FUTURE IS NOW! (THE)
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A journalist meets Man of Today, a responsible citizen who is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing will matter.
As an experiment to see if she can turn a cynic into an optimist, the journalist sends Man of Today on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future matters. Traveling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis- Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists, and a ghost. Will the journalist’s experiment work? Will it matter? What can one person do?
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Gary Burns
Director
Gary Burns studied drama and fine arts at the University of Calgary before attending Concordia University in Montreal. His feature directorial debut, The Suburbanators (1995) was voted one of the ten best films of 1996 by the Toronto Critics’ Association. He followed that success with Kitchen Party (1997); waydowntown (2000), which won for best Canadian feature at the Toronto International Film Festival; A Problem with Fear (2003); and Radiant City (2006), which won the Genie for best documentary. The Future is Now! is Burns’ fifth feature film.
Jim Brown
Director
Jim Brown is a writer and broadcaster. From 1988 to 1993, he was the publisher and editor of IslandSide Magazine. Since then, Brown has worked primarily in radio and television, hosting numerous CBC radio shows including The Current, As It Happens, This Morning,The House and The Calgary Eyeopener. His directorial debut Radiant City (2006) won the Genie for Best Documentary.
35 mm
100 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English |
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Producers
Shirley Vercruysse
George Baptist
Bonnie Thompson
Directors and Scriptwriters
Gary Burns
Jim Brown
Director of Photography
Patrick McLaughlin
Editor
Paul Mortimer
Sound
Igal Petel
Cast
Paul Ahmarani
Liane Balaban
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Production
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