIZES, ANDREW KOSTER
SOUND:
ANDREW KOSTER
PIANO:
LUDWIG SEMERJIAN
WRITTEN, PRODUCED,DIRECTED
BY: BASHAR SHBIB
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY and
THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
AMOUR
IMPOSSIBLE (PART THREE)
STARRING:
MICHELLE DEVILLE, MICHEL OICLE, JEAN-CLAUDE BUSTROS, ERIKA HAGENLOCHER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
STEPHEN REIZES
EDITED BY:
DENYSE OSTIGUY
SOUND:
ANDREW KOSTER
MUSIC:
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH
WRITTEN and DIRECTED BY:
BASHAR SHBIB and DENYSE OSTIGUY
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY and
THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA |
