FASHION Magazine
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CIFF: Calgary International Film Festival red carpet pics
Photography by Bookstrucker Photography Last week at the Calgary International Film Festival (calgaryfilm.com) opening night gala, FASHION and a stylish crowd celebrated the beginning of a 10-day Alberta film frenzy with a red carpet walk, the world-premiere of Jim Cliffe’s déjà vu flick, Donovan’s Echo, and a champagne reception with food truck fare at Eighth Avenue Place.
Veteran actor Bruce Greenwood arrived by limo to help present the film, in which he plays a police officer and friend to another movie-vet, Danny Glover.
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CIFF blog: Calgary scores with hockey musical
Allie MacDonald, director Michael McGowan and Hawksley Workman at the Calgary premiere of Score: A Hockey Musical. Photography by Doug Wong. By Karen Ashbee
Not to be outdone by big sister TIFF, the Calgary International Film Festival also netted Score: A Hockey Musical for its opening night gala [see the red carpet from the TIFF premiere]. Directed by Michael McGowan and starring Olivia Newton-John, singer/songwriter Marc Jordan, and newcomers Noah Reid and Allie MacDonald, it’s a musical, complete with singing and dancing, dedicated to our national pastime.
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CIFF blog: Calgary film fest director picks Paul Hardy for the CIFF opening gala
The dress and the "wooly mammoth shrug" Dupuis picked for her look. Photography courtesy of Paul Hardy By Karen Ashbee
Last night marked the opening of the Calgary International Film Festival and ten days of non-stop movie going and partying. Having attended at least a dozen film fest galas world wide, Jacqueline Dupuis, executive director of CIFF, knows a few things about getting red carpet ready. Luckily she took a few moments out of her over-stressed and over-scheduled life to give me the lowdown on her look for opening night.