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SPECIAL EVENT - MON., JULY 26 - PANEL DISCUSSION AFTER THE FILM! Sponsored by PLAY Victoria. Babies is a breathtakingly lush film. There are no subtitles or real dialogue; in fact, the movie is not about adult interaction with these children—it’s about observance. Shot almost like a wildlife documentary, it features long, low, still and mostly silent stretches during which we just watch the babies go about their days. “It’s the most simple film you can imagine, and it questions your relationship with your own children,” says director Thomas Balmès, a father of three. While the cultural differences—feeding, cleaning, learning and safety—are vast, Balmès’ goal was not to judge or emphasize those contrasts. “I was struck by how inventive all the mothers are,” he says… “The message, to me, is that as long as there is love, babies actually need very little.” --Fit Pregnancy
“Equally enthralling as a piece of entertainment and as an educational tool!”
–Variety
Everybody loves… Babies. This visually stunning new movie simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from first breath to first steps. From Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, Babies joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all. I guarantee the trailer will put a smile on your face. Screenhead FOUR STARS! The premise is ingeniously simple: Follow four newborns from four very different corners of the Earth – Namibia, San Francisco, Tokyo, Mongolia – through the first year of their existence. Better yet, powered by vérité footage shorn of any narration, the execution is sublime. Although the cultural differences are many and obvious, it’s the commonalities that linger here – the babies’ keen curiosity, their hunger for nourishment in its many forms, their canonical babbling showing the first signs of linguistic shape, their cries of frustration, their smiles of contentment. Touching and funny and thoughtful too, this is William Blake’s Infant Joy brought to rich cinematic life. The Globe and Mail  
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