Air Canada announced 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 invite-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 Air Canada enRoute Student Film Festival today announced Actors Dan Aykroyd, Wendy Crewson, Colm Feore and Andrea Martin, Canadian Film Directors Patricia Rozema, Rob Stewart and Yves Simoneau and Toronto International Film Festival CEO Noah Cowan have been selected as jury members for the 2008 Festival. Since July 1, and continuing through November, a selection of students’ short films are available to three million monthly passengers on Air Canada flights.
Throughout the screening period, the jury members will review the selected student short films, ranking their top 4 and nominating films for awards. The awards are divided into five categories: Best Student Film, Achievement in Animation, Achievement in Direction, Destination Inspiration and, new this year, the People’s Choice Award.
The winner of Best Student Film receives a brand new 2009 Ford Focus vehicle and an all-inclusive trip for two to an international film festival courtesy of Air Canada.Read more of this article »
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