September 27 - 29, 2024 - Inaugural County Adaptation Film Festival is a resounding success

County Adaptation Film Festival - Thank you & Wrap up reels on Instagram

Sample press coverage:

September 2, 2024 - Original Cin - “County Adaptation Film Fest: Prince Edward County's Small-Town Take on the Big Screen” by Jim Slotek

September 24, 2024 - Grapevine Magazine - “County Adaptation Film Festival 2024”

September 25, 2024 - The Picton Gazette “A Gala Affair” by Karen Valihora

September 30, 2024 - Toronto Film Critic’s Association “Reconciliation Through Adaptation at the County Adaptation Film Festival” by Rachel Ho

May 4, 2024 - County Adaptation Film Festival hosts launch event and brand reveal

Photo by Logan Somers | Courtesy of the Regent Theatre

CAFF explores the art of adaptation on film, spotlights screenwriters and furthers dialogue for curious minds in the County and beyond.

Website: countyadaptationfilmfest.ca

Selected press coverage:

April 10, 2024 - The Picton Gazette

May 1, 2024 - The Wellington Times

May 27, 2024 - Hollywood North Magazine

August 2023 - Executive Director leads Regent Theatre to secure multi-year Ontario Trillium Funding to create a film festival

August 9, 2023 - The Picton Gazette

“This fund[ing] will enable the Regent to deliver a unique film festival experience,” said the Regent’s delighted Executive Director, Alexandra Seay. The winning proposal is for “a unique festival dedicated to screenwriters and the art of adaptation.”

March 2020 - December 2023 approximately $1.5 million raised through public and private donations to support capital upgrades, operations and programming.

Before (December 2019), After (December 20203)

Highlights:

Hybrid Programming introduces live streaming: June 15, 2020 - CTV Global News - “COVID-19 forces Picton’s historic Regent Theatre to pivot its programming”

Capital Campaign successfully raises over $150,000: August 24, 2020 - The Picton Gazette “Regent ‘Raises the Curtain’ on major fundraising campaign to meet COVID-19 requirements” by Jason Parks

Complete lobby, auditorium & theatrical renovation including:

• Expanded accessibility seating launched July 2022

• New floor & seating April 2023
  April 20, 2023 - The Wellington Times “Interior Theatre Restoration Nears Completion”
  April 29, 2023 - The Picton Gazette “Curtain Drawn on Recently Revamped Regent Theatre” by Anne Miller

• Theatrical equipment upgrade completed November 17, 2023

les Journées internationales Marie-Claire Blais (Québec, 9-11 novembre 2016)

I am honoured to have been invited to screen my film Travellers: allegro vivace and discuss the process of adapting Marie-Claire Blais' novella Les Voyageurs Sacrés at  Journées internationals Marie-Claire Blais on a panel with Mireille Dansereau.