Passes and Tickets

Festival passes and tickets are available at GPLT. Click tickets for more information.

Program and Schedule PDFs

A 2-page pdf schedule can be found here and a pdf of the 56-page program can be found here.

Testimonials

To read comments about the 2016 festival, click here.

Filmmaker Insights Symposium and Workshops

Information on the Filmmaker Insights Symposium May 13-15 can be found here.

Check out Visitor Info for accommodation and other attractions. For venues, click here.

School Program

School screenings take place Monday, May 8 through Friday, May 12. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Teachers on the programming team with experience teaching at these grade levels have recommended the films so they are age and curriculum appropriate. Teachers should email Terry at terry@reelshorts.ca to book.

• Critter Tales (Gr 1-3) – 10 short films (65 minutes)
• World of Wonder (Gr 4-6) – 10 short films (80 minutes)
• Lost & Found (Gr 6-9) – 8 short films (100 minutes)
• At Risk (Gr 9-12 Social Studies) – 5 short films (115 minutes)
• Fateful Decision (Gr 9-12 English/Languages) – 8 short films (110 minutes)
• Cinema Francophone (Gr 9-12 French) – 6 short films (95 minutes)

Full 2017 Schedule

Monday, May 8

Douglas J. Cardinal Theatre, GPRC

• 9:30am: World of Wonder (Gr 4-6); 10+; $6

Tuesday, May 9

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 12:30pm: World of Wonder (Gr 4-6); 10+; $6
• 7:30pm: The Moment When – presented by Q99 and the Sandman Hotel; 14+ (Coarse Language); $12 ($8 students)

Wednesday, May 10

Douglas J. Cardinal Theatre, GPRC

• 9:15am: At Risk (Gr 9-12 Social Studies); 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence); $6
• 12:30pm: Fateful Decision (Gr 9-12 English/Languages); 10+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Frightening Scenes); $6

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 9:30am: Critter Tales (Gr 1-3); 5+; $6
• 6:00pm: On the Move; 14+ (Coarse Language, Sexual Content); $12 ($8 students)
• 8:45pm: On Parle Français – presented by Q99 and MR MIKES SteakhouseCasual; 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Nudity, Mature Subject Matter); $12 ($8 students)

Thursday, May 11

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 9:15am: Cinema Francophone (Gr 9-12 French); 10+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Mature Subject Matter); $6
• 6:00pm: Opposing Sides; 14+ (Violence, Disturbing Content, Gory Scenes); $12 ($8 students)
• 8:45pm: Here Now & Hereafter – presented by Oliver’s Funeral Home; 14+ (Coarse Language, Nudity, Sexual Content); $12 ($8 students)

Douglas J. Cardinal Theatre, GPRC

• 12:30pm: Lost & Found (Gr 6-9); 10+ (Violence, Frightening Scenes); $6

Friday, May 12

Douglas J. Cardinal Theatre, GPRC

• 9:30am: Critter Tales (Gr 1-3); 5+; $6

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 10:45am: At Risk (Gr 9-12 Social Studies); 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence); $6
• 1:30pm: Fateful Decision (Gr 9-12 English/Languages); 10+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Frightening Scenes); $6
• 6:30pm: Cinema Francophone; 10+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Mature Subject Matter); $12 ($8 students)
• 9:30pm: Psycho Shorts & Pizza Party (pizza at 9:30pm; horror shorts at 10:15pm) – presented by Pizza Hut; 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Gory Scenes); $25

Saturday, May 13

Ernie Radbourne Pavilion

• 10:30am – 2:00pm: Storytelling Within a Virtual Reality Environment workshop (includes a half-hour lunch break); $40 ($30 students)
• 2:30 – 3:15pm: The Future of Storytelling: VR, Transmedia, and the Changing Filmmaking Landscape panel; $15 ($10 students)

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 11:00am: Critter Tales Family Package; 5+; $12 ($8 students)
• 12:30pm: World of Wonder; 10+; $12 ($8 students)
• 2:30pm: Psycho Shorts Nightmare Matinee; 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence, Gory Scenes); $12 ($8 students)
• 5:00pm: Lost & Found; 10+ (Violence, Frightening Scenes); $12 ($8 students)
• 8:00pm: Crime & Punishment; 14+ (Coarse Language, Violence); $12 ($8 students)

Sunday, May 14

Ernie Radbourne Pavilion

• 1:30 – 4:30pm: Anatomy of a Scene: Directing Actors by Blocking to the Camera workshop; $40 ($30 students)
• 5:00 – 5:45pm:The Director’s Creative Process panel – presented by Community Futures Grande Prairie; $15 ($10 students)

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 12:30pm: Best of the Fest – presented by Big Country and Hansen Ford Lincoln; 14+; $15 ($10 students)
• 3:30pm: Frantic48 – presented by Decca Industries; 14+; $12 ($8 students)
• 6:30pm: Frantic48 – presented by Decca Industries; 14+; $12 ($8 students)

Monday, May 15

Ernie Radbourne Pavilion

• 6:00 – 9:00pm: Anatomy of a Scene: Directing Actors by Blocking to the Camera; $40 ($30 students)

Grande Prairie Live Theatre

• 7:30pm: Best of the Fest – presented by Big Country and Hansen Ford Lincoln; 14+; $15 ($10 students)

A Note on Ratings

The age ratings and advisories are provided by the festival’s programming team as a guideline only. Advisories relate to the age rating, therefore an advisory of 10+ (Nudity) could refer to an animated film that takes place in an art museum that has nude works of art. Many parents would be fine with their 10-year-old seeing such a film, whereas a film rated 14+ (Nudity, Sexual Content) could be considered by many parents to be inappropriate viewing even if the child is 14 years old although acceptable at age 16 or 17 (i.e. not so explicit as to be rated 18+). An advisory of 10+ (Mature Subject Matter) could refer to a child dealing with the death of a parent whereas an advisory of 14+ (Mature Subject Matter) could refer to a character who is contemplating suicide. 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