Click here for a pdf of our 60-page 2014 Reel Shorts Film Festival program.
Fest passes include access to everything at no extra charge and are available to purchase for $60. Buy online or contact Grande Prairie Live Theatre to purchase over the phone or at the Box Office. Last year, the passes sold out so don’t delay.
Looking for accommodation and other attractions? Check out our Visitor Info page. We have two venues for screenings this year to accommodate our growing audience numbers.
Schools need to book in advance to ensure seating. Please email terry@reelshorts.ca to book your school group.
To browse a listing of all of the films, click here. As more pages are added to the website, you’ll be able to click on the package names below for more details:
Mon, May 5
- 9:30 am: optional school screening – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $5
- 12:30 pm: Step This Way (Grade 7-9); 10+ (Violence, Nudity) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $5
Tues, May 6
- 9:30 am: Magic Time (Grade 1-3); 5+ – Jan Cinema; $5
- 12:30 pm: Magic Time (Grade 1-3); 5+ – Jan Cinema; $5; $5
- 7:00 pm: Antarctica & the Grand Slam of Mountaineering (feature-length documentary and presentation) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
Wed, May 7
- 9:45 am: Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies); 10+ (Coarse Language, Gory Scenes) – Jan Cinema; $5
- 10:45 am: Magic Time (Grade 1-3); 5+ – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $5
- 12:30 pm: Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages); 10+ (Coarse Language, Gory Scenes) – Jan Cinema; $5
- 12:45 pm: A New World (Grade 4-6); 5+ – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $5
- 5:00 pm: Portrait of Fatherhood; 14+ (Coarse Language) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 7:30 pm: Looking for Love; 14+ (Coarse Language, Sexual Content) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
Thur, May 8
- 9:30 am: Step This Way (Grade 7-9); 10+ (Violence, Nudity) – Jan Cinema; $5
- 12:30 pm: A New World (Grade 4-6); 5+ – Jan Cinema; $5
- 3:30 pm: Oscar Live Action Shorts; 14A (Coarse Language, Violence) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 6:00 pm: Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages); 10+ (Coarse Language, Gory Scenes) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 8:30 pm: Extreme Measures; 14+ (Coarse Language, Sexual Violence) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
Fri, May 9
- 9:30 am: Portrait of Fatherhood; 14+ (Coarse Language) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 12:30 pm: Looking for Love; 14+ (Coarse Language, Sexual Content) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 3:30 pm: Connect/Disconnect; 14+ (Coarse Language) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 6:30 pm: Here Now & Hereafter; 14+ (Coarse Language, Substance Abuse) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 9:00 pm: Weapons of Choice; 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Substance Abuse) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 11:30 pm: Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts; 14+ (Coarse Language, Gory Violence) – Jan Cinema; $20
Sat, May 10
- 9:00 am: A New World (Grade 4-6); 5+ – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 11:30 am: Magic Time (Grade 1-3); 5+ – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 1:30 pm: Filming Wolves: Secrets of Wildlife Cinematography (presentation by Emmy-award-winning Andrew Manske); $12 ($6 students)
- 3:30 pm: Frantic 48 & Youth Screenplay Awards; 14+ – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 6:00 pm: Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies); 10+ (Coarse Language, Gory Scenes) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 8:30 pm: Families Like Mine; 10+ (Sexual Content, Mature Subject Matter) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 10:30 pm: Families Like Mine after-party – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; free to pass holders and anyone with a ticket stub for Families Like Mine
Sun, May 11 – Mother’s Day – bring your Mom as a great Mother’s Day present!
- 9:00 am: Oscar Animated Shorts; PG – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 11:30 am: Step This Way (Grade 7-9); 10+ (Violence, Nudity) – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 2:00 pm: Best of the Fest (juried award winners, Audience Choice winner, and audience favourites); 14+ with possible advisories – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 5:00 pm: Best of the Fest (juried award winners, Audience Choice winner, and audience favourites); 14+ with possible advisories – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
- 8:00 pm: Best of the Fest (juried award winners, Audience Choice winner, and audience favourites); 14+ with possible advisories – Grande Prairie Live Theatre; $12 ($6 students)
The age ratings and advisories given above are provided by the festival’s programming team as a guideline only. Please note any advisories given with the age rating. Some parents may consider a particular film or package to be unsuitable for their child’s viewing even if the child is old enough according to that particular age rating. The festival’s age rating system is similar but not identical to the following ratings used by Alberta Film Classification:
- 5+ – roughly equivalent to a G rating
- 10+ – roughly equivalent to a PG rating
- 14+ – roughly equivalent to a 14A rating
- 18+ – roughly equivalent to an 18A or R rating