Fort MacMurray, Fort MacMurray International Film Fest

Starting tomorrow, August 8, 2014, the Fort MacMurray International Film Fest starts. This festival is set to run from August 8 through August 10 and will be held at the Keyano College Theatre and Arts Centre. Todd Hillier, who helped to organize the event, stated “Arts are so very important. Arts equals a hometown kind of feel, more so than just a place to work and sleep. To me, a film festival can really showcase what’s going on around the world and might be able to inspire you right here. Some of the best stuff you’ll ever see, in terms of cinema, is independent films. Over 150 submissions from around the world were submitted to the film festival and we had our selection committee narrow it down … based on entertainment value, based on the categories that we have. Our criteria really was seeing what films appealed to each person on the selection committee and we all took votes.”

The Fort MacMurray International Film Fest submissions totaled over 80 hours of viewing. Members of the Fort McMurray Filmmakers Association went through and chose 9 hours of film total to be shown at the festival. There will be awards, prizes, and even a 48 Hour Film Challenge. There will be a range of different genres to be viewed and anyone who attends will have a great time at this event. Some of the film submissions for the festival were sent in from as far away as Europe.