CLiFF has launched their new Submission Module. Filmmakers will be able to submit all their information electronically and see their entries from previous years too!
The Module is part of the Canadian Labour International Movie Base (CLiMB), which is the massive database envisioned for numerous purposes. Follow us and find out out more as we develop newer modules.
Filmmakers can submit films here.
(R to L) CLiFF Board members Frank Saptel ( IAMAW Canada), Lorene Oikawa (BCGEU) and Tanya Ferguson (SEIU) all attended the Canadian Labour Congress’ Political Action Conference. Paul Brown (United Way of Peterborough & District).
There were other CLiFF connections as well – Rick Sansom (IAMAW Canada) volunteered with CLiFF in 2012 and will again in 2013. Moreover, many Labour Council presidents from Across Canada who host locations were also in attendance.
The Political Action Conference offered hands-on workshops and exposed activists to the latest modern tools, tactics, and strategies for effective campaigning.
Stompin’ Tom Connors made famous stories of Sudbury Saturday Night, and tobacco picking in Tilsonburg. But his homage to the 19 Ironworkers killed in the Second Narrows Bridge collapse in BC should be passed on as well. A video for the song “The Bridge Came Tumbling Down” is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogpgJZDAxQ
(Via Toronto and York Region Labour Council)
CLiFF 2013 is holding a fundraiser Hellraiser Soirée to rainse some funds.
DETAILS
26 September, 2013
6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
OFL Building
15 Gervais Drive, Main Floor
Toronto, ON M3C 1Y8
MC, Keynote speaker, entertainment – all to follow.
Stay tuned for details.
The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) is proud to release our Call for Submissions for 2013. We are now in our fifth year and want to thank all our sponsors, volunteers, audiences and supporters from around the world. Here’s to another five years!
CLiFF 2013 Call for Submissions Films due 30 June, 2013
(FILL OUT THE FORM ONLINE) (Or download the form here)
The Selection Committee of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) invites you to submit your film or video for possible screening during our Festival to be held this November in Toronto, Ontario and in 50 communities across the country (and counting). Continue reading
WINNERS OF MIN SOOK LEE LABOUR ARTS AWARDS
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts is pleased to announce the winners of the first Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Awards. Min Sook Lee Labour Arts awards are our way of recognizing significant contributions to the arts and labour movement. This year, Mayworks will recognize four different contributions: Outstanding Contribution to Labour Arts, Labour Activist, Artist, and Labour Union.
The official presentation of these awards will be held at our Fundraising Gala on December 1st. More details about the Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Awards or the Fundraising Gala may be found here.
The award for Outstanding Contribution to Labour Arts will be presented to Min Sook Lee, an award-winning filmmaker with a long list of documentaries on working class issues, who was presented with the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award for her documentary, El Contrato, and its impact on the rights of migrant workers.
The Labour Activist Award will be presented to Frank Saptel, a member of the International Association of Machinists, and founder and president of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival.
Vincent Pietropaolo, a photographer whose body of work includes portraits of migrant workers, Italian immigrants in Toronto, and the Ontario Days of Action, will be presented with the Artist Award, for capturing the values of the labour and social justice movements in his art.
The Steelworkers Toronto Area Council will receive the Labour Union Award for their innovative strike solidarity work with workers at Infinity Rubber in Toronto and Rio Tinto in Aylmer Quebec.
Official presentation of Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Awards
The official presentation of these awards will be held at the Fundraising Gala on Saturday, December 1st from 6-10pm.The event will take place at the Steelworkers Hall, located at 25 Cecil Street in Toronto. A full course East African Dinner will be served at 7 pm and the award ceremony will begin at 8 pm. Entertainment for the evening will include a Silent Auction and music by Kevin Barrett and LAL and Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam will emcee the event.
19 November, 2012
For Immediate Release
CLiFF comes to town!
Four Yukon Communities showcase films about the world of work and those who do it.
The Canadian Labour International Film Festival is a festival showcasing films about the world of work and those who do it. In its 4th year this truly national film festival will screen in over 50 Canadian cities during November. We are excited that in our 3rd year of sponsorship the Yukon Employees’ Union will host screenings in 4 YUKON COMMUNITIES.
The films include We are Wisconsin, showcasing the recent public uprising in Wisconsin which sparked the North American Occupy Movement and Milk Honey and Tomatoes, focusing on a Palestinian boy forced to work for Israelis on land once owned by his father.
Festival founder Frank Saptel will be in Whitehorse to open the festival on November 23. Mr. Saptel will host a lunch round table meeting for local filmmakers with an interest in making and submitting films to CLiFF on the general topics of work, workers’ rights and struggles, social justice and aboriginal justice. All interested in attending the lunch should contact Lynn Simmons, Office of the REVP of PSAC North Julie Docherty, simmonl@psac.com 867-446-2532.
Festival dates throughout Yukon are:
Watson Lake, 7 pm, Wed. November 21 at the Northern Lights Centre
Whitehorse, 7pm Fri. November 23 at the MacBride Museum
Dawson City, 7pm Fri. November 23 at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
Old Crow, 7pm Thurs. November 29 at the Youth Centre
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For more information please visit http://bit.ly/CLiFFbackgrounder or contact us.
Contact:
Deborah Turner-Davis
CLiFF Coordinator, Yukon
Yukon Employees’ Union
667-2331
dturner-davis@yeu.ca
Frank Saptel
CLiFF
416.579.0481
info@labourfilms.ca
Hello CLiFF Location Co-ordinators,
We are pleased to announce the ballots for the 2012 voting for Best-in-Festival!
This award goes to the film given the highest rating by our audiences across Canada. Please do the following for your location:
DOWN THE BALLOT for all other programs here
P.S. Don’t forget to take photos of your screening and email them to news@labourfilms.ca
On a work assignment in Halifax, CLiFF Board member Frank Saptel happened to meet up with some workers on strike against their employer. The workers, from MBS radio station in Saint John, N.B., also have their story told in the film It’s About Respect, which is featured in this year’s films accepted into CLiFF.
See the full lineup of Festival-in-a-Box
