6pm Festival opens!
All screenings at Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay

7:00 pm - Opening Night Feature Film - The Art of Adventure

*Script Competition winners announced prior to screening.

9:00pm - Party at Gladstone Brewing Co.
244 4th Street - right across the street from the Sid Williams Theatre

All screenings at Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay

10:00am - Short Film Program - Canada’s Best
Filmmakers in attendance! Stay after for a Q & A.

1:00pm - Short Film Program - Best of the Island and Beyond
Filmmakers in Attendance! Stay after for a Q & A

7:00pm - Feature Film Akashi
When Kana, a Japanese artist living in Vancouver, returns to Tokyo for her grandmother’s funeral, she finds herself caught between two worlds — the life she’s built abroad and the one she left behind. As family expectations close in and an old flame, Hiro, reappears, Kana begins to question where she truly belongs.
Filmmakers in Attendance! Stay after for a Q & A

10:00 - 11:30 am - Live Script Readings Gladstone Brewing Co. 244 4th Street, Courtenay
Hear the winning short film scripts read live by local actors. This is a free event.

10:00am - Short Film Program - Around The World
The films in this program stand up and deliver. Life is full of challenges, it's how we deal with them that makes us who we are.

7:00pm - Closing Night Feature Film
Dancing On The Elephant

*Short Film Winners in each category announced prior to screening.

9:00pm - Party at Gladstone Brewing Co.