2024 Schedule

Friday, October 4th

6:00 pm

Doors open / Gala Hour
Join us for wine & nibbles to kick off the festival.

7:00 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks

7:15 pm

Film: The Madones [98min] - written & directed by Barrie Dunn

Q&A with Barrie Dunn to follow screening

Refreshment Break

9:30 pm

Film: Stage Mother [93min] - written by Brad Hennig, directed by Thom Fitzgerald

Saturday, October 5th

morning

9:00 am

Doors open

9:30 am - noon

Short Film Competition

Voting for short films

12:30 pm

Presentation of Awards for Short Film Competition

afternoon

2:00 pm

Film: The Secret Order [84min] - written & directed by Phil Comeau

3:45 pm

Film: Femmes Capitaines (Women Captains) [52min] - written & directed by Phil Comeau

evening

7:00 pm

Film: Sweetland [105min] - written & directed by Christian Sparkes, from the novel by Michael Crummey

Q&A with Christian Sparkes to follow screening

Refreshment Break

9:00 pm

Film: The King Tide [100min] - written by KC Coughlin, Ryan Grassby and Albert Shin, directed by Christian Sparkes

Q&A with Christian Sparkes to follow screening

Sunday, October 6th

morning

9:30 am

Doors open

10:00 am

Film: Sistema Revolution [52min] - (Hemmings House Pictures) - written by Greg Hemmings & Jennifer Power Scott, produced by Stephen Foster and Matthew Webber

11:00 am

Documentary: 40 Years of Ship's Company Theatre
       ( a  documentary work in progress )
[~60min, incl. comments/questions]

Director, Videographer, Editor: Zach Faye

Co-Director, Head of Research: Rena Kossatz

Producer: Laura Vingoe-Cram, SCT

Introduction by Laura Vingoe-Cram

afternoon

1:00 pm

Film: What (a) Wonderful World? [50min] – neophyte videographers in conjunction with Membertou Heritage Park, Delmore Buddy Day Learning Institute and Empowerful Productions.

Q&A with Debra Beers to follow screening

2:30 pm

Film: Songs of Unama'ki [22min] - directed by Dawn Wells in collaboration with Jeff Miller

3:00 pm

Film: The Last Repair Shop [39min] - directed by Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot 

closing