The Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped up last week after two weeks of showcasing over 375 films from 70 countries. I had a festival program riddled with highlights and stars next to films I wanted to check out, but due to my BCIT student schedule (I’m sure you can relate) I could only manage one.…
Men, Women, and Children The feature film Men Women, & Children follows several stories demonstrating how technology can impact your relationships with other people. As someone who is “pro-technology” I was concerned with how the effects were going to be portrayed on camera. Many people are constantly spewing out things like “Technology is ruining our…
White Bird In A Blizzard is about a daughter looking back to a time when her mother disappeared on her and her father. The movie reflects on issues like sex, love, affairs, and jealousy. Starring, Shailene Woodley, as the daughter Kat, Kat leaves curious as to why her mother left her family when she…
A new German teacher takes over a class, and the current students are not too happy about his teaching methods. After only a few days with the new teacher, a tragic event occurs – a student commits suicide. As friends, family, and classmates cope with the death, fingers point to the new instructor, Robert,…
Why are we wasting time and energy producing food when almost half of it is thrown away?
White Bird In A Blizzard is about a daughter looking back to a time when her mother disappeared on her and her father. The movie reflects on issues like sex, love, affairs, and jealousy. Starring Shailene Woodley as daughter, Kat, Kat becomes curious as to why her mother left her family when she was…
When you think of a premise for a romantic comedy, “sexually transmitted disease” is far from the first thing that comes to mind. But after watching hours and hours of contemporary romantic comedies on in-flight TV sets, one Vancouver filmmaker decided it was time to shake up the genre. Thus, the concept for That Burning…
Vancouver International Film Festival opens on September 26 and runs through October 11. With the closure of the historic Granville 7 cinemas, VIFF found a new home at several venues, including the Vancouver Playhouse and The Centre for the Performing Arts. Festival screenings also returned to previously used theatres, such as The Rio on Commercial…