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NEWSLETTER: June 30, 2021

Aug 6, 2021

On Deck at Doc FestFestival Update • Youth Workshop • Seniors Workshop •Bluenose 100 •

FESTIVAL UPDATE

The Lunenburg Doc Fest programming team is curating an exciting lineup of documentaries from a record number of film submissions. We invite you to virtually set sail with us around the world September 23-29, 2021 for an outstanding lineup of international documentaries that will transport you to points of view and places you've never seen!Once again all films and live stream events will be viewable online, however, special social events will take place in beautiful Lunenburg within the parameters of public health guidelines at the time.Watch some of the year’s best new documentaries together, apart, from the comfort of home. Connect with filmmakers and get the inside stories only available to festival attendees. Join us for a celebratory in-person gathering. As much as possible Lunenburg Doc Fest will foster the interactive atmosphere that our filmmakers, special guests, and audiences so much enjoy.More details coming soon!

FREE YOUTH WORKSHOP

2 spots left!

Combining online and (hopefully!) in-person sessions, workshop participants will brainstorm and create a series of short innovative documentaries relating to the Bluenose. Students will explore creative and personal audio-visual approaches to the famed schooner on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.

Workshop facilitator Ariella Pahlke is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 25 years experience creating short and long documentaries, media art, and collaborative projects.

This workshop will be responsive to COVID restrictions, comfort levels, and scheduling needs of the participants.

Go to EDUCATION at www.lunenburgdocfest.com to REGISTER NOW!All Covid protocols within the Health Protection Act Order and public health directives will be in place throughout the workshop series.

Lunenburg Doc Fest thanks Bluenose 100 for supporting the 'Experimenting With The Bluenose' Youth Workshop.

SENIORS WORKSHOP UPDATE

Pictured: Shirley Hardin. Source: Mary Wilson

The Seniors Workshop is in full force and participants are working hard on creating their documentary about Food Security. The production team is made up of adults 55+ with varying levels of experience in filmmaking and mentored by Tim Reeves-Horton of Picnic Studios.The film is focusing on the prevalence of food deserts in Nova Scotia. A food desert is "an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food.” Food deserts are making it exceptionally harder for Nova Scotians to access everyday groceries at affordable prices.

Currently the participants are filming and conducting interviews within their communities and will start editing the documentary next week.

The final film will be premiered during Lunenburg Doc Fest in September.

BLUENOSE 100

Celebrations continue in Lunenburg and across the country for the 100th Anniversary of Canada’s famous schooner, Bluenose. Launched in Lunenburg Harbour on March 26, 1921, "The Queen of the North Atlantic" would soon become a legend, renowned for becoming the fastest racing ship in Canadian history and then immortalized on the Canadian dime. The Bluenose 100 Committee of the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society has created a wonderful collection of in-person and virtual events to share the story of Nova Scotia's treasured Bluenose. Details of the year-long celebration can be found at www.bluenose100.caMany thanks to Bluenose 100 for supporting this year's Lunenburg Doc Fest Youth Workshop!

COMMUNITY BOOST

Lunenburg Doc Fest’s first COMMUNITY BOOST program was very well-received and helped support the community that has always supported us.Lunenburg Doc Fest will once again pay it forward and turn a portion of our donations into COMMUNITY BOOST Gift Cards. We are excited to invite you to participate in Doc Fest’s 2021 COMMUNITY BOOST!For every $500 donated, a Doc Fest sponsor receives $50 in COMMUNITY BOOST Gift Cards (in $25 denominations), redeemable at a variety of local businesses. (If you are unable to redeem your card you may gift it to someone else, or contribute the value back to Lunenburg Doc Fest for which you will receive a charitable tax receipt.) Participating businesses that accept the cards are swapped for equal value in cash from Lunenburg Doc Fest.Doc Fest’s COMMUNITY BOOST is our way of sending our continued support to the community that has always supported us.Please join us and benefit from a little ‘boost’ to our community thanks to LDF’S COMMUNITY BOOST.2020 COMMUNITY BOOST HOLDERS, redeem your Community Boost Gift Cards at any of these fantastic local businesses:Caico-Mae ClothiersDory Mates Seafood ShopGrand BankerHave a YarnLincoln Street FoodLunenburg BoundNO. 9Nova Scotia Building SuppliesSalt Shaker / Beach PeaSavvy SailorStan’s Dad and LadThe Lunenburg Arms – Spa 94

2020 Community Boost cards are valid through August 31, 2021.The 2021 participating businesses list will be updated in late spring.

THANK YOU

DIAMOND SPONSORSAnonymousPLATINUM SPONSORSChippie Kennedy & John McLennanGarry & Mary Lou PyeTELEFILM CanadaGOLD SPONSORSAdams & KnickleJohn & Jenice BentonRichard Brown & Deborah Kennedy BrownColin Carroll & Colleen GallowayCBC AtlanticGorgeous Mistake ProductionsInge HattonHB StudiosMargaret & Ian LightstoneChristina McArthurNarrative ResearchNova Scotia Building SuppliesLou & Karen PutneyRBCAllan E. Rubenstein, MDTown of LunenburgElizabeth Wishart & Bruce MacCormack

SILVER SPONSORSColoursmithHenry DemoneEleven Eleven Group of CompaniesDavid & Roseann FineNova Wood Products Ltd.Carole PostalElizabeth RhinelanderRoland SitzlerEd VaughanWest Nova FuelsBRONZE SPONSORSGerald HallowellIronworks DistilleryLaughing Whale Coffee RoastersPierre Lesperance & Suzie deWittChristian ScheidemannDebora WalshFRIENDS OF THE FESTIVALAmos PewterAlan Scott

PUBLIC FUNDERS

Lunenburg Doc Fest extends sincerest thanks to Garth and Dorothy Turnerfor the generous donation of office space and continued support.

JOIN THE SPONSORSHIP COMMUNITY!

Lunenburg Doc Fest is grateful for the support of our Sponsorship Community! If you share a passion for film or wish to connect with our film enthusiast audiences, a Lunenburg Doc Fest sponsorship package will ensure distinguished exposure for you or your brand. The Festival offers a variety of sponsorship levels and packages and you will directly benefit by reaching a culturally savvy audience through festival program guide advertising, social media, logos on printed materials, a sponsor highlight at each screening, and more.Please consider donating to Lunenburg Doc Fest to support our mission and help the festival continue to present evocative documentaries for all ages, special community events, and free educational opportunities for youth and seniors. An official charitable tax receipt will be issued for all eligible gift amounts per CRA guidelines.U.S. FRIENDSLunenburg Doc Fest is an approved beneficiary of the Council for Canadian American Relations (CCAR), a 501(c)(3) public charity in the U.S. that is a “qualified donee” under the Income Tax Act (Canada). For information about CCAR please visit ccar-nyc.org or contact info@ccar-nyc.org.Thank you!

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