B.C. shot sci-fi webseries Narcoleap continues with its second season
One of the first female-led B.C. indie projects that returned safely to principal photography during the COVID-19 pandemic, KGP Films has released the second...
Simon Longmore’s Not Your Average Bear continues to make an impression
Continuing to make an impression with multiple awards from film festivals around North America, Vancouver-based actor, writer, producer, and director Simon Longmore's Not Your...
VIFF review: Imelda and Luis is far from an innocent story about two children
Don’t assume from the trailer for Imelda and Luis that it is a delightful story about two innocents. It is not.
The film may only...
In conversation with filmmaker Jessie Anthony
Winner of the BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, filmmaker Jessie Anthony makes her feature film debut with Brother,...
In conversation with filmmaker Andrew Stanley
Recipient of the Toronto International Film Festival Barry Avrich Award for Developing Film Talent and awarded a Filmmaker in Residence at The Wexner Center’s...
VIFF review: Uncle is a family affair
Reality is portrayed with accurate, sensitive detail in Danish filmmaker Frelle Peterson's Uncle.
It is shot in the southern region of Denmark on Peter H....
VIFF review: Last and First Men takes too long to make its point
The late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson adapted British philosopher Olaf Stapledon’s science fiction, Last and First Men, for his 70-minute film. This is the...
VIFF review: The Magnitude of All Things is a call to action
It is ironic that Jennifer Abbott’s The Magnitude of All Things should begin with the fallout from raging bush fires in Australia’s extreme summer...
In conversation with Monkey Beach’s Loretta Todd
Receiving its world premiere as the opening to this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, Loretta Todd's Monkey Beach is already making waves.
Hailed as "not...
VIFF review: Merkel – Anatomy of a Crisis is a fascinating political thriller
Merkel - Anatomy of a Crisis is set in the summer of 2015 when the Chancellor of Germany welcomed around 800,000 refugees, mostly from...