Join a Saskatoon celebration of International Women's Day at a Traveling Film Festival! March 6, @ 7pm

Start Date : Mar 06, 2013 at 19:00 PM
End Date
: Mar 06, 2013 at 22:00 PM

Event Description

Of interest to: All business students

The Betty-Ann Heggie Womentorship Foundation and the Edwards School of Business are pleased to present a screening of LUNAFEST, followed by a panel discussion at the Broadway Theatre the evening of Wednesday March 6th, 2013.

LUNAFEST spotlights women, their stories, and their causes through film. The program of nine short films will compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings, and motivate you to make a difference in your community.

Admission is $10. All proceeds will be directed to tuition for Protégés from the non-profit sector to attend the Betty-Ann Heggie Womentorship Program at the Edwards School of Business, with a donation also being made to LUNAFEST (Breast Cancer Fund).

Doors open at 6:00pm for reception and networking
Screening starts at 7:00pm
Panelist discussion at 8:30pm

Tickets are available at  www.picatic.com/event13600125339164

Come out, pick up your free popcorn, drink, and a Lunabar and watch nine short films produced by and for women. Incredibly diverse in style and content, the films are united by a common thread of storytelling. A short description of each is as follows:

- Blank Canvas by Sarah Berkovich - Going through chemotherapy, a woman turns her baldness into a blank canvas for self-expression
- Flawed by Andrea Dorfman - An animated tale about accepting yourself, flaws and all.
- Lunch Date by Sasha Collington - Getting dumped hurts, especially for a woman whose boyfriends sends his fourteen-year-old brother to break the news.
- The Bathhouse by Jisoo Kim - Escaping the streets of the modern city, a group of women are transformed by a bathhouse paradise.
- When I Grow Up by Sharon Arteaga - A mother and daughter sell tacos and dream of a better life.
- Chalk by Martina Amati - A gymnast selected for an elite training camp makes new discoveries about bodies, boys and friendship.
- Georgena Terry by Amanda Zackem - How the founder of Terry Bicycles revolutionized cycling with bike frames designed for women's bodies.
- Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works by Rebecca Dreyfus - A rare and soulful portrait of the ironically camera-shy Sylvia Plachy, a renowned contemporary photographer.
- Whakatiki - A Spirit Rising by Louise Leitch - A day at the river awakens the spirit of a women held captive by years of broken promises.

Moderated by:
Betty-Ann Heggie - Former PotashCorp Senior VP and a member of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame; founder, The Betty-Ann Heggie Womentorship Foundation

Panelists:
MLA for Saskatoon-Fairview - Jennifer Campeau
Global Saskatoon's Lisa Dutton
Edwards School of Business Professor Susan McDonald

 

We hope that you can join us for this event! Please feel free to share this invitation with your friends and colleagues