nsi Film Exchange – The shorts story
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/02/2003 (8500 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WHO likes short shorts? Evidently, FilmExchange loves short shorts, as it proves again with six different short films programs.
SNOWSCREEN
Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., University of Winnipeg Quadrangle, 515 Portage Ave.
After last year’s surprisingly successful screening of Manitoba animation on a big chunk of white snow, FilmExchange again flaunts its Winnipeg mid-winter setting with its free opening-night screening of the World Premieres of the 2002 ZeD Drama Prize films. The festival’s sponsor, the National Screen Institute, ponied up the dough for six films to be made under the auspices of its training program. If you miss this one, each film also will play during the week of the festival before one of the fest’s feature films.
SHOWCASE OF CANADIAN SHORT FILMS
Daily, Wednesday, March 5, to Saturday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m. — Globe Cinemas (Rio)
Hosted by Sook-Yin Lee, host of CBC Radio’s Definitely Not the Opera, this four-day mini-festival gives audiences a chance to see the best current Canadian short films, and meet the people who made them. All screenings are at the Globe Cinemas (in Portage Place). Tickets are $8.
Program One — Wednesday
This program includes a film by Bart Simpson (!) titled A Vampire’s Guide to Sweden, about an unfaithful bloodsucker tricked into a trip to the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Program Two — Thursday
Watch for Winnipeg-born actress Nadia Litz (The Five Senses) in the title role of Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl. Litz’s lonely zombie wanders the land of the living, trying to make new friends in this dark comedy by Brad Peyton.
Program Three — Friday
Watch for Winnipeg filmmaker Carole O’Brien’s En trois-temps, described in the program thus: “Three timelines reveal the intimate portrait of a young girl as she gives in to the random nature of death.”
Program Four — Saturday
In the 21-minute film A Promise, FilmExchange’s guest of honour, Gordon Pinsent, stars, along with his daughter Leah, in a haunting story of a family revisiting their old summer cottage.
LOCAL EXPOSURE AMATEUR MOVIE CONTEST
Saturday, March 8, 4:30 p.m. at the Globe Cinema (Rio)
Twelve amateur filmmakers compete for best director, best actor, best sound, best cinematography and best movie (under 18), with the winner of each category pocketing a cool $100. Finalists also will compete for the coveted People’s Choice Award, a $500 prize for best movie, chosen by audience members at the screening. Hosted by Jon Ljungberg. Tickets $6 at the door.