| Summer Qamp | |
| Director: | Jen Markowitz |
| Producer: | Tanya Blake Michelle Mama |
| Music: | Ames Bessada |
| Cinematography: | Lulu Wei |
| Editing: | Derek Esposito Cecilio Escobar |
| Studio: | Bright West Entertainment Cineflix Hello Friend Media |
| Distributor: | Super Channel TVA |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Summer Qamp is a 2023 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jen Markowitz.[1] The film profiles Camp fYrefly, a summer camp program in Alberta that provides a safe space for LGBTQ youth.[2]
The film profiles Camp fYrefly, a summer camp program in Alberta that provides a safe space for LGBTQ youth. According to Markowitz, "it’s important to show the public at large that this is a community of regular kids with regular kid problems. They are all regular kids at heart, they just happened to be really weighed down by a lot of this other stuff that is put on to them by the world."[3]
The project was first announced as a documentary television series in 2021,[4] and was later revised into a feature documentary film.
The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] and will be distributed principally as a television broadcast on Super Channel in English and TVA in French.[2]
At TIFF, the film was named first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.[5]
At the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival, the film received a special jury citation from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award jury,[6] and was the winner of the Audience Choice award for best Canadian documentary.[7]
Derek Esposito and Cecilio Escobar received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[8]