SJIWFF28 Presents: Funding 101
Buy festival Pass This event is Free and will be held at NIFCO not the LSPU Hall. 10am You have the idea, now you need the funds to make it happen. In an ever-evolving world of financing, we will be offering a panel with a focus on provincial and federal funding opportunities for film, television, […]
SJIWFF28 Presents: Innovative & Interactive
Buy tickets Buy festival Pass 3pm This event will be held at NIFCO NOT the LSPU Hall. Digital and new media has expanded and evolved how and why we share stories. From how we talk about and build games, branded content, to interactive art work, learn more about the unique development tools, marketing, and audience […]
SJIWFF28 Presents: Lunch with the Filmmakers
Buy tickets Buy festival Pass 12:30pm This event is held at the Masonic Temple NOT the LSPU Hall. Join some of the team behind our Festival’s Opening Night film Suck It Up for an intimate lunch panel. Chat with writer Julia Hoff and lead actor Erin Carter and discover the process, stories and secrets behind this […]
SJIWFF28 presents: Afternoon Doc: The Last Animals
Buy Tickets Buy festival Pass 2:30pm This screening is FREE and will be shown at The Rooms (9 Bonaventure Avenue) NOT the LSPU Hall. The Last Animals Directed by Kate Brooks From Africa’s front lines to Asian markets to European zoos, this animal-rights thriller follows the conservationists, scientists and activists who are battling poachers and […]
SJIWFF28 presents: Thursday Evening Shorts
Buy Tickets Buy festival Pass Life’s Short. Wear the Sparkly Earrings - Heidi Coombs-Thorne Pictures Don’t Lie – Lulu Keating Hairat – Jessica Beshir Friends on Facebook - Chris Ross Playing House - Cenk Köksal, Özgül Gürbüz Bayline – JJ Neepin Him – Lora Kirk Craning – Sarah Scarlett Downing Shattered Mind’s Eye – Emily […]
SJIWFF28 presents: MUN Cinema: Landline
Buy festival Pass This screening will be shown at Scotiabank Theatre (48 Kenmount Road) NOT the LSPU Hall Landline Directed by Gillian Robespierre Set in Manhattan in 1995, Landline follows three women in one family having lots of sex, drugs, and Japanese food. Navigating monogamy, honesty, and a long-lost New York, the Jacobs family lives […]
SJIWFF28 presents: Late Feature: Chavela
Buy Tickets Buy festival Pass 9:30pm Chavela Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi You are forgiven for possibly never having heard of Grammy-winning Mexican icon Chavela Vargas, but after seeing this glorious tribute you will never forget her. This is the kind of film our festival was born to showcase. An all-female crew scrutinizes […]