Develop your skills as a filmmaker during a filmmaking weekend in Grande Prairie Oct 12-14 for youth ages 16-24, a 48-hour filmmaking challenge anywhere in the Peace Region Oct 19-21 for youth and adult teams, and a Producer Accelerator weekend in Red Deer Oct 20-21 for emerging and mid-level producers! Make a Film in a…
STORYHIVE has provided funding for several Peace Region projects since 2016 – scroll down to watch two of my favorites – so I was pleased to learn that Gross Indecency: The Everett Klippert Story, a Telus Original, won the Best Alberta Short award and $2,500 at the 2018 Calgary International Film Festival which took place…
FREE EVENTS We are co-presenting two great events with PRIMAA (Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association) as part of Alberta Culture Days! On Beat, Off Beat Fri, Sep 28 from 9:00am to Sun, Sep 30 at 5:00pm Montrose Cultural Centre Foyer On Beat, Off Beat – a video art installation presented by PRIMAA (Peace Region…
We are grateful to all the filmmakers and distributors who submitted their films to our 2018 festival: 5,352 submissions were received from 129 countries. In addition, 367 other films were considered for a total of 5,719 short films from which we selected 80 to share with our audiences. It was a fantastic program! For more…
FREE workshop for emerging screenwriters, producers, and filmmakers Saturday, September 22, 9:00am – 5:00pm Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre, 11633 100 Street, Grande Prairie Workshop Leader: Lila Z Rose LIMITED TO 20 REGISTRANTS! This game-changing narrative screenwriting workshop is presented by ESIO (Edmonton Screen Industries Office) with support from TELUS STORYHIVE to enhance the storytelling…
Want to learn filmmaking by working on a real film set in Grande Prairie? We are excited to offer the 2018 Shoot for Reel made possible with support from Community Futures, the City of Grande Prairie, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, and the Swan City Rotary Club. During this 5-day internship training program,…
Congratulations to the award winners of the 2018 Reel Shorts Film Festival! These films were showcased in the Best of the Fest package presented by Big Country and the Sandman Hotel. For a pdf of the 48-page program, click here. Juried Awards Jury members Gordie Haakstad from Edmonton, Alex Zahara from Vancouver, and Dominique Keller…
Grande Prairie (population 68,000+) is 464 km northwest of Edmonton on Highway 43, about a 4.5-hour drive. As the centre of the region, it supports a surrounding population of 260,000 people. Both WestJet and Air Canada offer several daily direct flights between YQU (Grande Prairie Airport) and YEG (Edmonton International Airport) and YYC (Calgary International…
Six film packages for schools ($6/person) are available to book by emailing Terry at terry@reelshorts.ca. Homeschooling families and members of the public are welcome to attend – admission is $6/person at the door. The films in these packages have been evaluated by teachers on the programming team to ensure that they have ties to curriculum…
There is a wealth of opportunities over the next few weeks for aspiring, emerging, and veteran filmmakers to develop their filmmaking skills here in Grande Prairie. The first of eight workshops is tomorrow. The last one is Saturday, May 12 during the Reel Shorts Film Festival. PRIMAA Workshops with Ava Karvonen Friday and Saturday, April…
Test your Academy Award predicting abilities on Sunday, Feb 25 at the Oscar Shorts presented by Q99 and the Prairie Mall. Prizes valued at $662 to be won! See all ten Oscar nominated short films at GPLT (Grande Prairie Live Theatre) – the Oscar Animated Shorts at 3:00pm and the Oscar Live Action Shorts package…