Screening times:
Thursday, August 14, 9:00 PM
Graham Foy | Canada | 2022 | 117m
The Maiden will be preceded by local short "Stray" | Ashley McKenzie | Canada | 2013 | 15m
A perfect summer day ends in tragedy, weaving a cosmic connection between three suburban teenagers. Best friends Colton and Kyle float the river, trade dreams, and spray-paint in the local ravine. Like the boys, Whitney explores the ravine, seeking solace by writing and drawing in her diary. But when her best friend abandons her, Whitney disappears. The kids’ lives swirl with natural wonder and beauty, but darkness and death loom not far behind. The discovery of Whitney’s diary transports us to a mirror world. A magical ravine. A paranormal encounter. The return of a dead black cat. Is this a dream? The afterlife? Once deeply connected, are we ever really alone?
Graham Foy’s feature debut displays a confident and hypnotizing voice. From Alberta himself, The Maiden takes place in the fraying edge between prairie suburbs and forest; reality and dreams. Beautifully shot on 16mm that amplifies the deepest dusk blues and melancholic summer greens of the landscape, exquisitely supporting a cyclical and unchanging universal connection between nature and coming-of-age. The film delves into fluid moments of magic realism, while anchoring in universal themes of loss, friendship, and solitude–all working to outline a greater assuring cosmic perspective on life and death.
Never before screened in the region, Fleapit Cinema is proud to partner with MDFF to present The Maiden on August 14th at 9pm.
The feature will be preceded by Stray (2013), directed by Ashley McKenzie. In this jagged childhood portrait tinged with menace, a nine-year-old girl alienated from her family roams her neighborhood’s postindustrial landscape in search of a feral cat.
Come to see these films and float home on a mid-August evening.
The Maiden ’s new blu-ray is available starting August 12th, from Altered Innocence.
“The most beautiful revelation of the Giornate (Venice).” – Cahiers du Cinéma
“Economical, elliptical and altogether haunting...a film that knows what it’s doing – and surprises us at those moments when it reveals its larger design.” – Screen International
"a haunting that feels like a generational cri de coeur" – The New York Times
Winner of the BNL Cinema of the Future Award at Venice International Film Festival (Giornate degli Autori) and the Grand Prix National Competition Award at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
$10.95 ($10 cash at the door if available)
