NorthwestFest

Today is the last day of #NWF2021! Our entire team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the viewers for supporting our filmmakers and our filmmakers for giving us such incredible films to host. Catch them all at https://www.northwestfest.ca until 11:59 pm MST tonight!

Streaming until May 16th, 11:59 pm MST Check out this stellar bunch of films from our neighbours to the south! Learn about Ady Barkan's passionate U.S. tour for healthcare justice (Not Going Quietly), the rise of white-nationalism (White Noise), the dangerous journey for immigrants in Texas (Missing in Brooks County), and soooo much more! Our Made in the USA series is presented by our pals at the Alberta Podcast Network.... Tickets: https://www.northwestfest.ca/attend

Listen in to our #FilmmakerSpotlight with Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, director of SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION & ISLAM. Part of our Global Visions series, presented by Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen, hosted by Christian Zyp! Seyran Ate: Sex, Revolution and Islam follows a Turkish-German lawyer, feminist, and one of the first female imams in Europeand her fight for a sexual revolution within Islam. Check it out! https://youtu.be/ZeSHzS9SPFo

Streaming until Sunday, May 16 Learn about the challenges our planet is facing and the people doing their best to save it. See one man's efforts to clean up the coastline (Hell or Clean Water), how a community came together during the Conjola Park bushfires (We Are Conjola), a nation in creation (Ophir), and so much more!... Full list: End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock Hell or Clean Water Operation Wolf Patrol: Documentary Film Ophir - Documentary Sapelo The Line The Magnitude of All Things - NFB To Which We Belong Conjola - Film Wild Things documentary https://www.northwestfest.ca/2021-online-fest-schedule

Rainbow Visions Film Festival starts tonight @themetrocinema and runs all weekend, with over a dozen amazing #LGBTQ films! Tickets at https://rainbowvisions.ca or at the door!

With NorthwestFest wrapping up, it's time to shift gears to the Rainbow Visions Film Festival. See a double feature on Saturday November 14th at 12 pm at The Me...tro Cinema. Locally produced film, "One Voice", and the feature length doc "Out Loud" fill the double bill. "One Voice" (Directed by: Kristine Wry) was produced right here in Edmonton by Victoria School of the Arts, One Voice is a timely original musical drama about the struggles of LGBTQ+ students to start a GSA in their school. "Out Loud" chronicles the first season of the historic Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, the largest group of transgender and gender nonconforming people anywhere in the world who regularly sing together.

We were honored to share in the journey of this story. Thank you for sharing it with us.