Receptions
FILMMAKERS' RECEPTION
WITH MYCHAEL DANNA
Saturday March 2, 2 pm
The Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St.
Get In: VIP Pass, 3 Film Pass (counts as one screening) or Single Event Ticket
Single Event Ticket: $20 ($10 for students).
Online sales have closed. Tickets will be available at the door. Cash only.
Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer. He is recognized as one of the most versatile and original voices in film music having worked with such acclaimed directors as Atom Egoyan (THE SWEET HEREAFTER), Deepa Mehta (WATER), Joel Schumacher (8MM), Denzel Washington (ANTWONE FISHER) and many others. Mychael recently won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on the film Life of Pi.
Join us for this lively catered reception featuring a Q&A with Mychael Danna moderated by Thom Ernst of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies.
Q&A will begin at 2:30 pm and will be approximately 45 minutes in length.
Sponsored by Steam Whistle and Huff Estates
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday February 28, 7 pm
The Grizzly Grill, 395 Princess St.
Get In: VIP Pass, 3 Film Pass, Rush Ticket for Opening Film
Celebrate the opening of KCFF'13 at our catered reception following the opening screening of STILL MINE.
Sponsored by The Grizzly Grill, Steam Whistle and Huff Estates.
BREAKING IN:
STARTING A CAREER IN FILM & MEDIA
Friday March 1, 2:30 pm
Career Services, Queen’s University - Gordon Hall, 74 Union St.
Get In: FREE and open to all
Ever wonder what it takes to make it in the film and media industry? How do you get your foot in the door? Where do you even start? Breaking In: Starting a Career in Film and Media is your chance to connect with the people who have the jobs you want – directors, producers, actors, editors, programmers and more. Structured to allow for informal one-on-one and group conversations, to help you get the info you need.
- Jason Anderson
- Jonas Chernick
- Thom Ernst
- Sean Garrity
- Richard Goddard
- Andrew Gurney
- Kara Haflidson
- Michel Kandinsky
- Nadia Litz
- Nicola Luksic
- Dan Montgomery
- Kazik Radwanski
- Mark Slutsky
IN CONVERSATION: MICHAEL MCGOWAN & THOM ERNST
Thursday February 28, 5:15 pm
The Baby Grand, 218 Princess St.
Admission: FREE. Advance registration required.
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KCFF’13 will kick off with a special, intimate conversation between Canadian filmmaker Michael McGowan and producer and host of TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies, Thom Ernst. McGowan’s impressive catalog includes SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL, ONE WEEK, SAINT RALPH, and MY DOG VINCENT. Oh and did we mention McGowan’s latest work, STILL MINE, is our opening-night feature film? Come celebrate the opening of KCFF’13 with these two very special guests.
CHILDREN'S ANIMATION WORKSHOP
with animator Jason Nobrega
Sat Mar 2, 9:30 am
Time to Laugh Comedy Club, 394 Princess St.
Admission: FREE. Advance registration required.
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If registering more than one child for this event, you must complete a separate registation for each.
Open to kids age 8-12, this hands-on workshop will explore the possibilities of stop-motion animation, using basic supplies including pens, paper and plasticene. Materials are provided.
LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
with Nadia Litz, Michel Kandinsky, Kazik Radwanki and Dan Montgomery
Saturday March 2, 10 am
Olivea, 39 Brock St.
Admission: FREE. Advance registration required.
This event is full
Everyone knows you need more than a camera to make a movie, but exactly how much more? Filmmakers who didn’t need a Hollywood-sized budget to realize their visions have fostered cinematic revolutions in recent years. Knowing how to make a big impact with modest means is especially useful in the Canadian film scene and our guests have already shown what can be done.
A product of a unique initiative to finance five new feature-length films budgeted at $1,000 apiece, HOTEL CONGRESS is a lean but cool story of a romantic rendezvous by the directorial team of Michel Kandinsky and Nadia Litz (who also stars on screen and wrote the script). An equally extraordinary feature debut for the Toronto-based duo of writer-director Kazik Radwanski and producer Dan Montgomery, TOWER made its world premiere at Locarno, Switzerland last year before garnering wide acclaim on the festival circuit. Come hear all four discuss their experiences working with lean (often very lean) budgets and how to ensure that less really does mean more.
MASTER CLASS WITH SEAN GARRITY & JONAS CHERNICK
Sat Mar 2, 12 pm
Time to Laugh Comedy Club, 394 Princess St.
Admission: FREE. Advance registration required.
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KCFF is proud to present a master class session with one of the most talented duos in Canadian film. Given that they’re back with two new features at this year’s festival – the naughty but sweet comedy MY AWKWARD SEXUAL ADVENTURE and the more darkly hued psychological thriller BLOOD PRESSURE – they certainly qualify as one of the most prolific, too.
Native Winnipeggers who’ve often worked in close collaboration, writer and director Sean Garrity and actor and writer Jonas Chernick first made an impression on movie audiences with INERTIA (2001), an edgy black comedy written and directed by Garrity and starring Chernick that won the Best Canadian First Feature prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. They’d next pair up on LUCID (KCFF’06), an unnerving thriller that they wrote and produced together featuring Chernick in the lead role of a man losing his grasp on reality.
After various solo ventures – including Garrity’s micro-budget drama ZOOEY & ADAM (KCFF’10) and regular starring roles for Chernick on THE BORDER and DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION – they have once again collaborated on their two most impressive and warmly received film ventures yet. For KCFF’s master class, they’ll discuss the nature of their creative process, both together and apart.