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Northwestfest is an annual film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, which programs a lineup of documentary films. [1] Organized by Global Visions Festival Society, the event is staged annually at the Garneau Theatre. [2] This film festival is the longest running documentary film festival in Canada.

Originally launched in 1983 by the Edmonton Learners Centre, the event was known as the Third World Film Festival and concentrated primarily on documentary films about international development. [3] It was rebranded as the Global Visions Film Festival in 1998, expanding its focus to program a wider selection of documentary films, [4] and then adopted its current name in 2015.

The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards. [5]

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References

  1. "Northwestfest film lineup tackles Evel Knievel, Trump and spelling bee". Edmonton Journal , April 20, 2017.
  2. "Northwestfest announces documentary lineup for May". Edmonton Journal , April 6, 2016.
  3. "A slice of harsh reality; Film festival jolts us back into grim side of Third World". Edmonton Journal , March 1, 1990.
  4. "Focus widens for Global Visions". Edmonton Journal , March 5, 1992.
  5. "2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Eligible Festivals". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.