Air Canada is pleased to announce the finalists of the sixth annual Air Canada enRoute Film Festival.
Awards will be offered in categories including Best Short Film, Achievement in Documentary, Achievement in Direction and Achievement in Cinematography.
The 2012 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival finalists are:
Alexander Carson for We Refuse to Be Cold
Fernand-Philippe Morin-Vargas for Noeud papillon
Danielle Sahota and Davina Rimmer for We Blinded the Sun
Justin Friesen for Let's Make Lemonade
The winner of the Best Short Film Award will receive a cash prize of $5,000, courtesy of Cineplex Entertainment, plus an all-inclusive Air Canada trip for two to the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. Achievement Award winners will also attend the festival in France, courtesy of Air Canada.
Free public screenings of the top six films will take place Wednesday, November 7 at 7 p.m. (EST and PST) in Toronto at Varsity Theatre (55 Bloor St. W.), in Vancouver at the Scotiabank Theatre (900 Burrard St.) and in Montreal at the Quartier Latin (350 rue Emery).
Winners were selected by a jury of industry experts.
This year, viewers will vote for their favourite film to determine the winner of the inaugural People's Choice Award. Voting will run from Thursday, November 1 to Wednesday, November 7 on enRoutefilm.com.
The winner will be announced live at the awards celebration in Toronto on November 7.
The winner will receive an Air Canada flight for two to a North American destination of their choice.
From August to December 2012, millions of Air Canada passengers can view all of the selected short films on their personal entertainment system with 8.9-inch wide digital in-seat monitors with touch-screen controls offering more than 600 hours of digital movies, television and music entertainment, available on demand at the touch of a finger.
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