Northwestfest is an annual Canadian film festival in Edmonton, Alberta, which programs a lineup of documentary films."Northwestfest film lineup tackles Evel Knievel, Trump and spelling bee". Edmonton Journal, April 20, 2017. Organized by Global Visions Festival Society, the event is staged annually at the Garneau Theatre."Northwestfest announces documentary lineup for May". Edmonton Journal, April 6, 2016.
Originally launched in 1983 by the Edmonton Learners Centre, the event was known as the Third World Film Festival and concentrated primarily on documentary films about international development."A slice of harsh reality; Film festival jolts us back into grim side of Third World". Edmonton Journal, March 1, 1990. It was rebranded as the Global Visions Film Festival in 1998, expanding its focus to a wider selection of documentary films,"Focus widens for Global Visions". Edmonton Journal, March 5, 1992. and it adopted its current name in 2015.
The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards."2018 Canadian Screen Awards: Eligible Festivals". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
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