<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.95pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">September 12, 2019</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Public Service
Announcement</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Real Vernon Youth Screen Short Films
Locally<br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Alongside screenings of
internationally acclaimed youth-made films at the Caetani Cultural Centre </span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“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,”</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> describes Festival Director Zoe Miles.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">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 </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">in
a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">free video production program in Vernon,
BC. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">They
created 5 short, issue-based films that will be screened locally </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">in Vernon. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">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. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.55pt 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Come meet the
filmmakers and enjoy an intimate screening of their work as well as </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">some of the best youth film making from around the world on Wednesday September 25<sup>th</sup>,
6:30pm at the Caetani Cultural Centre’s Studio Gallery.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“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</span></i></span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><i><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> so</span></i></span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> compelling, funny, courageous
and inspirational</span></i></span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><i><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">,</span></i></span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">”</span></i></span><span class="gmail-MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> enthuses Miles.</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Caetani Cultural Centre, <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">former home of renowned artist, writer, mentor and
teacher Sveva Caetani</span>, 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. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:18pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">For more
information please visit our website <a href="http://www.caetani.org">www.caetani.org</a> or contact the Caetani
Centre at 250-275-1525.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Reel Youth film program
was funded by Telus Storyhive and made possible with the support of Caetani
Centre. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The
BC Motion Picture Society has rated the Reel Youth Film Festival PG.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.4pt">For more info
on the Reel Youth Film Festival visit: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ReelYouth.ca/" style="color:blue"><b style="color:blue"><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt">www</span></b><b style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt">ReelYouth</span></b><b style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt">ca</span></b></a> </span><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.4pt">Media Contact: Zoe
Miles</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.4pt">: 604-366-9926 or <a href="mailto:zoe@reelyouth.ca">zoe@reelyouth.ca</a></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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Local film makers represented in the Festival can be reached for interviews through:
<b>Janelle Hardy</b>: 250 275-1525 or <a href="mailto:air@caetani.org" style="color:blue">air@caetani.org</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.4pt">Photo attribution:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Group photo of all program youth plus facilitators Mariam
Barry and Anandi Brownstein (youth names below).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Lynden Rivers
(co-creator of "Spilling the Beans About Coffee")</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Creative team for
"All Roads Lead to Romi": </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Ricky Faulhaber, film subject Romi Kim, </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Josh Boon, and </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Tessa Gough</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText2" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-5199021039106129649m_6570758876019517435gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Janelle Hardy<div>Artist in Residence Program Coordinator<br>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org/creative-residencies" target="_blank">www.caetani.org/creative-residencies</a></div><div>250 275-1525<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>