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NFB @ Hot Docs

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016FestivalsAlethea Arnaquq-Baril, Angry Inuk, Anjali Nayar’s Gun Runners, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, documentary, Gulîstan Land of Roses, Hot Docs, NFB, Zaynê Akyol

Hot Docs 2016 got underway Friday in TO with City of Gold and The Brainwashing of My Dad (which David Berry says can be summarized “Have you ever heard of Fox News?”) Also on offer

VWF: An Incredible Display

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016Festivalscanadian independent film, festivals, Fools for Hire, Mike Cavers and Nick Harrison, Team Feathers, Vancouver Web Fest, Vancouver Web Fest 2016, VWF, web series

This year’s Vancouver Web Fest had incredible web series on display, and it seemed much more busy and productive than last year. As this was a web fest, Internet series from platforms such as YouTube

FSM (Review)

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016Festivalscanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, festivals, FSM, FSM (Review), review, Vancouver International Women in Film, Vanessa Crouch

This feature-length comedy screened at the Vancouver International Women in Film festival follows the troubled life of a DJ named Samantha (Vanessa Crouch). Samantha is getting good compensation for her jobs at late night clubs

VanChan Season 2 (The Experience)

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016Festivals28 Geeks Later, Almost Actors, Average Dicks, Butt Flo$$, canada film industry news today, festivals, Fighting over Stuff, Golden Futures, Knight Knight, My Imaginary Girlfriend, Superhero Musical, Van Gogh Show, VanChan, web series

When you buy two things at the concession stand, you get a free cup of popcorn. That’s one of the highlights of this little fest which showcases web series based in the Vancouver area. Aside

Crazy8s Gala Screening: The Really Crazy Part Was the Afterparty

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016FestivalsA Family of Ghosts, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Crazy8s, festivals, Grocery Store Action Movie, I Love You So Much It's Killing Them, Iteration 1, Meet Cute, Trying, Vancouver

Well, Crazy8s has come and gone. Every year over thousands of applicants submit their story ideas via video and over time the applicants get whittled down to six who each get only a grand to make

VSFF Part II: In Memory, from Memory

February 2, 2016February 1, 2016FestivalsArc, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Clouds of Autumn, Dissonance, festivals, Hallow, In Memory, Never Steady Never Still, Pacific Wayfarer, Redhanded, Stranger Project, Strawman, Vancouver, Vancouver Short Film Fest, Vehicular Romanticide, VSFF

VSFF films I saw after my pen disappeared: In Memory: Takes place in the future; an elderly woman is on the verge of dying and being separated from her husband forever. Really heart wrenching, especially

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