T.O.'s Doc Soup screenings expanding westward Jul 31, 2008
Hot Docs has partnered with the Whistler Film Festival and the Calgary International Film Festival to offer the series in Vancouver and Calgary. Screenings in Vancouver will run from October to March at the Pacific Cin. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
'It's more than just a festival. It's a cause.' Mar 24, 2008
"It was great." The film had its world premiere in fall 2005 at the Calgary International Film Festival where it enjoyed enthusiastic crowds and piqued the interest of several other film festivals, including one in Boise, Idaho. But Sparaga was broke by then. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
British Man to Defend $10,000 World Rock Paper Scissors Championship in Toronto Oct. 13 Oct 5, 2007
Rock Paper Scissors, the feature-length documentary behind the World RPS Society and the Championships, was recently awarded the Audience Choice Award at the Calgary International Film Festival. The trailer is available at http://www. (Canada Newswire)
Not-so-secret Bradmirer Sep 10, 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James opens Sept. 21 in theatres, but is also the opening gala presentation of the eighth-annual Calgary International Film Festival, which happens Sept. 20. lect. (Canoe.ca)
Calgary film fest shines spotlight on the cowboy Sep 1, 2006
Vancouver Cowboy culture gallops into the spotlight at this year's Calgary International Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 22 to Oct. 1. Cowboy Cool, a new series celebrating all things western, will feature a keynote speech from John Scott (the Alberta horse wrangler who taught Brad Pitt how ride a horse for Legends of the Fall), a public lecture on the historical mythology of cowboy films by University of Calgary professor Rod McGillis and a retrospective screening series of such eclectic... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
