Next week, get out and find some great films, on August 13th, Vancouver’s second largest film festival gets underway. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings films from around the world for 11 days of movies and events happening all around the city. In addition to celebrating the best in independent queer cinema the VQFF aims…
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Picks of the week – July 29, 2015
While Vancouver Pride is filling the town with excitement and colour there’s plenty of other events and activity in and out of town to fill my picks of the week Fireworks: The 2015 Honda Celebration of Light continues with Team Brazil, tonight and Team Canada on Saturday night, illuminating the skies over English Bay Festival: Before…
DOXA Closing Night
The 2015 DOXA Documentary Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday with closing night film “Iris” preceded by the 2015 festival awards. The 2015 Jurors choose the following films in the four categories; Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming: Victoria Lean for “After The Last River” DOXA Short Documentary Award: Dan Popa for “Island & Flight”…
Get sweet on DOXA 2015
In just over a week, DOXA Documentary Film Festival opens for another season of great non-fiction films and events. The 14th Annual DOXA Festival runs April 30 – May 10, this year’s program includes nearly 100 films, talks and special programs. A $3 membership to the non-profit Documentary Media Society, gains access to the global line up…
The Oscars 2015 – Hollywood’s Biggest Night
The pinnacle of the Hollywood awards season, the 87th Academy Awards were handed out at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. A seasoned host of the Tony and Emmy Awards, Neil Patrick Harris brought his comedic timing and song and dance act to the Oscars for the first time keeping the telecast light and fresh. Harris’ self quick…
BAFTA Awards Winners 2015
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards Ceremony are seen as one of the precursors to the upcoming Academy Awards. The 68th Annual British Academy Film Awards were presented Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London and hosted, for the tenth time, by Stephen Fry. Closely echoing the recent Golden Globes, the…
SAG Awards 2015
The 21st Annual SAG Awards were presented Sunday night in Hollywood. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an award presented to actors and performers by their peers, and uniquely, in addition to top performances in television and film the SAG Awards present “The Actor” to top cast ensembles and stunt ensembles. At Sunday night’s awards, televised…