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Contact: Michelle Hudson, Co-Programmer
Just Watch Me! -- Award Winning Canadian Short Films
London, September 12th 2006 –The Canada House CineClub, The Canadian High Commission, Bravo!FACT and the Toronto International Film Festival are teaming up to screen a programme of award-winning short films from Canada.
Taking place from 6:30pm on 18 October 2006 at BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts), 195 Piccadilly, the event aims to introduce British audiences to the rich tradition of Canadian film-making.
Celebrating recent achievements in film, the festival will screen several Award-Winners, including “Ryan”, an Oscar®-winning look at Ryan Larkin, celebrated Canadian animator-turned-panhandler, as well as films by blockbuster directors David Cronenburg and Guy Madden. Nostalgia Canadiana is a retrospective of film in Canada with classics from the National Film Board of Canada, as well as a few surprises. Finally, a programme assembled from ten years of the Bravo!FACT Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent, will feature cutting edge, modern classics.
Co-Programmer Michael A. Dobbin says, “We've programmed some entertaining award-winners alongside tried and tested favourites from years gone by to show off that great Canadian tradition of short-storytelling for the screen. Unlike short film programmes which lean heavily on auteur cinema, 'Just Watch Me' brings together a medley of some of the best Canadian short films which have the audience in mind! With the event taking place at a prestigious headquarters of BAFTA in tandem with the opening night of the London Film Festival, ‘Just Watch Me’ promises to be an unmissable event for cinema-buffs, aspiring filmmakers and Canadianists alike.”
The event is open to all. Tickets cost £10, or £8 concessions, and can be bought through the Just Watch Me! website. Doors open to a reception at 6:30, followed by a short talk by special guests (TBA) at 7:30pm. The screening gets underway at 8pm and the Gala afterparty will take place from 10:00pm. Tickets include all events.
For more information, please contact Michelle Hudson, or visit www.justwatchme.co.uk.
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