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Explore past seasons of the our various film festivals below:
Kamloops Black Film Festival
1st Annual Black Film Festival (2024)
FILMS & EVENTS
Hidden Figures – Feb 15th @ 6:30 pm
Pre-Show: Science Experiments with Big Little Science Centre
Experience an interactive evening as the Big Little Science Centre performs exciting experiments on stage with audience participation. Doors open at 5:45 pm, and the pre-show event, featuring captivating experiments, runs from 6 pm to 6:20 pm. The movie starts at 6:30 pm.
Cool Runnings – Feb 16th @ 10:30 am
Catch two showings of Cool Runnings: one for the general public at 10:30 am and an exclusive school screening for the school district at 11 am on the same day. Be a part of this double-feature event!
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Feb 16th @ 6:30 pm
Sarafina! – Feb 17th @ 11:00 am
Pre-Show Delight: Bethel Chapel Choir Concert
Get ready for a musical treat! The Bethel Chapel Choir will enchant you with a few songs before the movie begins. The event kicks off at 10:45 am, followed by the movie starting at 11:00 am.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – Feb 17th @ 2:00 pm – FREE FAMILY FLICK
Calling all Spider-Man fans! We invite kids and enthusiasts of all ages to join us at the movie dressed as their favorite web-slinger. Don’t miss out – those in Spider-Man costumes will receive complimentary candy! It’s a web-tastic experience for everyone!
King Richard – Feb 17th @ 5:30 pm
Closing Party – Feb 17th Doors open @ 8 pm
Join us for an evening of laughter and entertainment starting right after King Richard, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Secure your tickets for just $15!
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at our closing night event! We are thrilled to showcase the talents of Vancouver-based comedian and fashion designer, Mufaro Mbudzi, originally from Zimbabwe. As you enjoy Mufaro’s performance, indulge in the rich flavors of West African snacks, a special treat included with your ticket purchase and expertly crafted by caterer Mercy Odiase.
Mufaro has graced stages at prestigious events such as the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs Vancouver, and the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. In addition to his stand-up prowess, Mufaro has hosted music concerts and is an independent event producer, curating sold-out comedy shows in Vancouver. He’s also making waves in the fashion scene with his clothing brand, Scheduled Meditation, showcased at Vancouver Fashion Week and Toronto’s Fashion Art Toronto.
But that’s not all! Before Mufaro takes the stage, enjoy a performance by local Kamloops singer/rapper, Kuda. It’s an evening filled with diverse talent and non-stop entertainment.
Mufaro Personal Instagram: mufarombu | Mufaro Business Instagram: scheduledmeditation
Festival CinéLoops French Film Festival
CinéLoops 2023
Our first CinéLoops French Film Festival, in partnership with the Kamloops Francophone Association was a hit! We had nearly 1,000 attendees over the three days, at the six films (7 screenings).
Notre premier Festival du film français CinéLoops, en collaboration avec l’Association francophone de Kamloops a été un succès ! Nous avons eu près de 1000 spectateurs sur les trois jours, sur les six films (7 projections).
Guests:
Tu Te Souviendras de Moi/You Will Remember Me
Rémy Girard – Actor
Musique/Music
Jamie Shinkewski
Cusine/Food
Jyelle from/de Good For You Crêpes
FrancoFunny
Étudiants de l’école secondaire francophone/Students from the Franophone Secondary School
Films:
Tu Te Souviendras de Moi/You Will Remember Me
Katak le brave béluga/Katak the Brave Beluga
Félix et le trésor de Morgäa/Felix and the Hidden Treasure
Close
Astérix & Obélix: L’Empire du Milieu/Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
Le secret d’un moine/A Monk’s Secret – court métrage/short film
Une Belle Course/Driving Madeline
Programme/Program
Affiche/Poster
Kamloops Film Festival
27th KFF (2023)
The 27th Kamloops Film Festival took place from March 2-11 at the Paramount Theatre. We set a new record in sponsorships, and were within 200 people of tying our attendance record! We showed 27 feature films, with over 20 different events to accompany them! We had several guests in attendance, and brought back the Making Movies in Kamloops Panel after the KISS Film Festival which also set an attendance record.
Special Guests:
Outrunners
Ken Hegan – Writer/Director
Shawn “Major” Major – Producer
Riceboy Sleeps
Bryan Demore – Producer
Making Movies in Kamloops Panel
Ken Hegan – Writer/Director of Outrunners
Shawn “Major” Major – Producer of Outrunners
Terri Hadwin – Thompson-Nicola Film Commissioner
Vesta Giles – Writer/Director/Owner of Vandelso Productions
Cjay Boisclair – Writer/Director/Founder of YKA Film Society
Duane Boisclair – Producer/Askem Talent and YKA Film Society Founder
Golden Delicious
Jason Karman – Director
Finding Fred Lee
Jack Gin – Writer/Producer/Director
Skinamarink – Darkfest
Kyle Edward Ball – Writer/Director
American Scar – Sustainability Event Short Film
John Kurc – One of the subjects
Sustainability Panel – In Partnership with BCLC
Moderator: Peter ter Weeme – Chief Social Purpose Officer and Vice President, Player Experience at BCLC
Panelists:
Dr. Lael Parrott (PhD) – UBC Professor in Sustainability and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
John Kurc – Subject of American Scar
Films
Outrunners
On Sacred Ground
No Bears
Infinity Pool – Darkfest
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along
Riceboy Sleeps
Guitar Lessons
The End of Sex
Golden Delicious
Aftersun
The Whale
Corsage
Empire of Light
When You Finish Saving the World
Elvis
Call Jane
Finding Fred Lee
EO
Banshees of Inisherin
Triangle of Sadness
Skinamarink – Darkfest
Geographies of Solitude
12 Tasks of Imelda
Rosie
Everything Everywhere All At Once
I Like Movies
Program
Poster
25th KFF (2022)
The 25th Kamloops Film Festival took place from March 3-12 at the Paramount Theatre. There was a record showing of over 25 films shown, and more events than ever before. We also had a variety of virtual and in-person Q&A’s throughout the festival, as well as our first-ever Making Movies in Kamloops Panel.
Special Guests:
The Mystery Mountain Project
Greg Gransden – Director
Ivan Petrov – Co-founder, Canadian Explorations Heritage Society
Run Woman Run
Dakota Ray Hebert – Beck
Fly Monarca
Benjamin Jordan – Director/Writer/Editor/Subject
Buried
Lanny Johnson – one of the subjects of the film
Re-Inventing the Wheel
Chelsea McEvoy – Director
James Hektner
Dan McLean
Kicking Blood – Darkfest
Blaine Thurier – Writer/Director
David Abboussafy – Executive Producer
Making Movies in Kamloops Panel
Victoria Weller
Ken Hegan
18 1/2
Dan Mirvish – Director, Producer & Editor
Drinkwater
Graham Fraser – Producer
Sustainability Evening – In Partnership with BCLC
Moderator: Peter ter Weeme – Chief Social Purpose Officer and Vice President, Player Experience at BCLC
Panelists:
Robert Sandford “The Winston Churchill of Water”
Dr. Michael Mehta
Martin Glegg – Writer/Director of The Unicorn Code
FILMS:
Licorice Pizza
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor
Flee
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley – Darkfest
Sing 2
The Nest
The Mystery Mountain Project
Portraits from a Fire
Red Rocket
Drive My Car
Alien On Stage – Darkfest
Run Woman Run
C’Mon C’Mon
King Richard
Returning Home
Fly Monarca
The Worst Person in the World
Benedetta
Buried
Parallel Mothers
Re-Inventing the Wheel
Kicking Blood – Darkfest
18 1/2
Drinkwater
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PROGRAM
Poster
24.5th KFF (2021)
The 24.5th Kamloops Film Festival took place from April 21st to May 2nd at the Twin Rivers Drive-In and KFF Online. There was a total of 15 films played at the drive-in, and 23 different films available to stream online. We also had a variety of virtual Q&A’s available to watch on Facebook Live, and special performances played ahead of every drive-in film.
Special Guests (Q&A’s):
The Curse of Willow Song
Karen Lam – Writer/Director
The Climb
Michael Covino – Writer/Director/Producer/Star
Ash
Andrew Huculiak – Writer/Director/Producer
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Matthew Bissonnette – Writer/Director
FILMS
Drive-In:
Falls Around Her
Percy
Supernova
Our Friend
First Cow
Kajillionaire
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
The Father (played at Best of Fest as well)
Another Round
Minari
Land
Two of Us
Vivarium (Darkfest)
Wolfwalkers (Family Night)
Abe
Online:
Better Days
Sound of Metal
100% Wolf
The Climb
Collective
La Belle Epoque
My Salinger Year
Military Wives
Beanpole
The Cuban
Mole Agent
Stray
Falling
Ordinary Love
Nadia Butterfly
Ash
Lucky Grandma
Come to Daddy (Darkfest)
When the Storm Fades
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Shiva Baby
The Curse of Willow Song (Darkfest)
Violation (Darkfest)
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Poster
24th KFF (2020)
The 24th Kamloops Film Festival took place March 5 to 14, 2020 at the Paramount Theatre. The 10 Day event featured 26 films, 12 industry guests, and numerous engaging events throughout Kamloops.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Haida Modern
Charles Wilkinson – Director, Producer & Editor
Tina Schliessler – Producer & Editor
Rudy Buttignol – Producer
Call Me Crazy: The Legend of Mike Wiegele
Andrea Wing – Director
Bob Sayer – Subject
Matic Vecko – General Manager
Six Days in December
Demian LeClair – Director & Producer
Only in Nelson
Amy Bohigian – Director, Producer, Editor & Co-Writer
Amazon Hot Box
Tristan Risk – Actor
David Aboussafy – Executive Producer, Distributor & Zombie #1
Beyond the Woods
Brayden Demorest-Purdy – Write & Director
Nina Werewka – Producer
FILMS
Haida Modern
Call Me Crazy: The Legend of Mike Wiegele *Double Feature
Six Days in December *Double Feature
In Fabric (DarkFest)
Frozen II (Sing Along) *Most Popular Film Winner at KFF 2020
Only in Nelson
Let it Be (Special Event with TRU)
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up *Audience Favourite Winner at KFF 2020
Honey Boy
Rabid (DarkFest)
Greener Grass
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Old Boys
A Hidden Life
Red Snow
Arab Blues
Sorry We Missed You
Queen & Slim
And the Birds Rained Down
Les Misérables
White Lie
Amazon Hot Box (DarkFest)
Beyond the Woods
The Fall of the American Empire
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
PROGRAM
Read it HERE
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POSTER
23rd KFF (2019)
The 23rd Kamloops Film Festival took place March 7 to 16, 2019 at the Paramount Theatre. The 10 Day event featured 23 films, 6 industry guests, and numerous engaging events throughout Kamloops.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Grant Baldwin – Writer/ Director/ Producer
Tania Halik – Subject
Murray Battle – Executive Producer
This Mountain Life (Watch Q&A HERE)
Kat Jayme – Director/ Writer/ Executive Producer/ Subject
Finding Big Country (Watch Q&A HERE)
Douglas Nyback – Actor (Aaron Colter)
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova (Watch Q&A HERE)
Gillian McKercher – Writer/ Director/ Producer
Circle of Steel (Watch Q&A HERE)
FILMS
This Mountain Life *Most Popular Film Winner at KFF 2019
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
The House That Jack Built (DarkFest)
Frozen (Sing-Along)
Capernaum
Edge Of The Knife
Finding Big Country
Suspiria (DarkFest)
Sir
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova
Never Look Away
At Eternity’s Gate
The Grizzlies *Audience Favourite Winner at KFF 2019
Sink or Swim
Vox Lux
Wildlife
Shoplifters
The Bromley Boys
Roma
Circle of Steel
Cold War
Ben is Back
Kayak to Klemtu
PROGRAM
Read it HERE
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POSTER
22nd KFF (2018)
The 22nd Kamloops Film Festival took place March 1 to 10, 2018 at the Paramount Theatre. The 10 Day event featured 22 films, 6 industry guests, and numerous engaging events throughout the downtown core.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Melanie Wood – Writer/ Director
Shut Up And Say Something (Watch Q&A HERE)
Diana Bang – Actor (Tabby)
Entanglement
Juanita Wilson (via Video) – Writer/ Director
Nolan McAllister – Additional Still Photographer/ Dailies Manager/ Location Scout
Tomato Red (Watch Q&A HERE)
Christine Haebler – Producer
Edna Manitowabi – Actor (Naomi – Saul’s Grandmother)
Indian Horse (Watch Q&A HERE)
FILMS
Shut Up And Say Something
Entanglement
Ravenous
The Breadwinner
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
Tomato Red
Wolfcop
Another Wolfcop
Happy End
A Fantastic Woman
Call Me By Your Name
The Insult
Dim the Fluorescents
Thelma
The Party
In the Fade
The Divine Order
Meditation Park
Loveless
Films Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Adventures in Public School
Indian Horse *Audience Favourite & Most Popular Film at KFF 2018
PROGRAM
Read it HERE
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POSTER
21st KFF (2017)
The 21st Kamloops Film Festival took place March 2 to 11, 2017 at the Paramount Theatre. The 10 Day event featured 22 films, 6 industry guests, and numerous engaging events throughout the downtown core.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Nettie Wild
Director, Writer & Co-Producer
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful
David Paetkau
Actor – Marcus
The Space Between
Kirsten Carthew
Writer, Director, Producer
The Sun at Midnight
Devery Jacobs
Actor – Lia
The Sun At Midnight
David Ray
Writer, Director, Producer
Grand Unified Theory
Kendall Cross
Actor – Rita
Grand Unified Theory
FILMS
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful
The Space Between
The Eyes of My Mother
Oddball and the Penguins
Elle
The Sun at Midnight
The Girl With All the Gifts
Window Horses
I, Daniel Blake
The Salesman
Angry Indian Goddesses
Maudie *Audience Favourite Film at KFF 2017
It’s Only the End of the World
Moonlight *Most Popular Film at KFF 2017
Toni Erdmann
Mean Dreams
Land of Mine
Weirdos
Paterson
Ville-Marie
Grand Unified Theory
20th Century Women
PROGRAM
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POSTER
16th KFF (2012)
15th KFF (2011)
14th KFF (2010)
13th KFF (2009)
12th KFF (2008)
BROCHURE
Read it HERE
11th KFF (2007)
BROCHURE
Read it HERE
10th KFF (2006)
9th KFF (2005)
8th KFF (2004)
7th KFF (2003)
6th KFF (2002)
5th KFF (2001)
4th KFF (2000)
Films
- The Five Senses
- The Divine Ryans
- Better Than Chocolat
- Emporte-moi
- Daydrift
- The Legend of 1900
- All About My Mother
- West Beirut
- Twin Falls Idaho
BROCHURE
Read it here
POSTER
3rd KFF (1999)
Films
- Red Violin
- Dirty
- No
- Last Night
- Extraordinary Visitor
- Inheritors
- The Best Man
- Gadjo Dilo
- Next Stop Wonderland
BROCHURE
Read it here
POSTER
2nd KFF (1998)
Films
- Sweet Hereafter
- Exotica
- La Promesse
- Eves Bayou
- Guantanamera
- Kissed
- Career Girls
- Fire
- Hanging Garden
BROCHURE
Read it here
POSTER
1st KFF (1997)
Films
Celestial Clockwork
Le Polygraphe
Jude
Palookaville
Hard Core Logo
Project Grizzly
Prisoners of the Mountains
Lilies
Brochure
Read it here
POSTER
Stseptékwles re Sk’elép Indigenous Film Festival
2022 SrS-IFF
The inaugural Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival, co-presented by The KFS and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc was a big success. Taking place September 1-3, hundreds of audience members took part in 9 screenings, the special events, and the delicious popcorn! We look forward to seeing everyone at the 2023 Stseptékwles re Sk’elép Indigenous Film Festival.
Guests:
Opening Prayer
Ivy Chelsea
Sage Hills Singers
DƏNE YI’INJETL | The Scattering of Man
Luke Gleeson – Director
Music
Jeremy Kneeshaw – Songwriter/Muscian
Storytellers
Kenthen Thomas
Paul Michel
Indigenous Artists Panel
Moderator: Foster
Panelists:
Joshua Gottfriedson
Laura Michel
Tyler Peters
Closing Party
Sasha Mark
Tin Lorica
Aaron Read
Films:
DƏNE YI’INJETL | The Scattering of Man
Slash/Back
Beans
Blood Quantum
Wildhood
Returning Home
Portraits From A Fire
Scarborough
Run Woman Run
Program
Poster
2023 SrS-IFF
Stseptékwles re Sk’elép Indigenous Film Festival
2023 SrS-IFF
The inaugural Stseptékwles re Sk’elép (Coyote Stories) Indigenous Film Festival, co-presented by The KFS and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc was a big success. Took Place October 12th, hundreds of audience members took part in 6 screenings, the special events, and the delicious popcorn! We look forward to seeing everyone at the 2024 Stseptékwles re Sk’elép Indigenous Film Festival.
Guests:
Opening Prayer
Joanne Brown
TRU Hand-Drumming Club
Storytelling
Kenneth Thomas
Indigenous Artist Networking Social
Rylan Deneault -CEO of Healing Between Worlds
Indigenous Artists Panel
Amanda Wandler
Isaiah Harris
Rhiannon Evans
Ethan Evans
Summer Testawich
Tyler Peters
Closing Party
Conway Kootenay
Films:
Bones of Crows
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Sgaaway K’uuna – Edge of the Knife
Stellar
Guitar Lessons
Short Films
Brothers and Sisters, Directed by Kent Monkman
Between Two Worlds, Directed by Kevin Papatie
Short Stoires – His Guidance (Okiskinotahewewin), Directed Duane Linklater