Film Screening: January 31

Join former KIAC Artist in Residence Matthew Rankin as he comes back to Dawson to Present his new feature film, The 20th Century.

Toronto, 1899. Aspiring politician Mackenzie King hesitates in love between a heroic soldier he believes himself destined to marry and a psoriasis-addled spinster and learns that with unrequited love, it’s never over until you’ve completely humiliated yourself.
(2019, 90 Min)

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Free Film Screening: Red Snow – January 3

Friday, January 3, 7:30pm (doors @ 7PM)
Red Snow (2019) is a dramatic feature that begins when Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander releases a cache of memories connected to the love and death of his Inuit cousin, Asana, and binds him closer to a Pashtun family as they escape across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes their key to survival.

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Film Screening: The Grizzlies – Dec 27th

Friday, December 27th – 7:30 pm
KIAC/Dënäkär Zho Ballroom
Admission by Donation

Based on a true story, The Grizzlies is more than the usual triumph through sports story, for it doesn’t shy away from moving depictions of the poverty and isolation characteristic of too many northern communities. When first-time teacher Russ Shepherd comes to Kugluktuk, he brings preconceived notions about northern life and no little hubris about his self imposed mission to bring about change. An interconnected chain of dramatic incidents, however (and some quieter cross-cultural corrections) lead Russ to understand that education is a two-way street.

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Film Screening: How to Bee

Tuesday, November 5, 7:30KIAC Ballroom Naomi Mark, Yukon, 2019, 82 minutes When filmmaker Naomi Mark found her dad needed more help with his honeybees after being diagnosed with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) she asked…

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November 8

Yukon 48 Film Challenge Screening Friday, November 8, KIAC Ballroom Doors at 7pm, Films at 7:30Admission by Donation The Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) and the Yukon Film Society (YFS) present the 2019…

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