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IFCO PRESENTS:
REEL REBELS!
ANNUAL GALA SCREENING 2010

When: Saturday, March, 20th at 7:00PM
Where: National Library & Archives of Canada (395 Wellington Street @ Bay Street)
What: Reel Films by Reel Filmmakers!

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa Inc. (IFCO) is eighteen, and ready to break free from conventionality; IFCO’s filmmakers are rebelling against the norm with a new batch of exciting short films. IFCO has supported eighteen years of excellent independent cinematic expression in the National Capital Region, and on Saturday, March 20th, Ottawans are invited to experience Ottawa’s REEL REBELS, as the Co-operative showcases new film works from its incredibly talented filmmakers.

In a milieu where many local independent producers are almost solely working with digital modes of production; the Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa Inc. (IFCO) dares to defy the ‘norm’, encouraging and inspiring local artists to create celluloid based works; films which emphasize creative filmic approaches & processes; films which reflect the individual filmmaker’s personal vision, and films which don’t necessarily conform to any one definitive cinematic genre or style.

This year’s Gala Première will provide the local audience with an opportunity to engage in a truly alternative viewing experience. So, mark off Saturday, March 20th on your calendars, and come out to support Ottawa’s REEL REBELS and their new crop of short films.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased in advance at IFCO’s office starting Friday, March 5th at (Ste.140 - 2 Daly Avenue). You can also purchase tickets at the door.

Join us for a post-screening party at D’Arcy McGees (44 Sparks St. at Elgin - downstairs), where you’ll have a great opportunity to mix ‘n’ mingle with the filmmakers.

For more information please contact:

Telephone: (613) 569-1789
E-mail: director@ifco.ca
Web: http://www.ifco.ca/events/gala.html

THE FILMS OF KEVIN JEROME EVERSON
(Filmmaker in attendance from Charlottesville , Virginia , USA )
Programmed by DIM Cinema ( Vancouver BC ) for the Available Light Screening Collective ( Ottawa ON )

Friday February 19 2010 at 7:30pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street (at 2 Daly Avenue ), Ottawa ON
FREE Admission
(Thanks to our partners for this event: Black History Month Ottawa , SAW Video, and the U.S. Embassy.)

Kevin Jerome Everson’s prolific body of film work engages with, and responds to, the history and culture of working class Black Americans and people of African decent.  His short gestural films challenge simplistic expectations of ethnographic documentary, poetic narrative, or theatrical drama.  He stitches archival footage, scripted sequences, verité documents, and abstract aural and visual minutiae into textured portraits of people, places, economics, and ephemera.

The February 19 program of 10 films will run 70 minutes in total and will feature a Q+A period with the filmmaker during his first visit to the region, followed by a public reception sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.  On Saturday February 20, Everson will also give an artist talk about his practice at SAW Video from 2-4pm.