[2][3] The purpose is twofold: to entertain, educate, and engage audiences; and to grow the film-making community in the Peace Region by inspiring, developing, and showcasing its filmmakers.
[7] In 2016, she was one of the founding members of the Reel Shorts Film Society which took over the production of the festival in 2017 with the full support and cooperation of the GPLT Board of Directors.
In the summer of 2012, the festival produced a short film as part of Shoot for Reel,[25] a two-week internship training program for 12 interns which was a collaboration between the festival, Grande Prairie Regional College, and Ricebrain Media, a Vancouver film company whose president (Scott Belyea) grew up in Grande Prairie.
[27] The school program of screenings, training,[28][29] and filmmaker class visits is a big component of the film festival.
[35] Aeternitas was nominated for six Rosie Awards in 2019 for Drama Under 30 Minutes[36] and won two of them: Gordie Haakstad for Best Director and Chris Beauchamp for Best Cinematographer.