June 28, 2009
Award for Best International Short at Edinburgh Princess Margaret Blvd. was honoured at the 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival by winning the festival’s newly established Best International Short Film Award. The selection jury commented on the film: "Princess Margaret Blvd is a brilliant, complex, emotionally honest and intense piece of cinema. An outstanding expression of film craft, compassion and performance - every element in this film serves its story of the decline of the mind through dementia." All short fiction films under 50 minutes duration from a non-UK country of origin were eligible for this new award, which is intended to affirm the Festival's long-established support of international short filmmakers and to provide profile and encouragement for the feature filmmakers of the future. Short film art is extremely important to EIFF both as a feature film training ground and as an art form in its own right, and the Festival looks forward to watching its international short filmmakers benefit from this new prize category. The full awards announcement from EIFF 2009 can be read here. May 29, 2009
Official Selection - Signes De Nuit and SouthSide Princess Margaret Blvd. has been selected for International competition at The International Festival Signes de Nuit in Paris which takes place from 22-27 of June; and the SouthSide Film Festival in Pennsylvania which runs June 16-20 2009. May 24, 2009
Winner - Golden Sheaf Award for Best Drama Princess Margaret Blvd. won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan. Full list of winners here. May 6, 2009
Princess Margaret Blvd. set for UK Premiere at 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival Princess Margaret Blvd. has been selected as part of the International Shorts programme at the 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival. Born alongside Edinburgh’s International Festival in 1947, EIFF was one of the world’s first international film festivals, and helped to define the type of event that has since become so pivotal to film culture in nations all over the world. Princess Margaret Blvd. is eligible for the festival’s new award, Best International Short Film. The 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place from June 17th – 28th, 2009. April 6, 2009
Joint screening as part of KINOTEATR.DOC in Moscow Two MDFF shorts, Princess Margaret Blvd. and Assault, have been invited to screen as part of an out-of-competition special screening at the annual KINOTEATR.DOC festival, held in Moscow, Russia from April 11th – 19th, 2009. The annual festival began as a documentary-focused festival presenting the work of young Russian contemporary filmmakers, but has recently branched out to include internationally selected fiction work. The MDFF screening will take place on Monday, April 13th at 10:30pm at the Teatr.doc. April 3, 2009
AFI Dallas Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Princess Margaret Blvd. won the Grand Jury Prize last night at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. More information here. March 25, 2009
Official Selection IFF Boston and RiverRun Princess Margaret Blvd. has been selected to play at IFF Boston which runs April 22-28, 2009. It will also play at the RiverRun International Film Festival that takes place North Carolina from April 22-29, 2009. March 18, 2009
Golden Sheaf Nomination for Best Drama Princess Margaret Blvd. has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorktown Short Film Festival. In the 62 years of its existence, the Festival has developed a tradition of recognizing excellent films and providing great professional development and learning opportunities. The Festival recognizes outstanding Canadian short films and rewards the very best with the annual Golden Sheaf Awards. The festival runs May 21-24, 2009. March 10, 2009 Official Selection - LICHTER Frankfurt Princess Margaret Blvd. has been invited to screen as part of the 2009 edition of LICHTER, a film festival based in Frankfurt, Germany. The film will screen Sunday, March 22nd 4:00pm at Turm Palast 7. March 8, 2009
Official Selection - AFI Dallas, Nashville and Arizona Princess Margaret Blvd. has been invited to competition as part of the 2009 edition of the AFI Dallas International Film Festival running March 26-April 2; it has also been selected for the 2009 Nashville Film Festival taking place April 16-23; and will screen at the upcoming Arizona International Film Festival happening from April 16-26. February 26, 2009
Write-up in Winnipeg's Uptown Magazine Uptown Magazine | Aaron Graham (www.uptownmag.com) "Princess Margaret Blvd., a short by Toronto native Kazik Radwanski, was tough to take at times, as its elderly female protagonist is deep in the throes of Alzheimer's. Throughout the course of its 14 minutes it remains brutally frank about the ravages of time. The more I've thought about it, the more it's become a highlight of the festival." February 22, 2009 March Film Circuit Screenings Mar. 1, 2009 - Vancouver, BC Mar. 4, 2009 - North Bay Mar. 15, 2009 - Ottawa, ON Mar. 26, 2009 - Perth, ON February 1, 2009 New Rebel Cinema: Corduroy Magazine reports from Park City http://www.corduroymag.com/events/new-rebel-cinema-corduroy-reports-from-park-city "Last week in Park City there was a sense that the best of independent cinema wasn’t being selected for the main stages of Sundance. It was in the micro-cinemas of Sundance’s fifteen-year-old bastard child the Slamdance Film Festival and the New Frontiers section of Sundance that one could find ground-breaking cinema. It was programmers like Slamdance’s Paul Sbrizzi and New Frontiers’ Mike Plante that were introducing audiences to the most exciting and original work at the festivals. Some Slamdance short highlights included the grand prize-winning narrative short film Princess Margaret Blvd. by Kazik Radwanski, a subjective portrayal of Alzheimer’s disease." JANUARY 30, 2009 February Film Circuit Screenings Feb. 2, 2009 - Banff, AB Feb. 9, 2009 - Orangeville, ON Feb. 9, 2009 - Red Deer, AB Feb. 13-15, 2009 - Prince George, BC "Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG), provides filmgoers in under-served communities with transformative experiences through access to Canadian and international independent films. With over 200 groups in 164 communities across Canada, Film Circuit is essential in helping TIFFG lead the world in building markets and audiences for Canadian cinema." JANUARY 23, 2009 Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short The 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival concluded Friday in Park City awarding top honors for 2009. The Festival received over 3,000 submissions from 25 countries for 120 programming slots. Princess Margaret Blvd. was honoured by winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short. As a qualifying festival of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, short films that receive Best Narrative short film award at Slamdance may qualify to enter the Short Films category of the Academy Awards ® for the concurrent season. JANUARY 12, 2009 European Premiere at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival Princess Margaret Blvd. has been selected as part of the Berlinale Shorts programme at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. The Berlinale Shorts will screen 28 films from 17 countries, eleven of which will be running in the Competition, and vying for the Golden and Silver Bears for Best Short Film. The entire programme automatically qualifies for the DAAD Short Film Prize and receives a nomination for Best European Short Film. The 59th Berlin International Film Festival takes place from February 5th-15th, 2009. Director Kazik Radwanski and Producer Daniel Montgomery will be in attendance. Screening times are as follows: Friday, Feb 6 / 4:00pm / CinemaxX 6 Monday, Feb 9 / 10:00pm / CinemaxX 3 Wednesday, Feb 11 / 10:00pm / CinemaxX 3 Saturday, Feb 14 / 5:30pm / Collosseum Sunday, Feb 15th / 10:00pm / CinemaxX3 DECEMBER 16, 2008 TIFFG Announces Canada's Top Ten Princess Margaret Blvd. has been selected as one of Canada's Top Ten Shorts. Hosted by the Toronto International Film Festival Group, Canada's Top Ten is an annual celebration of the nation's best cinematic offerings, bringing together a selection of films and insightful panel discussions that speak to the scope and strength of our national cinema. The top ten features and top ten shorts are selected among narrative, documentary, animation, and experimental films, and will screen from January 30 to February 7, 2009. Director Kazik Radwanski will be in attendance for a Q & A. Panel Statement: "What seems like a safe, traditional drama evolves into a profound and timely film about Alzheimer's that evokes an amazing sense of realism. The next morning, the film was still lurking in the back of my mind. It is emotional and from the heart." - Daniel Cross Visit www.topten.ca for more info. DECEMBER 16, 2008
US Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival Princess Margaret Blvd. is set for its US premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the Slamdance Film Festival, one of the few remaining movie showcases whose sole mission is to nurture, support and introduce truly independent works from first-time filmmakers. This celebratory year takes place in Park City, Utah, January 15 - 23 and will screen about 100 films in total in all genres. Screening times are as follows: Saturday, Jan 17 / 11:00AM / Treasure Mountain Inn Wednesday, Jan 21 / 1:00PM / Treasure Mountain Inn Director Kazik Radwanski and Producer Daniel Montgomery will be in attendance. "A gentle examination of Alzheimer's, Princess Margaret Blvd. draws a world that is powerfully familiar as ours, but that feels totally new." - Sam Roberts, Director of Film Competitions SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
Reviews in Eye Weekly and Now Magazine Eye Weekly | Adam Nayman (www.eyeweekly.com) "What I've Lost might work as an alternate title for Princess Margaret Blvd., which features Gina Sylvester in an impressively unsentimental performance as an older woman struggling with the onset of Alzheimer's. Director Kazik Radwanski smartly delineates the experience of the disease by balancing naturalistic 35mm camera work against a tense, fragmented editing rhythm: the images have clarity even as they're slightly disconnected from one another." Now Magazine | Barrett Hooper (www.nowtoronto.com) "Gina Sylvester gives a touching performance in Princess Margaret Blvd., about a woman confronting the fears and frustrations of living with Alzheimer's." AUGUST 1st, 2008 Princess Margaret Blvd. to Tour Canadian Film Festivals After it's World Premiere at TIFF. Princess Margaret Blvd. will be featured in the Vancouver International Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival and Cinfest Sudbury Film Festival. JULY 15, 2008
Princess Margaret Blvd. to Premiere at TIFF 2008 The short film will have it's world premeire at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Short Cuts Canada program. Short Cuts Canada focuses local an international attention on some of Canada's most innovative artists. Radwanski and Montgomery share the honor with 37 other Canadian Short films that will screen during the festival which runs September 4 to 13, 2008. "Actress Gina Sylvester gives a compelling and committed performance in this dramatic short, humanizing the frustration, isolation and aggravation caused by this disease" - Alex Rogalski, Short Cuts Canada Programmer |
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