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UWinnipeg Filmmakers JUMP to CBC

Recent graduates of The University of Winnipeg’s Film program, Reiner Bello-Sanchez and Morgan Fics, will have a short film they recently made aired on CBC Television on the program “The CBC Short Film Face-OFF”. Their film “Roof Jumpers” was selected out of numerous submissions to represent Manitoba, and is one of the national finalists to be aired on the show. Their film is:

“The significance of having our film on CBC is great. Beside being selected as one of the best films from all over Canada, and being broadcasted nationally, it also represents an opportunity to get our name and filmmaking skills recognized from coast to coast,” said Reiner Bello, who graduated in 2009 and will begin a Master of Fine Arts at York University this fall. “It also gave me the opportunity to meet some very talented filmmakers and producers.”

Roof Jumpers
Directed by Reiner Bello-Sanchez
Written by Morgan Fics

The broadcast time is:

CBC Television
Short Film Face-Off
Saturday, July 2, 2011
7:00 pm

MEDIA CONTACT
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca