Village Gamer

Stage to Screen – an imaginative project of the Ontario Heritage Trust, ViDDYWELL FiLMS and bravoFACT – commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the Elgin Theatre. Six emerging filmmakers were encouraged to take advantage of the theatre’s magnificent architecture and develop a concept for a short film. The results are six unique and visually stunning shorts.

bravoFACT, the major sponsor of Stage to Screen, has selected the film, Awakening – directed by Danis Goulet and written by Tony Elliott (Orphan Black) – to make its debut prior to the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening gala film, The Fifth Estate, on September 5 at the Elgin Theatre. Awakening – an ancient aboriginal myth told as a post-apocalyptic story – is set in the Winter Garden Theatre.

All six shorts will be screened on Wednesday, September 11, 8 p.m. at the Winter Garden Theatre,189 Yonge Street, Toronto. Tickets for this event are $10 and available at TicketMaster. The Stage to Screen shorts will be promoted with a 30-second teaser at all TIFF screenings at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre. Patrons will be directed to view the films online at bravoFACT.

The 100^th anniversary is also being celebrated with a Chandelier Gala at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre on Monday, October 7. The Gala commemorates a century of entertainment from vaudeville to musical theatre and will kick off Celebration Week.