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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
TORONTO, Canada –
Indy Sportz Film Fest Experience (ISFFE), a non-profit event, launches
in April with sports celebrities, international films and community
outreach. The ISFFE takes place on
Friday April 24, 2015 from 4 pm to 8 pm (Fan Experience, Alexandra Park Community Centre) and
Saturday April 25, 2015 from 11 am to 11 pm (Screenings, Jackman Hall Theatre Art Gallery of Ontario).
The Trailblazer: The Mychal Thompson Story will be screened at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Jackman Hall Theatre) on
Saturday April 25th from
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm.When
Mychal “Sweet Bells” Thompson started playing organized basketball at
the age of 16 in his native Bahamas, he never dreamed he would become
the number one draft pick in the 1978 NBA draft. Thompson is forever
remembered as the first non-American number one pick in the NBA and a
two-time champion with the Los Angeles Lakers. This is his story.
This year’s other films and sports themes are: The Fall League (USA) –
Senior Softball; George Chuvalo: Never Knocked (Canada) – Boxing;
Vintage Canadian Wrestling (Canada); In the Steppes of Ghenghis
(Mongolia/USA) – Horse Racing; The Silent Portrait of Michael Brannigan
(USA) – Running; Prithipal Singh.. A True Story Indian)- Field Hockey;
and De Pleintjes aka ANTWERP-The City Game (Belgium) – Soccer.
The Fan Experience is a unique aspect of the festival which allows
tickets holders and people in the Alexandra Park Community to meet top
sportspeople and take part in various activities. It features
appearances by PACHI the official mascot of the TORONTO 2015
PanAm/Parapan Am Games; former UFC fighter and World Arm Wrestling
champion, Gary Goodridge; Papito Wilson a Paralympic Cuban-Cdn athlete
competing at TO2015 Games; former CFL player Mike 'Pinball' Clemons, the
authors of Duck with the Puck, Quinn Oliver, 8, and his dad, Greg; and
former wrestler Ricky Johnson (uncle of The Rock). The Fan Experience is
affiliated with the IGNITE Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am program.
The Fan Experience will also feature a seminar by David M. Reiss, M.D.,
Chief Medical Officer of ONE@EQUILIBRIUM. Dr. Reiss (along with special
guests) will speak on the supporting youth and the members of the
athletic community in maintaining healthy balances between mind and
heart, knowledge and emotion, competition and compassion and
desire/impulse and accountability.
The Festival also features 'The Roger Baker Photo Exhibit' that includes
photos of George Chuvalo and Muhammad Ali. For more information, please
visit www.isffexperience.org
MMA Legend, Gary Goodridge who will be arm wrestling attendees at the
Fan Experience said "This event is important because of its role in
helping youth. If you believe, you can become it. See you on the arm
wrestling table."
The festival is a non-profit event in partnership with the Alexandra
Park Community Centre in Toronto. One of our primary components is
community outreach expressed through the following: free workshops
taught by undergraduate student mentors from Ryerson University’s Sport
media program; exhibition of films created by disadvantaged youth; and
free tickets to local community members and youth participants.
Tickets are now on sale online:
https://tickets.ago.net/
purchaseProductSP.aro?sum=
Indy+Sportz+Film+Fest
Ticket Prices (includes taxes):
- Day pass - for all Festival screenings on
April 25 - $17.00 (includes Youth Short Film Showcase)
- VIP Pass - $22.50, each (includes Youth Short Film Showcase on
April 25 and Fan Experience on
April 24)
- Individual tickets - $8.00
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