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#WatchBC at SXSW 2023

South by Southwest starts tomorrow, March 10, 2023, and closes on March 19, 2023. SXSW is an multidisciplinary festival featuring music, comedy, emerging technology, film, television, and art exhibitions based in Austin, Texas. This festival-conference…
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2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominees announced

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is the largest non-profit professional media arts organization in Canada. With a membership of more than 4,000 emerging and established industry professionals, they are dedicated to developing,…

Film and Research Merge in BC-made Documentary on Bear Dens

On Canada’s West Coast, it can be challenging for animals to find a dry place to hibernate. For one of the forest's most iconic inhabitants, the black bear, the answer lies within the forest’s largest and oldest trees. But how do you…

Kid-Friendly BC Films to Stream this Holiday Season

With winter break rapidly approaching, what better way to bond with the little ones in your life than turning to the holidays films shot in BC? Puppy Star Christmas (2018) takes a unique spin on talking-dog movies by turning it into a…
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Real to Reel: Merging Reality with Fiction

Ever wonder how a script moves from ideas on paper to the final cut? The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission has put out a series of stills showing how the local environment can be transformed to meet the needs of a script. The Real to Reel…

British Columbia projects and creators nominated for 2022 Canadian Screen Awards

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed 145 nominations across television, film and digital media categories for their 2022 awards. British Columbia projects and creators are recognized across each category, with Danis Goulet’s…
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NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital Project Prize presented in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier Program

The National Film Board of Canada VR experience This is Not a Ceremony, written and directed by Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The winning submission of the NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital…

NSI IndigiDocs premieres on APTN

The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI)  premieres two, one-hour short documentary specials on APTN, featuring films made through the 2019 and 2020 editions of NSI IndigiDocs. Four of the featured films originate from B.C. storytellers. NSI…
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Into Light follows a mother and child as they navigate the complexities of gender identity

Set against the crystalline Northern landscape of Yellowknife, Into Light directed by B.C.'s Sheona McDonald, captures a season of change as a mother and daughter navigate the complexities of gender identity together.   Into Light…

#WatchBC at VIFF 2021!

British Columbia’s biggest annual celebration of cinema, VIFF, is just around the corner. From October 1-11, film lovers province-wide will enjoy over 110 feature films, 75+ shorts, talks and conferences at VIFF 2021.  You can enjoy the…