Mar 18 – The White Ribbon

The Cape Breton Island Film Series is pleased – and kind of amazed – to present our 200th movie. And it’s exactly the kind of independent film we would not get to see without a film series.

Controversy-courting director Michael Haneke earned the Palm d’Or at Cannes last year for this arresting drama set just before World War I. In a small German village, a number of unexplained accidents beset the schoolchildren and their parents. Though they at first appear coincidental, it begins to seem that they are not, in fact, accidents at all. Shot in spectacular black and white by cinematographer Christian Berger.

For a complete list of all 200 films shown by at film series since 2003, click here [.pdf file].

The White Ribbon plays one show only, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 18, at the Empire Theatre Studio 10, 325 Prince Street, Sydney.