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Luminato, the Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, presents a screening of some of Bravo!FACT's best shorts from across the country and includes the award winning, In Translation, by Corey Lee and John Gould. The film featuring Simone-Elise Girard and Vincent Gale will show along with a selection of other short films, all dealing with some aspect of communication.

The Bravo!FACT/Luminato screening happens Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 6:00pm at the National Film Board Mediatheque, 150 John Street in Toronto. The event is free and seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more visit bravofact.com and/or luminato.com

Wrapping up its tenth year tour, Prairie Tales is a collection of Alberta-based film and media artworks curated by Edmonton's Metro Cinema. The program will screen Sunday June 7th at 2pm at the Plaza theatre in Calgary. This year's Calgary screening is presented by the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF), Quickdraw Animation Society and EMMEDIA with the generous support of Kensington's historic Plaza Theatre.

PT 10 will also screen in Guelph on Friday June 26th at 8pm at the Ed Video Media Arts Centre at 40 Baker Street in Guelph, Ontario.

Prairie Tales 10 includes the work of acclaimed Calgary based filmmaker Corey Lee ("What You're Ready For"). Also in the program, works by James Reckseidler, animators Kevin D.A. Kurytnik and Carol Beecher, Chris Melnychuk, Daniel Dugas and others.

Prairie Tales is made possible through the generous support of the Alberta Media Art Alliance Society (AMAAS), The Alberta Foundation for the Arts and The Canada Council. For more information on Prairie Tales 10, please visit prairietales.org.

Prairie Tales 10, Plaza Theatre Sunday, June 7th @ 2:00 pm (14A).
$10 General Admission. $8 CSIF, EMMEDIA & QUICKDRAW Members, Students and Seniors.

Cheers.

Composer Alec Harrison picked up the award for BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE DRAMA at the 2009 Alberta Film & Television Awards, for the final kilter film, In Translation. Alec composed scores for all three award winning Kilter films and splits his time between Six Degrees Music & Production and his own Red Shift Studios.

Congrats, Alec! Well deserved.

The first two films in Corey Lee's Kilter Trilogy are now available to view online at Bravo! Canada. The award winning short films, The Perfection of the Moment, with Joel McNichol and Gillian Carfra and What You're Ready For starring Michael Riley and Stephen Park, were recently featured on Bravo!FACT Presents.


The episode entitled, "Adaptations", also features Pavane by true Canadian Renaissance man, Paul Quarrington, as well as Daryl Cloran's political satire P.M.O.. Click here to watch. For more on the Kilter films, punch here.


Cheers.

The award winning short film In Translation, written by Corey Lee and John Gould, directed by Corey Lee, and adapted from the story by John Gould, has been included in this year's Prairie Tales, the annual touring collection of short film and video works by Alberta filmmakers and media artists, now in it's 11th year. The final film in Lee's Kilter Trilogy has screened at several festivals and won the award for Best Alberta Short Film at the 2008 Edmonton International Film Festival.

This year's 100 min Prairie Tales program, presented by Metro Cinema, will begin it's tour at the 2009 Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS) Conference, the annual gathering of the provincial media arts community. It's purpose to connect, celebrate, and explore contemporary media art practice in Alberta, through screenings, workshops and dialogue. This year's Edmonton conference is the 10th AMAAS gathering and the first in the Province's capital city.

Check back for more Prairie Tales 11 screenings.

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The award winning short film and 2nd chapter in the Kilter Trilogy, What You're Ready For, will be screening in the inaugural Show Us Your Shorts film festival, on Saturday March 28th at the Plaza, the program starting at 430pm. The Plaza Theatre is located at 1133 Kensington Rd NW in Calgary. The screening is pay-what-you-can at the door, with a reception to follow at The Yardhouse (directly across the street from the Plaza).

Written and directed by Corey Lee, from the short story by John Gould, the film has collected the award for Best Short Film at the 2008 Alberta Film and Television Awards, after receiving six nominations, and has also won the Best Alberta Short Film prize at the 2007 Edmonton International Film Festival.

The Show Us Your Shorts Fest has events running over the course of three days, Thursday March 26th through Saturday March 28th. More info on their site.

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ePmp is pleased to report that filmmaker Corey Lee is instructing filmmaking workshops through the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers in 2009. Corey and fellow filmmaking professional, Sandi Somers, are the forces behind Filmmakers Boot Camp, an intensive weekend workshop covering all aspects of filmmaking, including a whirlwind hands-on exploration of the process behind the camera and in the editing suite. Filmmakers Boot Camp runs all day Saturday and Sunday, May 23rd & 24th, 10 am - 5pm.



The CSIF is currently celebrating their 30th anniversary. Please visit them here. And click here for a PDF with information on all of the 2009 Spring Workshops.


Cheers.