Visions Ouest Productions/Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Visions Ouest Productions is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994, with the goal of providing the French-speaking and the Francophile communities of British Columbia with artistic, cultural, and educational programs and services.

Visions Ouest puts the emphasis on high-quality and innovative works that enrich and enhance the thriving francophone community here.

The society is best-known for producing the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival each year. The event provides an opportunity for British Columbians to enjoy a rare look at award-winning francophone films from Canada and the international scene. The biggest French-focused movie event in Western Canada, it aims to celebrate high-quality Canadian productions and to encourage viewers to discover the talent of this country’s artists. All films are presented in their original language with English subtitles unless otherwise indicated. VOP is part of the international LA CONCORDE FRANCOPHONE network, and partners with film festivals across Quebec and Canada to offer moviegoers a wide range of current and award-winning titles.

The 31st Edition of the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival will take place in February & March 2025, in theater and online on the Eventive platform. The online screenings are geo-blocked to Canada and some films are available for international audiences. 

The Visions Ouest Productions team is delighted to continue its partnership with the Alliance française de Vancouver for the CINÉMA francophone program, which will be presented on a regular basis at the new theatre at 6161 Cambie. See www.rendez-vousvancouver.com for more information.

Amid Visions Ouest Productions’ other community offerings are Schools Matinées and Circus Camps. For the schools program, presented in partnership with BC Parents For French and Conseil Scolaire francophone, subtitled movies from the International Francophonie (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Africa) encourage both the language and cultural curiosity in kids. Circus training workshops, meanwhile, are offered in French and English to groups of students or children in summer camps and other settings. Weekly summer- and spring-break classes feature acrobatics, tightrope walking, juggling, unicycling, and more, all taught by the team of Transporteurs de Rêves.

Visions Ouest Productions (VOP) thanks, among all partners, Alliance française de Vancouver, Patrimoine canadien, Bureau du Québec, Gouvernement de la C.-B., Telefilm Canada, ONF, LaSource, STIR, Radio-Canada, SFU-BAFF, Ville de Vancouver, Canadian Parents For French, Vancouver Foreign Film Society, Cinemania Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Rendez-vous Culturels, community partners, volunteers and, most important, the audiences who attend the events.