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…