2012 Film Festival
Dark Bridges Film Festival is Saskatchewan's premiere showcase of cool independent and foreign genre films. In 2009 Dark Bridges celebrated its launch with the Saskatchewan Premiere of Grace and the Canadian Premiere of Ink along with four short films. In 2010 the 1st annual festival was held which showcased 12 Feature films: Centurion, Dawning, El Monstro Del Mar!, Werewolf Fever, High School, Death of the Dead, [REC], [REC 2], Long Pigs, A Film With Me In It, Black Field as well as the The Good, The Bad, The Weird. In addition, 7 Saskatchewan short films and 20 World short films received their Saskatchewan Premiere at the festival. Our 2nd annual festival showcased 15 feature films: 13 Assassins, Beauty Day, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Mandrill, Rabies, Sennentutschi: Curse of the Alps, Stake Land, Super, The Corridor, The Millennium Bug, The Woman, TrollHunter, True Legend, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil and Victims as well as 26 shorts from Saskatchewan, Canada and around the world
The Third Annual Dark Bridges Film Festival runs May 3rd through 6th 2012. Yes that is right, we are moving to spring so there are only a few more months until our third annual festival. Plans for next year's festival include an afternoon discussion session and our amazing Zombie Walk!
Keep watch here and at our Facebook Page for more information about the festival.
Chillerama
Be sure to come on out for our Nov. 11th, 2011 Midnight screening of the "Ultimate Midnight Movie" Chillerama at the Broadway Theatre. Tickets are only $10. Check out our Facebook Event Page for more information.
2011 Award Winners
Dark Bridges Film Festival is very pleased to announce the award winners from the 2011 festival.
Feature Films
- Best Asian Film - 13 Assassins
- Best European Film - TrollHunter
- People's Choice Award Gold - Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
- People's Choice Award Silver - Beauty Day
- People's Choice Award Bronze - TrollHunter
- Programmer's Choice Award - Sennentutschi: Curse of the Alps
- Best Independent Film (open to films without distribution at the time of the festival) - The Corridor
- Best Canadian Film - Beauty Day
Short Films
- Best Canadian Short - The Legend of Beaver Dam
- Best Saskatchewan Short - MANCLAM: The Shell From Hell!
- Best Short Film - The Legend of Beaver Dam
- Best Zombie Short - Brutal Relax
Over 800 votes were collected from the festival attendees immediately after each screening and also using an online survey.
Midnight Screening Series
In addition to our annual festival, Dark Bridges brings cool films to Saskatchewan through a midnight screening series. Over the past year we have presented midnight screenings of Black Christmas (1974), Harry Brown, Frozen and The Loved Ones. Each midnight screening also includes a short film screening and prize give aways.
Be sure to come on out for our Nov. 11th, 2011 Midnight screening of the "Ultimate Midnight Movie" Chillerama at the Broadway Theatre. Tickets are only $10.
Come on out to our Chillerama Screening to find out about our December 17th double bill that Dark Bridges is running along with Bad Monster Films.
2012 Festival Call for Entries - Submit Your Film Now
Have you made a feature or short film that just does not fit into the mainstream Cineplex theatre? If you have and if your film has not screened in Saskatoon then you should be sending it in for submission as soon as possible.
We are looking for cool films of all lengths to show during both our midnight series and also for our
annual festival.
We do not charge an entry fee and encourage local, national and international submissions.
The Deadline for Submissions is February 28th, 2012 but please submit your film as soon as possible.
Please had on over to our submissions page to download the form to provide with your film and for information on the submission process.
We Would Like to Thank The following for Supporting the 2011 Festival
