
Dark Bridges Film Festival is Saskatchewan's premiere showcase of cool independent and foreign genre films. In 2009 Dark Bridges celebrated its launch with the Saskatchewan Premiere of Grace and the Canadian Premiere of Ink along with four short films. In 2010 the first full festival was held which showcased 12 Feature films: Centurion, Dawning, El Monstro Del Mar!, Werewolf Fever, High School, Death of the Dead, [REC], [REC 2], Long Pigs, A Film With Me In It, Black Field as well as the The Good, The Bad, The Weird. In addition, 7 Saskatchewan short films and 20 World short films received their Saskatchewan Premiere at the festival.
In addition to our annual festival, Dark Bridges brings cool films to Saskatchewan through a midnight screening series. Over the past year we have presented midnight screenings of Black Christmas (1974), Harry Brown, Frozen, The Loved Ones, Dead Hooker in a Trunk and The Taint. Each midnight screening also includes a short film screening and prize give aways.
The Second Annual Dark Bridges Film Festival runs September 29th through October 2nd, 2011 at the Broadway Theatre.. Plans for this year's festival include an extra night of films as well as an afternoon discussion session.
Keep watch here and at our Facebook Page for more information about the festival.
We would like to give a big thanks to several people have helped the festival since its inception. They include but are not limited too Chris McGee, Christian Burgess, Christine Ashworth, Holiday Black, Jeff Wright, Jordan Delorme, Kurt Halfyard, Peter Kuplowski, Polly Esther, Rob Harding, Shannon Ridler, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Skot Hamilton, Steven Landry & Tyler Baptist
Dark Bridges Film Festival is just one of the many festivals that happen each and every year around the world. We highly recommend many of the following festivals for experiencing some excellent cinema.
The following are some excellent sources for keeping up on what is happening in film around the world.
The best movie sites are those that are created by the fans. We could spend hours every day reading just a few of the following informative film sites.