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Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game
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'Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Ted Stenson and released in 2020.Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/calgary-filmmaker-ted-stenson-heads-back-to-school-with-andrew-phung-for-indie-debut "Calgary filmmaker Ted Stenson heads back to school with Andrew Phung for indie debut"]. 'Calgary Herald', August 14, 2019. Set at the fictional Middleview High School in Calgary, Alberta, in 1999, the film depicts various goings-on centered around the school's largely unsuccessful basketball team, including the referee being forced to babysit his wife's dog, point guard Joel's attempts to indoctrinate his teammates in the philosophy of 'The Matrix', and the school's theatre students planning a protest after being denied permission to stage a "post-colonial" production of 'King Lear'.
The film was acted by a cast of predominantly amateur local actors, apart from Andrew Phung in the role of the basketball team's assistant coach Brent. It was shot in 2019 at Calgary's Queen Elizabeth High School,Kevin Green, [https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/queen-elizabeth-high-school-backdrop-of-new-movie-from-calgary-filmmaker-1.4549756 "Queen Elizabeth High School backdrop of new movie from Calgary filmmaker"]. CTV Calgary, August 14, 2019. and was funded by Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch microbudget film financing program.Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/08/19/ted-stensons-comedy-events-transpiring-wraps/ "Ted Stensons comedy Events Transpiring wraps"]. 'Playback', August 19, 2019.
The film premiered on September 24, 2020 on the VIFF Connect platform of the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival,[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/09/03/loretta-sarah-todds-monkey-beach-to-open-vancouver-film-festival/ "Loretta Sarah Todd's 'Monkey Beach' to open Vancouver film festival"]. 'CityNews', September 3, 2020. and was screened over the next week on the virtual platforms of the Cinfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the Calgary International Film Festival.Eric Volmers, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/awkward-teen-comedy-makes-its-way-to-cinefest "Awkward teen comedy makes its way to Cinefest"]. 'Sudbury Star', September 24, 2020. It was screened at the 2021 Canadian Film Festival, where it won the William F. White Reel Canadian Indie award.[https://www.northernstars.ca/sugar-daddy-cff-winner/ "Sugar Daddy CFF Winner"]. 'Northern Stars', April 19, 2021.
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