Yorkton Film Festival Social Media Stalker
Well, it looks like Tris and Erica did their job as a whole tonne of people from the Yorkton Film Festival are cropping up on various social media platforms. So, if like me, you care to stalk any of them (or as Erica put it in her PC terms, ‘connect with them’), here’s a list of those I’ve found so far. Oh and if you know of others, drop a comment with them and I’ll add them to the list.
On Twitter:
@JoanneMcDonald - She's A Real Deer
- @JoanneMcDonald
- @Katrinavision
- @KellyBalon
- @SaskFilm
- @syntheticono
- @dylanistheenemy
- @c0rmican
- @richardgustin
- @KarenBrownlee
- @lgr
- @rghardy
- @TeresaMacInnes
- @karmafilm
- @AlbertJame
- @teramaguire
- @magneticguy
- @huloman
- @stephenhuszar
- @MitchDoll
- @Chanz242629
- @LexusSakic
- @Benin
- @giamilani
- @StormyWeather
- @lizhover
- @nsi
- @CSTC_SIFT
- @EmmeRogers (that’s me)
- @trishussey
- @EricaHargreave
@stephenhuszar (courtesy of Tris Hussey)
Past Delegates / Honourary Tweeters:
- @Jaymes
- @Heckofamom
- @atomicfez
- @IanAMartin
- @lordlikely
- @SookieBonTemps
- @hummingbird604
- @saskatooncom
On flickr:
Richard in Regina (courtesy of Tris Hussey)
- Yorkton Film Festival Group (upload your festival photos to & tag with #yff09)
- dknason
- Richard in Regina
- tris
- erica.hargreave
- emmerogers (i.e. moi)
On blip.fm:
- RichardGustin
- TrisHussey
- SookieBonTemps
- EmmeRogers (me again!!!)
On Friend Feed (a social media aggregator i.e. one stop shop stalking):
rockin' blip.fm (courtesy of Lola May)
- Richard Gustin
- Tris Hussey
- Erica Hargreave
- Emme Rogers (you guessed it, me again!)
Erica will also be posting tips on using the above social media devices on Bridging Media soon.
Get on the Bus …. to Yorkton
Excited to be heading off to my first ever Yorkton Film Festival this week!!!! Going with Tris Hussey and Erica Hargreave to cover the lighter side of the festival. So if you want to read about boring interactive storytelling, social media, future of media stuff …..blah…blah…blah, then go read what they have to say on the m2o blog and on Bridging Media. And if you want to read all the important things about the latest party, the whose who and what I wore to what party read here.
Photo by Richard Gustin
On the note of parties, I do hear that the Yorkton Film Festival is not only THE oldest film festival in North America, but THE best party. And I do promote safe partying, so if your looking at how to get to Yorkton and are coming from Regina, leave the car behind and get on the bus.
That’s right! I’m busing it on what I like to call the ‘Yorkton Party Train’ (yes, I know a bus and train are two different vehicles, but ‘train’ just sounds so much cooler). You too could bus to Yorkton and hang with me (and Tris and Erica). And you can do it for free!!! Here are the details of the ‘Yorkton Party Train’ (aka the SMPIA Bus):
SMPIA in partnership with the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival is pleased to announce that for the first time, transportation to and from Yorkton will be completely free to all delegates departing from Regina!
Join us for a unique networking and screening opportunity as we roll our way across the prairies!
This year, the party starts at home as the ride out there becomes a social event itself!
Why ride up and back alone? Get on the bus!
Bus Schedule
May 21, 2009
- 9:30 am departure from Victoria Square Mall (233 Victoria Ave East) by Sportscheck
- drop-off in Yorkton at the Ramada Yorkton and Comfort Inn & Suites
May 24, 2009
- 10 am departure from Yorkton Ramada
- 10:15 am departure from Comfort Inn & Suites
- drop-off at Victoria Square Mall and Regina International Airport
Space is limited, so book your seat now by emailing Megan: megan@smpia.sk.ca
You really gotta love a Film Festival with their own ‘Party Train’! Woohoohoo!
Calling All Digital Storytellers
Was speaking with two of my favourite Van Sexies last weekend, Bridging Media gals – Megan Cole and Erica Hargreave – and they asked me to spread the word on the Women in Film Festivals New Media Award organized by Maayan Cohen and Danika Dinsmore of Women In Film and Television. The deadline for submissions is tomorrow, Friday December 5th.
If you are using emerging technologies to tell a story and a third of of your key positions are held by women – submit!!! It’s free and totally painless. And if you win, it gives me yet another sexy and savvy storyteller to blog about.
Megan Cole, Reporter to the Stars
At sexyinvancity, we’ve always had our eyes on the oh so van sexy Miss Megan Cole of Canada Bombshell and Bridging Media, knowing how this girl could move and shake things up. We’ll after Monday in Banff, Miss Megan Cole even shocked us with her moves. All in one day this girl managed some one on one time with the who’s who on the television screen.
She even managed some face time with the sexiest of the Sex and the City gals, none other than Kim Cattrall. This interview confirmed what I had long suspected – Hollywood’s sexiest stars are BC gals – not all born, but certainly raised – and more specifically, Vancouver Island gals. Yes, Kim Cattrall, like Pamela Anderson and Nellie Frittata calls Vancouver Island home. And like our sexy in van gals, I was excited to discover that this BC gal hasn’t only perfected her strutt for the cameras, but is as savvy as she is sexy.
Watch on my lovelies …… (Video clips following this post – under the category of “The Gals”)
A British Tee in Banff
The changing of the guards has now taken place and the Banff Television Festival is in full swing. Sid and I launched into the festival in a different way than normal this year. Rather than our typical waltz into the festivals night life, we decided on a much more tranquil beginning this year (don’t worry we haven’t gone stiff on you – tranquil can still involve madness, mayhem and just a little bit of over imbibing). With free accommodations, we decided we could afford to check out Sunday’s Golf Tournament as we’d heard it was a relaxed environment to get to know some of the festivals movers and shakers. While this is indeed true, the wise old coot running the tourney paired us up with a couple of Brits that he figured would enjoy our sense of humour and perhaps even make it worse. And worse it became.
Photo by Kevin Fraser
These (for lack of a better word) gentlemen were a hoot! Although their golf was atrocious. They claim that had something to do with me – that normally they were really quite splendid golfers. All I can say is that true to the industry in which they work these gentlemen were absolutely splendid at telling a good story. My most vivid memory is of one of the gentlemen in question winding up for a shot, hitting the nearest tree and having to duck as the ball spiraled back at him. At this point I was rolling on the green with laughter – a phoepa, I am sure, with the more serious golfers on the course.
Oh and best of all – those accents!!! These may not have been appreciated in quite the same way by Sid, but coming from this writer, they were fit to melt any gals heart!
Photo by Kevin Fraser
Sid on the other hand was a sucker for the cowgirl teeing off right before our foursome, as were most of the men on the course. This wild woman was an absolute delight! Unfortunately this golfer did not fit the criteria that was given with regards to her foursome. Sid would have, however, and delighted in it, I am sure. Sorry Sid!
Since you couldn’t be there, check out the two videos from the day below. One from the golfer’s themselves and one from the Raincity / Bridging Media cats that were out covering the festival.
Kisses,
Emme
PS Click on “The Gals” to see the videos – they follow this post under the category “The Gals”