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All three films in the Kilter Trilogy have been selected for Prairie Tales, the annual touring collection of Alberta-based film and media artworks curated by Edmonton's Metro Cinema. The 11th edition of the program, which includes the final Kilter chapter, "In Translation", will screen Sunday January 31st at 7pm at the Plaza theatre in Calgary. This Calgary premiere 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.

Previously, "In Translation" won the 2008 Edmonton International Film Festival's Best of Alberta Short Film Award, the Grand Prize at 2009 MING Short Film Festival, Best Original Dramatic Score at the 2009 Alberta Film & Television Awards, as well as screening at a variety of festivals, including the 2008 Whistler Film Festival and the 2008 Calgary International Film Festival, as a finalist for the Best of Alberta.

For more info on the PT 11 program, click here to open a pdf of Gillian McKercher's article in the latest CSIF quarterly ANSWER PRINT newsletter.


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 program, please visit prairietales.org.




Prairie Tales 11 at Plaza Theatre Sunday January 31st @ 7:00 pm. A short Q & A featuring filmmakers to follow. Hope to see you there.

Cheers.

The fine folks at Bravo!FACT have uploaded the award winning films "The Perfection of the Moment" and "What You're Ready For", parts I and II of the Kilter Trilogy. These films can be viewed along with a ton of other Bravo!FACT shorts from all across Canada on their browser video player.

All three films were produced with a Bravo!FACT grant, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, and also made possible by the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Filmmaker Corey Lee's short film, "The Perfection of the Moment", picked up the Audience Favourite Award at the first ever Southern Alberta Film Festival on Saturday October 17th, 2009 in Fort MacLeod, AB at the fabulous Empress Theatre.

The short film, the first in Lee's Kilter trilogy, is adapted from author John Gould's Giller Prize short-listed, kilter: 55 fictions. Previously, "The Perfection of the Moment", has won the Best Short Film prize at the 2006 Alberta Film & Television Awards, the Reel Canadian Indie Award at the 2007 Canadian Filmmakers Festival, the 2007 MING Short Film Festival Grand Prize, and was also invited to the 2007 Festival de Cannes Short Film Market. The film was also selected as a finalist for the 2006 Calgary International Film festival Alberta Centennial Award and for the 2007 edition of the touring program Prairie Tales (9).


"The Perfection of the Moment" was produced with a Bravo!FACT grant, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, and was made possible by the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. The Southern Alberta Film Festival is presented by the Southern Alberta Art Gallery and SAAG Cinema.

The Perfection of the Moment has been selected to be one of the finalists in the 2009 Southern Alberta Film Festival, taking place OCTOBER 15 to 17 at the EMPRESS THEATRE IN FORT MacLEOD, AB.



"The Perfection of the Moment" is one of five finalists to be showcased during the finale of the Southern Alberta Film Festival at 7:30pm on Saturday October 17th, 2009. The audience will be asked to vote for their favourite film, earning the winning film maker $500 and the Audience Favourite Award. This will be followed up with a Q and A with Albertan filmmakers.

Tickets are $7 per film screening or passes are available for $45. Passes include seven admission tickets, a ticket to the short film screening and Q and A, as well as an invitation to the reception.

The Empress Theatre is located at 235 Main Street, Fort Macleod, AB. For more on the fest, click here.

Calgary AB. - Filmmaker Corey Lee's award-winning short film, "In Translation", picked up another as it won the Grand Prize at the 2009 MING Short Film Festival Gala on September 12th, 2009.

Lee co-wrote the short with with John Gould, the author of the Giller Prize short-listed, kilter: 55 fictions. The film is the final piece in Lee's highly successful Kilter Trilogy, which includes the films, "What You're Ready For" and "The Perfection of the Moment", which won the MING Grand Prize in 2007.

Previously, "In Translation" won the award for Best Alberta Short Film at the 2008 Edmonton International Film Festival, sharing the prize with J. Scott Portingale's "Midnight Matinee". The film has screened at a number of highly regarded festivals including: Calgary International, as a finalist for the Best of Alberta, Whistler 2008 and the touring Prairie Tales 11. The film features brilliant performances by Vincent Gale and Simone Elise Girard.

"In Translation" was produced with a Bravo!FACT grant, supported by Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel, and was made possible by the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Congratulations to all the other finalists and award winners including, Ian Day and the boys from Science Bear, Caitlind Brown and Sandi Somers, and also to the MING Short Film Festival for hosting such a fabulous event for five years running.

The 5th annual MING short film festival is about to ramp up and I'm pleased to report that ePmp has two films featured in the program. The final kilter film, "In Translation" will screen on Tuesday August 25th with two other short films. The program begins at 7 pm.

Meanwhile, "Reality Testing", a film by Corey Lee and Sandi Somers, will play the following Tuesday, September 1st, also at 7 pm at MING, located at 520 - 17 Avenue SW, Calgary.

The festival runs Sunday to Wednesday nights for two weeks starting August 23rd. The top films from each night (as determined by the public vote) will move on the Judges Round, who will narrow down a Top Ten to be shown at the Awards Gala on Saturday September 12, 2009. SO, make sure you come on down to check out some cool local works, have a couple drinks and vote!

Back in 2007, the first film in the kilter trilogy, "The Perfection of the Moment", won the MING short film festival Grand Prize. It will be screened as part of a past winners showcase on Wednesday September 2nd.

For a clip of yours truly talking about how awesome the MING fest is on youtube, click here. For info, trailers and stills from the Kilter Trilogy, click here. And for more on the 2009 Festival... punch it here.

Cheers.

If you click here, you'll see a selection of set photos from a short film collaboration by Corey Lee and Sandi Somers.

"Reality Testing" was made for the 4th annual Super8 Challenge at the behest of our good friend, James Reckseidler. The film was first screened in late March in Calgary and in Los Angeles, CA at the Echo Park Film Co-op in June.

enriquePoe is happy to report that RT will play, alongside 15 other films, this Sunday, August 16th as part of the CSIF's 30th Anniversary Members screening at 4:30 pm at the Plaza Theatre in Kensington, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Tickets are available at the door. Likely around $10 for adults.