[BCMA] [media release - Caetani Cultural Centre] Real Vernon Youth Screen Short Films Locally

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

September 12, 2019



*Public Service Announcement*

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



Real Vernon Youth Screen Short Films Locally
*Alongside screenings of internationally acclaimed youth-made films at the
Caetani Cultural Centre *



*“The Reel Youth Film Festival is an opportunity for audiences to see the
best of youth filmmaking while gaining insight into youth culture and the
issues affecting young people today,”* describes Festival Director Zoe
Miles.



16 local youth, excited about filmmaking and interested in using film for
social change, learned how to plan, produce, and edit in small teams over
an intensive five days in a free video production program in Vernon, BC.



They created 5 short, issue-based films that will be screened locally in
Vernon.



The local films include a documentary featuring Armstrong-raised drag
artist Romi Kim, a youth response to vandalism of a community rainbow
crosswalk, a music video about the power of music, a documentary about the
ethics of coffee, and, just for fun, a scary movie set in the Vernon woods.



Come meet the filmmakers and enjoy an intimate screening of their work as
well as some of the best youth film making from around the world on
Wednesday September 25th, 6:30pm at the Caetani Cultural Centre’s Studio
Gallery.



*“The world looks very different to young people 19 and under. We have
films from Iran, Lithuania, South Korea, and India, and they give us rare
insight into the next generation of leaders, change-makers, and visual
artists. They’re also** so** compelling, funny, courageous and
inspirational**,**”* enthuses Miles.



The Reel Youth Film Festival is a project of Reel Youth, a registered
Canadian non-profit whose mandate is to empower young people through the
media arts. Reel Youth’s facilitators deliver issue-based claymation and
video making programs to youth groups throughout Canada and the world.



The Caetani Cultural Centre, former home of renowned artist, writer, mentor
and teacher Sveva Caetani, provides a venue for artists from around Canada
and the world to explore a diverse range of arts practices, theories and
experiences through Residency programs, workshop series and more.

For more information please visit our website www.caetani.org or contact
the Caetani Centre at 250-275-1525.

The Reel Youth film program was funded by Telus Storyhive and made possible
with the support of Caetani Centre. The BC Motion Picture Society has rated
the Reel Youth Film Festival PG.



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For more info on the Reel Youth Film Festival visit: *www**.ReelYouth**.ca*
<http://www.ReelYouth.ca/>  *Media Contact: Zoe Miles*: 604-366-9926 or
zoe at reelyouth.ca


Local film makers represented in the Festival can be reached for interviews
through: *Janelle Hardy*: 250 275-1525 or air at caetani.org

Photo attribution:

1.     Group photo of all program youth plus facilitators Mariam Barry and
Anandi Brownstein (youth names below).

2.     Lynden Rivers (co-creator of "Spilling the Beans About Coffee")

3.     Creative team for "All Roads Lead to Romi": Ricky Faulhaber, film
subject Romi Kim, Josh Boon, and Tessa Gough


Janelle Hardy
Artist in Residence Program Coordinator
Caetani Cultural Centre
www.caetani.org/creative-residencies
250 275-1525
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