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SUMMARY:Film Workshop: Cameraless filmmaking
DESCRIPTION:SCRATCH IT OUT! \nA great opportunity for participants to make their own 35mm animated or experimental film without a camera and without processing film. Animators like Norman McLaren and Len Lye explored the technique of direct cinema in the 1930s and almost 90 years later\, it still continuously surprises audiences. \nThe workshop will explore the multiple techniques of cameraless filmmaking and discover new ones along the way. Over the course of the week\, participants will be introduced to materials and tools that can be applied effectively through scratching\, painting and collage – directly on to the surface of motion picture film. We will also learn efficient methods of digitizing the work as moving image files using DIY scanning methods and re-purposing existing applications. \nAs the week progresses\, we take our ideas further\, shaping our projects with digital sound and music. And finally\, we will give our project life\, discovering new ways to implement finished films with popular digital editing and projection software. \nThe final workshop film will be shown at Sunday evening’s 8pm screening. \nThis workshop will take place in 3 parts\, allowing participants to work extensively on their pieces of film with the mentor available for questions and advice. \nIn the KIAC CLassroom \nTuesday\, April 15\, 6-9pm \nWednesday\, April 16\, 6-9pm \nFriday\, April 18\, Noon-3pm \nParticipants can come to one\, 2 or all 3 sessions. \nThe workshop is free. Please register at filmfest@kiac.ca or 993-5005 \nSteven Woloshen was born in Laval\, Canada in 1960. For more than 30 years\, he has passionately created over 50 award-winning\, abstract films and time-based installations for festivals\, galleries and museums. Twice nominated for Canada’s Governor General’s award\, he has received numerous research and creation grants and\, most recently\, was awarded the 2016 René Jodoin lifetime achievement award\, 2015 Wiesbaden Lifetime Achievement Award. Woloshen is a teacher\, film conservationist\, animator\, craftsman and the author of two books\, Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker (2010)\, a hands-on manual for decay\, renewal and other handmade\, analogue film techniques\, and Scratch\, Crackle & Pop! A Whole Grains Approach to Making Films without a Camera (2015). Under his own banner\, Scratchatopia\, Woloshen has hosted solo retrospectives and taught handmade filmmaking techniques at workshops and master classes in Argentina\, Morocco\, USA\, Slovenia\, Australia\, France\, Great Britain\, Greece\, Portugal\, Spain\, Slovakia\, Poland\, Mexico as well as across Canada. \n \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/film-workshop-cameraless-filmmaking/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence,Film,Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250422
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SUMMARY:26th Dawson City International Short Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Its Film Fest time!\nThe 26th Dawson City Film Fest is coming up (April 17-20).  Start planning your weekend! \nWant to get an early start? Sign up for our pre-festival workshop. SCRATCH IT OUT! is a hands on cameraless filmmaking experience with renowned filmmaker Steven Woloshen. Starting on Tuesday April 15\, you can create you own film by drawing\, scratching and painting directly onto 35mm film. There are 3 sessions (April 15\, 15 and 18) and you can attend 1\, 2 or all 3!  It’s free.  To sign up email filmfest@kiac.ca. \nThe festival starts Thursday April 17th with a special showing of the film OLD CROW: A PHILOSOPHY. Directors Erika Tizaya-Tramm and Daniel Janke will be in attendance. \nThe weekend is full of films\, installations\, projections\, and our now famous Perogie Street Feast\, with food and live music out on Princess street on the Sunday afternoon. \nPasses available at KIAC\, online or at the door.\nIndividual screening tickets available at the door (cash or credit).\nPlease arrive early. \nCheck out all the action on our website! \n \nThanks to all our funders and supporters!\nYukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\, Telefilm Canada\, Heritage Canada\, NorthwesTel Community TV\, Yukon Energy\, Klondike Visitors Association\, Newmont Coffee\, Schmidt Mining\, Air North\, Yukon Brewing\, Reel Canada\, Red Mammoth Bistro\, Bombay Peggy’s\, NVD Hotels\, Parks Canada\, SPYA\, Yukon Film Society\, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre\, Yukon School of Visual Arts\, NFB\, City of Dawson\, Gold Rush\, Eldo Enns\, Dawson City General Store\, johnsteins.com\, Arctic Star Printing\, Bonanza Market\, Lulu Keating\, Evan Rensch Appreciation Society\, Yukon Spa\, Yukon Birch Syrup. \nWe are humbled to hold our festival on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/26th-dawson-city-international-short-film-festival/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence,Community Engagement,Exhibitions,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20250506T170818Z
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SUMMARY:Community Screening: Mammoth Hunters
DESCRIPTION:A sneak peak at\nMammoth Hunters\n2025\, Yukon\nFritz Mueller\, Teresa Earle \nIn the summer of 2022\, a miner struck more than gold in Canada’s Yukon. A fully preserved infant woolly mammoth that died 36\,000 years ago protruded from the Arctic permafrost\, her flesh still pink and green grass in her belly. Mammoth Hunters is a feature documentary that takes us on a journey back through time as we join five mammoth lovers –– scientists\, artists and citizen detectives –– to solve the riddle of these ancient and charismatic animals. Like a puzzle itself\, the film blends ecology\, history\, spirituality and the mystery that is deep time to reveal the bonds that link humanity to these Ice Age giants. \nFilmmakers Fritz Mueller  & Teresa Earle and subjects from the film in attendance for a Q&A. \n$10 in advance or at the door  \n(Cash Concessions) \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/film-screening-mammoth-hunters/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250829T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250829T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20250813T184924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T201223Z
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SUMMARY:Dawson Film Lab: September 14-28: Apply now!
DESCRIPTION:Work on FILM this fall at KIAC\nOver the past few years\, the DCISFF has been running the Dawson Film Lab project. This has involved filmmakers (local and non-local) coming to Dawson City to experiment and work on media projects to enhance their craft. \nThe focus has gravitated toward analogue film processes (8mm and 16mm)\, and most recently involved the usage of eco-safe developers using local plants and/or caffeine. This year we are adding cameraless filmmaking\, scratch or paint directly on 16 or 35mm film. \nAn exclusive opportunity to work in Super 8 or 16mm film in a workshop environment from September 14-28 at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. \n\nThere will be 2 mandatory get-togethers: one at the beginning and one at the end of the workshop.\nParticipants can work at thier own pace (and times) and will have access to the KIAC Darkroom/Ballroom during the dates of the workshop (September 14-28).\n\nThis is a free workshop with limited space. Applicants must apply. For more info and application form go here \nNote: Applicants from outside Dawson City may do this workshop in a more compressed time frame. \nDeadline to apply is August 29. \nOpen to all levels of artists.\nThis project is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/dawson-film-lab-september-14-28-apply-now/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250929T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20250929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
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SUMMARY:Beh Movāzāt / به موازات (In Parallel) FILM SCREENING AND Q&A - with Kiarash Dadgar
DESCRIPTION:Beh Movāzāt / به موازات (In Parallel)\nFILM SCREENING AND Q&A – with Kiarash Dadgar \nMonday\, September 29th – Doors 7pm\, Screening 7:30pm\n@ KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom \nJoin filmmaker\, writer\, and KIAC Artist-in-Residence Kiarash Dadgar for a unique opportunity to view a selection of his works and other works by contemporary Iranian creators\, followed by a Q&A. \nKiarash Dadgar\nEsfahan\, Iran/Tkaronto (Toronto)\nKIAC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: September 9th – Oct 6th\, 2025\n \nKiarash Dadgar is an award-winning filmmaker\, theatre artist\, actor\, and producer originally from Iran\, now based in Toronto\, Canada. Holding an MA in Dramatic Literature from Soore Art University in Tehran and currently pursuing an MFA in Film at York University\, Kiarash’s work explores themes of cultural conflict\, isolation\, and personal autonomy. His acclaimed short film The Steak has been featured at over 220 festivals worldwide\, earning numerous awards including the AGBO Fellowship Award with mentorship by the Russo Brothers. His practice spans directing\, producing\, acting\, and scriptwriting\, blending dark humor and social commentary to challenge audiences. \nAbout the Film Screening: \nCuratorial Note:\nWhen people speak of Iranian cinema\, they often expect stories of hardship\, oppression\, or political unrest. But this curated program moves in parallel to those expectations. These five films — lyrical\, surreal\, uncanny\, and emotionally precise — challenge the stereotypical narratives imposed on Iranian filmmakers. From mythic returns and fractured memories to dream factories and quiet rebellions\, each work reveals a world adjacent to what is assumed. In Parallel is not an escape from Iranian identity\, but a reimagining of its cinematic language — a space where fantasy\, abstraction\, and absurdity are not deviations\, but declarations. \nWhite Winged Horse\nDirector & Writer: Mahyar Mandegar\nA man returns to his war-torn hometown\, searching for his childhood sweetheart who had promised him eternal love — if he were to return as a white-winged horse. \nFragments of a Revolution\nDirector & Writer: Sahand Sarhaddi\nAn experimental film about narrations of two journal photos from Iran’s revolution in 1979. \nFalling Up\nDirector & Writer: Maryam Bakhtiari\nOne night\, a man’s dream doesn’t proceed as he ordered. The company that produces dreams tells him the fault occurred due to a similarity with a young girl’s dream. They must spend a day in the company to resolve it. \nOrthodontics\nDirector & Writer: Mohammadreza Mayghani\nAmitis is a teenage girl under pressure from orthodontic treatment. But suddenly\, she does a strange thing with her friend Sara. \nThe Steak\nDirector & Writer: Kiarash Dadgar\nA birthday party preparation is thrown into chaos by an awful event. \nStay after the screening for a brief Q&A with Kiarash.\nThis screening is FREE and presented as part of the Artist in Residence program hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) – see you there!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/beh-movazat-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%aa-in-parallel-film-screening-and-qa-with-kiarash-dadgar/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251005T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20250926T180345Z
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema: Cléo 5 à 7
DESCRIPTION:Cléo 5 à 7\nDirected by Agnès Varda • 1962 • France • 90m\nStarring Corinne Marchand\, Antoine Bourseiller\, Dominique Davray \nAgnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life\, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama\, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina. \nDoors at 6:30\, Film at 7 \nFree admission\, cash concession.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-cleo-5-a-7/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251020T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251015T171809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T171809Z
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SUMMARY:Film Selections Start !
DESCRIPTION:Help us choose the films for the 2026 Film Festival \nView the submissions for the festival and tell us what you think.  \n• Screenings are the short film submissions (about 2 hours) \n• All are welcome. Come once\, twice or all the time! \n• Screenings are every Monday and Wednesday at 7pm in the Ballroom (Starting October 20th) \nGet on our mailing list  at filmfest@kiac.ca for reminders
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/film-selections-start/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251026T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251026T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251015T172851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T172851Z
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema: Withnail and I
DESCRIPTION:Withnail and I (1987) \nDir. Bruce Robinson | England | 1987 | 1h 47min \n7pm (doors at 6:30)\nFree entry and cash concessions. \nAre you the farmer?! This October 26th\, come and enjoy the KIAC Classic Films presentation of Withnail and I (1987). Written and directed by Bruce Robinson – his directorial debut and second writing credit after 1984’s The Killing Fields which earned him an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA win – and starring Paul McGann\, Richard Griffiths\, and Richard E. Grant (his debut)\, this classic film with mega cult status has heaps of quotable lines. In a haze of boozing mayhem\, two out of work actor friends resist adulthood and responsibility at the end of the 1960s in Camden Town.  After they run out of fivers for the pub\, they wind up on holiday (by mistake!) in the British countryside where they face the monotony of the real world they so desperately fear. Although sometimes despairing and definitely abrasive\, their friendship and growth is charming and highly quotable! \n\n\nFilm contains mild sex/nudity\, no violence\, severe profanity and alcohol/drug use\, and mild frightening scenes.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-withnail-and-i/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251109T213000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251029T175031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T223137Z
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema: The Big City
DESCRIPTION:The Big City/Mahanagar (1963)\nDir. Satyajit Ray\nBengal | 1963 | 2h 16m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \n“You don’t recognize my mole? I’m still the same housewife.” This November 9th\, come and enjoy the KIAC Class Films presentation of The Big City. The Big City\, or Mahanagar\, is a 1963 film by Satyajit Ray that depicts what happens when a traditional Bengali middle class family in Calcutta meets the modernity of women’s liberation and  empowerment. Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee)\, a housewife and Subrata (Anil Chatterjee)\, her husband must navigate this change in power dynamics as Subrata loses his job as a bank manager and Arati excels in her new job as a door to door salesperson. Arati’s new job moves her from housebound housewife to downtown dealmaker\, giving her independence and confidence that challenge her presumed role and her husband’s masculinity in the patriarchal world of Bengal. Now the breadwinner of the family Arati is faced with the effects of this massive upheaval of roles. Satyajit Ray depicts these rising and falling egos with nuanced dialogue and the fascinating backdrop of 1963 Calcutta.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-the-big-city/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251114T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251116T173000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251001T171810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T165121Z
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SUMMARY:YUKON48 Film Challenge. Join in the fun!
DESCRIPTION:The most fun you can have in 48 hours!\nMake a film in 2 days!  Get it shown on the BIG SCREEN! \nOur annual 48 hour film challenge is upon us! \nJoin for anywhere in the Yukon and beyond! \n$20 per team! Free for  youth! \nFor all the rules and how to sign up check out the website! \n  \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/yukon48-film-challenge-join-in-the-fun/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251122T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251120T010644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T010915Z
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SUMMARY:Yukon 48 Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:YUKON 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE SCREENING\nSaturday\, November 22nd \nDoors 6:30pm  \nFilms Start 7pm \nSee all the films made last weekend in the Yukon48 Video Challenge. Films from Dawson\, Whitehorse and beyond! \nOdd films\, warm popcorn and awards! Please join us to watch and celebrate this years’ 48 hour film challenge! \nVote for your favourite! \n$5 or PWYC. Cash Bar.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/yukon-48-film-screening/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251215T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20251215T233000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251003T165417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T165523Z
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Residency April 2026: Deadline to apply December 15
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Residency in Dawson City in April 2026\nApply for a residency in Dawson City during the 2026 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. \nStay in the historic Macaulay House to work on your project and attend the 2026 Film Fest and experience Dawson City. \nThe residency is for the month of April coinciding with the festival on April 2-5\, 2026. \nApplications now open. Deadline to apply December 15\, 2025. \n \nAll disciplines of media art will be considered\, including but not limited to: Installation\, Performance\, Video and Film\, Filmmaking\, New Media\, and Audio. \nKIAC is committed to fostering a residency program that reflects the diverse voices and experiences of contemporary art. We actively encourage and prioritize applications from artists of diverse cultural\, geographic\, and disciplinary backgrounds\, including those who identify as Black\, Indigenous\, or People of Colour (BIPOC)\, as well as LGBTQIA2S+ artists\, artists with disabilities\, and others who have been historically underrepresented in Canadian and international arts contexts. \nFor more info go to https://www.dawsonfilmfest.com/filmres.html\n\nIn partnership with Parks Canada.\n\nThe Klondike Institute of Art and Culture and the Film Festival\noperates on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/filmmaker-residency-april-2026-deadline-to-apply-december-15/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260111T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260111T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20251210T212030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T232720Z
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SUMMARY:THIS SUNDAY - Classic Cinema: Rififi
DESCRIPTION:Rififi (1955)\nDir. Jules Dassin \nFrance | 1955 | 1h 58m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \n“I got busted in May. In June you were on the Riviera with a gigolo. You didn’t lose any time.” This December 14th catch the heist movie that established the heist movie genre on the big screen at KIAC/ Dënäkär Zho Ballroom. KIAC Classic Films presents Jules Dassin’s Rififi/Du Rififi Chez les Hommes (1955) in all its gritty tense hard-boiled pulp glory. An acclaimed director\, Jules Dassin had a long career in Hollywood in the 1940s until he was accused of being a communist and blacklisted. The film depicts Tony “Le Stephanois” who is just out of prison in Paris when his Italian pal Mario tells him about a foolproof score he’s got lined up. After seeing his old girlfriend\, Mado living large with the local gangster\, how could he really say no to some easy money. The scheme becomes more and more elaborate and the stakes get higher and higher until you could cut the tension with a knife. Rififi is famous for its 30-minute silent robbery scene – no dialogue\, no music. ASMR before ASMR! This film screening should not be missed.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-rififi/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T094750
CREATED:20260114T062053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T064803Z
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SUMMARY:Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) - This Sunday!
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Zacharias Kunuk |  Igloolik\, Nunavut | 2025 | 1h 40m  \nJanuary 18\, Dënäkär Zho ballroom 7pm (doors at 6:30)  \nIgloolik\, Nunavut\, 2000 BCE. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak’s father\, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the young lovers apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare\, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak’s hand. But Kaujak resists\, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right. \n~~~~ \n“All of my films are based in local stories and traditions from my local area\,” said Kunuk. “For me\, a film has to not only have a strong\, unique story and characters that people can relate to\, it also has to be very accurate to the local traditions of my area. I see my role and responsibility as a filmmaker and artist as someone who can record and document our past traditions and culture for future generations\, to re-write\nour history from our perspective. 100 years from now when we are long gone\, our films will still be here to show people how it was done. That is why everything needs to be very accurate\, so I work with elders and experts to make sure the dialogue\, costumes and clothing\, tools\, etc. are exactly as it would have been in the past.” \nUiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) is co-written by Kunuk and Samuel Cohn-Cousineau (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, Tia and Piujuq)\, and produced by Carol Kunnuk\, Jonathan Frantz (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, The Shaman’s Apprentice\, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk) and Cohn-Cousineau\, with Susan Avingaq (Tautuktavuk: What We See\, Tia and Piujuq\, Uvanga) and Zacharias Kunuk serving as executive\nproducers and Cecilia Greyson (Tautuktavuk: What We See) as Associate Producer. \nCinematography by Jonathan Frantz and Thomas Leblanc-Murray (Festin Boréal\, Me Without You)\, costume design by Susan Avingaq\, production design by Avingaq and Melanie McNicoll (Uvanga) and editing by Kunuk\, Frantz and Raphael Sandler (Sam & Jean). \nThe film is being distributed in Canada by Isuma Distribution International.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/uiksaringitara-wrong-husband-this-sunday/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: Ariel
DESCRIPTION:Ariel (1987)\nDir. Aki Kaurismäki\nFinland | 1987 | 1h 12m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis February 21st\, KIAC Classic Films presents Aki Kaurismäki’s Ariel on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. With over a dozen films to his name\, Kaurismäki claimed this to be his best work. His sardonic and deadpan treatment of working-class folks doing working-class things\, and going to working-class places never patronizes; instead\, it rolls along like a 1962 Cadillac convertible with the top down. Keep your eyes on the road because this hilarious comedy never announces a joke!   \nIt’s Lapland\, Finland in the 80s and times are tough at the coal mine. Taisto’s Dad has had enough and leaves him with a classic car and some important advice: get out of this dead end town\, now. What follows is Taisto’s matter of fact meander through the trials and tribulations of getting by in gritty Helsinki. Taisto finds tragedy\, love\, friendship\, betrayal. The world is cold and uncaring\, but don’t worry! Taisto doesn’t!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-ariel-finnish-film/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260302T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260302T213000
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: I Know Where I'm Going - March 2nd
DESCRIPTION:I know where I’m going (1945)\nDir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger\nEngland | 1945 | 1h 32m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis March 2nd\, join KIAC Classic Films for a screening of I Know Where I’m Going! on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. This late entry to the canon of Scottish Romanticism is sure to delight both Hallmark movie acolytes and critics alike. The legendary writer/director/producer duo\, Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell also known as “the Archers” serve up their distinctive style. \nTake a trip to the stormy Scottish Hebrides to meet your fiance – the wealthiest man in Britain! Miss your ferry and get stranded with a random dashing falconer. Rail against the rain. The fog. The wind. The gales. Search for a golden eagle. Check out a ceilidh. Lie to yourself. Lie to the falconer. Ignore everything the locals tell you. Endanger people’s lives in an enormous whirlpool. Then\, live happily ever after? Gorgeous\, moody cinematography and a stubborn (perhaps unlikeable) heroine make this one of Powell and Pressburger’s best-loved films.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-night-i-know-where-im-going/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260319T213000
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: The Gleaners and I - March 19th
DESCRIPTION:The Gleaners and I (2000)\nDir. Agnes Varda\nFrance | 2000 | 1h 22m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis March 19th\, join KIAC Classic Films for a screening of The Gleaners and I on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. In this ode to counter-culture\, the legendary French director\, Agnes Varda discovers digital cameras and turns them on the fringes of society and those who choose alternatives to mainstream life – including herself. Her colourful cast of ‘gleaners’ – people who gather leftover crops after a harvest – exist on the edge of the fields and cities. They collect everything from food to urban waste for necessity\, for art\, and for resistance. Varda travels across France collecting/gleaning all of her interactions with the people she meets and weaving them into unexpected and touching narratives. \nThe Gleaners and I was an international hit\, resonating with and inspiring people from all parts of society and bringing Varda back into the deserved spotlight. In this documentary of scavengers\, foragers\, dumpster-divers\, thrifters\, anti-consumerists\, and artists\, Varda demonstrates all of the curiosity\, empathy\, and joy her work is known for. Ce qui est dechet pour l’un est tresor pour l’autre.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-night-the-gleaners-and-i/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260402T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260405T210000
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SUMMARY:27th Dawson City International Short Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:April 2nd – 5th 2026\nIts Film Fest time!\nThe 27th Dawson City Film Fest is coming up (April 2nd-5th).  It’s time to start planning your weekend! \nThe weekend is full of films\, workshops\, installations\, projections\, and our famous Sunday afternoon Pierogi Street Feast.  Live music and food on Princess street in front of KIAC. \n\n_____________________________________\nWorkshops!\nNO COST\, JUST REGISTER \nOptical Sound Sensation with Richard Reeves.\nRegistration for this workshop is now full - sign up to be on the waitlist. \nWaitlist Signup: https://forms.gle/4iHAv9RrQu79WQma8\n\n\nInvestigating interplay between sound and picture. An experimental animation experience produced by drawing both sound and picture onto 35mm film. \nA film without words… \nNo camera or musical instrument. \nSound is produced from handmade graphical patters spliced onto 35mm film optical sound area\, then composed frame by frame thereby ‘animating’ the sounds. Making handmade optical sound shapes directly onto 35mm film compliments the hand drawn images directly onto film. \n3 Sessions \nWednesday April 1st 6pm – 9pm \nDrop-In: Thursday April 2nd 11am – 4pm \nFriday April 3rd 10am – 3:30pm \nKIAC Classroom \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nScreenwriting for beginners with guest filmmaker Justine McCloskey.\nREGISTRATION NOW FULL!\nScreenwriting can be intimidating! \nThe format alone can scare off even the bravest of writers\, never mind dealing with efficient scene descriptions\, snappy dialogue\, and knowing what to do with it once the thing is written.  Once you get used to the technical aspect\, screenwriting is a tool that can be used to tell incredible stories in the most beloved and accessible medium. \nWant to give it a try? \nThe course is designed for teens and adults. It will be a 2 hour workshop with some room for exercises and group involvement. \nSunday\, April 5th 11am to 1pm @ SOVA Lecture Hall (upstairs) \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nGrant writing for Media Arts and Filmmakers with guest filmmakers Richard Reeves and Justine McCloskey.\nREGISTRATION NOW FULL\nLearn about the different levels of funding available to you and understand how to effectively approach a grant application for your project. \nThis workshop will break down key elements of a grant application; investigate the different requirements needed for each granting body; address how to distil your story\, budget\, and plan into an actionable and equitable project; get you set to reach out to grant officers; understand what wider public funding may be available to you; and familiarize you with some of the quirks you may experience in the multitude of granting portals in operation. \nBring your idea and we can look at it together! This workshop is a lecture that will include a roundtable where participants can discuss their grant ideas and workshop them together. \nTuesday March 31st 6pm – 8pm @ KIAC Ballroom  \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nMeet our Guest Filmmakers\n\nRichard Reeves\nRichard is a kinetic film scratcher\, visual music maker\, animated traveller of time and space\, light sensitive\, spinner of zoetrope’s\, looper of loops and collector of projection bulbs for total enlightenment.  \nHe is best known for creating animations by drawing both sound and picture directly onto film and has produced award winning films that have screened around the world. \nRichard is an honorary member of the Quickdraw Animation Society and previously worked at QAS as Film Production Coordinator. He mentored workshops at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School for 10 years and taught animation courses across Canada\, Europe and South America. Richard has collaborated with artists often involving dancing human projection screens\, interactive animation installations\, online animation jams and large outdoor projections. He has attended Artist in Residence programs at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design\, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana\, Bogotá Colombia and Iris Film Collective in Vancouver BC. \nRichard continues to explore animation as a visual music time and space art form. \n_________________________________________\n\n\n\nJustine McCloskey\n\nJustine McCloskey graduated with honours from Toronto Metropolitan University’s BFA Film Studies program in 2013\, specializing in directing and production design. In 2012\, she was awarded the prestigious Norman Jewison Award for Innovation in Filmmaking and in 2013 was nominated for the Dean’s Essay Award for her essay “Grete Suffraunce: Dysentery and The Crusades.” Since then\, her writing and photography has been published internationally. \nShe attended the University of Toronto and received her MA in Art History while TA-ing media and photography courses with both UofT and OCADu. She recently worked as a Creative at HumanContact Inc. where she produced and directed commercials\, radio spots\, and internal content for clients across Canada. \nHer OAC-funded still life food photo series will be exhibited this spring\, and will be completing her LIFT-funded short film this summer. \nYou can typically find her amidst piles of cookbooks\, camera in hand! Feel free to say hi! \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nTickets\nGeneral Public: $50\nKIAC Member: $40\nSenior/Youth/Student: $35 \nTickets available at KIAC and online\, March 19th. \nAdditional tickets sold at at the door of festival.\nIndividual screening tickets available at the door (cash or credit).\nPlease arrive early. \nCheck out all the action on our website! \n  \n \n  \nThanks to all our funders and supporters!\nYukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\, Telefilm Canada\, Heritage Canada\, NorthwesTel Community TV\, Yukon Energy\, Klondike Visitors Association\, Schmidt Mining\, Air North\, Yukon Brewing\, Reel Canada\, Red Mammoth Bistro\, Bombay Peggy’s\, NVD Hotels\, Parks Canada\, SPYA\, Yukon Film Society\, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre\, Yukon School of Visual Arts\, NFB\, City of Dawson\, Gold Rush\, Eldo Enns\, Dawson City General Store\, johnsteins.com\, Arctic Star Printing\, Bonanza Market\, Lulu Keating\, Yukon Spa\, Yukon Birch Syrup. \n  \nWe are humbled to hold our festival on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/27th-dawson-city-international-short-film-festival/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260419T213000
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: Ikiru - April 19th
DESCRIPTION:Ikiru (1952)\nDir. Akira Kurosawa\nJapan | 1952 | 2h 23m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nIn this gorgeous film\, the legendary Japanese director\, Akira Kurosawa adapts Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 novella\, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” to tell the story of a bureaucrat\, Kanji Watanabe who learns how fleeting and precious life really is when he is diagnosed with stomach cancer. After  realizing he only has a short time left and concluding his job is absurd\, Kanji’s search for meaning reconnects him to the life he sacrificed for work. After years of stagnation\, the rediscovery and resurgence of his soul is unforgettable cinema and the ultimate memento mori. \nIkiru (Japanese – ‘to live”) is Akira Kurosawa’s answer to his existential musing about what it all really means. Considered by many to be his greatest (Samurai-free!) film\, this masterful study of life and afterlife is profoundly moving and relatable. Do yourself a favour and come on down this April 19th to affirm life by facing death. Free on Dawson’s only big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-night-ikiru/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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