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The 6th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival will be a retrospective of the past 5 years. The 16 films selected will be shown on February 11th, 7 PM – at the Malaspina Theatre at the Nanaimo VIU campus.
Judges selected the films that they felt best represented the last 5 years of the VISFF. Films were chosen to make sure each year and each category was included while keeping the show exciting. Award winning films and specifically People’s Choice winners were given the highest priority.
Continue reading ‘Films Selected for the VISFF 2011 Retrospective Show’
The Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF) will be celebrating five years of local film excellence with a retrospective screening on February 11th, 2011.
Continue reading ‘VISFF 2011 Press Release’
Dear filmmakers and film lovers
This year there are many more challenges to putting on the festival than in previous years but the Nanaimo Arts Council and the festival team are committed to ensuring the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival is on-going. You may be aware, there have been numerous government cuts to funding for arts and culture. This has had an impact on our programming budget. Therefore, we will not be accepting film entries for VISFF 2011. We hope to offer a special 5 year retrospective event in early 2011. We will be hearing from potential funding sources by the end of November. We will update the local film community with regards to anticipated plans for 2011 shortly thereafter. Thank you for your continued support.
Johnny Blakeborough
Director Vancouver Island Short Film Festival
admin@visff.com
A Q&A panel with local filmmakers will be held on opening night of the fifth annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival.
Continue reading ‘VISFF announces Q&A With Local Filmmakers After Friday Night Show’
Greetings
Tickets for the 5th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival are now on sale. The festival will include a screening of the 13 selected films and an awards ceremony for best films in several categories with prizes for winning filmmakers.
The 2010 festival will take place on two nights. Opening night will be Friday, February 12 and the second showing will be Saturday, February 13h. Both nights will commence at 7 p.m. at the Vancouver Island University theatre. Awards and an after party will be presented following the screening on the 13th.
Continue reading ‘VISFF 2010 Tickets On Sale Now!’
After several months of preparation and promotion, followed by a thorough judging process, thirteen films have been selected for the 5th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival.
This year we were flooded with great original short films. Over the Christmas holidays a three-person jury selected 13 films that will be shown at the festival on February 12th and 13th – 7 PM – at the Malaspina Theatre at the Nanaimo VIU campus. The festival will include a screening of the 13 selected films and an awards ceremony for best films in several categories with prizes for winning filmmakers.
“The quality of storytelling, technical aptitude and artistry is improving every year,” said VISFF director Johnny Blakeborough.
Hundreds of local film buffs came out to Malaspina Theatre last weekend to celebrate the work of local filmmakers at the 4th annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from filmmakers and film watchers. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this possible!