BC film
Bosa family donates $6 million to Capilano University for new high-tech film centre
Real estate and film-industry mogul Nat Bosa and his wife, Flora, have donated $6 million to Capilano University, the largest private gift in the school’s history. The money will support Capilano’s new Centre for Film and Animation, due to open in 2011, said the university in a release Wednesday. Capilano, already a major B.C. film [...]
Kelowna: Visionaries share their film making dreams
As residents and visitors alike know, the Okanagan boasts divergent and breathtaking views around every turn. The valley is camera ready and many have long felt it “ought to be in movies.” But it takes more than locations to make movie magic. It takes a talented pool of skilled directors, camera operators, scene builders, video [...]
Federal Funding to Benefit British Columbia’s Film Industry
British Columbia’s film industry will receive a major boost thanks to funding from the Government of Canada. An investment of $530,000 towards the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU) will help purchase equipment and develop the first western Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) Centre of Excellence in digital media and film technologies. “British Columbia has [...]
B.C. artists on film: Will cArtographies put them on map?
A Vancouver dancer wordlessly engages in an intense dialogue with her body, forming a conversation in motion. A Kamloops potter’s bowl rim collapses on the wheel causing him to smash a finished piece in frustration. On Long Beach’s edge in Tofino, a Nuu-chah-nulth carver and a Mayan glassblower combine talents to create multicultural multimedia marvels. [...]
Lovers in a Dangerous Time comes to Nelson!
The award winning, Creston, B.C. independent film LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS TIME is making its long-awaited Kootenay debut. The film, which has been described as “an undeniably lovely film; natural, gorgeously shot, haunting, funny and practically oozing with Canadiana,” by Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald, will be on a theatrical tour thoughout the Kootenays, [...]
New cArtographies documentary profiles local artists and their uniquely B.C. viewpoints
The local arts community is about to receive a good review. cArtographies, a documentary profiling B.C. artists directed by Brian Johnson, will debut on Monday (May 17) on the Knowledge Network at 10 p.m. The film features 19 artists from across the province and explores why they choose to live and work within the borders [...]
Kelowna: Okanagan Film Festival to kick off with June gala
The Okanagan International Film Festival (OIFF) VIP Gala Fundraiser is scheduled for Wednesday June 16 at the Tommie Award winning Mon Reposa Luxury Penthouse. The OIFF VIP Gala will provide an opportunity to showcase the new vision and the event schedule for the 2010 events, introduce the Film Festival to new sponsors and organizations and [...]
B.C. film extras hurt in shoot
Four movie extras working on a film in British Columbia starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson were slightly injured after their boat hit a reef or sandbar off the west coast of Vancouver Island. They were working near Tofino to film The Big Year, a comedy about bird watchers. Publicist Lorraine Jamison says [...]
Campbell River: City’s game to attract graphics studios
Council hopes video game makers and computer graphics studios can be persuaded to come here and set up shop. Since last year, the Island North Film Commission has been working on spreading the word that Campbell River is a great place for the digital arts and video game industry to do business. And council is [...]
Pixar studio opens in Vancouver
The Academy Award-winning Hollywood animation studio Pixar, which is set to launch Toy Story 3 in June, opens its new studio in a historic Vancouver building for an invitation-only sneak peek this morning – one of the highlights of what has become an exciting year for the city’s digital-animation and visual-effects industry. At a time [...]
Duncan: Grateful festival-goers revel in aboriginal arts and film
Huy ch q’u. The Hul’quimi’num word for thank-you resonated through the Cowichan Theatre during last week’s perennially successful Cowichan International Aboriginal Festival of Film & Art. Comically understated main emcees Ray Peter and Tousilum (Ron George) led viewers in repeatedly giving thanks to elders, patrons, teachers, filmmakers and artists during the AFF that’s enjoyed steady [...]
Burnaby: Festival promotes women in film
Roslyn Muir sounds so cheerful and contented that it would be easy to underestimate the amount of work she devotes to her chosen career. She’s taking a breaking from writing at her Burnaby home – where, she laughs, she can wear her pyjamas to work whenever she wants – and she’s happy to talk about [...]
Victoria: Tapping into film power, Open Cinema celebrates 75 nights of big issues on the big screen
There were plenty of beverages available at Open Cinema’s 75th screening night, but no bottled water. No wonder. The feature presentation at Victoria Event Centre was Tapped, Stephanie Soechtig’s eye-opening documentary about the impact — environmental and otherwise — of the unregulated bottled water industry. As always at these monthly screenings of social issue films, [...]
DOXA 2010: unveiled lineup reveals facets of human spirit
In our media-saturated age, it’s unfortunate that film festivals are facing increased economic challenges, due to B.C. arts funding cuts. Going against conventional economic wisdom, however, last year’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival actually increased from six to ten days—and proved that there were audiences willing to support the expansion. Even better, there’ll be another 10 days [...]
Burns Lake: Local group has sights set on re-opening theatre
The Lakes District Film Society, formed in October 2008, have a common interest in film and aspire to purchasing the Beacon Theatre on Hwy. 16 as a community venture. The society proposes to operate the Beacon Theatre as a non-profit, community-owned enterprise. According to society member Michael Riis-Christianson the idea has been successful in other [...]
