imagineNATIVE Film Festival touring northeastern Ontario communities showing films
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imagineNATIVE Film Festival Visits Sault Ste. Marie on March 11th
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – MARCH 9th, 2009): The imagineNATIVE Film and media arts tour will be stopping in Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday March 11th, 2008 as part of a four-community swing through Northern Ontario. Presentations will take place at Algoma University’s Great West Life Amphitheatre at 10 am and 1:30 pm for youth, with a feature presentation being held at 7:00pm. There is no charge to attend. Over 400 Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District students will be attending these screenings.
The youth screenings will feature several short films made for and by youth that are intended to be viewed by students from Grade Eight to University age. The evenings feature film is Older Than America starring Adam Beach of Law and Order and Flags of our Fathers fame. Older Than America will be preceded by a showing of the short film Palace, starring Lorne Cardinal.
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Aboriginal peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Aboriginal works from around the globe. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Aboriginal nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media. imagineNATIVE is the largest festival of its kind in Canada and the world.
About Algoma University
Algoma University offers a wide variety of liberal arts and sciences degree options including programs in Psychology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Fine Arts, Community Economic & Social Development, and Biology; Algoma U is committed to offering a personal education experience unlike any university in Ontario. As the Canadian home of the internationally recognised MSc CGT from the University of Abertay Dundee, Algoma University is at the forefront of computer games technology education. Algoma University also offers accelerated second degree programs in Business Administration and Computer Science on its Brampton campus. To learn more about Algoma University, visit www.algomau.ca.
About the 2009 imagineNATIVE Northern Ontario Tour
Each spring the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival tours its Northern Ontario Tour to the Algoma, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound and James Bay regions of Northern Ontario. imagineNATIVE presents the best youth works and hit feature films from its previous year, contributing to the artistic vibrancy of non-urban Aboriginal communities outside of Toronto and sharing works that reflect Aboriginal perspectives and stories. This tour is made possible in part by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council's Touring and Collaborations program. Additional support provided by Air Creebec and the Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film + Video Festival
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Media Contacts
Donna Woldanski
Divisional Directory of External Relations
Algoma University
705.949.2301 ext. 4120
donna.woldanski@algomau.ca
Sage Paul
Events and Communications Manager
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
T: 416 585 2333
F: 416 585 2313
E: spaul@imagineNATIVE.org