DOXA festival a platform for social change

A still from the film Occupy featured at the DOXA film festival - Photo courtesy of Occupy the Movie

The DOXA film festival will feature ten days of documentaries from Canadian and international filmmakers beginning May 3. [Read more…]

Ibero-americanism hits the Vancity screen

Scene from the film Wilaya, playing at the New Spanish Cinema Week. Photo courtesy of Vancouver International Film Festival

Suspense, sensuality, social commentary and Spanish rhythms await moviegoers at the New Spanish Cinema Week at Vancity Theatre from Feb. 22–28. [Read more…]

Filmmakers expose Latin American realities

Juan Manuel Sepúlveda filming. Photo courtesy Juan Manuel Sepúlveda

Mexican-born filmmaker Juan Manuel Sepúlveda is fascinated by human struggle. Sepúlveda, 32, is an internationally recognised documentary filmmaker and cinematographer who is pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts in Vancouver. His latest film, Lessons for a War, will be showing at this year’s Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF).
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‘Cinema Québécois’ leading the wave

Robert Besson. Photo by Film Reference Library, Toronto.

at Pacific Cinematheque through the month of April is a Robert Bresson retro- spective. [Read more...]

Local festival celebrates women filmmakers

The Vancouver Women in Film Festival

The 7th Annual Women in Film Festival kicks off on International Women’s Day at Vancity Theatre. More than 50 films will be screened from March 8–11 and all of them are made by women. [Read more...]

Rio theatre welcomes premiere of local film Neutral Territory

Screenwriter Joel Harris (left) and director Josias Tschanz (right).

Screenwriter Joel Mark Harris’ fate was sealed from the get-go when he embraced his good friend Josias Tschanz’s native Swiss culture. Harris was prepared to have his butt handed to him during schwingen – a Swiss-style throw-down where two men, wearing leather hosing, duke it out in sawdust….and all that tussling around led to their first movie. [Read more]