Alberta Film & Television Award Winners!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by AMPIA

Rosies Gala 2014
2014 Alberta Film & Television Award Winners

2014 Alberta Film & Television Awards Nominees Announced

Posted on March 13, 2014 by AMPIA

The Alberta Film & Television Awards Nominees were announced earlier today in both Edmonton and Calgary:

A full list of nominees is available here: 2014 AFTA FINALISTS (Updated March 20)

2014 AFTA Press Release| Faces of Alberta Social Media Campaign

Join us for the 2014 Alberta Film & Television Awards on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary. Hosted by Comedian Sean Cullen.

Tickets are now on sale. AFTA_TicketOrderForm | AFTA_TicketOrderForm (Word)

Need a place to stay? Our partner hotels provide discounts for all attendees of the Awards Show. Follow these links for your reservation discount:
Delta Bow Valley Hotel | The Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel

Velcrow Ripper Announced as Keynote Speaker

Posted on March 7, 2014 by AMPIA

Award-winning documentary Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper will be the keynote speaker at the 1st Annual March Madness Professional Development Day. Join us Saturday, March 15 at the Shaw Theatre (NAIT Campus, Edmonton, AB) where the Director of Occupy Love (2012) will be discussing the new revolutionary practices of crowd-sourcing, building audiences and self distribution.

“If anyone can find the silver lining in a mushroom cloud, it’s this astounding, thoughtful filmmaker.” – The National Post

Velcrow Ripper

More About Velcrow Ripper

Velcrow Ripper is a Canadian Academy Award (Genie) winning filmmaker, writer, sound designer and public speaker. He creates powerful, theatrical feature documentaries that deal with the central issues of our times.
His most recent film, Occupy Love is the culmination of his epic “Fierce Love Trilogy” which began with Scared Sacred, named one of Canada’s Top 10 movies of 2004, and winner of the 2005 Genie (Canadian Academy Award) for best feature documentary. It continued with 2008′s award winning Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action.
Ripper’s earlier films include In The Company of Fear, a documentary on non-violent resistance to the “dirty war” in Colombia; Golden Gate Award-winning Open Season, about bear hunters and the activists who “hunt the hunters”; and the multi-award-winning non-fiction feature Bones of the Forest, (co-directed with Heather Frise) about the struggle to save the ancient forests of British Columbia (Best of the Festival, 1996 Hot Docs! Festival; and Best Feature Doc, 1996 Genie Awards).
Velcrow’s films are stylistically innovative, engaging and moving. Particular attention is given to the sound design. He is well known for his award-winning sound design of such films as The Corporation (Best Sound, Leo Awards), and A Place Called Chiapas (Best Sound, Hot Docs!; Best Sound, Leo Awards). He was recently named “one of the top ten filmmakers to watch in 2012″ by the Independent Film magazine. Website: www.velcrowripper.com


This workshop is FREE for AMPIA, FAVA and CSIF members and students of NAIT, SAIT, or Red Deer College. Non-Members fee is $75.00. Call AMPIA to register (780) 944-0707.