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Gimli Film Festival plays to record crowds!
The Gimli Film Festival has wrapped for another year. Total attendance for the Festival was 8,400 people, including an estimated 5,200 people on the beach over three nights, with another 3,200 people attending the Festival's indoor screenings. Overall, attendance increased by 75% overn the 2010 Festival.
The Rogers Cinema Under The Stars continues to be extremely popular part of the Festival. Unfortunately, only three of the five beach screenings took place. Strong winds did not allow the screen to be dropped on either Friday or Saturday night. "After worrying about lake levels for the past few months, it was the wind that proved to be a problem," says Festival Director Cheryl Ashton. These cancellations marked the first time in the Gimli Film Festival's eleven year history that beach screenings had to be cancelled due to high winds.
The winner of the $10,000 Rogers Pitch was Quinn Greene. Filmmaker Shelagh Carter's One Night won the $1,000 prize for Best Short Film.
Planning for the 2012 Gimli Film Festival is already underway. The Festival plans to keep expanding, with two additional venues, one indoor and one outdoor, to be included.
Gimli Film Festival would like to thank its amazing sponsors, volunteers and staff for the resounding success of the 2011 Festival. The Gimli Film Festival will return next summer from July 25 to 29, 2012.
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