Sunday, Oct 23 2011, 9:00PM
The Mod Club Theatre
Join us for the Closing Night Awards Show where winners of the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will be announced! Celebrate this year's incredible talents with our fabulous host, Billy Merasty. Billy has just returned from Creede, Colorado where he worked on a fantastic play called The Bad Man, and is currently in rehearsals for The Rez Sisters, which will open in Toronto in November. Billy has been acting for 29 years in film, television and theatre. His career has taken him across Canada, the USA and to Malta, where he worked on the four-hour TV movie Moby Dick. Some of Billy's favourite credits include his role in Shelly Niro's Honey Moccasin, the title role of Elijah (CTV), the title role of Justice Denied, The Donald Marshall Story (NFB) and We Shall Remain (PBS).
Billy Merasty and special guests will announce winners in the following categories:
Shaw Media Mentorship Program Drama Pitch Prize Documentary Pitch Prize Best Music Video Best Experimental Best Canadian Short Drama Best Short Drama |
Best Short Documentary Best Radio Best New Media The Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent Best Indigenous Language Production Award The Ellen Monague Award for Best Youth Work Best Dramatic Feature The Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award |
