Toronto (Nov 25) – The Canadian Sport Film Festival has returns to Toronto in March 2012. The fourth annual CSFF will take place at the Bloor Cinema from March 29-31. Details of the programmed films will be announced soon. Keeping checking this page for more details.

Toronto (Sept 23) – The Canadian Sport Film Festival has had to postpone the fourth annual CSFF, scheduled for October 13-15 in Toronto. The festival’s primary venue is undergoing renovations and constructions delays have pushed the re-opening into 2012.

CSFF will return in spring 2012 with a great lineup of films about sport and physical activity. We have already screened nearly 100 films for this year and are looking forward to sharing the best of those with the public as soon as possible.

Check this space – once confirmed, dates, venue, and a programme will be published here.

The 2011 Canadian Sport Film Festival, scheduled for Oct. 13-15 in Toronto, is now accepting entries.

You can find an entry form by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

The Canadian Sport Film Festival is pleased to announce its 2011 dates.

The fourth annual CSFF will take place in Toronto on October 13-15, 2011.

More exciting news about the CSFF — including updates to the current webpage — will be coming soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars for October and check back in September for details about our exciting 2011 linuep.

Friday, November 26, 2010
7:00 pm
Manitoba Museum

Arctic Hip Hop

2008, 43 min, documentary, Canada, director: Randy Kelly

Capitalizing on the popularity of hip hop, social worker and longtime B-Boy Stephen Leafloor brings his positive hip hop workshops to the northern community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Kids blend traditional and modern cultures while dancing to the beat, but between backspins and body-waves, they discuss bullying, body image, and feelings of suicide, and five days later emerge not only better dancers, but more confident kids.

Print source: pcollines@magma.ca

Screening with:

Tin Town (WORLD PREMIERE)

2010, 28 min, documentary, South Africa, director: Geoff Arbourne

In June 2010, the (men’s) football World Cup finally arrived in Africa. Yet the “rules” for hosting the world’s most popular event are often clouded by controversy and the event itself is often marked by injustice, corruption, and exploitation “on the ground.” The 2010 World Cup in South Africa was no exception. Thousands of families already living in dire straits were brutally sentenced to a life of poverty, as they were evicted to tin shacks miles from their homes, hidden from the television screens and the world’s media attention. Tin Town follows local residents through police brutality, family separation, and their struggle to reclaim the people’s game.

Print source: geoff@sportforsolidarity.org

Inuit High Kick

2010, 2 min, documentary, Canada, director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

A super slow motion portrait of the traditional Inuit sport of high kick.

Print source: mhamilton@icsl.ca

Friday, November 26, 2010
9:00 pm
Manitoba Museum

Pond Hockey

2008, 80 min, documentary, USA, director: Tommy Haines

The pond. This is where hockey was born—under the open sky—where the ice is gritty and so is the play. For generations, rinkrats have grown up on outdoor ice. But, there are new climate-controlled arenas in every town, and that’s where the kids go to practice year-round now. The frozen ponds are losing their inhabitants.

Pond Hockey examines the changing culture of sports through insightful interviews with rink rats and hockey legends like Wayne Gretzky and Neal Broten alike. More than just a celebration of a beloved game, Pond Hockey searches the open ice for the true meaning of sport.

Print source: productions@pondhockeymovie.com

Screening with:

Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem

2008, 6 min, narrative, Canada, director: Justin Simms

What would it mean to score on one of the greatest goalie’s who ever lived? One man relives the moment for a skeptical audience in this short film based on the book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs.

Print source: info@bookshorts.com

Sport film fest comes to Winnipeg highlighting community and pond hockey

November 26^th, Manitoba Museum

- 7pm: Arctic Hip Hop with Tin Town and Inuit High Kick

- 9pm: Pond Hockey with Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem

The 2010 Canadian Sport Film Festival comes to Winnipeg on Friday, November 26^th, with films that highlight the role that sport and dance play in shaping our communities.

At 7pm, two films highlight the traditional practices and contemporary realities of life in the Canadian north are captured in two films: “Inuit High Kick” captures a traditional native sport, while “Arctic Hip Hop” reveals the community-building power of dance as the youth of a town in the Canadian north learn hip hop. Also screening at this time is the world premiere of “Tin Town,” a documentary shot in South Africa during the recent 2010 FIFA World Cup that highlights some of the unintended social costs of the world’s largest sporting event.

At 9pm, we turn our attention to hockey. “Pond Hockey” celebrates the game outdoors, far from the arenas of the NHL, but where the game matters just as much to the people who play it. Also screening at this time is the short film, “Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem,” based on Randall Maggs’ poetry.

All films are screening at the Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Avenue.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. People interested in attending both screenings can buy a two-screening pass for only $15. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.sportfilmfestival.ca or at the box office 30 minutes prior to the screening.

Proceeds support:

Sponsored by:

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Auditorium

190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg
www.manitobamuseum.ca

Winnipeg (Oct. 21) – The 2010 Canadian Short Film Festival makes its first visit to Winnipeg on Friday, November 26.

Where: Manitoba Museum

When: Friday November 26, 2010 — 7pm and 9pm

Tickets:  10 adults/ $5 students and seniors.

Full details about the films to be screened will be announced in early November.

To learn more, visit www.sportfilmfestival.ca.