HDTV Sponsors Young Cuts Film Fest

High Fidelity HDTV

Sponsors the Opening Night Gala of the
YoungCuts Film Festival
Montreal’s La Coupole Restaurant in the Hotel Crystal
1100 de la Montagne St
August 14 from 6pm – 8pm
And Announces the Broadcast Dates for Award Winning YoungCuts Films

High Fidelity HDTV is proud to be the title sponsor of the YoungCuts Opening Night Gala.  And the Canadian-based specialty-channel broadcasting company - which broadcasts continuous true High Definition content - will express its commitment to YoungCuts by broadcasting films from three of the festival’s outstanding young filmmakers.

Now in its sixth year, the YoungCuts Film Festival is an extraordinary event showcasing talented filmmakers, aged 25 and under, from around the world. Each year, YoungCuts discovers amazing new talent. This year, the festival will present 100 short films at Montreal’s Cinema du Parc from August 15 to 21.

The 2008 YoungCuts Film Festival kicks off with the High Fidelity HDTV Opening Night Gala to benefit the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC). The gala takes place Thursday August 14, 2008 from 6 PM to 8 PM at Montreal’s La Coupole Restaurant, located at 1100 de la Montagne (in the Hotel Crystal).  Proceeds from this year’s gala will directly benefit the CCAC’s mission of promoting awareness and education, providing support to patients and families, and advocating for a colorectal cancer screening policy and access to effective treatment.

During the Opening Night Gala, Bon Cop, Bad Cop producer Kevin Tierney will speak to event attendees, and High Fidelity HDTV will be premiering high definition programming that YoungCuts filmmakers have created for national broadcast. 

“We are pleased and proud to be part of the YoungCuts Festival,“ says High Fidelity HDTV’s Ken Murphy. “There couldn’t be a better way to showcase the talent of independent young Canadian filmmakers than to give them access to Canadian viewers. Airing these select projects will give these up and coming stars a chance to share their voice.”

Winners from last year’s YoungCuts Film Festival will have a special showing this week on High Fidelity HDTV’s Suite of Four Channels:

Buskers of Montreal by Krystel Doromal airing on Equator HD Wednesday, August 13 at 10:51 AM 4:51 PM and 6:51 PM and on Thursday August 14 at 8:51 PM and 11:51 PM

Spoon Man, Stilt-Guy, Opera Dude, the Homeless Choir, Montreal is filled with colorful men and women who make their living performing for tips in the streets and subways of Montreal. Frequently harassed by authorities, but just as frequently beloved by the citizens of Montreal, what makes these performers choose this way of making a living? What do these buskers have in common with each other? And what sets them apart

Fake N’ Bake by Tyler Filmore airing on Equator HD on Friday, August 15 at 11:50 AM

Enjoy sitting in the sun to get that delicious brown summer glaze tone on your skin? Or do you prefer to skip the long hours at the beach and get yourself a sweet shiny Fake N’ Bake? Watch as these enthusiasts subject their bodies to artificial sunlight in what can only be described as a freakish obsession.

Women in the Fast Lane by Errol X. Lazere airing on RUSH HD on Thursday, August 14 at 8:50 PM, 11:59 PM and on Friday, August 15 at 5:50 AM

A heart racing, thrill seeking documentary about the least well known type of muscle car driver: a woman. How do these women take a macho male hobby and make it entirely their own? How did they get into driving? What kind of cars do they like to drive? What’s the difference between male and female drivers? All this and more, as these innocent looking ladies tear up the road.