On July 4, the Fort Coulonge International Female Film Festival’s organizing committee officially announced its programming for this year’s event, via the group’s Facebook page.

With a star-studded list of independent flicks coming from all over the globe, including works by Canadian, Lebanese and French film-makers, the event will feature a dozen projects many of which have taken home silverware in the past year.

According to the event’s main organizer Suzanne Vallières-Nollet, the event will be divided into five parts over three days compared to the typical four-day stretch.

However, with such a highly anticipated lineup boasting a wide diversity of pictures from internationally acclaimed artists gives it a great amount of depth from an entertainment standpoint.

“This year, I feel that it’s a lot denser, since it’s over three days instead of four,” she said. “Each film really has its importance. It’s five important parts. So, I think you have to be there the entire weekend.”

One of the most notable featured films this year will be Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi, directed by Nunavik-based teenagers Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland.

Filmed in the arctic regions of Kangirsuk, Nunavik, the film focuses on the art of throat singing in the village and how it helps locals get through the four seasons of the year.

Along with the great films featured, on the night of August 10, a free outdoor screening of award-winning Canadian picture Une Colonie, directed by Geneviere Dulude de Celles will take place giving locals an opportunity to get together for a movie night underneath the stars.

A new addition to the festival, in the matinee of August 10, volunteers will host a canning party.

Stuffing tomatos into mason jars, volunteers will be selling off the containers and giving them to the participating movie-makers as a way of thanking them for their contribution to the event while paying homage to the Cannes Film Festival.

“It’s a pretty original event,” she said. “It’s a way to give a nod to the Cannes festival in France. We’re giving them a little piece of the Pontiac to put in their pantries.”

Passes for access to all films are currently available and can be purchased for $25, on Phareouest.ca or by contacting the group via Facebook or e-mail. Individual passes will be available starting July 9.

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