CineFAM Film Festival"5 Years of Limitless Imagination’'October 23 -24thOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Sasha Stoltz Publicity CineFAM Film Festival celebrates its 5th year October 23rd-24th, 2021. The number 5 represents curiosity, freedom, and change. The festival theme, ”5 Years of Limitless Imagination'' embodies this. CineFAM was established in 2016 by award winning filmmaker and Academy member, Frances Anne Solomon. CineFam Film Festival introduces audiences around the globe to bold and original stories by women and non-binary creators of colour. This year’s list of events and films are both innovative and timely. Leading up to this years’ festival, attendees can enjoy CineFAM ShopTalk / Behind The Lens panel series, happening every Wednesday at 7pm EST, starting September 15 until October 13. This year’s panel topics are, Cinematography, Innovation/ Setting New Standards, Asian Representation, Story Telling/Writing, and Love Through Our Lens. CineFAM film festival and ShopTalk/Behind The Lens panels are Free to attend and air on CaribbeanTales-TV and Facebook. Register at CineFAM.ca for an all-access festival pass and to find out more details. CineFam 2021 has an exciting lineup for festival attendees. This year’s opening night, Saturday October 23rd, themed “The Beauty Of Film” is hosted by model and actress, Tenika Davies, followed by a mixer hosted by Talk Show host, Karen Carrington. The dynamic comedy duo Coko & Daphney will provide the entertainment for the the evening. CineFAM’s Award Ceremony, themed “Understand History, Innovate Future” will take place October 24. CineFAM Film Festival 2021 exceeds all expectations with original, thought provoking films you won’t want to miss. Some of the Film highlights for this year’s festival are: Subjects of Desire (Jennifer Holness, Canada, 2021); 1hr 43m She brings a fresh, authentic perspective to telling powerful, thought-provoking stories having worked as a documentary filmmaker for nearly twenty (20) years. She has co-produced the feature documentary, Stateless, with director, Michele Stephenson (American Promise) for PBS’s The America Series and the National Film Board. Stateless premiered digitally at Tribeca and at Hot Docs in 2020 where it won the festival’s Special Jury Prize, followed by a Best Feature documentary award at Black Star. She is the Executive Producer of Maya Annik Bedward's feature documentary, Black Zombie, currently in production with CBC’s Documentary Channel. Stateless (Michèle Stephenson, Canada); 95m A.I.: Artifical Immortality (Ann Shin, Canada, 2021); 74m Farewell Regent Park (Christene Browne, Canada, 2019); 90m Christene Browne: She is a Canadian director and writer -- the first Black woman to write, produce and direct a feature film in Canada. Born in St. Kitts in the Caribbean, Browne moved with her family to Canada in 1970 and grew up in Regents Park, Toronto Canada's oldest and largest low-income community. Zahara the Return (Katarzyna Kochany, Canada, 2020); 8m 3 Katarzyna Kochany: She is a member of the Directors' Caucus of the Directors Guild of Canada and a voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Katarzyna's directing work has played on CBC Television, AppleTV, Amazon Prime Video, Super Channel, Sofy TV and The BeBop Channel. She has earned over fifty (50) awards and two hundred and forty (240) official selections at festivals, including two projects at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts presented by Heartland Film. Only light will touch us (Alicia K. Harris, Canada, 2021); 2m 35s “Women and non-binary filmmakers of colour continue to be woefully under-represented and underpaid in the North American film industry, including Canada. Our mandate is to create a pipeline of programs that will ensure representation in the media industries, facilitating a paradigm shift."
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September 1, 2021 8:32am ET by Sasha Stoltz Publicity |