Call for Festival Interns (2 Volunteer Positions) The Regent Park Film Festival is now seeking interns for the 2013 Regent Park Film Festival (November 13 – 16, 2013). The Regent Park Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing local and international independent works relevant to inner city communities like Regent Park, Canada’s largest and oldest public […]
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Youth produced dramatic short tells a life changing story!
by Ananya
The youth of Yonge Street Mission – St. James Town produced Ride or Die, a dramatic short, as part of our workshops series! The film is entirely written, shot and directed by then. Can you believe it? It’s their first time making a movie! Big props also go to Richard Fung for facilitating the workshop, […]
Interested in Film and Education? Join our Committee!
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The Regent Park Film Festival accepting applications for our volunteer based Education Committee. Committee members bring their brains and creativity together to create lesson plans around specific films chosen as part of our School Program. These plans will function as valuable tools for teachers as they discuss the festival’s films in their classrooms. To find […]
Welcome to our Program Director, Elwood Jimmy
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The time has finally come to introduce Elwood Jimmy, our fantastic new Program Director! Elwood brings a unique combination of media arts expertise, programming know-how and a strong foundation in community based programming. He comes to the festival at a critical time, as the festival sharpens its focus on inner-city experiences. We’re thrilled to have […]
Be Part of our 2013 Programming Committee!
by Ananya
Every year we recruit a group of diverse and dedicated individuals to form the festival’s volunteer Selection Committee. The time has come to assemble another amazing team to help us put together our festival for this coming November! Last year we had youth, filmmakers, academics, community residents, workers and programmers come together to choose our stellar […]