Sled Island - June 20-23, 2012 Calgary AB

Bloodied But Unbowed is the first in-depth look at the unique and creatively blazing Vancouver punk scene between 1977-1982. Touching on universal themes of alienation, rebellion, loss of innocence & regret, it is a true document of a scene marked by raunchy humour, illuminated via vast archival performance footage and commentary.

Featuring an all-celluloid medley of retro Anti-Drug PSA’s and a mystery feature-length Classic Film from 1957, this is certain to be a memorable evening of cinema under the stars! Feel free to bring blankets and cushions, and cozy up to your latest squeeze for a late-night of popcorn, soda pop, and a Classic Film Screening of epic proportions. Free event. (weather allowing)

In the gig poster community, artists such as Daniel Danger and Jay Ryan prove that creating this artwork is a way of life, more than just a career. MONDO's reinvigoration of "the film poster as an art form," and Gallery 1988’s theme based exhibits are only two ways in which this artwork is reaching a greater public. In a community with strong roots, dating back to the 1960s, this expansion is controversial- refreshing to some, sacrilegious to others. Featuring Jay Ryan, Kevin Tong, Daniel Danger, Rob Jones, Drew Sturzan, Mitch Putnam. With Performances by Archers of Loaf, The Thermals, Tokyo Police Club, Spoon, Nada Surf, Maritime, and Okkervil River

Lost and Sound is a moving creative documentary, made by a partially deaf filmmaker. It weaves its way through a startling world of sound and silence, via the ears and brains of three extraordinary people as they try to rediscover music: a dancer deaf since birth, a young pianist who lost her hearing as a baby, and a music critic facing sudden partial deafness.

She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column is a documentary about a group of young female artists from Toronto in the early eighties who came together to use music, film, and self publication to defy conventions of art practice, gender ideas, and femininity. Featuring interviews with Caroline Azar, Beverly Breckenridge, GB Jones, Bruce la Bruce, and Kathleen Hanna

A showcase of local and international shorts in all genres, styles, and conventions. Subjects include the power of  hotdogs, a man who dresses as a crime fighting dog, and a lonely balloon in need of a companion.

Celebrate the best in Size, Narrative, Craft, and Innovation with this selection of shorts in competition. 

An experimental documentary based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road-trip made in 1958 by four Seattle women who thoroughly documented their journey in an elaborate scrapbook. Fifty years later, Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick found that scrapbook in a thrift store, and in 2010 set out on the road, following their route as precisely as possible and searching out every stop in which the ladies had documented.

20 years after riots ripped through Los Angeles, "Uprising" documents how hip hop forecasted – and some say ignited – the worst civil unrest of the 20th century. The documentary traces the rise of dissent in Los Angeles in the 80's and 90's and explores why citizens chose to rise up violently against police abuse and perceived injustices.

Indie rock icons the Archers of Loaf reunited in 2011, and during the course of their reunion tour played two legendary concerts at Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film by director Gorman Bechard documents those concerts, and captures the excitement and explosive energy of what its like to see this extraordinary band perform live.