The City of Calgary presents:

Baconfest 4: Series 2

Wednesday, February 08, 2017 @ 5:30 PM
John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Central Library - 2nd Floor, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
FREE Admission

Calgary’s favorite Urban Planning Film Festival returns for a fourth year with screenings February 1,8,15 and 22.

The brainchild of Rollin Stanley, Baconfest promises thought provoking screenings and conversations in celebration of renowned architect and planner Ed Bacon. Oh, and there's actual bacon too!

Presented in partnership with: Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI), Calgary Foundation, Calgary Public Library, Calgary Underground Film Festival, and DIRTT Environmental Solutions

Doors 5:30pm, films + discussion 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for all events.

All screenings are free and open to the public. Space is limited; first come, first serve.

Everything Will Be (Julia Kwan | 2013 | 85 min)

This feature documentary by Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood—Vancouver's once-thriving Chinatown—in the midst of a transformation that plays out across many ethnic enclaves in North America. The community's oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT" looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright. The big question is—for whom?

BACONFEST 4 SCHEDULE

February 1: John Dutton Theatre (2nd Floor, Calgary Central Library)
The Nature of Cities (2010) Dir. Charles Davis. (40 min)
Elevated Thinking – The High Line in New York City (2014) GreatMuseams TV (56 min)

February 8: John Dutton Theatre (2nd Floor, Calgary Central Library)
Everything Will Be (2013) Dir. Julia Kwan. (85 Min)

February 15: John Dutton Theatre (2nd Floor, Calgary Central Library)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Dir. Giovanni Vaz Del Bello. (52m)

February 22: Globe Theatre (617 8th Avenue SW)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016) Dir. Matt Tyrnauer. (92m) 

About Baconfest

The brain-child of Planning, Development & Assessment General Manager Rollin Stanley, Baconfest was originally intended as one-time film festival in 2014 to celebrate a short film series created by Ed Bacon. The event was so well received by Calgarians that it became an annual film festival celebrating and exploring urbanism in all its forms.

Who is Edmund Bacon?

Ed Bacon is the only city planner to grace the cover page of time magazine in 1964, and on the cover of Life in 1965. While he may be known as the father of Kevin Bacon, the impact of Edmund's work helped shape the landscape of the City of Philadelphia, where he served as the head of the planning commission for two decades beginning in 1949. In retirement, he undertook an extensive four part series titled "Understanding Cities" beginning in 1981.

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