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Midnight Dankness: LOCAL LEGENDS + RAP WORLD + MORE!

The Royal

608 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B4, Canada Ontario

43.65520770000001 -79.4144814

Description

Midnight Dankness returns to The Royal Cinema on Sept 4th with another delirious playlist of cult cinema and remix art. The fourth edition of the all-night marathon includes the Canadian Premiere of Conor O’Malley and Danny Scharar’s RAP WORLD, and the World Premiere of LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH!, the long-awaited sequel to prolific-singer-songwriter Matt Farley’s acclaimed auto-biopic LOCAL LEGENDS, which will also be making its Canadian Theatrical Premiere within the programme. The evening will also feature the debut of new works from video artists BOILING SKY and DREAM VIDEO DIVISION, as well as interval vibes courtesy of WARMLIGHT. The annual event has come to be celebrated as an unofficial pre-game to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and is curated by Peter Kuplowsky, the lead programmer of TIFF’s Midnight Madness slate. On a single ticket, Midnight Dankness aims to showcase eccentric and innovative works by filmmakers and artists, primarily those working outside mainstream channels or in defiance of conventions of form, aesthetics and “good taste”. This year’s programme spotlights distinct meta-portraits of regional artists who passionately express themselves through music and an eclectic creative process. Filmmaker's Conner O’Malley, Danny Scharar and Matt Farley will all be in attendance! MIDNIGHT DANKNESS is made possible by The Laser Blast Film Society, The Important Cinema Club, The Royal Cinema, and the generous support of Brian Alkerton. Part of the proceeds from the tickets sales will be donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank DOORS OPEN @ 6 PM TICKETS: $25 in advance / $30 at the door. SCHEDULE: 6:30 PM - KOOL WORLD WORLD PREMIERE! An exquisite corpse re-edit and remix of Ralph Bakshi’s COOL WORLD from the media collective of artists and editors DREAM VIDEO DIVISION. 7:00 PM - LOCAL LEGENDS Dir. Matt Farley / 2013 / CANADIAN THEATRICAL PREMIERE! An endearingly self-aggrandizing meditation on the struggle between art & commerce that wages within the idiosyncratic mind of Matt Farley as he navigates his community of eccentric creatives and vivid personalities. Twice nominated as one of the greatest films of all time in the Sight and Sound 2022 poll. 8:30 PM - BPM STREET WORLD PREMIERE! Video artist BOILING SKY serves up a BPM-locked remix of the 1994 American dance drama BEAT STREET. 9:15 PM - RAP WORLD Dir. Conner O’Malley, Danny Scharar / 2024 / CANADIAN PREMIERE! Conner O’Malley portrays a hapless Midwest suburban rapper (O’Malley) as he and his friends attempt to record an album over the course of a single night in the late aughts. Co-starring comedians Eric Rahill and Jack Bensinger. Preceded by Dan Streit’s COREYS (2024), written by and starring Conner O’Malley. 11:00 PM - LOCAL LEGENDS: BLOODBATH! Dir. Matt Farley / 2024 / WORLD PREMIERE! Matt Farley reflects on his artistic philosophy in a meta-sequel that steers into the slasher genre as the manifestation of his business acumen begins murdering everyone that gets in the way of his creative process. Possibly the greatest sequel to a biopic ever made, certainly the most indecorous.

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Start: 2024-09-04T18:00:00-04:00

End: 2024-09-05T00:30:00-04:00

Tickets

MIDNIGHT DANKNESS - ALL NIGHT MARATHON 25.0 CAD 300