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VQFF – 30 years of Expressive Creativity

August 20, 2018April 10, 2020FestivalsVancouver Queer Film Festival, VQFF

For its 30th year, VQFF has shown to have a wide variety of many amazing events to make it the most memorable so far. As you may have gathered from my last article, Vancouver Queer

VQFF: 1985 Review

August 14, 2018February 5, 2020Review1985, AIDS, Cory Michael Smith, VQFF, Yen Tan

It was on September 17, 1985 that then-U.S President Ronald Reagan first publicly acknowledged Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in response to a question about federal funding for cure research. Two months earlier, famed 50s heartthrob

VQFF – Happening Now

August 10, 2018March 9, 2021Announcements, Festivals, Review1985, Anoushka Ratnarajah, Octavio is Dead, Sook-Yin Lee, VQFF, Yen Tan

Just last night was the very beginning of one of many amazing evenings to come: VQFF’s Opening Gala. Having only started, I can already say I was impressed with results. VQFF is currently on its

VQFF – Octavio is Dead! (Review)

August 7, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewDmitris Kitsos, Octavio is Dead, Raoul Trujillo, Rosanna Arquette, Sarah Gadon, VQFF

“Find out what makes you happy and do it” says one character to the protagonist of Sook-Yin Lee’s supernatural drama Octavio is Dead! This is not always easily accomplished, especially when one’s happiness may come at

Hurt on Platform, VQFF, Access Unlimited, Global Fall Lineup

August 14, 2015August 14, 2015Today's Top StoriesAccess Unlimited, Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), Alan Zweig, Global Fall Lineup, Hurt on Platform, TIFF, TIFF Platform, tv, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, VQFF

Steve Fonyo is the subject and star of Alan Zweig’s doc Hurt, screening in the Platform program at TIFF this year. Fonyo’s story is well known; after raising millions for cancer research with a cross-Canada

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