As The Oscars celebrated global cinema this week, the second Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film is gearing up to celebrate our home grown film community. From Friday, March 23 to Sunday March 25, 2018 the ACT Arts Centre and The Ridge Film Studios, with the support of the City of Maple Ridge, highlight films…
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VIFF 2017 kicks off September 28
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) returns to screens around the city from September 28 – October 3, 2017. For over 35 years, VIFF has brought us hundreds of films from around the world and this year continues to build on that legacy. Screening international films from over 70 countries, alongside Canadian and BC films…
Vancouver Queer Film Fest wraps for 2017
Sunday night, the 2017 Vancouver Queer Film Festival came to a close with a Gala party at The Junction following the closing film screening of Handsome Devil at Vancouver Playhouse. “Our Vancouver Queer Film Festival not only showcased cutting edge queer film, it also gave our audiences all the best feels,” said Executive Director, Stephanie…
Picks of the Week – August 16, 2017
After weeks of smoky haze, the skies have cleared making it a pleasure to get out and enjoy the picks of the week Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee docks along the shores of False Creek until Sept 3rd and becomes the backdrop & stage for a free, unique, acrobatic aerial musical Climatopian Spectacle –…
Vancouver Queer Film Festival starts August 10, 2017
Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), the city’s second largest film fest gets under way in one week. Running August 10 to 20, 2017, VQFF brings 11 days of award winning films, talkbacks, performances and parties. The Festival opens at the Vancouver Playhouse with the 2017 Sundance Award-winning film, I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro…
Harmony Arts Festival kicks off Friday
As other festivals come and go, Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver is still going strong after more than a quarter century. Centred on the Ambleside Waterfront from Ambleside Pier to John Lawson Park, the festival packs August 4th to 13th with music, arts, film and food, much of it free! Highlights of the…
Summer Outdoor Movies 2017
This week Fresh Air Cinemas’ outdoor movies got underway at Stanley Park, Lansdowne Centre and other spots around Metro Vancouver, bringing in another season of outdoor movie fun. Harkening back to the days of the drive-in, Outdoor Movies make parks, parking lots and piers into open-air cinemas. Bring a blanket, a picnic, friends and sit…