Jane Austen Wrecked my Life
Monday June 9, 2:00 only
186 paid attendance and 11 AFF Staff.
$458 donated from the proceeds to license the free outdoor screening of Moana 2 on June 7 for Ancaster Heritage Days.
Ratings for Jane Auster Wrecked My Life (156 submitted)
5 Excellent. 77
4 Very Good 57
3 Good 20
2 Poor 2
1 Very Poor 0
94 min
French/English subtitles
Season Sponsor: Rastins PharmaChoice Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Ann and Ian Cambell
Proceeds to Ancaster Community Services
Tickets: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/jane-austen-wrecked-my-life
A desperately single bookseller, lost in a fantasy world, finds herself forced to fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer in order to stop messing up her love life.
Awards
Miami Film Festival: nominated Best First Feature
Marrakesh Film Festival: nominated Best Feature
Reviews
At a time when practically the entire rom-com genre has gravitated to streaming, this bilingual theatrical offering from Sony Pictures Classics feels like the best kind of throwback. Peter DeBruge/Variety
Writer/director Laura Piani, in her feature film debut, is helping to save the rom/com genre with her very funny, very clever ode to the much-revered British authoress in JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE. Jeanne Kaplan/Kaplan vs Kaplan
While the romantic resolution is satisfying, it is not the solution, but rather a reflection of the courage and determination Agathe has relied on in addressing the issues that are keeping her stuck. Miss Austen would approve. Nell Minow/Movie Mom
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life knows its audience and caters directly to them. If you, like the film’s protagonist, are obsessed with Jane Austen literature and film adaptations, you’ll certainly adore this love letter to the great author. Seal Boelman/Fandom
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31112509/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jane_austen_wrecked_my_life
White Bird
Monday June 9, 7:15 pm only
112 paid attendance for our screening and 100 AFF Staff attended the screening of White Bird. $300 will be donated to Ancaster Community Services from the screening.
Ratings for White Bird (106 submitted)
5 Excellent 93
4 Very Good 12
3 Good. 1
2 Poor. 0
1 Very Poor 0
120 min
Season Sponsor: Rastins PharmaChoice Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Ann and Ian Campbell
Proceeds to Ancaster Heritage Days: Outdoor Screening
Tickets: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/white-bird
From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to "choose kind," comes the inspirational next chapter. In White Bird: A Wonder Story, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage. Also starring Gillian Anderson, Orlando Schwerdt and Ariella Glaser.
Reviews
The strength of White Bird lies in its young performers, especially Glaser and Schwerdt, who deliver complex, nuanced performances of young people experiencing their part of global atrocities on an intimate scale, while also trying to navigate the complications of connecting as young teenagers. They are both excellent, and keep the film emotionally grounded. Katie Walsh/Los Angeles Times
With elegant acting from its two young leads and picturesque cinematography from Matthias Koenigswieser, it serves as a competently executed morality play for audiences craving a bit of unambiguous humanism. Christian Zilko/Indiewire
You can appreciate the artistry and the fine acting and the timeless messaging in the beautifully filmed coming-of-age drama White Bird without having seen Wonder, but the connection between these two very different films is quite unusual and absorbing... Richard Roeper/Chicago Sun Times
There’s a reason so many works of art and nonfiction continuously venture back to the specific time and events portrayed here: the impact and lessons they bring to the world will never lose their importance. Joseph Tomastik/Clear and Loud Reviews
Other Items of Interest
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles of past Ancaster Film Fest selections are available for loan at Rastin's Pharmacy.
AFF Season 20 - 2025
Screenings will be at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m.
Dates
January 20: Lee, 2:00 p.m.
January 20: Goodrich, 7:15 p.m.
February 24: I'm Still Here, 2:00 p.m.
February 24: Emilia Pérez, 7:15 p.m.
March 17: Small Things Like These, 2:00 p.m.
March 17: No Other Land, 7:15 p.m.
April 7; Bob Trevino Likes It, 2:00 p.m.
April 7: There's Still Tomorrow, 7:15 p.m.
April 28, The Penguin Letters, 2:00 p.m.
April 28: Shepherds, 7:15 p.m.
May 12: Maria Montessori: Une Nouvelle Femme, 2:00 p.m.
May 12: Bad Shabbos, 7:15 p.m.
May 26: So Surreal: Behind the Masks, 2:00 p.m.
May 26: Santosh, 7:15 p.m.
June 9:Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, 2:00 p.m.
June 9: White Bird, 7:15 p.m.
September 22: TBA, 2:00 p.m.
September 22: TBA, 7:17 p.m.
October 7: TBA, 2:00 p.m.
October 7: TBA, 7:15 p.m.
November 3: TBA, 2:00 p.m.
November 3: TBA, 7:15 p.m.
December 8: TBA, 2:00 p.m.
December 8: TBA 7:15 p.m.
Guests on our email list will also be informed via email. To contact us email ancasterfilmfest@cogeco.ca.
AFF Library of Some of Our Past Films
About 170 titles are available at Rastin's Pharmacy. Check out our Archive.