FREE public film screening
October 20
at Scotiabank Theatre,
Toronto
TORONTO
,
Sept. 29
/CNW Telbec/ - Air
Canada
is pleased to announce the finalists in the 3rd Annual Air
Canada
enRoute Film Festival. A free public screening of the nominated short films will take place on
Tuesday, October 20
at the Scotiabank Theatre in downtown
Toronto
, followed by an invitation-only awards celebration hosted by The Drake Hotel. The nominees were selected from over 300 entries submitted to enRoute from emerging filmmakers from across the country.
The films are nominated in the categories of Best Short Film, Achievement in Animation, Achievement in Direction and Achievement in Cinematography. The winner of the Best Short Film Award will win a two-year lease on a brand new 2009 Ford Fusion vehicle plus an all-inclusive Air
Canada
trip for two to the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Achievement Award winners will also visit Palm Springs courtesy of Air
Canada
.
The 2009 Air Canada enRoute Student Film Festival Nominees are:
JAKE CHIRICO for Freshwater Plaque (Toronto)
SARAH FORTIN for Synthétiseur (Montreal)
ALAIN HUYNH for Intermedium (Toronto)
LEIGH ANN MAYNARD for A Season to Wither (Edmonton)
KAZIK RADWANSKI and DANIEL MONTGOMERY for Princess Margaret Blvd
(Toronto)
JEFFREY ROYIWSKY for The Creative Process (Toronto)
Jury members expected to attend include actors Remy Girard and
Lisa Ray
, film directors Deepa Metha and Michael McGowan and BravoFACT's
Judy Gladstone
.
The screening of the nominated films will take place in Cinema 13 at the Scotiabank Theatre, 259
Richmond
Street West, from 7 to
8 p.m.
It is free and open to the public. For more information on the festival visit enroutefilm.com.
Air
Canada
enRoute Magazine is published by Spafax, one of the world's leading custom publishers and providers of inflight media, with offices in eight cities around the world. Spafax is a part of the specialist communications division of WPP.
Montréal-based Air
Canada
provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 170 destinations on five continents. Canada's flag carrier is the 13th largest commercial airline in the world and serves 33 million customers annually. Air
Canada
is a founding member of
Star Alliance
, providing the world's most comprehensive air transportation network for Canadian domestic, transborder and international travel. Air
Canada
aircraft offer customers individualized seatback in-flight entertainment systems with hundreds of hours of digital audio-visual entertainment. As well, customers can collect Aeroplan miles for future rewards through Canada's leading loyalty program.
In 2008, the readers of Business Traveler magazine voted Air
Canada
Best In-Flight Services in
North America
, Best Airline for Business Class Service in
North America
and Best North American Airline for International Travel.
For further information: Sarah Kiriliuk, rock-it promotions, inc., (647) 283-1766, [email protected]; Debra Goldblatt, rock-it promotions, inc., (416) 656-0707, [email protected]; Isabelle Arthur, Manager, Media Relations, Air Canada, (514) 422-5788, [email protected]
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