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UBC Mountain Film Festival uses the appeal of winter sports to revamp climate change narratives – Ubyssey Online
Feb. 20, 2019 UBC Mountain Festival, a film series co-hosted by The Environmental Sciences Students’ Association (ESSA), UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC), UBC Ski & Board Club, and UBC Surf Club brings the topic of skiing and snowboarding with climate change, relationship to place, and Indigenous sovereignty to life. The event started as an idea […]
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Great Bear Rainforest: IMAX Film
February 13, 2019 The highly anticipated feature film, Great Bear Rainforest, will be screened this month at select IMAX cinemas in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and Sudbury. Directed by Ian McAllister, Executive Director of Pacific Wild, the film gives viewers from around the world a chance to see one of the planet’s most spectacular places, including its thriving […]
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Pride and the pen: Two bestselling B.C. authors reflect on success and Indigenous identity – Vancouver Sun
February 10, 2019 When Darrel McLeod set out for Yekooche, an isolated community 75 kilometres north of Fort St. James, to interview for a job, he was also on a quest to find himself. It was 1989. McLeod, raised in Smith, Alta., in a large Cree family, was teaching French immersion in an affluent Vancouver […]
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Tantoo Cardinal finally gets the recognition she deserves – Macleans.ca
Jan 3, 2019 The veteran Cree/Métis actor has spent most of her career in stereotypical Indigenous cameos. Now she’s the headliner. Tantoo Cardinal has sat around countless fires for the camera. Campfires in the forest and on the prairie, fires in teepees and cabins. And every one of them was fake, with silent propane flames […]
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Remembering Indigenous writer Richard Wagamese at launch of posthumous book – CBC
‘He opened doors for all of us who are Indigenous storytellers and writers,’ says author Monique Gray Smith Dec 09, 2018 Acclaimed Indigenous writer Richard Wagamese died at the age of 61 last year at his home in Kamloops, B.C., leaving his book Starlight unfinished. Starlight was finally released in August 2018, and a special […]
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Bah Humbug! brings Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to a seasonal classic
Bah Humbug brings Downtown Eastside to a seasonal classic Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol comes to life in modern-day East Vancouver with Bah Humbug! The annual production returns to SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts for its ninth year, with evening and matinee performances from December 6-22. This year Bah Humbug! is directed by award […]
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Here Comes More Talent! Whistler Film Festival announces Director Masterclass with Robert Budreau and additional Content Summit and talent program guests.
Whistler, B.C. (November 13, 2018)– With two weeks to go until show time, the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) continues to turn up the heat by announcing a second wave of established industry leaders and creators, as well as the finalists for WFF’s Power Pitch, Producers Lab, Doc Lab and MPPIA Short Film Award talent programs. […]
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Book it in! Finalists announced for the City’s 30th annual Book Award
November 8 2018 Public invited to the 2018 Book Award on December 8, 2018 Four books that each reflect Vancouver’s unique character and diverse culture have been selected as finalists for the 2018 City of Vancouver Book Award. Everyone is welcome to join the awards ceremony. The winner will be announced at the event, following […]
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Storyhive looking to fund Indigenous filmmakers – Vernon Morning Star
Storyhive calls for creators to apply for first-ever Indigenous Storyteller Edition Nov. 1, 2018 Storyhive, a funding platform supporting independent filmmakers, has launched its first-ever Indigenous Storyteller Edition. The Telus-supported platform describes the move as the beginning of a commitment to invest in the careers of Indigenous creators and help drive social change in the […]
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Vancouver filmmakers on display with B.C. premiere of Oscar winners Alison Snowden and David Fine’s Animal Behaviour and hometown debut of Jay Cardinal Villeneuve’s Holy Angels. Seven NFB documentary and animated films showcased at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.
September 5, 2018 – Vancouver – National Film Board of Canada Works from Vancouver-based filmmakers headline a rich National Film Board of Canada (NFB) selection at the Vancouver International Film Festival (September 27–October 12), as Oscar winners Alison Snowden and David Fine’s Animal Behaviourand Jay Cardinal Villeneuve’s Holy Angels join a seven-film NFB lineup. Two NFB feature docs are also making their […]
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