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mediamag ezine | May 2009

Media Awards

The 35th Annual Alberta Film & Television Awards, celebrating excellence and outstanding achievement in Albertan film, television and new media, were handed out on May 2, 2009 at a gala industry event held at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton. The evening was hosted by Jill Belland of Citytv Calgary and CBC Edmonton’s Mark Connolly. The statuette, known as the Rosie, was awarded in 22 Class and 30 Craft categories.

This year the production taking the most number of Rosies was the National Film Board of Canada's "The Real Place," which garnered 6 awards, including Best Short. On the strength of this production the Edmonton-based studio of the National Film Board was the company or organization winning the most Rosies overall, with a total of 7, narrowly eclipsing Calgary-based Seven/24 Films, which won a total of 6 Rosies. In order to qualify for an Alberta Film & Television Award a production must be at least co-produced by an Alberta production company. For any craftsperson to be eligible he or she must have been a resident of Alberta for the 2008 calendar year. See the complete list of Rosie Award winners. Read more Alberta media awards...

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Spotlight on Alberta Books

Absolute XPress, an imprint of Calgary's Hades Publications, hoped that sin would sell, in both E-book and "direct to reader" formats. And it did, at a book launch held at the Edmonton Strathcona Public Library on Saturday, April 18th. That book launch was a sellout.(In under an hour, no less!) Brian Hades sent out the challenge. Write stories based on the seven deadly sins: Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth and Wrath. The catch? They had to be flash fiction -- writing that tells a great story in the fewest words possible. Four Edmonton writers stepped up to the challenge.
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Spotlight on Alberta Magazines

Paper/Cuts is a magazine is a joint project of Magazine Editing, a course in the Bachelor of Applied Communications in Professional Writing, Digital Applications II, Interpretive Photo Illustrations and Typography II, courses in the Design Studies Program at Grant MacEwan in Edmonton. The 48 page, well designed and beautifully illustrated, Spring 2009 issue, themed on the concept of (Re)collections, features articles written, edited, designed and photographed by students in the program. Stories range from fanciful reverie to tearful accounts with a wide variety of unique and compelling recollections to suit every taste. Read more…

Spotlight on Alberta Films

Catching My Breath, profiles the life and races of Ken Thomas, and his determination to participate in the World Masters Games as a disabled athlete. Ken races in a wheelchair, backwards! There’s a Rocky-style, underdog sports story imbedded in the film, but it is also about Ken’s life-long fight for inclusion and independence as a person with a physical disability. Alberta independent filmmaker Lorna Thomas produced and directed the film, using photographs, archival film footage, and narrative commentary to paint an intimate portrait of her brother Ken. Three storylines are interwoven in the film. Read more...

SPOTLIGHT ON ALBERTA MEDIA

Spotlight on Alberta Musicians	Spotlight on Alberta Podcasters	Spotlight on Alberta Websites	Spotlight on Alberta Bloggers

The Edmonton Folk Music festival will announce its 2009 Festival Lineup on May 26. Early news is now available on their website. The complete lineup will be posted on May 27. The festival presented its 2009 festival image at the members’ annual general meeting on date. Expect to see it on many t-shirts soon. You can also check it out on their website. Read more...	Based out of Edmonton, DiabetesCompass.com is Canada’s only radio and internet-based, weekly diabetes wellness radio program. Podcasts include diabetes health professional interviews, personal profile interviews of people living with diabetes, Ask The Expert, resources and plenty of interesting information. Read more...	Media Sense offers in-depth analysis of movies, dramas and comedies on ACCESS. Featuring some of the brightest minds from Alberta’s post secondary institutions, Media Sense will help you learn more about what you are watching, enhancing both your viewing pleasure and your ability to think critically about the media. Read more...	The Visual Arts Alberta blog makes fine use of all the bells and whistles that Wordpress makes possible. Published since July 2008, the website covers a wide range of topics for anyone interested in visual arts in Alberta. You’ll want to check out the weblinks on the right column. Read more...