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Jackie Hoffart – The Reveal

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025InterviewCrazy8s, Jackie Hoffart, The Reveal

Every year, six talented, new filmmakers are chosen from hundreds of applicants to make a short film for Crazy8’s. Crazy8s provides filmmakers with a significant boost to their projects. Six finalists receive $2000 each, plus

The Super Six of the Crazy8s – Interview

March 31, 2025April 8, 2025InterviewAmanda Wandler, Crazy8s, Hannah Yang, Headcase, Jackie Hoffart, Mia Petrovic, My Mother The Zombie, Our Monsters, Red Light Rebel, Samantha Pineda, Spencer Zimmerman, The Reveal, W7éyle Moon’s Wife

Last year, I interviewed Grace Chin. A few years prior, I did quick simple interviews with the filmmakers and summed it up as compact as possible. This year, I went all out and talked to

Paul Armstrong Interview

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024InterviewCelluloid Social Club, Crazy8s, Exiles in Paradise, Maze, Moving Malcolm, Paul Armstrong, Stack

If you’re an independent filmmaker in Vancouver, you know Paul Armstrong and it’s most likely he’s helped you along the way. There are few others better at producing, networking, and organizing. We had a conversation

Crazy8s quarter century – Interview with Grace Chin

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024FestivalsCrazy8s, Grace Chin, National Canadian Film Day

I gotta say, April is a real hectic month for me, I’ve got several events I’m attending, There’s so much going on, and so much has had to go into planning the Crazy8s for this

Crazy8s 2023 – The concepts are getting Crazier than the event itself.

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023ExclusiveCrazy8s, Hellmark, High End Dying, I Can't Go On, Meditation 4 Black Women, Passiflora, Zip

If local film events were trends, Crazy8s would be that one that never gets old, no matter what. For those of you who don’t know, that’s a running joke I retired and won’t be doing

Crazy8s finalists Ready to Roll, New Documentary on Justice and Control, and Production Companies strive for Bigger Goals

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023News in BriefBig Time Decent Productions, Crazy8s, Happy Heart Studios, Joy Haskell, Matt Shewchuk, NIsha Pahuja, To Kill a Tiger

Crazy8s is back again, and I’m not talking about the card game (even though I did play it once with some colleagues at my most recent hourly wage job last year), I’m talking about Vancouver’s