Get ready to celebrate the Canadian Film-making industry at the sixth annual Reel Canadian Film Festival on January 17-19.

The Organizing Committee is thrilled to showcase five stunning Canadian Films as well as offer National Film Board shorts for the kiddies. This year we have decided on the Kootenays for our ever-popular film shorts screenings ‘Focus On’ city. Bookending all of these stunning feature films and amazing shorts is an opening gala and closing reception.

The Reel Canadian Film Festival is an off-shoot of The Arts Station’s Indie Films Fernie series. Inspired by the popularity of this series, a dedicated group of volunteers embarked upon creating a festival that would have a more specific focus, Canadian films, and that celebrates the dedication, skill, talent and diversity within the Canadian film industry.

We will also be welcoming Miriam Needoba and Jon Lawrence to the opening gala. Eyes in the Forest is an amazing short film by West Kootenay experimental filmmaker Miriam Needoba. This film is a rare view of British Columbia’s remote Selkirk Mountains as seen through the eyes of wildlife photographer Jim Lawrence. Interweaving the startling imagery of Lawrence’s still photography with Needoba’s sublime cinematography, Eyes in the Forest: The Portraiture of Jim Lawrence is both a restrained study of landscape and wildlife, and a conversation between two artists and their art forms.

Festival Passes and Opening Night tickets are available at The Arts Station or soon online at www.theartsstation.eventbrite.com.

For a complete schedule please visit www.reelfilmfest.ca.

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