Over the last year, we have reinforced the ways that we excel together, virtually rallying to work creatively on a way forward. The forced pause precipitated challenges and solutions; it also created space for sectors to refocus and redirect energy into key priorities that are leading to a stronger, healthier, more balanced and representative creative/creator workforce in British Columbia.
Creative Industries Week 2021
Entering its 6th annual Creative Industries Week, B.C. celebrates and recognizes the province’s five creative industries: book publishing, interactive and digital media, magazine publishing, motion picture, and music and sound recording. B.C.’s creative industries do not operate in silos but converge on many common grounds to catalyze opportunities across industries and creators.
At a time when we have been faced with many unique challenges and disruptions, this week will shine a light on the resiliency and collaborative strength of the province’s creative sector — from the past years and into the future. From April 12th to April 16th, join creative sector leaders, creators and associations as they showcase each industry and its integral role in building B.C.’s thriving creative economy and industry both locally and globally.
This Creative Industries Week, the creative sector will: showcase B.C.’s agile and resilient creative sector as we collectively emerge from the extraordinary and challenging circumstances of the global pandemic; recognize the innovative industries and how 2020 created space for sectors to refocus and redirect energy into key priorities that are leading to a stronger, healthier, more balanced and representative creative/creator workforce in B.C.; increase awareness and understanding across B.C. of the creative industries, and their growing contributions to B.C.’s economy; unite the creative industries in the co-creation of an inter-industry showcase; and provide the Province of B.C. and the public with a direct opportunity for engagement and connection with the creative industries at a time of unprecedented opportunity and innovation.
Creative Industries Week Calendar of Events:
New content will be released daily, spotlighting each creative industry
Monday April 12th: BC Book Day, Book Publishing and Magazine Publishing
- BC Book Day | ABPBC All day
- EXCLUSIVE: Read samples from B.C. magazines this week only! | Magazine Association of B.C. All day
- REEL Earth Day Challenge | Reel Green, Creative BC All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Anthropocene: A Human Epoch | VIFF All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Watermark | VIFF All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Manufactured Landscapes | VIFF All day
Tuesday April 13th: Music + Sound Recording
- BC Music Day Facebook Live Presentation | Music BC 12:00pm PST
Wednesday April 14th: Creative Technology Day, Interactive + Digital Media
- Creative Technology Day | DigiBC All day
- VAFF Industry Virtual Panel Series Lunch + Learn | Vancouver Asian Film Festival 12:30pm PST
- Incite Series Jim Deva Prize | Vancouver Writers Festival 7:00pm PST
Thursday April 15th: Motion Picture and Multi-Sector Showcase
- Story and Collaboration with Carl Bessai | Whistler Film Festival All day
- Documentary Film as Tool in Community | Story Money Impact 10:00am PST
- Creative Industries Week Virtual Showcase, BC Creates Virtually: Growing Forward in 2021 Showcase12:00pm PST
- Webinar: Virtual Pitching and Development: Tips from Broadcasters, Funders and Filmmaker | DOC BC | YT | NWT 2:00pm PST
- Town Hall Panel Series: From Local to Global in Motion Picture: A Very B.C. Production | MPPIA 3:00pm PST
- Crazy8s 2021 Director Talkback | Crazy 8s Film Society 4:00pm PST
- The Indigenous Path to our Post Carbon Future | ReelWorld Media Inc. 5:00pm PST
- Talonbooks Zoom Poetry Launch | Talonbooks 5:30pm PST
- STORYHIVE 2020 Podcast Edition Creator Workshop Keynote Speaker Lauren Bercovitch | TELUS STORYHIVE All day
Friday April 16th: Creative Industries Week wraps
- #WeAreMainframe Speaker Series: Directors Patrice Berube and Denny Lu | Mainframe Studios 2:00pm PST
- Just Watch Us Chats: Creative Industries Week | Directors Guild of Canada – BC Branch 4:00pm PST
- Online Screening The Magnitude of All Things | VIFF All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Anthropocene: A Human Epoch | VIFF All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Watermark | VIFF All day
- Online Screening April 12-16: Manufactured Landscapes | VIFF All day
Read more about B.C.’s creative sector in Creative BC’s most recent Impact Report
To celebrate Creative Industries Week, join us for the BC Creates Virtually: Growing Forward in 2021 Showcase on Thursday, April 15th at 12:00pm PST, where we see how #BCCreates! Visit this page for the showcase and sign-up for daily alerts here
