BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20061029T090000Z TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11;UNTIL=20251102T090000Z TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000402T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060402T100000Z TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20260308T100000Z TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260922T074207Z - 10127@am514a.odoo.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250105T150000 CREATED:20260922T074207Z DESCRIPTION:So Surreal: Behind the Masks 1 pm\nSo Surreal: Behind the Ma sks January 5th 1 pm Neil Diamond\, Joanne Robertson Canada | 2024 | 88m | English So Surreal: Behind the Masks unveils the fascinating connection b etween the work of famed Surrealist artists and Yupʼik and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼ wakw ceremonial masks\, and the quest to bring some of the masks back home . Illustrating a wildly fascinating connection between the work of some Su rrealist artists and Indigenous ceremonial masks from the Yup’ik and Kwa kwa̱ka̱ʼwakw nations\, So Surreal: Behind the Masks goes on a journey f rom Turtle Island to Europe to find them. Cree director Neil Diamond (Reel Injun\, TIFF ’09)\, accompanied by a cadre of interested parties includ ing cultural preservation workers and art experts\, journeys across the oc ean to try to locate the Raven Transformation Mask\, an invaluable cultura l item that the northwest coastal community has previously had no luck tra cking down. Using illustration and engaging storytelling\, Diamond tells h ow masks like this left their homelands\, through trade and sale but also through theft. The documentary traces them from one prolific collector to museums and an antique store in New York — into which the German Surreal ist Max Ernst wandered. He subsequently introduced the masks to his artist friends who\, like him\, became inspired. With dreamy Surrealist imagery interspersed with Yup’ik dancers in masks\, interviews with current-day carvers and art experts\, and one particularly arresting scene in the Louv re with Yup’ik artist\, storyteller\, and dancer Chuna McIntyre\, this d oc masterfully weaves together the threads of cultural and artistic histor ies. Part detective story and part illuminating history\, Behind the Masks is a must-see for anyone who loves art\, culture\, and entertaining docs. DTSTAMP:20260922T074207Z LOCATION:Vancouver Island Conference Centre\, 80 Commercial Street\, Nanaim o BC V9R 5J8 SUMMARY:So Surreal: Behind the Masks 1 pm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:So Surreal: Behind the Masks 1 pm\nSo Surre al: Behind the Masks January 5th 1 pm Neil Diamond\, Joanne Robertson Cana da | 2024 | 88m | English So Surreal: Behind the Masks unveils the fascina ting connection between the work of famed Surrealist artists and Yupʼik a nd Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw ceremonial masks\, and the quest to bring some of th e masks back home. Illustrating a wildly fascinating connection between th e work of some Surrealist artists and Indigenous ceremonial masks from the Yup’ik and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw nations\, So Surreal: Behind the Masks go es on a journey from Turtle Island to Europe to find them. Cree director N eil Diamond (Reel Injun\, TIFF ’09)\, accompanied by a cadre of interest ed parties including cultural preservation workers and art experts\, journ eys across the ocean to try to locate the Raven Transformation Mask\, an i nvaluable cultural item that the northwest coastal community has previousl y had no luck tracking down. Using illustration and engaging storytelling\ , Diamond tells how masks like this left their homelands\, through trade a nd sale but also through theft. The documentary traces them from one proli fic collector to museums and an antique store in New York — into which t he German Surrealist Max Ernst wandered. He subsequently introduced the ma sks to his artist friends who\, like him\, became inspired. With dreamy Su rrealist imagery interspersed with Yup’ik dancers in masks\, interviews with current-day carvers and art experts\, and one particularly arresting scene in the Louvre with Yup’ik artist\, storyteller\, and dancer Chuna McIntyre\, this doc masterfully weaves together the threads of cultural an d artistic histories. Part detective story and part illuminating history\, Behind the Masks is a must-see for anyone who loves art\, culture\, and e ntertaining docs. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR