Happy New Year!

We are so pleased to welcome you back to Canada Screens for what is now our 6th Season if  you can believe it! Time flies when you're watching Great Canadian Cinema. In this letter below,  you'll find some 2011 highlights, and an inkling of what's on the horizon for Canada Screens 2012!

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First Weekend Club had such a fantastic week at Whistler Film Festival. Nothing quite compares to WFF!

We are so happy to continuously share all the WFF happenings with our readers and Canadian Film Fans. I just received the following 'wrap up' announcement from Whistler Film Festival and simply must share it with you as it's really quite tremendous! Below are the details about the award winning films, special accolades, tributes and a few wonderful future partnership announcements. As always, we hope you'll continue to support great Canadian Film. First Weekend Club is your access to all of it, and we'll continue to share WFF news with you! Keep your eyes peeled to our homepage and e-mail announcements in 2012 as many of these films will come to a theater near you!

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Today FWC sent out the following press release to the masses. We want you, our loyal members and film blog readers to be among the first to have all the details too! Isn't this exciting?!

Save Me A Seat,

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Whistler, B.C. (November 23, 2011) – The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) in association with the Whistler Film Festival as part of the Whistler Presents series is proud to announce that Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Take Shelter, Boardwalk Empire) will be honoured at this year’s Spotlight Tribute & Gala on Saturday, December 3rd at the 11th annual Whistler Film Festival (November 30 - December 4, 2011). The Tribute will take place from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the Whistler Conference Centre and will be followed by a Gala celebration at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre.

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The Whistler Film Festival was proud to present a fantastic "Tribute to Jay Baruchel" where he  received Whistler’s first "Screenwriter to Watch Award". It was an honour to attend the December 1st event at the Whistler Conference Centre to see to the candid interview conducted by Variety Magazine.  More info is below!

Alexandra@firstweekendclub.ca

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