ReFrame Film Festival Announces 2023 Lineup and Opening Night Details

ReFrame’s 19th annual documentary film festival will be taking place from Jan. 26 to Feb. 3, 2023, screening over 50 films as part of its virtual festival and returning to Showplace Performance Centre for an in-person screening opening night.

All the Beauty. Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival.

The full program will be released in early January, but a first look at films include the following.

On opening night, the in-person opening night event features the critically-acclaimed film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras. The film follows the life of artist and activist Nan Goldin in her mission to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid overdose crisis. ReFrame notes that opening night tickets are sold separately and are not included in the purchase of a Virtual Festival Pass.

Local film offerings will include Fault Lines: People, Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Natasha Luckhardt and Rob Viscardis, Bob Romerein’s film Choices and Our Glorious Bodies, a short film by Frankie Mcgee.

A diverse range of films in the Canadian spotlight include Eternal Spring from director Jason Loftus, Ali Kazimi’s Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence, Okay! The ASD Band Film by filmmaker Mark Bone and the acclaimed film Framing Agnes.

Opening night tickets are $20 or pay-what-you-can, and are available on the ReFrame website. For the in-person screening on Jan. 26, masks will be mandatory and are available on-site. Virtual Festival Passes/ pass packs are available through the ReFrame website, with pay-what-you-can tickets for single films to be released in January.

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