Cinefest Sudbury presents a list of new films and Cinefest 2019 hits currently available to rent and purchase online.
Streaming via Blue Ice Docs Presents
All the Wild Horses
All the Wild Horses documents the Mongol Derby horse race, the longest and toughest horse race in the world, and easily the most epic and dangerous, as it leads through 650 miles of Mongolian steppe, desert and mountain ranges.
Beyond Moving
Follow the remarkable journey of Siphe November, who left his small township in South Africa to follow his dreams at Canada’s National Ballet School. BEYOND MOVING is an uplifting and inspiring story that reveals deeply personal pulses of family, prejudice, expectation, loss and resilience.
Buddy
Heddy Honigmann explores the story of six extraordinary dogs that are indispensable for their owners. Specially trained to assist them in lives that aren't always easy, the incredible skills of the dogs make them as independent as possible.
Tea With the Dames
Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith have let the cameras in on a friendship that goes back more than half a century. The four acting greats discuss their careers and reminisce about their humble beginnings in the theatre.
The Booksellers
A lively, behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world and the fascinating people who inhabit it, THE BOOKSELLERS is both a loving celebration of book culture and a serious exploration of the future of the book.
This is Not a Movie
For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world. THIS IS NOT A MOVIE captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions.
Streaming via The Cineplex Store
Blood Quantum
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Traylor, the tribal sheriff, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and reserve riff raff from the hordes of walking white corpses.
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
When Colin rents a large country home for his family’s New Year’s celebration, he’s the center of attention – until his estranged brother shows up unexpectedly.
James vs. His Future Self
When an uptight scientist is about to unlock the secret of time travel, he is visited by his future self and told to stop his work.
Judy
It's 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a 6-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through.
Menteur (Compulsive Liar)
Simon est un menteur compulsif. à sa grande surprise, sa famille, ses amis et ses collègues lui lancent un ultimatum collectif : il doit apprendre à dire la vérité. Mais Simon vit dans le déni et finit par raconter un mensonge de trop, provoquant une situation exceptionnelle : toutes les faussetés qu'il a racontré dans sa vie deviennent réalité.
Sometimes Always Never
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael.
The Farewell
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself.
The Last Full Measure
Air Force medic William Pitsenbarger stayed in harm’s way to save more than 60 soldiers during the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War. Thirty-two years later, his father and comrade-in-arms team up with an investigator to try to get him awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Based on a true story.
The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
The Parts You Lose
A fugitive forms an unlikely bond with a deaf child named Wesley when he takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the boy's family's farm. But with authorities closing in, Wesley must decide where his allegiances lie.
The Song of Names
As a child, Martin Simmonds befriends Dovidl Rapoport, a Polish violin prodigy whose parents leave him in the Simmonds' care before perishing in the Holocaust. The two boys become like brothers, until Dovidl disappears the day he is to make his official debut. Forty years later, Martin finally gets his first clue as to what happened to his childhood best friend.
Vivarium
When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t leave quick enough. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road takes them back to where they started. Soon, they realize their search for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying nightmare.
Streaming via MK2|Mile End Movies
And the Birds Rained Down
Three elderly hermits live in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women. A story of intertwined destinies, where love can happen at any age.
Grâce a dieu (By the Grace of God)
Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day he learns by chance that the priest who abused him when he was in scouts is still working with children. He decides to take action to "lift the burden of silence" surrounding his ordeal. But the repercussions and consequences will leave no one unscathed.
Honeyland
Haditze Muratova is the last of the Macedonian wild beekeepers and lives alone on a farm unspoiled by electricity or running water. Her peace is broken with the arrival of new neighbours, their herd of cattle and seven kids. She optimistically shares her one golden rule with the interlopers: take half the honey for yourself but leave half for the bees.
Mia and the White Lion
Mia’s life is turned upside down when her family decides to leave London to manage a lion farm in South Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia finds happiness once again and develops a special bond with the growing cub. As Charlie grows to full size, Mia uncovers an upsetting secret kept hidden by her father.
Nous finirons ensemble (Little White Lies 2)
Preoccupied, Max leaves for his house on the seaside to decompress. His friends, whom he hasn’t seen for more than three years, show up by surprise to celebrate his birthday. Max then settles for fictitious happiness, which places group members in unexpected situations.
Parasite
Ki-taek's family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Ki-woo heads to the Park family home for an interview. But following this first meeting between the two families, an unstoppable string of mishaps lies in wait.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a reluctant bride to be. Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all whilst Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all.
Terra Willy
Following the destruction of his ship, Willy find himself separated from his parents he was travelling with across space. With the help of Buck, a survival robot, and Flash, an extra-terrestrial creature he befriends, Willy undertakes journey of discovery on a planet full of enchanting wildlife...and threatening dangers.