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PRESENTED BY GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE MAY 7-11 2014 reelshorts.ca 2 SHORTS ON PARADE A PRODUCTION OF GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE nine10 Westkey/Menzies Graphics Group FESTIVAL BRANDING, PROGRAM DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM PRINTING 2014 PROGRAM LAYOUT: KATE FOOTE © COPYRIGHT 2014 GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE GET YOUR BUNS TO THE LOBBY... TWIZZLERS FOR SALE FEST UPDATES AND MORE: FACEBOOK.COM/REELSHORTS REELSHORTS.CA 3 President's Message he Reel Shorts Film Festival is in the seven-week Youth Film Mentor- Tits eighth year and recently be- ship Project and went on to win the came one of only four film festivals Best Overall Youth Short Film at the in Alberta to become a qualifying Calgary International Film Festival festival for the Academy of Canadian and the Young Filmmakers Competi- Cinema & Television. I am proud that tion at the Austin Film Festival. The Grande Prairie Live Theatre has been Horizon Project, directed by Scott able to play a supporting role in the Belyea, was part of a two-week spectacular achievement of bringing internship program called Shoot for quality entertainment and media arts Reel and went on to screen at the opportunities to the Peace Region. MOTELx – Lisbon International Hor- ror Film Festival, the Edmonton Inter- Under the leadership of festival di- national Film Festival, ScreamfestLA, rector Terry Scerbak, the Reel Shorts and the Phoenix International Horror volunteers have made a positive & Sci-Fi Film Festival. Congratulations impact on our community over the and thank you to everyone involved years and created a spark for the lo- in the festival’s past and present cal media arts to begin to flourish. successes. This is evident with the recent for- mation of a filmmakers’ cooperative Enjoy the festival and all it has to and non-profit organization called offer. the Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association. We wish them great Cyril Cook success on achieving their goals. President, GPLT Board of Directors With the Reel Shorts Film Festival, we have the pleasure to welcome and view films from around the globe. There were submissions from 55 countries and territories for consid- eration this year and I am impressed at how well this melds seamlessly with the locally produced films from our community. Three locally produced films that world premiered at the fest in 2013 have been able to achieve success beyond the Peace Region. Sophia, directed by Rory Mells, was nominat- A PROUD SPONSOR ed for Best Short Film at the Alber- OF THE 2014 REEL SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL ta Film and Television Awards. HB, directed by Nathan Fast, was part of 4 SHORTS ON PARADE Director’s Notes e are thrilled to bring you 101 Wfilms from 28 countries that were selected after considering 1,255 short films including 625 submis- sions from 55 countries. More than a third of the films are North American, Canadian, or Alberta premieres, and many of them are award-winning. The big story of this year’s festival is how Hansen Ford Lincoln came to be the Presenting Sponsor. When I started the festival in 2007, there was very little filmmaking going on in the region and there was no community will be premiering the first five of of filmmakers. The training initiatives them at the festival! This fusion of art we’ve implemented over the years and commerce is a testament to how have changed that. The one that had much the film community has grown the biggest impact was Shoot for in such a short period of time! Reel, the two-week internship proj- Shoot for Reel had another big im- ect in July 2012 that resulted in the pact. Many of the interns and oth- festival-produced short film THE HO- ers who worked on THE HORIZON RIZON PROJECT directed by Scott PROJECT formed PRIMAA (Peace Belyea. Chris Beauchamp interned Region Independent Media Arts As- on that film as the 1st AC (Assistant sociation), a non-profit filmmakers’ Camera) and then went on to be the cooperative. The festival is collaborat- Cinematographer for SOPHIA which ing with PRIMAA on the Frantic 48, a was directed by Rory Mells and was 48-hour film challenge the weekend nominated for a 2014 Alberta Film & of May 2-4. The completed films will Television Award. Chris then won our screen at 3:30 pm on Sat, May 10. 2013 screenplay competition which Community Futures will be present- was judged by Gordie Haakstad. His ing a $500 cash prize to the winner of film is still in post-production so we the Best Film Award and to the win- weren’t able to include it in this year’s ner of the Audience Choice Award. fest. One of the co-stars of that film is Cam White who was also an actor in We’re offering another youth mentor- THE HORIZON PROJECT. How this all ship opportunity this year – the Youth comes together is that Chris, as Cre- Screenwriter Mentorship Project and ative Director of nine10, and Gordie Screenplay Competition. Encana will wrote the scripts for 12 webisodes present a $500 cash prize to the best starring Arnie, the Viking played by script written by a Peace Region resi- Cam. Gordie directed them and we dent between the ages of 16 and 24, REELSHORTS.CA 5 and a $2,000 production prize when presenting Filming Wolves: Secrets the film is produced. of Wildlife Cinematography at 1:30 pm on Sat, May 10. Another big change this year is the festival has become competitive. Jury We couldn’t celebrate short films members Scott Belyea, Meaghan and the filmmakers who make them Brander, and Gordie Haakstad will without the support of our funding be choosing the winners of the Best partners and sponsors who make it Live Action Short, Best Animated possible. Please take a moment to let Short, and Best Documentary Short. them know that you appreciate their support of our festival. We are so grateful to local sculptor Grant Berg for designing the award I’d also like to thank Mark Picard for we will be presenting to all seven doing such a great job of the intro award winners and to Mack McDon- reel, Eric Durnford for taking a week ald of Decca Industries in Clairmont off of work and driving up from Cal- for producing it! It is a unique fusion gary to volunteer doing anything of art and industry that could only and everything, my wonderful hus- happen in this region. I hope the band Greg Scerbak who also takes a award winners will love it as much week of holidays to help out any way as I do. he can, and all the other volunteers who help put on the festival. And a We also have two great present- HUGE thank-you to Kate Foote from ers this year and both of them live Calgary who designed this souvenir here in Grande Prairie when they’re program on a very tight deadline. not out in the wilderness: Horacio You’re amazing, Kate! Galanti will be talking about his pursuit of the Grand Slam of Moun- And lastly, thank you for joining us. taineering after the screening of the It wouldn’t be a festival without you! feature documentary ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE at 7:00 pm on Tues, Terry Scerbak May 6; and Andrew Manske will be Festival Director 6 SHORTS ON PARADE Frantic 48 Film Challenge RIMAA (Peace Region Inde- Frantic 48 Audience Choice Award. Ppendent Media Arts Associa- tion) and the festival have joined Monty Simo, Vice-President of forces to create a 48-hour film the PRIMAA Board, is the creative challenge the weekend of May force behind this adrenaline-filled 2-4 with the finished films screen- weekend of filmmaking in the Peace ing during the Frantic 48 & Youth Region. At 7:00 pm on Fri, May 2, Screenplay Awards at 3:30 pm on each team will have 48 hours to Sat, May 10. Prizes of $500 will make a short film of 2-7 minutes be presented by Community Fu- using an assigned prop and line of tures to the winner of the Frantic dialogue (the same for all teams) 48 Best Film Award as determined and one of six genres that will be by our jury members (Scott Bely- randomly assigned to each team. ea, Meaghan Brander, and Gordie Finishing in 48 hours will be a huge Haakstad) and to the winner of the accomplishment! Youth Screenwriter Mentorship Project & Screenplay Competition ade possible with funding from Awards at 3:30 pm on Sat, May 10. MAlberta Human Services, this Gordie Haakstad, who judged last new initiative of the festival provided year’s Screenwriting Competition, one month of mentorship to Peace will judge the final batch of entries Region screenwriters aged 16 to and also cast and direct a table-read 24 who submitted their scripts of the winning screenplay following (maximum 15 pages) by the dead- the screening of the Frantic 48 films. line of March 31. After a month Concept practicality will be a factor of mentoring and feedback from in his decision since the intent is to award-winning filmmaker Scott Bely- develop a script that can be made in ea, they had until May 4 to submit their the Peace Region and showcased at revised scripts. Encana will present a next year’s festival. cash prize of $500 to the screenwriter and a $2,000 production package at reelshorts.ca the Frantic 48 & Youth Screenplay 8 SHORTS ON PARADE Jury Members Our festival has always been non- these awards, but winners will competitive … until now.