A Beautiful Festival

review and report on the 2024 Sundar Prize Film Festival

Authors

  • Ian Frayne Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Abstract

A review and report on the Sundar Prize Film Festival, a social justice festival that selected beautiful films which aligned with the festival mission statement: celebrate human resiliance. The review is from the perspective of Ian Frayne: a member of the Sundar Prize Planning commitee, practice-led researcher, and filmmaker. The Sundar Prize featured nine filmes that are breifly reviewed, putting the main focus on the process of how the festival was planned to support filmmakers, film spectators, and social activists. Examining the festival with looks behind the scenes and viewing the festival, the review seeks to contribute to the research around film festivals, particularity to present how this festival handled the “responsibilities of programmers to their creative profession, the filmmakers whose work they showcase" (Colta 128). The review features answers questions about film festival studies and how it applies to the Sundar Prize festival, Ian's experience working on the Inagural festival, how the day to day of the festival ran, what was the history behind of the festival's conception, and reflections on how the festival could be applied in other locations.

Author Biography

Ian Frayne, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Ian Frayne was raised in Langley, British Columbia on the unceded territory of the Kwantlen, Semiahmoo, Matsqui and Katzie nations. While pursuing a career in storytelling with the Character's Talent agency and a BFA degree at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, he writes/acts/produces film, publishes creative and critical writings, and works for the Sundar Prize Film Festival. He has been awarded a BC Excellence Scholarship and a Billeh Nickerson Creative Writing Award. As a descendant of settler-colonials, Ian is learning to be an active ally each day. He loves speaking with trees, drinking from bowls, and learning from his family for their unconditional inspiration.

Additional Files

Published

2024-07-07

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024): Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration

Section

Reviews