The Calgary International Film Festival is known for its broad display of up-and-coming international filmmaking talent. However, not all of the talent displayed at the festival each year is from the artsy adults that are often associated with the event.
Piano in a Factory, a film directed by Zhang Meng, tells the story of a father’s love for his daughter. Even as state-run industry begins to waver, the economic liberalization is evidently far from reaching the city that the film takes place. Chen Guilin (Wang Qianyuan) plays the accordion in a local band with a…
On Oct. 3, I saw a movie called Barry Munday. This movie was playing at the Eau Claire Market specially for the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF). It was a comedy and starred Patrick Wilson and Judy Greer. Since I was a little late finding a movie at CIFF, most of the good movies were…
On Sept. 25, I attended the Youth by Youth Cinema Competition at the Calgary International Film Festival. Kids and teenagers from Grades 4 to 12 made animations, documentaries and live action films that showed and portrayed issues in real life, especially how sometimes the voice of youths is not heard in today’s society. The first…
A great big thanks is in order to Kids Up Front, who donated two General Admission tickets to YouthAreAwesome.com so we could tell you all about the Calgary Internatinal Film Festival (CIFF)! To start off, let me say CIFF is huge. Maybe not comparable to Cannes or the LA Film Fest, but there’s still so much…
The Calgary International Film Festival has rolled out the red carpet for youth! Youth By Youth Cinema is a competitive celebration of young people’s storytelling with visual media, involving every grade from elementary to high school. Check out the films on September 25th 2010, at 2 pm at the Plaza Theatre. There are 15 films…