Available Light Film Festival News

Available Light Cinema, May 6

2012-04-24T13:52:32-08:00

Sunday May 6 at Yukon Arts Centre
Best of the 2012 Dawson City International Short FF and in tribute to the life and work of Levon Helm, the legendary concert film about the The Band, The Last Waltz.

Here’s the overview. Click on the film title to read more and see the film trailer.
All films are presented in high definition and surround sound.

Tickets
$10 YFS members and YAC Art Lover’s passholders
$11 Non-members, $5 Youth (under 16)

Get them here: yukontickets.com
Yukon Arts Centre Box Office
Arts Underground

Available Light Cinema, April 22

2012-04-10T09:51:46-08:00

Sunday April 22 at Yukon Arts Centre
This month is an eclectic mix: a modern dramatic comedy in the form of a silent film, a social documentary about the last record store in a North England town, and a thriller from Barrow, Alaska. The Artist, Sound it Out and On the Ice.

Here’s the overview. Click on the film title to read more and see the film trailer.
All films are presented in high definition and surround sound.

Tickets
$10 YFS members and YAC Art Lover’s passholders
$11 Non-members, $5 Youth (under 16)

Get them here: yukontickets.com
Yukon Arts Centre Box Office
Arts Underground

Available Light Cinema returns

2012-03-02T10:49:32-08:00

Sunday March 25 at Yukon Arts Centre
The ALFF Audience Choice winner, Peace Out.
Benda Bilili! The incredible rise to fame of a paraplegic Congolese street band.
The international thriller, Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Check out the full listings and trailers. (click on the film title to get to the trailer link)

Tickets
$10 YFS members and YAC Art Lover’s passholders
$11 Non-members, $5 Youth (under 16)

Get them here: yukontickets.com
Yukon Arts Centre Box Office
Arts Underground

ALFF 2012 Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Documentary

2012-02-15T15:46:26-08:00

Congratulations to Charles Wilkinson and his film Peace Out for being chosen by Yukon audiences for the ALFF Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Documentary. The award was presented by Yukon filmmaker, Dennis Allen, on behalf of the festival and the award’s co-sponsor the National Film Board of Canada, before the final screening of the festival on Sunday night. Ten films were eligible for the audience choice award and all 10 averaged at least 8 of 10 for average ratings when all the ballots were calculated. The runner-up for the award was Joel Heath’s People of a Feather.

Other highlights of the festival included… read more

ALFF 2012 Full Program is now online

2012-01-25T13:53:47-08:00

All festival information for ALFF can be viewed in the print program as an online magazine

All screenings are at the Yukon Arts Centre.
Lunchtime Firehall Film Talks, workshops and the ALFF Industry Forum are at the Old Firehall.

Individual tickets and Available Light 5 Film Passes are now on sale!
ALFF 5 Film Pass is $47 (includes $2 box office fee)
Individual tickets are $12/ $10 YFS members, seniors, and youth under 16
Tickets for The Grub-Stake Revisited are $20/ $18 YFS members, seniors, and youth under 16
Buy them in Person + by Phone: YAC Box Office.
Web: yukontickets.com
In Person: Arts Underground
Everything you need to know about ALFF ticketing is here.

ALFF 2012 Program and Schedule is now online!

2012-01-16T15:28:35-08:00

Check it out. Docs, thrillers, arthouse, Northern films galore and The Grub-Stake Revisited spectacle performance.
Click on the title of the film for more information on the specific film and links to websites, tickets and trailers.

Available Light Film Festival Update

2012-01-07T11:28:48-08:00

Films newly confirmed for ALFF 2012 include documentaries Smokin’ Fish (from Juneau, AK!), and To Make a Farm (from Regina, SK!), and 2011 Top Ten Canadian Film, Monsieur Lazhar. Check out the list of guest directors who will be attending ALFF 2012. The festival schedule will be online Jan 11. Individual tickets on sale Jan 12.

ALFF 2012 Line-up Preview

2011-12-16T10:19:51-08:00

Available Light Film Festival turns 10 in 2012.
To celebrate, we’ve upped the ante for this one:
30 films, plus 3 anniversary events and exhibitions.

Check out the list of confirmed films here.

Join us at Baked Cafe tonight (friday) between 5 and 7pm to see the trailers and hear about ALFF 2012.

ALFF 5-Film passes are now on sale at yukontickets.com, YAC box office and Arts Underground. $47 (includes $2 service charge).

ALFF 2012, Feb 6 to 12 at Yukon Arts Centre

Added screening for Dec 11: Horse documentary, Buck

2011-11-24T10:04:23-08:00

ALC brings the 2011 Sundance Film Festival audience award winning documentary about American horse-whisperer, Buck Brannaman for a 4pm screening on Sunday Dec 11.
Read the screening info here.

ALC - The John Waters Movember edition

2011-11-08T09:38:38-08:00

This Sunday, Nov 13 at Yukon Arts Centre
AVAILABLE LIGHT CINEMA
2pm Raiders of the Lost Ark - the original 80s action adventure flic
6pm Blank City - feature doc about NYC No Wave film movement
8pm Down by Law - Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, and John Lurie in Jim Jarmusch’s B+W indie classic
more info on the ALC page.