Get some reel love at these coast-to-coast film fests
by Sarah Nicole Prickett
Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love plays January 29 and February 10 at Cinematheque Ontario. Photo by USA Films/Photofest
No more nights at the multiplex. This month, feel the art and soul of movies with a coast-to-coast host of film festivities:
Victoria Film Festival has bee showcasing indie cinema for 15 years; it’s a chiller, cozier alternative to the Hollywood North-ness of the Vancouver film fest. (January 29 to February 7, victoriafilmfestival.com)
Toronto’s movie-mad crowds will swarm to Cinematheque for Best of the Decade: An Alternative View, a genius curation of oughties cinema. We’re sweetest on Wong Kar-Wai’s exquisite, super-stylish In The Mood For Love. (January 21 to February 23, tiff.net/cinematheque)
For Francophiles and film buffs alike, Les Rendez-vous du Cinema Québécois features hundreds of homegrown films amid an infamously boozy swirl of fetes. (February 17 to 27, rvcq.com)
This story originally appeared in the February issue of FASHION. See more of our monthly culture picks.
