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Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin arrived in Montreal earlier this month to tackle an ambitious feat: the filming of 12 short films in 13 days. The shoot was part of Seances, Maddin’s new and tantalizingly mysterious project. more

Goodbye World will make its world premiere at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival as part of the Narrative Competition. The film stars stars Adrian Grenier, Mark Webber, Ben McKenzie, Kerry Bishe, Scott Mescudi, Gaby Hoffmann and Caroline Dhavernas.

The indie comedy is about a group of old college friends and lovers who retreat to a remote country cabin when a mysterious cyber-attack cripples civilization. The group must cope with an uncertain future while navigating the minefield of their shared past.

Grenier and Bishe star as a couple whose off-the-grid home becomes the gathering place for the group, including two estranged friends (McKenzie, Dhavernas), a disgraced yet idealistic Washington, D.C., insider (Hoffman), a formerly imprisoned radical activist (Webber) and an eccentric computer hacker played by Scott Mescudi.

Montreal — Quebec citizens are invited to join a Walk for Earth in Montreal on Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m. The walk is being held by a collective of environmental, citizen, labour, student and indigenous groups, supported by medical doctors, scientists and artists who are concerned about the increasing pace of oil exploration in Quebec and possible development of pipelines to bring tar sands bitumen to the province. This major gathering, in collaboration with Idle No More, will be part of a global movement to free society from fossil fuels and confront the climate crisis while respecting the rights of future generations. Spokespeople for the event are eco-sociologist Laure Waridel and actor Sébastien Huberdeau.


"All over the world, people are mobilizing to bring forth an ecological society free of fossil fuel dependency," Waridel said. "It is important to make our voices heard in solidarity with the people of Earth, but also with future generations who will suffer the consequences of the decisions we are making today. People of all backgrounds and from all generations are invited to take part in this great gathering."