Heading to the Calgary Film Festival
After the completion of the Toronto Film Festival last weekend, I left for a one week trip to Calgary. By pure coincidence, my trip coincided with the start of the Calgary International Film Festival, which begins tonight and runs until Oct 3.
Not wanting to turn down an opportunity, I figured that I should try and see a film at the festival before I fly back to Toronto on Monday. As such, I picked up tickets yesterday to see Bruce McDonald’s Trigger tomorrow evening (one of many films playing in Calgary after debuting at TIFF).
It should definitely be an interesting experience.
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