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Samantha Chater makes directing debut with 16mm short With You at VIFF
Samantha Chater’s first film as director runs five minutes, was shot on 16mm and is structured around archival correspondence.
Joella Cabalu takes the rom-com past the meet-cute in First Comes Love: Nakabingwit
Joella Cabalu grew up in the 1990s watching romantic comedies as, in her words, an “instruction manual” for relationships.
Soran Mardookhi’s The Flight follows PS752 families’ years-long pursuit of accountability
Before Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was downed on Jan. 8, 2020, Soran Mardookhi spoke with his brother in Sanandaj, in Iranian Kurdistan.
Arnold Lim brings rural B.C. experience to The Bryce Lee Story at VIFF
Thirteen-year-old Bryce Lee wants to make movies, and he wants the kids at his new school on Vancouver Island to take him seriously. He tells them he is related to Bruce Lee.
Musqueam cousins Faith Sparrow-Crawford and Scarlett Sparrow-Felix bring Take Care to VIFF
In October 2024, while her first short as a director, Uncommon Ground, was screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Musqueam filmmaker Faith Sparrow-Crawford was already talking about another film she was developing with her cousin, Scarlett Sparrow-Felix.
B.C. filmmakers Hayley Gray and Kaayla Whachell bring Send the Rain to VIFF
A project Hayley Gray began developing during British Columbia’s 2018 wildfire season will have its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival this fall as a 94-minute feature.
From Mosquers award winner to feature director: Ilhan Abdullahi brings Lifeline to Edmonton
Two years after taking home audience and performance honours at Edmonton’s Mosquers Film Festival, Somali-Canadian filmmaker Ilhan Abdullahi returned to the festival with her feature directorial debut.