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Vancouver Chinese Film Festival – Oriental Originality, Chinese Charm, Fabulous Fest

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019FestivalsFan Haolun, Life Punch, Search for the Manchus, The Ride, Too Late, Vancouver Chinese Film Festival, VCFF

For the first time ever, we got the special opportunity to go to VCFF events, which was really something else for the crew of Hollywood North Magazine. We’ve had our good fair share of Asian

VBAFF – That’s what I call Badass!

April 1, 2019July 19, 2019FestivalsA Mata Negra, A.M.I, Amazon Hot Box, David Aboussafy, Perfect Skin, Polterheist, Vancouver Badass Film Festival, VBAFF

Okay, so there’s a Jewish film festival, a Queer film festival, a web festival, and some documentary festivals here and there, but there’s never any particular festival that celebrates the edginess and intensity of horror

Cinema Spectacular 6 – Cinematic Spectacles spanning 6 years

March 25, 2019March 24, 2019Festivals15, All Happened Before, Check, Cinema Spectacular 6, Everything's Great!, Insomnia, Intimate Fears, Raven's Memories, Remediation, Road Gang, Serisa 26, That's Why I Like It

It’s been a while since I’ve covered this kind of event, but I figured hey, why not? Cinema Spectacular 6 is like many screening events such as East Van Showcase, showing short films to celebrate

VIWFF – Female Films and Wonderful Women (with some Cultural Coolness)

March 11, 2019May 22, 2019FestivalsA perfect 14, Ariana McGregor, Biidaaban, Carolyn Combs, Sarah Khalil, She is the Ocean, Swords and Sceptre: The Rani of Jhansi, Thank You for the Rain, The Day I lost my Shadow, This Changes Everything, virtual reality, VIWFF, Warrior Women

It’s been proven women are great at everything they do. They’ve got clearer ideas on how to get things done, they invented many of the little conveniences in everyday life, and have proven their strength

#Crazy8sFilms19 – Crazy 8’s, 20 Years, Infinite Fun Times

February 25, 2019July 24, 2019Festivals#Crazy8sFilms19, Ada, Crazy 8’s, Crazy8s, Erin Mussloum, Hatch, Idols Never Die, Parabola, Paul Armstrong, Science World, The Mirror, Unkept

If local film events were family shows on TGIF, Crazy 8’s would be Full House, because well, the theatre is usually full. That and everyone gets along with each other because for the most part,

BC Filmmakers Take Centre Stage at VANCOUVER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019Festivals#keepitshort, #vsff19, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

For the first two decades of cinema, all films were short films; often clocking in at twenty minutes or less. As the form and storytelling evolved, most cinematic stories have since settled on a standard

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