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The Rosies will be held in Edmonton overย two celebrationsย on Saturday September 30, 2023.
The afternoon show will celebrate the following categories: Class Awards โ Public Service Announcement, Promotional Production, Narrative Game/Interactive Project, Corporate Production Under $30K, Corporate Production Over $30K, Educational, Fil Fraser Student Production, Childrenโs Program or Series, Commercial Under $20K and Commercial Over $20K. Craft Awards โ Host, Narrator, Animator/Motion Graphic Artist, Make-Up/Hair Artist, Costume Designer, Screenwriter(s), Editors, Visual Effects, Production Designer/ Art Director and Stunt Performer. This award show will take place at The Comic Strip, located in West Edmonton Mall, 8882 โ 170th Street Unit #1646 Bourbon Street. Doors Open at 2:00 Show starts at 2:30 MST and is hosted by the Comic Stripsโ very own Rick Bronson.
Our evening gala will showcase the best and brightest in the following categories: Class Awards โ Cultural Diversity, Musical/Comedy and/or Variety, Music Video, Information/Lifestyle &/or Web Series, Documentary under and over 30 Minutes, Documentary Series, Scripted Under 30 Minutes, Scripted Series/Mini-Series and Scripted Feature. Craft Awards โ Overall Sound, Musical Score (Scripted/Documentary), Cinematographer, Performance (Male/Nonbinary), Performance (Female/Nonbinary), Director. Located just a short drive from West Edmonton (shuttles also available) the evening show will be held at River Cree Resort and Casino, 300 East Lapotac Blvd, Enoch Alberta.ย Doors Open at 7:30 Show Starts at 8:00 MST.
We are thrilled to announce that our evening Host will be award-winning Canadian comic,ย Steveย Patterson. Steve is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television and radio host, and television producer, best known for hosting the hit showย The Debaters. With more than 25 years of performing, including numerous Just for Laughs galas and a Rosie award show, we are thrilled to have him back for our 50th Anniversary.
As for who is up for the 52 prestigiousย Rosie Awards; a total of 541 entries were received resulting in 344 total finalists chosen by our juries.
Calgary productions represent 181 of this yearโs finalists, Edmonton with100, and the remainder
from Sherwood Park, Grand Cache, Okotoks and Spruce Grove.
These productions, from commercials, new media, and both long and short form fiction and documentary are vying for 20 Class awards. In addition, Albertaโs talented screenwriters, costume and production designers, cinematographers, editors, directors, make-up artists, special effects artists, sound technicians and composers are competing in 32 Craft categories.
Northern Gateway Filmsย (Edmonton),ย SEVEN24 Films (Calgary)ย andย Sticks & Stonesย (Edmonton) had the most overall finalists with more than 15 nominations each. The top two individual productions with the ten nominations each, areย Dark Natureย from Peterson Polaris Corp & Nika Productions andย Father of Nationsย from Thousand Year Films, both from Calgary.
The Alberta Film & Television Awards, akaย The Rosies, is the oldest live film and television awards event in Canada, honouring its provincial production industry. In order to qualify for an Alberta Film & Television Award a production must be produced or co-produced by a production company based in Alberta. For any craftsperson to be eligible they must have been a resident of Alberta for the 2022 calendar year.
We encourage guests to attend both events and receive a discounted ticket price of $225 for non-members and $175 for members.
To take advantage of our special ROSIES room rate at the River Cree Resort please book using the following link by Wednesday, September 6, 2023:
https://reservations.travelclick.com/104191?groupID=3908709
Join us for the Albertaโs premiere media and film industry event of the year!
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For further information contact:
Bill Evans โ 780-916-9559 |ย bevans@ampia.org
The Alberta Media Production Industries Association
7316 โ 101 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6A 0J2