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Jazz, Hippies and Mutant Kangaroos: A DGC Showcase

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018Filmmakers, InterviewAllan Harmon, Anne Wheelers, Backbone, Bye Bye Blues, DGC BC, Keepers of the Magic, Richard Martin, Tank Girl, Vancity Theatre, Vic Sarin, Zach Lipovsky

With the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) only weeks away, a new annual event has sprung up on our fall calendar with the Directors Guild of Canada BC District Showcase Weekend (say that five

Productions in Vancouver: Pass the Salt

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018Announcements, Filmmakers, Independent#PassTheSalt, Hayley Grey, LGBTQ, Luvia Petersen, Panta Mosleh

Women are becoming more powerful and better known in the film industry as it continues to grow. And one prime example of that is short film, Pass the Salt, which tells one of the most

Making A Short Film

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017Canadian Independent Films, FilmmakersFilmmaker, Short Film

I recently took the plunge and made a short film. It only took one day to film but it was a sixteen hour day. I still feel guilty for making everyone work such a long

Exclusive – Raw

November 21, 2016November 17, 2021Exclusive, Filmmakers, Independent, InterviewDavid I Strasser, Milk, Nikolas Bradfield, Raw

When you think of feature length Indy films, usually film students do not come to mind. However, in the case of the film Raw, they have definitely shattered that glass ceiling. I was very fortunate

News from Newfoundland: Flankers & Riverhead

July 15, 2016July 14, 2016Filmmakerscanada film industry news today, canadian independent film, Flankers, Justin Oakey, Newfoundland noir, Riverhead

About a year ago, Newfoundland director Justin Oakey presented his 15-minute film Flankers and immediately charmed the festival circuit audience with a rough, hard-hearted story of feuding fishermen in the rural islands of the North.

Hippypocalypse & the Midnight Grind Series

July 6, 2016July 5, 2016FilmmakersDirector Carlo Schefter, Eugene Scott-Barnard, Hippypocalypse, hippysploitation, Midnight Grind series, PM Pictures, Producer Joe MacKinnon, Ross Kerr-Wilson

1960s exploitation films have been a campy little treasure of underground cinema — and now young Toronto-based filmmakers are bringing them back in all their gore and glory. PM Pictures is Director Carlo Schefter, Producer