William Kurelek’s The Maze - Official Trailer from Nick Young on Vimeo.
“The Maze is a painting of the inside of my skull”, William Kurelek
Funded on Kickstarter!! kck.st/18UySYp
UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
Mindfest / University of Toronto, co-presented by Rendezvous with Madness
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Toronto, ON Canada
Wednesday, Oct. 8th, 7pm
w/ intro by filmmakers Nick Young & Zack Young (via Skype)
Followed by panel including Stephen Kurelek, son of William
Tickets:
psychiatry.utoronto.ca/mindfest/mindfest-film-screening-william-kureleks-maze-october-8-2014/
Mad in America’s International Film Festival
Arlington, MA USA
Friday, Oct. 10th, 10pm
Tickets:
madinamericainternationalfilmfestival.com/william-kureleks-maze/
PAST SCREENINGS:
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Stratford, ON Canada
Co-presented with Workman Arts
Thursday, June 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Post-screening discussion with Nick Young and the artist’s son, Stephen Kurelek.
stratfordshakespearefestival.com/forum/film.aspx?id=24990
ALIX Art Gallery in Sarnia
(Skype Q&A w/ director Robert M. Young & producer Zack Young)
Where: 147 Lochiel St. Sarnia, Ontario
When: Thurs, Sep. 19th, 7:00pm
jnaag.ca/featured-articles/item/230-film-screening-william-kureleks-the-maze
OCAD University in Toronto
(Q&A w/ producer Nick Young)
Where: Auditorium, 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
When: Thurs, Sep. 19, 2013
apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=5221
Au Contraire Film Festival in Montreal
(panel w/ Stephen Kurelek, filmmakers, & curator of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
Montreal, Quebec
When: Fri, October 18, 2013, 7:30pm
Tickets: acff.ca/schedule.html
Crest Theater in Westwood
Where: 1262 S. Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
When: Fri, Oct. 25th, 2013
Post screening discussion with:
filmmakers Robert M. Young, Nick & Zack Young
Special guests Debra Linesch, Barbara Drucker
Wednesday, September 19th 2012 – 7:30 pm
Pacific Cinémathèque – Frames of Mind film series
1131 Howe Street, between Helmcken and Davie Streets
Vancouver, BC
Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 – 7:15 pm
Ventura Film Society
Downtown Ventura
Sponsored by Studio Nothing
Filmmakers Robert M. Young, Nick Young and Zack Young will attend.
TORONTO PREMIERE!
Friday, October 19th 2012 – 7:00 pm
Presented by Workman Arts and St. Anne’s Church
Toronto, Ontario
app.etapestry.com/cart/WorkmanArts/default/item.php?ref=3427.0.166513679
May 29, 2012, 7:15 pm, at Cinecenta, 3800 Finnerty Road, University of Victoria
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA
Art Gallery of Hamilton (CANADA) March 22nd, 2012 @ 6:30pm
w/ Q&A
visit: themazemovie.com/ for more info
The Mill Valley Film Festival - Oct 12th & 15th 2011
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Winnipeg Art Gallery - Oct 13th & Nov 26th 2011
wag.ca/visit/entertainment/list/category/film/353
Starz Denver Film Festival - Nov 2nd - 13th 2011
denverfilm.org/festival/prelaunch.aspx?FID=61
read Bill Desowitz’s article on Indie Wire about the film here: blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/09/30/returning_to_kureleks_maze_/
William Kurelek’s The Maze is a documentary about the life of celebrated Canadian artist William Kurelek, dramatically told through his paintings and his on camera revelations. The film takes an intimate look into the life of one of the 20th century’s most fascinating artists and his struggles with attempted suicide and a self professed “spiritual crisis”. Kurelek describes The Maze as “a painting of the inside of [his] skull which [he] painted while in England as a patient in Maudsley and Netherne psychiatric hospitals.” Kurelek’s surrealistic painting , featured in the film, depicts a man’s unraveled head lying in a wheat field. A curled up laboratory rat, representing his spirit, is trapped inside a maze of unhappy thoughts and memories.
for more info visit: themazemovie.com
or like us @ facebook.com/kurelek
or follow us @ twitter.com/themazemovie
make sure to visit Kurelek.ca to see more of William Kurelek’s art and learn about the major retrospective of his work at 3 major venues across Canada 2011-2012
Based on a film by Robert M. Young & David Grubin
Produced & Re-imagined by Nick Young & Zack Young
Visual FX & Music by Nick Young & Zack Young
Executive Produced by Irwin Young & Stanley Plotnick
The Maze painting appears courtesy of The Bethlem Royal Hospital Museum & Archives, London, UK and the estate of William Kurelek (c/o Wynick/Tuck Gallery)