2013 Winterlude
Chill Out and Warm Up//Le « Cinéma chaud »
A showcase of heartwarming short films created by youth.
Projection de courts métrages qui réchauffent le cœur, réalisés par des jeunes
Saturday, February 16, 2013, 7 pm to 9 pm
Le samedi 16 février, de 19 h à 21 h
HUB Ottawa, 71 Rue Bank Street, Ottawa (6th Floor//6e étage)
Kick off your Saturday night with this free screening of funny, inspiring and charming films from the YoungCuts Film Festival, the Reel Youth Film Festival and the Independent Filmmakers Co‐operative of Ottawa.
- Warm up with free hot chocolate, popcorn and other treats.
- The evening will feature award‐winning films in both English and French.
- The screening is intended for youth, age 16 to 24.
Commencez votre soirée du samedi en assistant à la projection gratuite de courts métrages drôles, inspirants et charmants du Festival de Films YoungCuts, du Festival de Films Reel Youth et de la Independent Filmmakers Co‐operative of Ottawa.
- Réchauffez‐vous avec un chocolat chaud, du maïs soufflé et d’autres gâteries. C’est gratuit!
- On présentera des films primés en français et en anglais.
- La projection vise le public des 16 à 24 ans.
This event is offered as part of Winterblast Weekend, a weekend of Winterlude events just for teens and young adults. For more information, visit Winterlude.gc.ca.
Cette exposition s’inscrit dans le cadre du Weekend d’hiver trippant, un weekend d’activités du Bal de Neige pour les ados et les jeunes adultes. Renseignements : BaldeNeige.gc.ca.
Connect with Winterblast on Twitter: @Winterlude (#Winterlude) and on Facebook!
Branchez‐vous au Bal de Neige sur Twitter @BaldeNeige (#BaldeNeige) et sur Facebook!
You can confirm you attendance at this event on Facebook HERE! Or, if you can't make it, but would like to watch the YoungCuts films being presented (along with 400+ YoungCuts short films) you can subscribe HERE!
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Sarah and the Sock Puppet
A social outcast meets a sock puppet.
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The Pocket Watch
A gentleman entangled with an expressive punk culture.
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Recipe for Love
A lonely cupcake decides she needs a friend.
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La joie de vivre
The things that give Jérémy the will to live.
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Look Up
An imaginative child becomes fascinated with the idea of flying.
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What I Want
A young woman chooses to attend the San Diego Comic-Con.
More than 50 International Film Festivals have access to the YoungCuts website to find great short films for their festivals.
Below are galleries of more than 100 great short films that were either programmed by International Film Festivals because they saw the films on the YoungCuts website OR they were invited to submit to the festival's final jury because the festival's pre-selection jury watched the film on the YoungCuts website.
... And those are just the ones we have permission to tell you about!!!
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The films above are the YoungCuts films chosen for the Chill Out and Warm Up outdoor screening as part of the 2013 Ottawa Winterlude organized by the National Capital Commission.
They include:
Sarah and the Sock Puppet
Director: Christopher Woodring, 24, North Hollywood, California
Film Completed: 2011
Recipe for Love
Director: Gwyneth Christoffel, 17, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Film Completed: 2012
Nominated for Best Teen Film at the 2012 YoungCuts Film Festival
Winner for Best Film, Best Animation and People's Choice Award in the NBC Universal Film Challenge at ViewFinders: Atlantic Film Festival for Youth
Finalist in the High School Category at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis
Winner of Best Film, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Best Editing in the Girls Make Movies category at the Women's Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles
Winner of the Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the University of Advancing Technology Digital Video Festival in Tempe, Arizona
Official Selection of the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Irvine International Film Festival and the Singapore International Children's Film Festival (Big Eyes, Big Minds)
Look Up
Director: Amanda Prager, 16, Short Hills, New Jersey and Jake Oleson, 16, Short Hills, New Jersey
Film Completed: 2012
Runner-Up Best Teen Film at the 2012 YoungCuts Film Festival
Best Film Milburn Film Festival
The Pocket Watch
Director: Greg Doble, 23, Calgary, Alberta
Film Completed: 2011
Nominated for Best Animation and Best Short Short at the 2012 YoungCuts Film Festival
Winner Best Craft at the Sled Island Short Film Festival, 2012
What I Want
Director: Michelle Mixay, 18, San Diego, California
Film Completed 2011
Part of annual series of documentaries called "Reel Voices" funded by the San Diego Asian Film Foundation
La joie de vivre
Director: Jérémy Vassiliou, 12, Uashat-Maliotenam, Québec
Nominated for Best Teen Film at the 2012 YoungCuts Film Festival
Astral People's Choice Award at the 2011 Festival du Nouveau Cinema annual launch of the Wapikoni films
Best short film at the 2012 Arlington Film Festival
Ellen Monague Prize for best youth film at the 2012 ImagineNATIVE Festival
Every year, Wapikoni sends filmmakers to Quebec aboriginal communities to mentor young people on how to use film equipment to tell their stories in their own words.
Film Completed: 2011
You can confirm you attendance at this event on Facebook HERE! Or, if you can't make it, but would like to watch the YoungCuts films being presented (along with 400+ YoungCuts short films) you can subscribe HERE!