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2011 Media Kit will be available in September.

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EIFF 2010 Award Winners:

SHORT FILM AWARDS

BEST ALBERTA SHORT: News, Weather & Sports - director: Dan Hudson

BEST CANADIAN SHORT: The Apostles - director: Jeff Chan

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT: The Terms - director: Jason LaMotte


FEATURE FILM AWARDS

BEST INDIE FEATURE: The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher - director: Justin Monroe

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE: Fathers & Sons - director: Carl Bessai

BEST INDIE DOC: Roll Out, Cowboy - director: Elizabeth Lawrence

BEST CANADIAN DOC: Music from the Big House - director: Bruce McDonald

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD: The Pharmacist - director: Chester Sit


SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - RISING STARS

These are the filmmakers and actors whom our jurors have singled out as 'ones to watch'....today's Rising Stars are tomorrow's superstars.

FILMMAKER: Sean Byrne (director: The Loved Ones); Justin Molotnikov (director: Crying With Laughter); Jerome Sable (director: The Legend of Beaver Dam)

ACTOR: Corey Loranger (The Pharmacist); Noah Reid (Score: A Hockey Musical); Jack Roberts (The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher)

ACTRESS: Carmen Lavigne (Clean Dirt); Anna-Maria LeMaistre (The Pharmacist); Allie MacDonald (Score: A Hockey Musical)

 

EIFF 2009 Award Winners:

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Frame 30 Award for Best Albera Short: "City of Noise" - Producer/Director: Mitch Barany
Kodak Canada Award for Best Canadian Short: "Found" - Producer/Director: Paramita Nath
Jury Award for Best Documentary Short: "Down Here" - Director: Charles Wilkinson
Rat Creek Design Award for Best Animated Short: "Animated American" - Directors: James Baker & Joe Haidar
Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film: "Gone Fishing" - Director/Writer: Chris Jones
 

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Citytv Canadian Feature Award: "Passenger Side" - Director/Writer: Matt Bissonnette
Grand Jury Award for Best Independent Dramatic Feature: "My Suicide" - Director: David Lee Miller | Story by: David Lee Miller & Jordan J. Miller
Grand Jury Award for Best Independent Documentary Feature: "Winnebago Man" - Director: Ben Steinbauer | Writers: Ben Steinbauer & Malcolm Pullinger
Rising Star Award - Actor: Ryan Ward for his performanc in "Son of the Sunshine"
Rising Star Award - Filmmaker: Todd Berger for direction in "The Scenesters"
 

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD for Best Film: "My Suicide"  

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2010 PHOTO GALLERY

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What People Are Saying About the Edmonton International Film Festival…   Each year, EIFF hosts a feast of artists (directors, writers, actors) and film buffs at our cinematic celebration… and many of them walk away having ‘changed’ in some way.  It honors us that people take the time to articulate their experience at EIFF – and that includes YOU.  We’d like to share these warm words with you here and if you’ve got something positive to add, please feel free to send us your thoughts.

2010 Filmmaker & Guest Quotes

Archival Filmmaker & Guest Quotes



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Important Festival Dates

February 26 @ 6-9:30pm:

Academy Awards LIVE at Empire Theatres in ECC
A FUNdraiser for EIFF!

March 30:

Earlybird Film Submission Deadline
Short Film (20-mins. or less)
Submission Deadline for CBC Short Film Face Off

May 30:

Regular Film Submission Deadline

June 15:

Late Film Submission Deadline

June 30:

Extended WAB Late Film Submission Deadline

August 7:

Notification to Filmmakers of 2012 Accepted Films

August 10:

Official invitations sent to accepted filmmaker contacts

August 13:

Hot August Deals

August 24:

Press materials received at EIFF offices

September 3:

Full Program Schedule Announced
SHORT FILMS: Exhibition copy received at EIFF offices

September 17:

FEATURE FILMS: Exhibition copy received at EIFF offices

September 23 @ Midnight:

ONLINE Registration Deadline for 24/One Film Challenge

September 28:

EIFF Opening Night!

September 29 @ 11am:

24/One Kickoff!

September 30 @ 11am:

Deliver your finished 24/One film!

October 5 @ 6:45pm:

Top 10 24/One Films screen

October 8:

EIFF Closing Night Gala & People’s Choice Award Winner Announced