Film Festival!
Happening this week in Kitchener!
(a short I was in, "The Ticket" will be screening Thursday at 7 pm)
We are proud to invite you to Local Focus 2, a film festival dedicated to showcasing local films made by local film-makers. Join us in celebrating the excellent films produced here in our region. Come enjoy, celebrate and vote for your local filmmakers’ work in a variety of selected animations, shorts, documentaries, and feature films. These films were accepted by a jury based on the following: Cinematography- Sound- Editing/Continuity- Story/Script- Performance/ Acting -Believability/Credibility/ Accuracy. The jury will continue judging the films throughout the festival.
Thanks to our funders, we are happy to issue artist fees for all accepted films. In addition, we will present a Jury Award (merit award for best short, documentary and feature as voted on by an elected Jury*), and the Public Choice Award (for best short, documentary and feature as voted on by the audience). Two films, one by Azam Fouk Aladeh and the other by Philip Bast are excluded from the competition for the Jury Award as Azam and Philip are members of the Jury, but these movies can still compete for the Public Choice Award. (*The jury is comprised of the following individuals: Mick Grogan, Terry Barna,David Finla y, Martin de Groot, Brian Scott, Philip Bast and Azam Fouk Aladeh)
Here is the schedule of events:
Sunday March 15th, 7:00-8:30pm
The festival will kick off with a celebration and refreshments in the Oak Room at the Walper Hotel, second floor. There will be some brief speeches of introduction and the distribution of artist fees while clips from each movie, information on the filmmakers and logos of all our sponsors appear on a big screen in the background. Cash bar. Everybody is welcome.
Movies will be shown from Monday March 16th to Saturday March 21 (see the link for schedule of screenings). All screenings will take place at Kitchener City Hall in the Council Chambers, starting at 7:00pm each night.
Sunday March 22 7:00-8:30pm
Wrap-Up celebrations and refreshments in the Oak Room at the Walper Hotel. Announcement of the winners of the Jury Award and Public Choice Award in each category will take place, while clips of winning films and logos of sponsors are screened in the background. Cash bar. Everybody is welcome.
This promises to be an exciting event. You will have an opportunity to meet the film-makers and discuss their work, and you will be able to vote for the winner of the People's Choice Award in each category. Bring your friends. Spread the word. This event is free!! A big thank you to our sponsors: The City of Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Arts Council, Social Planning Council, Ontario Arts Council, Generation X, CTV, CKWR, The Record, and the Walper Hotel.
For more information see our website: www.kwmcc.org , call 519-743-1151 ext 146 or email film-making@theworkingcentre.org
Azam Fouk Aladeh
Margaret O’Shea Bonner
(a short I was in, "The Ticket" will be screening Thursday at 7 pm)
We are proud to invite you to Local Focus 2, a film festival dedicated to showcasing local films made by local film-makers. Join us in celebrating the excellent films produced here in our region. Come enjoy, celebrate and vote for your local filmmakers’ work in a variety of selected animations, shorts, documentaries, and feature films. These films were accepted by a jury based on the following: Cinematography- Sound- Editing/Continuity- Story/Script- Performance/ Acting -Believability/Credibility/ Accuracy. The jury will continue judging the films throughout the festival.
Thanks to our funders, we are happy to issue artist fees for all accepted films. In addition, we will present a Jury Award (merit award for best short, documentary and feature as voted on by an elected Jury*), and the Public Choice Award (for best short, documentary and feature as voted on by the audience). Two films, one by Azam Fouk Aladeh and the other by Philip Bast are excluded from the competition for the Jury Award as Azam and Philip are members of the Jury, but these movies can still compete for the Public Choice Award. (*The jury is comprised of the following individuals: Mick Grogan, Terry Barna,David Finla y, Martin de Groot, Brian Scott, Philip Bast and Azam Fouk Aladeh)
Here is the schedule of events:
Sunday March 15th, 7:00-8:30pm
The festival will kick off with a celebration and refreshments in the Oak Room at the Walper Hotel, second floor. There will be some brief speeches of introduction and the distribution of artist fees while clips from each movie, information on the filmmakers and logos of all our sponsors appear on a big screen in the background. Cash bar. Everybody is welcome.
Movies will be shown from Monday March 16th to Saturday March 21 (see the link for schedule of screenings). All screenings will take place at Kitchener City Hall in the Council Chambers, starting at 7:00pm each night.
Sunday March 22 7:00-8:30pm
Wrap-Up celebrations and refreshments in the Oak Room at the Walper Hotel. Announcement of the winners of the Jury Award and Public Choice Award in each category will take place, while clips of winning films and logos of sponsors are screened in the background. Cash bar. Everybody is welcome.
This promises to be an exciting event. You will have an opportunity to meet the film-makers and discuss their work, and you will be able to vote for the winner of the People's Choice Award in each category. Bring your friends. Spread the word. This event is free!! A big thank you to our sponsors: The City of Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Arts Council, Social Planning Council, Ontario Arts Council, Generation X, CTV, CKWR, The Record, and the Walper Hotel.
For more information see our website: www.kwmcc.org , call 519-743-1151 ext 146 or email film-making@theworkingcentre.org
Azam Fouk Aladeh
Margaret O’Shea Bonner