BC film
B.C. film industry pushes for more co-operation with China
By Marsha Lederman, Vancouver— Globe and Mail Update, January 11, 2011 Representatives of B.C.’s film and television production industry say more effective international co-production agreements are essential for the health of their industry. This was a key point emerging from a meeting with the Minister of Canadian Heritage in Vancouver on Tuesday, as part of [...]
Film fundraisers: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Pacific Cinematheque, DOXA
It’s been a financially challenging period for many film festivals and organizations due to arts-grant cuts, decreased sponsorship, and the recession. A series of upcoming fundraising events aims to mitigate these woes. The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is holding its annual fundraiser, A Night of Film, Music, and Wine, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (November [...]
Whistler festival hits new heights, Daydream Nation leads out selection of premieres at ‘intimate’ event
The Whistler Film Festival is peaking in its 10th year with nine world premieres, five Canadian premieres and 21 films getting their first western Canadian screenings. There was a time when the five-day movie bash in the mountains had to make do with leftovers that didn’t make the cut at the earlier fall festivals. This [...]
British Columbia Film reports domestic productions continue to decrease in B.C.
While overall film and television production spending increased in British Columbia last year, a persisting downward trend in domestic production spending continued to be an area of concern. In the 2009-2010 Annual Activity Report, British Columbia Film reported that the total amount of production spent in this province rose slightly from $1.2 billion in 2008 to [...]
Kickstarter’ Gives You a Way to Invest in Arts Projects: Chris Cannon wants to make a mockumentary, so he’s pitching the idea online to potential backers.
Chris Cannon wants to make a hit series, and who doesn’t? But unlike you and me, he’s tapped into a major source of potential funding — you and me. It’s called Kickstarter, an online platform for pitching your arts project idea and, if people respond generously, rounding up the cash needed to get it going. [...]
Incendies nabs Vancouver film fest top prize
Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, has captured the Best Canadian Film prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). The film, which also won the same accolade at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, concerns twins who journey to the Middle East to satisfy their mother’s [...]
Terry Fox, Emily Carr films at VIFF
Canadian filmmakers have turned the lens on local heroes in the 2010 lineup for the Vancouver International Film Festival, opening Thursday. Steve Nash, in his first film outing, spotlights Terry Fox in his documentary, Michael Ostroff focuses on artist Emily Carr and Douglas Arrowsmith examines singer Ron Sexsmith. “It’s really a year where a lot [...]
At the Vancouver film fest, even the trailers are art
In a world (continue in deep, breathy big-screen voice-over) where trailers are more than introductions to movies, where intelligent, engaged filmgoers demand more from their pre-film cinema experience than your average 60-second promotional spot, one festival stands alone. This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival promises innovation not just in the features, documentaries and shorts it [...]
Two Metro Vancouver residents shortlisted for YouTube exhibit in New York
Two Metro Vancouver residents have beat out more than 23,000 other applicants to be shortlisted for a coming video exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Submissions by Nicole Duquette of Richmond and Sterling Pache of Vancouver are among the 125 shortlisted videos for the YouTube Play exhibit on Oct. 21. Duquette’s video [...]
Meet the Geek fundraiser benefits film
Got a pressing question that only a true geek can answer? Your chance to meet a geek comes Tuesday at Vancouver’s first Meet the Geek event where a gourmet dinner will be served up with hearty helpings of geekery as some of the city’s top tech minds gather at the Salt Cellar to “meet, eat [...]
Vancouver/Whistler: Film festivals to keep you busy until Christmas
With autumn rains and early evenings upon us, there’s no better time to indulge in festival films that you might not otherwise have the chance to see. And with festival funding affected by either B.C. provincial arts cuts or the recession (or both), it’s also important to show your support for cinema from beyond Hollywood. [...]
Vancouver festival to show 30 B.C. films
The Vancouver International Film Festival has released its showcase of Canadian film, including 30 titles made in British Columbia. VIFF opens Sept. 30 with Barney’s Version, the film based on the Mordecai Richler novel of the same name about a lovable curmudgeon played by Paul Giamatti. Score: A Hockey Musical also gets the gala treatment along [...]
Port Alberni: After 10 years, Alberni film fest fades to black
After 10 years and more than 100 films—one-third of them Canadian-made—the Alberni Valley’s film fest series has wrapped up for good. But not by choice. Landmark Cinemas, which leases the Paramount Theatre where film fest movies are screened has pulled the festival’s show time—traditionally the third Wednesday of the month, at 7 p.m. Instead, they’ve [...]
BC movie biz powers ahead fueled by new HST
BC’s storied film and TV production industry was down – way down – during the ‘silent spring’ of 2010. Word is some film workers couldn’t make the rent and that many were looking for new careers; and some industry suppliers (equipment rentals and so on) were considering closing down. Many believed the change would be [...]
Nanaimo: Brugge’s talents behind the camera putting him in spotlight
Before Devyn Brugge could write, he was making mock radio broadcasts on a Playskool tape deck. Flash forward several years and he was making home videos on the family video camera. Then the Wellington Secondary School graduate took a video production class in Grade 9 and his interest in film soared to new heights. Brugge [...]
