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Kamloops Independent Short Short (KISS) film competition PDF Print E-mail

The Kamloops Film Society Announces its Upcoming 5th Annual Kamloops Independent Short Short (KISS) Film Competition to be Held on Thursday May 17, 2012

7pm TRU Alumni Theatre

The Kamloops Film Society (KFS) is pleased to announce its upcoming 5th Annual Kamloops Independent Short Short (KISS) Film Competition, 2012. As part of its mission to support and encourage local filmmaking, the KFS stages an annual KISS competition, which is open to film entries from all independent filmmakers living in Kamloops and the surrounding region of Interior BC.

The "short short" in the KISS name connotes the temporal nature of the competition entries, which must be 5 minutes in duration or less. According to the KISS competition guidelines, all entries must be showable to all audiences, since children will be in attendance at the competition screening, which is a free event open to the public. The deadline for submitting entries to the KISS competition is May 10th, and the screening of the films and awarding of prizes will be on May 17th location to be determined.

The prizes for the competition winners will be as follows:

1st prize  $500

2nd prize  $250

3rd prize $100

 

TNRD prize for best portrayal of Thompson Nicola Regional District $100

Youth Prize (18 years and under) $100

Audience Favourite $100 MovieMart gift card      

Filmmakers can drop off their entry (in DVD format) at MovieMart (New Location 444 St. Paul St.) in downtown Kamloops on or before May 10th, 2012. All entries must include an application form (Download Here) and a $10 entry fee.

The KFS wishes all the filmmakers who enter the KISS competition the best of luck, and looks forward to seeing all of their creative ideas and expressions! In addition, as always, the KFS thanks the many volunteers, film-lovers, and sponsors who make the annual KISS competition possible.

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How and Where to see the Films PDF Print E-mail
  • Films are shown every other Thursday evening at the Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St. from September through November and January through May (with a break for our Film Festival in the first weekend of March).
  • Film time is always 7pm.
  • Tickets are $8 per showing and can be purchased in advance from Moviemart, 520 Seymour, or at the door.
  • Series Passes are available for $42 for our six-film series (Fall and Spring) and $28 for our four-film series (Winter). A yearly pass (for all 14 films) is available for $85.
  • Gift Certificates can also be purchased at Moviemart.
  • A $2 yearly Film Society Membership Card must be purchased and shown the evening of the film. It can be purchased either at Moviemart or at the door.

 Film Schedules are available at the Paramount Theatre, Moviemart, TNRD Library (north and south shore), At Second Glance Books, Cowboy Coffee Locations, The Grind, The Smorgasbord, Desert Gardens, Seniors Information Center, Info Centre at Aberdeen Mall and at various other locations around town.

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Spring Season 2012 PDF Print E-mail

Last film of the Spring Series!

May 3rd, 7pm

Payback

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CANADA * Documentary * Director: Jennifer Baichwal * 86min * English, Spanish, and Albanian with English subtitles * NR

 

Margaret Atwood's visionary work Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth; is the basis for this riveting and poetic documentary on "debt" in its various forms-societal, personal, environmental,spiritual, criminal, and of course, economic. Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES) strikingly interweaves these (sometimes surprising) debtor/creditor relationships: two families in a years-long Albanian blood feud; the BP oil spill vs. the Earth; mistreated Florida tomato farm workers and their bosses; imprisoned media mogul Conrad Black and the U.S. justice system. With stunning cinematography and insightful commentary from renowned thinkers Raj Patel, Louise Arbour and Atwood herself, PAYBACK is a brilliant, game-changing rumination on the subject.
 

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