Calgary Film Centre
5750 76 Avenue S.E. T2C 5N5 Calgary, AB, Canada

https://contentcanada.net/apa-program/ Announcing the amazing mentors for the first cohort of the Alberta Producer Accelerator Program. Incredible opportunity for mentorship leading to a pitch to international entertainment execs!

https://bit.ly/36yf2Fp Check out this article in The Hollywood Reporter citing Alberta as Hollywood's next Production Hub! Sponsored by the Calgary Film Centre

Alberta's first film and television Producer Accelerator Program, including instruction, advice, and pitching opportunities to the global market has launched....Find out how to apply @ https://www.calgaryfilmcentre.com/

It’s after 10 am. Have you checked out what’s going on for Calgary Day at the Content Canada Digital Summit yet?

It's Calgary Day! Check out the Content Canada Digital Summit on how Calgary is back in business. Plus, the Calgary Film Commission Industry Suite: https://contentcanada.net/screenings/calgaryfilmcommission/ for information on what Alberta has to offer from infrastructure to landscapes, incentives to talent and crews. The global industry spotlight is on!

Project Lab Supported: Returning from its already successful international film festival run - Red Letter Day has it's official Globe Cinema homecoming. Naturally, as this is the definitive 'Calgary Suburban Nightmare' horror movie, followed by filmmaker Q&A, we expect the #YYCfilm community presence to be strong!... OK - you got us... We contributed to the post-production funding - so of course we are going to say nice things but... If you are a fan of horror - or ever wanted to make a horror feature (or actually 'any' feature!) in Alberta with limited funds - we seriously recommend you check this out.

Project Lab Update: Early Halloween gift for you, Suburbia! New Red Letter Day Trailer. One of the projects that received funds through our Project Lab program.

Project Lab Supported: Our 2018 Jury awarded a script development grant to: Kirstine Bargas - Music of the Motherland (MOTM Film)... She's planning to take this uplifting tale to feature-length. Here's the excellent STORYHIVE version. #ABfilm #YEGfilm #YYCfilm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAVfVWP5q0&feature=youtu.be

Calgary Film Centre's TWITTER page is bursting with activity. On August 3rd we started a very scientific poll to celebrate our 2000th tweet... In 2018, which 'Grassroot Filmmaking Scene' did the best work? #YYCfilm vs #YEGfilm... Hunt for that Aug 3rd tweet now and vote (only 4 days left). Also, you can check out all the new juicy Project Lab Supported updates including... Red Letter Day news and... Watch an excellent short STORYHIVE documentary we had a little involvement with (more to come on that later). https://twitter.com/YYCFilmCentre

Project Lab Supported: RED LETTER DAY Now with special features. How delicious! #ABfilm #YYCfilm #YEGFilm

Trust us - this one you don't want to miss!

Stone Cold Classic! Matt Watterworth's live report from here way back on October 3rd 2018! You can sign up for his CSIF - The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers "DIY Super Indie No Budget Filmmaking workshop" on July 13th. Learn and apply strategies for making a film with zero dollars.... Sign up here: bit.ly/DIYfilmmaking #ABfilm #YYCfilm #YEGfilm

Breaking News! Matt Watterworth, producer of the Project Lab supported Jonesin' has just been announced as the instructor for this workshop.

We checked in with one of our 'Open for Show Business' Feature Profiles: Erin O'Connor, the General Manager of the Calgary Film Centre to see what it means for ...Alberta to have a Purpose Built Studio in the Heart of An Industrious City like Calgary. What came through in our conversation was Erin’s excitement to be managing a facility that serves the community in so many ways; A Home for DGC - Alberta District Council, I.A.T.S.E. Local 212 and Teamsters 362 Crews coming in from our Beautiful Locations A Buzzing Centre of Energy for ACTRA Alberta Talent and Calgary Economic Development Work Force Alike A Heartbeat for the City of Calgary Your Local Government Economic Diversification Vision

Just to let you know that are we very active on... gasp TWITTER! Check out the Calgary Film Centre's page. We are concerned you are all missing out! https://twitter.com/YYCFilmCentre

CSIF - The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers never get enough credit for the amazing contribution they make to the Arts community. Come and celebrate with friends. Worth it for the networking/gossip alone!

Why are Arran Crawley & Erin O'Connor holding a cake? This Sunday we celebrate THREE years of impact on Film & TV production. Thank you Calgary Economic Development for your continued support of the Creative Industries. Special thanks to Luke Azevedo, Lissa Craig & Jolayne Motiuk... by Jessica Jacobson

The @keepalbertarolling Tshirt is making the rounds, great discussion with Constance Richard, Canadian Trade Commissioner, Arts & Culture and Christa Dickenson,... head of Telefilm Canada. Neil Campbell, landmark cinemas supporting the sector.Full pager is World of locations on every shelf in Cannes! #marketAlbertaglobally @ Cannes, French Riviera, France Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA) ACTRA Alberta DGC - Alberta District CouncilTeamsters 362 I.A.T.S.E. Local 212 Calgary Film Centre Calgary economic development See more