The AGH World Film Festival

The AGH World Film Festival showcases the best in innovative international and Canadian cinema. The Festival provides the movie-loving public in Hamilton (and beyond) access to some of the most critically acclaimed films, filmmakers and emerging talent.

This year, the 2010 Festival is growing to ten days with 37 feature films, including two gala screenings. Also intensifying is the VIBE Lounge (a licensed, drop-in café and lounge at the Gallery), for festival-goers to meet before or after screenings to converse, enjoy refreshments, and experience live music and street-level performances in celebration of the Festival. We’ve also increased the number of screening venues throughout the City of Hamilton.

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BREAKING NEWS... Acclaimed director Clement Virgo in attendance for rare screening of Rude.

Groundbreaking Canadian director Clement Virgo to attend AGH World Film Festival screening of Rude, his acclaimed first feature film.

Canadian director Clement Virgo, along with the film’s producer Damon D’Oliveira, will attend a 35 mm screening of Rude on Monday, September 27th at 7:00 pm at Westdale Theatre located at 1014 King Street West in west Hamilton. Both Virgo and D’Oliveira will answer questions from the audience after the screening.

While a resident at the Canadian Film Centre, Virgo’s script was chosen for development under the newly formed The Feature Film Project, launching Rude as its first film and Virgo’s stellar debut feature. The 1995 theatrical release of Rude marked a significant milestone in Canadian cinematic history as the first full-length dramatic feature to be written, directed and produced by an all-black team. The film was screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

The film follows three urban stories simultaneously, woven together by the central character, Rude, a deejay at a pirate radio station.

This screening of Rude brings the AGH World Film Festival feature film count to 37!