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Footsteps (1982 Film)
''Footsteps'' is a Canadian drama short film, directed by Scott Barrie and commercially released in 1982."Short films win awards". ''Calgary Herald'', March 3, 1982. The film centres on the competitors at a trailbiking event. Barrie made the film in 1978 as his student project in film studies at Conestoga College, and won the award for best student editing at the 1979 Canadian Cinema Editors awards. However, it did not receive commercial distribution until 1982, when it was one of the nine inaugural winners of the Canadian Independent Short Films Showcase, a new Canada Council competition for emerging filmmakers whose prize included having the films blown up to 35 mm format for commercial exhibition, and distributed as the opening films at feature film screenings that summer. It was selected to accompany the feature film ''Grease 2''. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Barrie (filmmaker)
Scott Barrie is a Canadian film and television director, most noted as a three-time Genie Award nominee for his short films. Originally from Brantford, Ontario, he graduated from Conestoga College in 1978. '''', November 21, 1979. Barrie directed episodes of the television series '''', and was also a writer for '''', '' |
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed its statuette. Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which were distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, met to watch the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then voted on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation, the Canadian Screen Awards. Broadcasting The Genie Awards were aired by CBC from 1980 to 2003, before mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Student Films
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Short Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982. Events * January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros. * March 5 - John Belushi dies after being injected with a mixture of heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California. * June 11 ** '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date. ** M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, ''The Globe (Toronto newspaper), The Globe'' and ''The Daily Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and ''The Empire (Toronto), The Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Scott
Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a Seventh-Day Adventist, whose doctrine virtually prohibited movies. Scott studied art history at New College of Florida in Sarasota,"Globe's Jay Scott dies suddenly at 43: A rare film critic respected by all". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 1993. and later took acting classes at the University of New Mexico.Barry Hertz, "Great Scott: In The Globe’s arts pages, film critic Jay Scott changed how Canadians consumed and talked about culture. In his personal life, the twists and tragedies were worthy of Hollywood". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 17, 2024. Career Moving to Canada in 1969 as a draft evader, he settled in Calgary and began writing film reviews for the '' Calgary Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Genie Awards
The 4th annual Genie Awards were held March 23, 1983, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Dave Thomas."Thomas goes genteel for Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 19, 1983. ''The Grey Fox'' was the event's big winner, with seven awards including Best Picture. The film also topped the overall nomination count, with 13 nominations. Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Bill Miner movie". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1983. In the Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium category, the award to Richard Paluck and Robert Guza Jr. for ''Melanie'' was later rescinded, as the short story on which the screenplay was based had not been previously published. Another nominee, '' Latitude 55°'' by John Juliani and Sharon Riis, had already been disqualified for similar reasons, although the error had been discovered prior to the ceremony. It was decided not to award the trophy that year."Melanie adaptation Genie returned". ''Cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genie Award For Best Theatrical Short Film
The Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film was a Canadian film award, historically presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television through its Genie Awards program to a film judged as the year's best short film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The award has been inclusive of short films in the live action drama, animated and documentary genres. Originally presented by the Canadian Film Awards from their creation in 1949, the award was presented annually until 1964 with the exceptions of 1955, when an honourable mention was given but no formal winner was named, and 1957, when the award was not presented. The award was then not presented in 1965, 1966 or 1967. Beginning in 1968, the Canadian Film Awards instituted separate award categories for "Film Over 30 Minutes" and "Film Under 30 Minutes". This continued for three years until 1971, when the single award for Best Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conestoga College
Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. History In 1967, the college was founded as Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology by the government of Ontario to grant diplomas and certificates in career-related, skills-oriented programs. The college started to offer degree programs in B.Eng. Mechanical Systems Engineering and B.A. Tech Architecture - Project and Facility Management starting in August 2003, and B.A. Tech in Integrated Telecommunication and Computer Technology in 2007. Corruption in Canadian Higher-Education that saw Canadian institutions abandoning academic ethics and standards to enroll foreign students was noted in 2016. Conestoga faculty began reporting widespread cheating and fraud dating back to at least 2019. The early 2020s saw 70% to 81% of Conestoga's enrollees as international students, most commonly from India, and a 1,579% increase in international student pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
