tWISTER

Fort York
Saturday, August 29 2020

Twister

With short film Blackout

Twister is a quintessential action/adventure blockbuster, and has been a festival favourite ever since it first featured in 2014’s Days of Summer programme. Watching the tornado-chasing thrills and spills outdoors and exposed to the elements is a uniquely visceral movie-going experience that we can’t wait to revisit (safely behind the walls of Fort York), but the folksy, dysfunctional charm of the late, great Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt’s team of storm chasers (including the equally wonderful, departed, Philip Seymour Hoffman in a great supporting role from his breakout year) is equally delightful.

Paired with Twister is Sharron Mirsky’s beautifully animated short Blackout, which recalls the legendary Toronto Blackout of 2003 with surprisingly fond nostalgic memories. Taken together, these films capture something true about how crisis -- whether tornado, blackout, or pandemic -- can bring people together.

Twister

Jan de Bont, 1996

With the short film Blackout
directed by Sharron Mirsky, 2013

Saturday, August 29, 2020
Admission: Get your free tickets here
There will be no admission without an advance ticket
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Venue: "Walled Fort" of Fort York National Historic Site - entry at west gates of 100 Garrison Road

Event details:
Gates open @ 6:30pm / Showtime @ sundown
COVID-19 on-site protocols - please read before attending
Snacks and alcoholic beverages for sale (no outside alcohol permitted)
BYOBlanket & Chairs
Please see the accessibility features of Fort York
Films are screened with captioning
This programme is rated PG and is suitable for most audiences

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