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Film review: The Maiden's haunting exploration of teen friendship marks an exciting new voice in Canadian film

Screening at The Cinematheque, Graham Foy’s headily atmospheric debut feature follows three outsiders in suburban Alberta

SCREENJanet SmithMay 18, 2023The Cinematheque, Spring 2023

Vancouver documentary filmmakers Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson let landscapes speak in Unsettled Settings

The Cinematheque pays tribute to the duo’s Anyox and other works that explore BC sites haunted by industrial pasts

DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 award winners

King Coal, We Will Not Fade Away, and Notes on Displacement among the titles honoured

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 13, 2023DOXA, Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming, documentary

The Polygon Gallery honours Asian Heritage Month with Maternal Instinct, May 18

Event featuring local Asian-Canadian artists combines short films, live reading, and dance performance

SCREEN, DANCE, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 11, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Vancouver Short Film Festival announces 13th annual event, June 2 to 11

Films can be seen at the VIFF Centre from June 2 to 4, and online up to June 11

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverMay 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival

DOXA documentary reviews: From an engrossing look back at BC-born Satanic Panic to teens in Ukraine

Notes from Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams’s Satan Wants You, plus We Will Not Fade Away, You Were My First Boyfriend, and Kite Zo A

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 4, 2023DOXA, documentary, Spring 2023

National Geographic Live series kicks off with Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice, May 9 at Orpheum Theatre

Program featuring renowned photographers, filmmakers, and explorers continues September 12 and October 24

SCREEN, STAGEStir VancouverMay 2, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Civic Theatres

At DOXA fest, dance films create new hybrids, mixing choreography, interviews, and cinematography

La Singla searches for a lost flamenco star; A Way to B profiles the members of a daring disability-arts troupe; and Cheenee traces the history of Indian diaspora in Trinidad and Tobago

Boca del Lupo’s VR Salon showcases two critically acclaimed works, May 24 to 28

Part of LivePerformance360 series, event features Goliath: Playing with Reality and The Man Who Couldn’t Leave

SCREENStir VancouverMay 1, 2023Partner Content, Boca del Lupo

DOXA 2023: Big Fight in Little Chinatown captures historic neighbourhoods' resilience

Director Karen Cho’s new documentary looks at Chinatowns in Vancouver, New York City, Montreal, and beyond confronting development and displacement

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 1, 2023DOXA, documentary, Chinatown, Chinese, Spring 2023, Homepage feature

At DOXA, Manufacturing the Threat unravels a problematic chapter in the name of national security

Filmmaker Amy Miller’s dissection of the BC homemade-bomb caper raises questions around democracy

SCREENStir VancouverApril 28, 2023DOXA, Amy Miller, Spring 2023

Liliya Syvytska’s Elegy of Living Voices documents war in Ukraine at The Polygon Gallery, April 27

Film and photo exhibition captures striking reality of Russian occupation in Chernihiv

ART & DESIGN, SCREENStir VancouverApril 21, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Two guest-curated programs reflect upon Black womanhood at DOXA, May 5 and 8

Films chosen by Nya Lewis and Farah Clémentine Dramani-Issifou are accompanied by thought-provoking essays

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverApril 14, 2023Partner Content, DOXA

Vancouver documentary back home brings its poetic journey through grief back to VIFF Centre on April 14 and 15

Director Nisha Platzer employs hand-processed film and impressionistic imagery in quest to get to know the brother she lost to suicide

SCREENJanet SmithApril 13, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre

DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 lineup

The 22nd edition includes 39 thought-provoking feature- and mid-length releases and 25 shorts

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 5, 2023DOXA, documentary, film, film festival

The Performance Corporation's Emperor 101 serves VR-theatre fusion, April 20 to 23

Immersive virtual reality work is part of Boca del Lupo’s riveting LivePerformance360 series

SCREEN, THEATREStir VancouverApril 4, 2023Partner Content, Boca del Lupo

Intersection explores memory and the aftershocks of Chilean military rule, April 5

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival presents local premiere of work that stars Carmen Aguirre

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 3, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival

Film review: Reel 2 Real festival's Belle and Sebastian: The New Generation is a beautifully shot, Alps-set boy-and-his-dog story

Closing-night French film takes an unaffected, unpatronizing look at nature, animal treatment, and disappearing farm traditions

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 30, 2023Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth, R2R Film Festival

Enjoy Silent Movie Mondays at Orpheum Theatre on May 1, June 5, and July 10

New Vancouver Civic Theatres series features early 1900s Charlie Chaplin flicks and more

SCREENStir VancouverMarch 29, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Camilla Tibbs to take helm of the Pacific Screenwriting Program in May

The nonprofit provides training and support to BC-based TV film and television writers at all levels

SCREEN, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 29, 2023Camilla Tibbs, Pacific Screenwriting Program

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