THE
ACT ARTS CENTRE AND RIDGE FILM STUDIOS CELEBRATE BC FILM
WITH THE INAUGURAL FILM FESTIVAL“MAPLE RIDGE FESTIVAL OF BC FILM” TO TAKE PLACE MARCH 17-19 AT THE ACT ARTS CENTRE
TICKETS
ON SALE NOW AT WWW.THEACTMAPLERIDGE.ORG
(Maple Ridge, BC) ~ The ACT Arts
Centre and The Ridge Film Studios, with the support of the City of
Maple Ridge, is pleased to present a new festival highlighting films
created in British Columbia. The inaugural MapleRidge Festival of BC Film is
scheduled to take place at The ACT Arts Centre in
Maple Ridge from Friday, March 17 to Sunday, March 19, 2017.
“Just as The ACT Arts Centre’s ‘ACT Presents’ performance series is
designed to introduce new Canadian and BC talent to our audiences,
the ‘Festival of BC Film’ has been created to bring more
attention and access to the work of BC filmmakers,” says Executive
and Artistic Director, Lindy Sisson. “More and more films are being
shot in the Maple Ridge area and The Ridge Film Studios a block
away from The ACT, it felt quite logical to join forces and champion
BC filmmakers,” she adds.
John
Wittmayer, owner of The Ridge Film Studios states,“We are thrilled
to be a founding partner, along with The ACT Arts Centre, of the
first annual celebration of BC Film. This festival aims to raise the
profile of films made in British Columbia, and supporting the
awareness of the amazing talent that this province has to offer is
truly something to be proud of.”
The Festival kicks off with an Opening Reception on Friday, March 17
at 6:30pm and features a total of six shorts and six feature films
over three days.
FRIDAY,
MARCH 17 at 8:00pm
Feature Film: Numb
Director:
Jason R. Goode | Starring: Jamie Bamber, Marie Avgeropoulos,
Aleks Paunovic
Synopsis:
When a couple in financial distress discovers GPS coordinates that
promise to lead to stolen gold, they must partner with a pair of
mysterious hitchhikers to enter the remote winter wilderness to
recover the coins.
Trailer:
Short: Anxious Oswald Greene
Director:
Marshall Axani | Starring: Ryan Beil, Jason Burkart, Trevor Devall
Synopsis:
Oswald Greene must cure his crippling anxiety, even if it means
trusting a blind nurse, a talking fly, and a flamboyant doctor with a
knack for rhyming.
Trailer:
SATURDAY, MARCH 18 at 5:00pm
Feature Film: Fractured Land
Directors: Damien Gillis & Fiona Rayher | Starring: Caleb Behn,
Janet Annesley, Maude Barlow
Synopsis:
With some of the world’s largest fracking operations on his
territory, a young indigenous leader and lawyer confronts the
fractures within his community and himself as he struggles to
reconcile traditional teachings with the law to protect the land.
Trailer:
Short: Counter Act
Directors:
Heath Affolter, Jon Affolter, Nathan Affolter, & Thomas Affolter
Starring:
J. Alex Brinson, Naika Toussaint, Teal Fiddler
Synopsis:
When Alice, a naïve young woman having lunch in a diner circa 1960,
joins Mary and Ray in their “sit-in” protest, the ire of the
racist patrons boil over and Alice learns what it truly takes to stand
up for what you believe in.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18 at 7:30pm
Feature Film: Black Fly
Director: Jason Borque | Starring: Matthew MacCaull,
Dakota Daulby, Christie Burke
Synopsis:
A troubled teenager and his older brother reconnect, setting off a
powder keg of buried secrets, paranoia, and murder. Inspired by true
events.
Short: The Timekeeper
Director: Scott Weber | Starring: Tom McBeath,
Nathan Dashwood, Tammy Gillis
Synopsis:
A watchmaker, who pawns time from people who waste it, is
forced to question his own use of time when confronted by
someone who might value it more.
SUNDAY, MARCH 19 at 2:00pm
Feature Film: The Wingman
Director:
Jim Garrison | Starring: Peter Benson, Geoff Gustafson, Iris Paluly
Synopsis:
A professional womanizer coerces his relationship counselor into
helping him seduce women, only to discover that having him as his
a best friend is more important than using him to satisfy his insatiable
sex drive.
No trailer I could link up for this film
Short: I Wanna Date U
Director: Lisa Ovies | Starring: Laura Adkin, Lisa Durupt,
Anthony Konechny
Synopsis:
After being stood up by her dream guy, a perpetually single Holly
and her best friend Lucy decides to take a stand for women
everywhere and hunt him down.
SUNDAY, MARCH 19 at 5:00pm
Feature Film: Lawrence and Holloman
Director: Matthew Kowalchuk | Starring: Ben Cotton,
Daniel Arnold, Katharine Isabelle
Synopsis: The dark and twisted story of a cynical and suicidal
accounting clerk who gets taken under the wing of a
happy-go-lucky, ever-optimistic suit salesman.
Short: Monster
Director: Deborah Burns | Starring: Jodelle Ferland,
R. Douglas Hutchinson, Dave Abustan
Synopsis:
Monster is a fable set in a pastoral post-apocalyptic time.
Hannah, played by Jodelle Ferland, draws the winning lot to
feed a terrifying hungry monster waiting in the forest.
No Trailer Available:
SUNDAY, MARCH 19 at 7:30pm
Feature Film: Into the Forest
Director:
Patricia Rozema | Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood,
Max Minghella
Synopsis:
A mesmerizing and powerful story about two teenage sisters in their
remote woodland home who are forced to fend for themselves in
a society that may be on the brink of collapse.
Short: Bedbugs: A Musical Love Story
Director:
Matthew Kowalchuk | Starring: Shauna Johannesen,
Sebastien Archibald, Blu Mankuma
Synopsis:
Just when flannel-clad Tracy Polokowski thinks her ‘yes’ day has
come, her hipster boyfriend breaks up with her, she discovers
she has bedbugs, and she is ostracized by everyone she knows.
Trailer not able to be uploaded to this site.
Tickets
for the inaugural Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film are available
online at www.theactmapleridge.org,by phone at 604.476.2787
or in person at The ACT Arts Centre, located at
11944 Haney Place in Maple Ridge. Ticket prices range from
$11 for single tickets, $27 for a 3-pack of tickets, and $50 for a 6-pack
of tickets. Tickets purchased for the screening on March 17
will also be honoured at the Festival’s Opening Reception at 6:30pm.
For more information on the Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film,
please visit www.theactmapleridge.org/FestivalofBCFilm
About The ACT Arts Centre:
The
ACT Arts Centre is operated by The ACT Arts Council - a non-profit
charitable society that serves the community of Maple Ridge and Pitt
Meadows since 1971. The ACT Arts Centre aims to offer vibrant arts
and cultural opportunities and experiences through excellence in
artistic and educational programming, customer service,
and member community service.
The ACT Arts Centre is dedicated to
“Bringing Arts to the Heart of our Community”.
About Ridge Film Studios:
The Ridge Film Studios opened for business on January 1st,
2015 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Since then, over 25 TV Movies,
and two TV Series have been filmed at the studios. With over
46,000 square feet of stage space available along with film
production equipment rentals, the vision for The Ridge Film Studios
is to provide a premiere film production studio facility that
producers, directors, and crew will find artistically satisfying,
convenient, and cost-efficient. The Ridge Film Studios is
committed to building a strong, locally run film studio that
provides stable jobs to the community and helps make
Maple Ridge a film-friendly destination.
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