CineMuse High-Definition Cinema is the highest quality digital video available today. With its incomparable combination of vivid colours, clarity, brightness, and depth, high-definition cinema offers an extraordinary visual experience.
Free with Gallery admission. In the Lecture Hall. The Gallery reserves the right to cancel any presentation without notice. Private screenings can be arranged for your group from Wednesday to Friday.
CineMuse is generously supported by patrons of the NGC Foundation in honour of Frances and Benjamin Miller.
May and June 2006
Daily at 1:30 pm
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein (Joyce Borenstein, 29 min.) Award-winning film on the Canadian artist Sam Borenstein. Using various animation techniques, the film integrates archival material, filmed sequences, his paintings, and reminiscences of friends and family.
Daily at 1 pm until 31 August
The Monkey People
(Rabbit Ears Production, 25 minutes)
This Colombian fable recounts the story of villagers in the Amazon jungle who receive a gift from a mysterious stranger: monkeys that take care of all their chores. Life soon becomes troublesome when the monkeys being to multiply and take on every human activity – including complaining. Veteran jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour’s outstanding musical score perfectly evokes the traditional folk rhythms of South America. This animated short is perfect for children ages five and up.
The Gallery reserves the right to cancel any presentation without notice. Private screenings can be arranged for your group, Thursdays and Fridays. Book your visit three weeks in advance at (613) 998-4888.
CineMuse is generously supported by an anonymous patron of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation in honour of Frances and Benjamin Miller. |
