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Est. 1995

Carbon Arc Cinema

Please see our NEW WEBSITE: www.carbonarc.ca for current info!!

Carbon Arc Independent Cinema in the Khyber!

1588 Barrington St, 3rd Floor  -  Siloën: siloend@gmail.com
Innovative films every Thursday at 7pm
And the odd other nights!!
$6 Admission unless otherwise posted. Cash only.
Popcorn & Drinks available!!

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 Saturday Aug. 20th: Can’t Stop the Serenity Charity Shindig

Equality Now/Avalon Center fundraiser to end oppression & violence against women & girls

Howdy! On Saturday August 20th the Can’t Stop the Serenity cinematic charity shindig lands at the Carbon Arc Cinema in Halifax! The event is organized entirely by volunteers to raise money for Equality Now and the Avalon Centre, organisations working to end oppression and violence against women and girls.

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About the Carbon Arc:

Starting off on a small scale using digital equipment The Carbon Arc is working towards being a nightly independent cinema space with concessions and room to work and hang out. Our focus is on creating a friendly environment where all kinds of people can gather to enjoy each others company and discuss a film before or after the show with a drink, sit alone in the dark with a bag of popcorn, or even make a film while drinking a coffee in the lobby. The Carbon Arc looks forward to showing your films and films that you want to see.

Please see our Facebook Group, drop by the Khyber, or email Siloën at siloend@gmail.com for more info, updates and details about us and our upcoming screenings, or if you’d like to volunteer!

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SUMMER  2011 SCHEDULE

JULY

Please note our Summer schedule is lighter than our Fall, Winter, & Spring Schedules.

Two fundraisers for the Carbon Arc: at The Carbon Arc
We Jul 6 & Th Jul 7 at 8pm: Live musical accompaniment to The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, & Man with a Movie Camera

Th Jul 14: 7pm + 10pm: Helen Hill Retrospective & 1st Anniversary Celebration!
Featuring a Maritime premier of her final film, The Florestine Collection. After the screening Tribute Von Piggy will serenade us and maybe get us dancing!

AUGUST

Sa Aug 20: 6pm + 9pm: Can’t Stop the Serenity – Hal-Con. $10 Fundraiser for ‘Equality Now’.

SEPTEMBER

FALL  2011 SCHEDULE

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

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PAST EVENTS

SPRING 2011 SCHEDULE

APRIL

7pm screenings, unless otherwise posted. Doors open 30 mins before screenings.

Th Apr 7: HIFF: Brenda Longfellow Retrospective
Th Apr 14: Speaking in Code w/ Logan of 24twentyeight
Th Apr 21: The Band’s Visit
Th Apr 28: Sol Nagler DVD Release
Fr Apr 29: Women in Film & TV presents.. Rita Shelton Deverell

MAY

Th May 5: J’ai Tue Ma Mere
Th May 12: Battle of Algiers
Th May 19: Chuck Lapp Films
Th May 26: CFAT: Animation With Love: Annual Animated Shorts Program
Fr May 27: Women in Film & TV presents.. Becky Parsons

JUNE

Th Jun 2: Alamar
We Jun 8: CKDU: Campus & Community Radio Conference presents.. The Agronomist. All Welcome!
Th Jun 9: NO SCREENING (Wed 8th screening replaces this night)
Th Jun 16: Attenberg
Th Jun 23: The Howling
Fr Jun 24: Women in Film & TV presents.. Siloën Daley & Phlis MacGregor
Sa Jun 25: 7:30pm + 9:30pm: Queer City Cinema: queer shorts programs from across Canada
Th Jun 30: A Nos Amour

WINTER  2011 SCHEDULE

February

Th Feb 3rd | 8PM: For the Love of Movies (Doc) (Gerald Peary) 2009

Fr Feb 4th | 8PM: A selection of Film Fives curated and presented by Jason Levangie

Th Feb 10th | 7PM + 9PM: Richard Linklater Double Feature: Before Sunrise 1995 | 7PM: Before Sunset 2004 | 9PM

Sa Feb 12th | 8PM: Documentary Symposium ‘Copy Copy Copy’: Caronline Martel will present her feature doc ‘Phantom of the Operator’. Party to follow!

Th Feb 17th | 8PM: Truly Madly Deeply (Anthony Minghella) 1990. Introduced by The Coast film critic Carsten Knox.

Th Feb 24th | 8PM: Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine) 2007

Su Feb 27th | 8PM: Oscars Open House! Treats, Prizes, Tweets, Costumes.. Come by & say ‘hi’.

MARCH

Thurs Mar 3rd
Phantom of the Paradise
Introduced by The Coast film critic, Mark Palermo.
8PM | $6

Fri Mar 4th
An Island
Vincent Moon & Efterklang
8PM | FREE

Thurs Mar 10th
North
8PM | $6

Thurs Mar 17th
City Island
8PM | $6

Fri Mar 18th
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth
By local filmmaker, John Walker
Carbon Arc w/ ViewPoint Gallery
8PM | $6

Thurs Mar 24th
The Last Picture Show
Introduced by Josh MacDonald
8PM | $6

Fri Mar 25th
Women in Film & TV
Screening/Reception
(Free for WIFT Members)
8PM | $6

Thurs Mar 31st
4 Eyed Monsters
8PM | $6
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PAST SCREENINGS:

FALL 2010

- Nocturne: Art at Night Festival (on all floors in the Khyber!): Saturday, Oct 16th. 6pm-Midnight – FREE

A program of short films looped on the 3rd floor!

- Miss Homeless: Sunday, Oct 17th. 8pm  – FREE  – World Premiere

Dir. Daniel Lambo, Belgium, 2010. 67 minutes

A docu-drama contributing to discussions on homelessness.

- Winnebago Man: 8pm Thurs, Oct 21st

“One of the funniest docs ever made.” – Michael Moore
Dir. Ben Steinbauer, USA, 2010. 87 minutes

- AFCOOP: One Minute Film Screenings & Reception: Friday, October 22.

- International Animation Day: Thurs, October 28th – FREE Events
6pm: Workshop with filmmaker, Andrea Dorfman
8pm: NFB Animation Program

- Bring Your Own Film: 8pm Sat, Oct 30th
AFCOOP’s new ‘Bring Your Own Film’ Social Screening Series is a bi-monthly open presentation platform and social event for independent filmmakers and viewers.

- The Rocky Horror Picture Show – 10pm Sat, Oct 30th
Dress up and do the Time-Warp with us!!

- Grown-Up Movie Star:  8pm Thurs, Nov 4th
Dir. Adrianna Maggs, Canada, 2007.
Best actress award Sundance Film Festival.

- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee: 8pm Thurs, November 11th
Dir. Rebecca Miller, USA, 2009.
Halifax Premiere.

- The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood: 8pm Thurs, Nov 18th

Dirs. Andy & Michael Jones, Canada, 1986.
A surreal adventure of a bureaucrat who dreams he is the President of the Peoples Republic of Newfoundland. Starring original members of Codco.

- Love Imagined:  8pm Thurs, Nov 25th
Dir. Xavier Dolan, Canada, 2010.

- The Brood: 8pm Thurs, Dec 2nd
Dir. David Cronenberg, Canada, 1979.

Introduced by the film’s picture editor, Alan Collins.


- Bring Your Own Film: 10pm Thurs, Dec 2nd

- Tkaronto: 8pm Thurs, Dec 9th
Dir. Shane Belcourt, Canada

- Holiday Super-8′s!! Wed, Dec 15th

- Gremlins: 8pm Thurs, Dec 16th
Dir. Joe Dante, USA, 1984.

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What happened in the summer of 2010..

Thurs July 15th – D.I.Y. Opening Celebration
Sneak Previews of soon to be released local films, and shorts inspired by the theme: ‘An independent cinema in Halifax!’ were followed by dancing and mingling with Seth Huntley & Benn Ross. Hosted by Siloën Daley. Thanks to all who attended and made opening night a huge success with a full house and then some!

Thurs July 22nd – Pride Week
Tom Fitzgerald introduced his Docu-Comedy ‘Beefcake’ about Bob Mizer’s muscle magazine for the film’s 10th year anniversary! Tom and others on the Beefcake crew then held an intimate Q&A. This was a fundraiser for Plutonium Playhouse.

Thurs July 29th – Fantasy Horror
Jason Eisener introduced ‘The Monster Squad’, one of the films that inspired him to become a filmmaker. The film was preceded by a variety of Jason’s film work and choice trailers along with trivia and prizes. Jason is in post-production on ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’. Another great Carbon Arc turn out!

Thurs August 5th – Cult Film
Coast film critic Mark Palermo introduced ‘Torque’ a B-movie biker epic. The audience corroborated with Mark that Torque kicks ass! Palermo’s music video for Wordburglar, “The Route”, followed the screening along with other eclectic vidbits.

Thurs August 12th – Feminist Films
Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman introduced her short film ‘Nine’. Then Sook-Yin Lee, host of CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera, introduced her first feature, ‘Year of the Carnivore’ to an excited full house. After the film Jan Miller hosted Sook-Yin who wowed us with exciting stories & Q&A! Thanks all!!

Thurs August 19th – Avant-Garde Cinema
NSCAD Film Professor Bruce Barber, who has written on Greenaway, told stories and antidotes in his enjoyable introduction to Peter Greenaway’s ‘The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover’.

Thurs August 26th – Documentary Night
Filmmaker Chuck Lapp gave us updates and presented the beautiful & award winning Chinese Canadian doc ‘Up the Yangtze’.

Thurs September 2nd – Nova Scotia Comedy 1
Thank you to filmmakers Eva Madden, Drew Haggen, Chris Cuthbertson, & host Hillery Titley for braving the heat to share their stories and beautiful films, short, ‘Eastern Shore’ followed by the feature, ‘A Bug and a Bag of Weed’!

Friday, Sept 10th. 9pm. Khyber/Carbon Arc: YouTube Screening & Party!

We completed our Summer Cinema Series! And we celebrated with a screening in our new home on the 3rd floor!

Adam O’Reilly, Cheryl Hahn, Dan Joy, Emily Davidson, David Clark, & Matt Carswell showed off some of their favourite YouTube videos.

What a wonderful first film series!

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