Charles Officer and Ingrid Veninger simply rocked the Genie nominations!

Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Lead Role (Clark Johnson), Best Actress in a Lead Role (Karen LeBlanc), Best Art Direction/Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes, Best Original Song (Oh Love), Best Sound Editing.

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This is really cool news that Praxis Center for Screenwriters in Vancouver, has just sent me.

Praxis is hosting a free talkback event with Legendary creative, Robert Lepage, and of course the timing is gorgeous as The Blue Dragon has been sweeping audiences here in Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Games, as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

Hard-fact-details: 

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Peter Stebbings' feature film Defendor, starring Woody Harrelson, opens on Friday February 19th in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary. Peter is a long time FWC member so it makes promoting this film extra special for me.  I should point out, for those wondering, that we are not promoting his film because he's a FWC member, but because it is a damn fine movie! It all comes down to that in the end, but it really does feel great supporting him knowing that he's been an active supporter of FWC for several years. 

I've had the pleasure of meeting Peter a few times over the years, and it's always been a memorable experience (for me anyway).  During TIFF he generously donated his time to blog about his TIFF experience on the FWC site, he's attended a number of our events, and he seems to be doing everything he can to make a great career for himself as a filmmaker and actor.  And Defendor  delivers - from start to finish with a great story and wonderful performances throughout.  One of my favorite scenes is with Woody Harrelson and his psychologist played by Sandra Oh.  The energy between the two is electric.  As I'm not a professional film reviewer, I'll stop there with my critique.  But basically I give it the two big thumbs up and want to shout out loudly to everyone - "go see Defendor this weekend, when box office results count the most!" Remember, See it First. Make it Last.

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Good day to the fine FWC folks in Calgary! It seems like forever since I have put fingers to keyboard to tell you about an exciting new movie being released in Calgary...well, it's time to end the drought!

I'm very excited to tell you that Defendor, starring Woody Harrelson and Sandra Oh is being released in Calgary at the Uptown Stage and Screen on February 19. This movie is written and directed by Peter Stebbings. If you haven't had a chance to check out the trailer, you really should! You can find it both on the First Weekend Club website and at www.defendorthemovie.net. 

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Poet Shane Koyczan delivered an interesting speech at the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Vancouver tonight. It is titled: "We Are More." I thought I'd share this with those who might have missed this CTV telecast - a surprising feast for the eyes and ears.

"When defining Canada you might list some statistics," starts out Koyczan, "you might

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