SUBMISSIONS OPEN! ACCEPTING SCRIPTS & FILMS
SUBMISSIONS OPEN! ACCEPTING SCRIPTS & FILMS
Festival 2025 April 3-6/25
Let’s celebrate the power of a good story together!
DEADLINE APPROACHING! Accepting submissions August 14 to December 27, 2024
Festival 2024: May 3-5
celebrating the power of a good story together.
The Films
Feature Films
Seagrass
May 3 @ 7:30pm
The Great Salish Heist
May 4 @ 8:00pm
Short Films
International Short Films
Canadian Short Films
Vancouver Island Short Films
Film Programs
Program 1
Experimental
Friday May 3 @ 1:00pm
Program 2
Overcome
Friday May 3 @ 4:00pm
Program 3
Connection
Saturday May 3 @ 12:30pm
Program 3
Community
Saturday May 3 @ 3:30pm
Guest Panel & Saturday Night Feature Film
Guest Panel & Saturday Night Feature Film
ONE TICKET - TWO EVENTS
Saturday May 4 starting 6:30pm
An inspirational guest panel of industry creatives will take the stage to discuss the idea of free creativity versus the discipline of craft and the importance of maintaining an independent voice.
With Michael Bruce Adams (writer), Fredrik Thorsen (editor), James Brown (producer) and the producers of The Great Salish Heist, Leslie Bland and Harold C. Joe.
Saturday May 4 at 8:00pm
BC Night Feature Film The Great Salish Heist - A down-on-his-luck First Nations Archeologist seeking redemption teams up with a group of misfits from the Rez to break into a museum and reclaim sacred artifacts that rightfully belong to their people. Starring Darrell Dennis, Graham Greene, Ashley Callingbull, Taylor Kinequon, Andrea Menard, Craig Lauzon, Malcolm Sparrow-Crawford and Tricia Helfer.
The Schedule
The Workshops
7 Steps to Profound Dialogue
with Michael B. Adams
Three Point Lighting Made Easy
with Michael B. Adams
Confessions from the Edit Suite
with Fredrik Thorsen
Screenwriting Demystified
with Fredrik Thorsen
Directing Actors; an Insider’s guide
with Allyson Leet