CALGARY, May 16, 2016 /CNW/ - The countdown to the 2016
Eddies Short Film Festival is on! On June 4th, at Calgary's Theatre
Junction Grand, 3 Canadian film makers will walk away with cash prizing among the highest payouts in North America for a short film, plus the coveted Eddies award. Not to mention, with the freshest craft beer
and cider on ice for the event, it's going to be one heck of a party!
This year marks the 23rd year that Big Rock Brewery has hosted the Eddies, and it will be the 2nd year the brewery is focusing
on short films. Big Rock continues to partner with Calgary Underground Film Festival and Calgary
International Film Festival to promote the event and show the winning shorts at their respective festivals. Funds raised will be
going back to support the Canadian film community via honorariums to CIFF and CUFF.
2016 Eddies Judges:
- Brenda Lieberman: Calgary Underground Film Festival, Festival Director
- Steve Schroeder: Calgary International Film Festival,
Executive Director
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Mike Morrison: Mike's
Bloggity Blog, Canadian entertainment blogger.
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Chad Oakes: Emmy Award winning Calgary Producer, Nomadic Pictures. Hell
on Wheels, Fargo, currently shooting Van Helsing in
Vancouver.
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Jamie M. Dagg: Canadian Director, Writer, Feature film "River" debuted in 2015 at
Toronto International Film Festival and Whistler Film Festival.
The Challenge: A nod to Big Rock founder Ed McNally, this year's submissions will be
sharing their interpretation of "Trailblazer". No product (beer) placement is necessary, and all shorts can be no longer
than 5 minutes.
CASH PRIZE:
$10,000 1st place, $5000 2nd place, $2500 3rd place
For tickets to the festival and to view the trailer for The 2016 Eddies follow the link below:
http://bigrockbeer.com/eddies
About Big Rock Brewery Inc.
Big Rock produces premium, all-natural craft beers. As one of Canada's founding craft
brewers with over 30 years of brewing experience, Big Rock has a family of exceptional ales and lagers, Rock Creek Cider® series of
ciders, and an ongoing selection of seasonal beers. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Big Rock
Brewery Inc. also has a local brewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, and opening this June -
a brewery in Etobicoke, Ontario.
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