http://visff.com Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:28:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://visff.com/2009-call-for-filmmaker-submisions/ 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 ... http://visff.com/the-visff-2009-is-looking-for-sponsors/ 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. ... http://visff.com/local-filmmaker-shows-his-film-at-cannes/ 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. "It was a spectacular night," said Johnny Blakeborough, festival co-organizer. "We expected a good turnout in our third year, but things ... http://visff.com/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. 60 original short films were entered into the festival by local filmmakers. A jury selected 21 films that will be shown at the festival ... http://visff.com/21-short-films-chosen-for-2008-visff/ 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 ... http://visff.com/vancouver-island-short-film-festival/ 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. http://visff.com/visff-acting-award-winner-releases-new-album/ 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. "We expected a good turnout in our second year, but things ... http://visff.com/2007-vancouver-island-short-film-festival-a-huge-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. 44 original short films were entered into the festival by local filmmakers. A jury selected 17 films that will be shown at the festival ... http://visff.com/films-chosen-for-festival/ The first-ever Vancouver Island Short Film Festival was a huge success, with a sold out crowd enjoying fifteen incredible short films. "Things went great," said John Gardiner, Nanaimo Arts Council program coordinator. "We expected a lot of support for the festival, but things went even better than expected. Some of the ... http://visff.com/vancouver-island-short-film-festival-a-huge-success/