UWPG Film Festival gears up for 2022 line-up and 20th anniversary
October 17, 2022
Starting next week the UWPG Film Festival launches the 2022 Edition, an exciting showcase of 29 short films, documentaries, experimental and animation works created by post-secondary students from all over Canada and the Globe. The Festival runs October 19 - 21, 2022.
“We are delighted to share that this year we are offering two Shorts Programs that feature Manitoban and Canadian works, as well an International Shorts Program and a variety of industry panels and talks,” says Festival Director Eric Peterson. “The films we have selected this year range from absurdity to personal stories that reflect or draw inspiration from real life.”
The Festival will take place over 3 days and continue to offer virtual screenings via Livestream on YouTube Live. There will also be an Encore Screening of all programs on October 22, 2022.
UWPGFF’s mission is to provide a stepping stone for student filmmakers to expose themselves to the greater industry outside of their post-secondary institutions and celebrate new emerging filmmakers.
Peterson adds, “This year’s 11 works featured by Manitoban filmmakers show the growing talent of filmmakers in our province. The UWPG Film Festival works as a great opportunity to showcase these works and also collaborate with our expanding film industry and community in the province, to spotlight possibilities for post-secondary students and future students. We also continue our increasing efforts to highlight work from across Canada and the world, and we look forward to featuring more great films in the years to come as we pass our 20th Anniversary milestone.”
Featured Manitoban Work
AIDE
Dir. Jessie J Willard
Synopsis: A young nurse’s aide struggles with the routines of life and death.
Runtime: 9min 46sec
BEAVER JAM
Dir. Mandy Szwaluk
Synopsis: A Beaver gets just a little too into it when they start listening to music one day. Chaos ensues!
Runtime: 1min 44sec
CASTLES & CRYPTS
Dir. Alexis Arnold, Charli Feener, Rebecca Smith
Synopsis: Castle & Crypts plunges you into a world to explore the uncharted territory of your imagination. Brett perseveres through their uncertainty about trying something new.
Runtime: 4min 26sec
FISHBOWL
Dir. Emilie Michalik
Synopsis: Jenny streams her life online for the world to enjoy. A viewer decides to reach out, upsetting the balance of her curated existence.
Runtime: 6min 6sec
LYME
Dir. Ben Allan Boyko
Synopsis: A man with a weak immune system retreats to an isolated cabin and recalls what should have kept him back.
Runtime: 3min 36sec
ONE SHOT
Dir. Nish Joshi
Synopsis: A young man named Prem is determined to pursue a basketball career and faces his father’s disapproval - and his fear of failure. Yet all it takes is just one shot, just one.
Runtime: 4min
SOUNDS OF HELL
Dir. Kenji Dyck
Synopsis: Thom, a hobbyist photographer, shares a batch of muffins with his friend Logan at the local camera store.
Runtime: 11min 40sec
TALKING BEN
Dir. Jacob Markham
Synopsis: David rediscovers an app he used when he was in Grade six and decides to download it again. He lets the app make decisions for his life, unknowing of its true motives.
Runtime: 5min 33sec
TO ALL THAT WE ARE
Dir. Kristian Cahatol
Synopsis: A dreamlike love story exploring the newfound relationship between two queer twenty-somethings.
Runtime: 5min
TWO MEN AND A CANOE
Dir. Caden Nikkel
Synopsis: A tale of two men and a canoe.
Runtime: 4min 20sec
How to attend
UWPG Film Festival is entirely FREE. You can attend in person at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film.
If you can’t attend our screenings because it’s not a good time for you, we got you covered. Head on over to www.uwpgfilmfestival.com/festival and check out our three film programs. See something you like? We will be streaming our Festival Programs through Youtube Live.
On October 22, 2022 the UWPGFF will be putting on an Encore Screening that will be available to everyone online.
Contact:
Eric Peterson
UWPG Film Festival Director
uwpgfilmfest@gmail.com
uwpgfilmfestival.com