Free John and Tarek!

Free John and Tarek!

AMAAS is looking for volunteers to march in the Pride Parade in Calgary this Sunday and carry a Free John & Tarek banner. Filmmaker John Greyson and Dr. Tarek Loubani are Canadian citizens being unjustly detained in Egypt. Greyson is a media artist and a film...
Prairie Tales 14 in Hobbema

Prairie Tales 14 in Hobbema

Prairie Tales 14 wraps up its distribution year with some great stats: 38 screenings in 25 communities! Of those, 12 screenings had a Visiting Artist answer audience questions or give a short workshop. Zoe Slusar and Bailey Kerluke, multiple Prairie Tales artists, are...

Artist profile: Kyle Whitehead

It’s been a very busy year for Kyle Whitehead. Not only is he production coordinator at EMMEDIA, but he’s also had time to create an installation piece that has traveled around the world. “The piece that I’m showing is an installation and performance work called...
AMAAS Conference 2013

AMAAS Conference 2013

The 2013 AMAAS Conference in Waterton is coming.  Spaces are limited.  To register please download the conference registration e-form (registration_2013) and email it to Kirsten Christopherson (conference@amaas.ca) our Waterton Conference Coordinator. See you...
CUFF’s 10th Anniversary

CUFF’s 10th Anniversary

AMAAS recently asked festival producer Brenda Lieberman some questions about the upcoming Calgary Underground Film Festival, running April 15-21 at the Globe Cinema in Calgary.  Check out this year’s fantastic line-up (and buy tickets early to avoid...
FAVAFest

FAVAFest

FAVA FEST 3D: Film and Video Arts Festival March 18-23 2013 Those of us who are connected to Alberta media arts centres know that there are hundreds of individual artists toiling away, finishing countless projects in darkened editing rooms every year. In 2012, FAVA...

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