In the Summers
Monday November 25 2:00 p.m only
Siblings Violeta and Eva live in California with their mother, but every summer they travel to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to spend time with their loving but unpredictable father, Vicente (René “Residente” Pérez Joglar). Over the course of four formative summers that span adolescence to early adulthood, Violeta and Eva learn to appreciate their father as a person, his flaws and limitations inseparable from his passion and tenderness. Lovers come and go, the backyard goes to seed, but the idea of home remains knotty and elusive. This powerful and deeply personal directorial debut from Alessandra Lacorazza offers a nuanced study of young people questioning their place within their families, their communities, and their identities. In The Summers proves both an emotional capsule of growing up within a fragmented family and a love letter to the resilience needed to survive.
95 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Dundas Valley Sunrise Rotary
Proceeds to Hamilton Out of the Cold and Ancaster Community Services
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/in-the-summers
Awards
Sundance FIlm Festival: Winner US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize , Best Director
Deauville Film Festival: Winner Grand Prize Special and Revelations Prize
Miami Film Festival: Winner Jordan Resler First Feature Award
Athen International Film Festival: Winner Best Director
Frameline San Francisco Film Festival: Winner Frameline Completion Fund
Reviews
Coming-of-age dramas may be a dime a dozen at Sundance, but one this tender and truthful can make an entire subgenre feel shimmeringly new. Justin Chang/Los Angeles Times
Alessandra Lacorazza has pulled off a splendid feature directorial debut. Inspired by events in her own life and a sparse 90 minutes, the screenplay is layered but tight. The emotional beats are purposeful and not forced. There is a nuance and authenticity to the entire endeavor that is genuinely refreshing. Gregory Ellwood/The Playlist
East End
Monday November 25 7:15 p.m only
Max (Nathan Fleet),a recovering alcoholic, with a gambling addiction, has burned most of his bridges in the east end of the city where he lives. He has a sobering moment when he realizes that his estranged daughter (Regan Saker) is about to turn 16, and he wants back into her life. The road blocks he faces along the way are, his ex-wife (Christena Hampson), his criminal past, and his inner demons. Based on true stories from Hamilton, Ontario.
Written and directed by Nathan Fleet, longtime supporter of the Ancaster Memorial arts Centre and the Executive Director of the Hamilton Film Festival. The film had its worldwide premiere at the Hamilton Film Festival on October 26/27. Cinematography by Jeremy Major, music by Nathan Fleet. Produced by Nathan Fleet, Jeremy Major and Rob Morash.
East End was filmed entirely in Hamilton and at least 95% of the cast and crew were from Hamilton. It is also set in Hamilton, primarily in the east end of the city.
87 min
A Q&A with Nathan Fleet will follow the screening
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: Dundas Valley Sunrise Rotary
Proceeds to Hamilton Out of the Cold and Ancaster Community Services
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/in-the-summers
Awards
Closing film and world wide premiere at the Hamilton Film Festival
Reviews
Mini reviews by attendees at the HFF premiere:
Heart wrenching
A gut punch
Heartbreaking,
Emotional and Real
This beautiful failure needs to be seen
Raw
A painting in Motion
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.
Other Films Dates: 2024 Season
OTHER FILM DATES: Screenings 2:00 pm and 7:15
November 4
November 25
December 9
