Regent Park Film Festival 2012, Nov 7-10

The 10th Annual Regent Park Film Festival gets underway today with school programs during the day. Tonight, the festival kicks off with their traditional opening night screening of Community Stories: Youth Media Arts Program, a collection of short works by filmmakers who are 26 years of age or younger.

All programs at the Regent Park Film Festival are free.

The closing night film will be the Brazilian feature drama Besouro by João Daniel Tikhomiroff. The story explores the roots of the martial arts form capoeira and will be followed by a performance by Axé Capoeira.

Other features screening during the festival include the outstanding documentary The Interrupters by Steve James, and the New York pick-up basketball story Doin’ It in the Park by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau.

The Regent Park Film Festival is Toronto’s only free-of-charge community film festival, dedicated to showcasing local and international independent works relevant to residents of Regent Park, the largest and oldest public housing project in Canada.

The 10th Annual Regent Park Film Festival runs from today to Saturday night. Festival Screenings are shown at 585 Dundas Street East.

http://regentparkfilmfestival.com/


2012 SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, NOV 7

9:30 am
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 1 – 3

1:30 pm
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 4 – 6

6:30 pm
OPENING NIGHT
Community Stories

THURSDAY, NOV 8

9:30 am
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 4 – 6

1:30 pm
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 1 – 3

6:30 pm
REZONING HARLEM
Screening and Panel

8:30 pm
LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
A Program of Short Films

FRIDAY, NOV 9

9:30 am
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 7 – 8

1:30 pm
SCHOOL PROGRAM
Grades 7 – 8

5:00 pm
REGENT PARK TALENT
Workshop Presentation

6:30 pm
THE INTERRUPTERS

9:15 pm
REACT AND RECOVER
A Program of Short Films

SATURDAY, NOV 10

9:20 am
SATURDAY MORNING
Breakfast and a Movie

2:30 pm
RECORDING RESILIENCE

5:00 pm
DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK

7:30 pm
CLOSING NIGHT