Tickets now on sale for a fully online Vancouver Short Film Festival, January 28 to February 6
This year’s 51 entries range from artistic documentaries to quarantine comedies and the genre-based “After Dark” series
Tomomi on the Farm
Meddle
The Vancouver Short Film Festival (VSFF) is set to stream its 12th annual celebration online from January 28 to February 6, featuring innovative and original short films from across Canada.
Tickets are here and a full roster of films is at www.vsff.com/films. All entries in the fest will be eligible for cash and in-kind prizes totalling more than $30,000.
This year marks a special occasion for the event, with B.C. talent being showcased side-by-side with creators from across Canada. Tapping the power of online festivals, VSFF is able to bring BC shorts to the rest of Canada, and vice-versa.
This year’s festival boasts 51 uniquely captivating films across six programs, including 13 films in its popular genre-based “After Dark” series. This year’s selections range from gut-busting comedies to spine-tingling thrillers and moving documentaries
Films to watch out for this year include: Wildflower, a sci-fi romance that won the 2019 MPPIA Short Film Pitch Competition at the Whistler Film Festival; Tomomi on the Farm, an impressionistic documentary cataloguing the journey of a Japanese woman who relocates from the city of Vancouver to a Saskatchewan elk farm during the pandemic; Quarantine Fling, a comedy starring Kelsey Flower (Black Summer), Brent Butt (Corner Gas), and Nancy Robertson (Corner Gas); Meddle, a poetic documentary following acclaimed Haida manga artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas; Srikandi, a fantasy/drama about a puppet studio that was a TIFF21 selection and VAFF Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon winner; and Within, an eerie tale of a young family on the verge of collapse.
VSFF, whose 2022 hashtag #MixItUp captures the vast range this year, is committed to celebrating Canada’s vibrant community of short film, documentary, and animation artists. It seeks to elevate talent from British Columbia and connect BC creators to the greater film industry nationwide, bringing their work to a broader audience and growing local film communities. By providing an arena for all short filmmakers, including students, to showcase their films to the public, the fest also helps build ties between emerging filmmakers and established professionals.
Post sponsored by the Vancouver Short Film Festival