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The Nanaimo Arts Council announces the call for entries to the 4th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (2009).
Filmmakers have until December 1st to enter the fourth annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, a showcase of original films by local filmmakers. Last year’s festival was a huge success, with two back-to-back shows and crowds enjoying 21 incredible short films.
Last year the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival attracted hundreds of people from Nanaimo, Victoria, the North Island and everywhere in between. We showed the 21 top films from Vancouver Island filmmakers. This is a unique and important event in our community: it is the only annual short film festival on Vancouver Island that showcases local filmmakers. This festival can not take place without the generous support from sponsors like YOU!
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Tash Baycroft and Frederick Robinson from Nanaimo debuted their locally produced dramatic short film “Gone” at the 2007 Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. They have since gone on to rave reviews world wide, showing their smart thriller at the New York Film and Video Festival and most recently at Cannes. We congratulate Tash and Frederic for their well deserved success!
Vancouver Island’s film community is alive and well.
The third-annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival was a huge success, with two amazing crowds enjoying twenty-one incredible short films over two nights.
Continue reading ‘2008 Vancouver Island Short Film Festival The Best Yet!’
After several months of preparation and promotion followed by a thorough judging process, 21 films have been selected for the third annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival.
The Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF) has drawn in an amazing 60 entries to this year’s festival, up from 44 last year and 33 in the first year.
A jury will select the films that will be shown at the festival on January 18th and 19th at the Malaspina Theatre and awarded prizes by a final panel of judges.
“We are thrilled with the quality of films,” said VISFF organizer Johnny Blakeborough.
All short listed films will be shown at the January 18th and 19th screenings with the chance to win awards in several categories.
Hayley Sales, actress and singer from Vancouver Island, has released her second album titled Sunseed distributed by Universal Music Canada.
Hayley won the VISFF best acting award for her performance in the 2006 best short film “It Haunts Me” by Richard Olak.
Nanaimo’s film community is alive and well.
The second-annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival was a huge success, with a sold out crowd enjoying seventeen incredible short films.
“Things went great,” said John Gardiner, Nanaimo Arts Council program coordinator and festival co-organizer.
Continue reading ‘2007 Vancouver Island Short Film Festival a Great Success’
After several months of preparation and promotion followed by a thorough judging process, seventeen films have been selected for the second annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival.
The first-ever Vancouver Island Short Film Festival was a huge success, with a sold out crowd enjoying fifteen incredible short films.