The Reel 2 Real Film Festival is back from April 2-8th, 2017 at the Roundhouse Community Centre and Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre. Rather than just a family friendly festival, Reel 2 Reel is an adult friendly Film Festival. The film programming has been geared towards youth between the ages of 6-19 who can bring along their families, caregivers, and teachers to enjoy films together.
Canadian and international films, live action dramas, documentaries, animated features and short films, fill the Reel 2 Real film program.
To help the younger audience members appreciate the foreign-language entries, Reel 2 Real Film Festival offers the unique feature of actors reading the subtitles to the audience.
The program isn’t just film either, kicking off the Festival, on April 2nd, Sunday Funday is a event packed with activities for all ages. The event happens at Roundhouse Community Centre from 10am to 2:30pm and includes an all-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast, four short-film program themes to choose from plus DIY animation workshops, all for the $5 admission price.
The Opening Night Film – The Sun At Midnight, from the Northwest Territories, (in English and some Gwich’in with English subtitles) opens Reel 2 Real Film Festival at the VIFF Theatre with a Q&A session with filmmaker and lead actors then an Opening Party follows the 4:30pm screening.
Reel 2 Real Film Festival closes on April 8th at the VIFF Theatre at 7pm, with the Closing Night Film, the West Coast premiere of Louise By The Shore, an animated feature from France (in French with English subtitles).
Visit the Reel 2 Real Film Festival website for tickets and the complete film program and all the student, family and other activities.