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Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival is open for submissions!

Early Deadline: 1 November 2024
Regular Deadline: 1 January 2025
Late Deadline: 1 February 2025

CineVic is proud to be the primary supplier of RED Digital Cinema camera rentals on Vancouver Island. Meet our fleet:

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Great films start here.

CineVic is an artist-run society supporting independent filmmakers and media artists with accessible community programming, affordable equipment, professional development resources, and cinematic exhibition opportunities since 1991.

We acknowledge and respect the long and continuing history of the Lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, on whose traditional and unceded territory we carry out our creative activities.

What We Offer

Membership

CineVic Membership is open to anyone who demonstrates filmmaking or videography ability, or interest in developing this ability.

Members enjoy reduced rates on equipment rentals, discounts on workshops, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Equipment

CineVic has the gear for your
🎥 indie film
🎨 media art
🎬 web series
🖼️ documentary
▶ viral video
Join up to get member rates!

Programming

Participate in workshops, mentorships, and creation programs. Apply for professional development, production, and exhibition opportunities. Attend screenings, artist talks, and collaborative networking events.

Push In - The CineVic Podcast
Season 4 now streaming!

Listen to host and longtime CineVic member Joyce Kline interviewing filmmakers, artists, creators, and enthusiasts at home and abroad about their craft. Find us on AppleSpotify, or your favourite podcast app.

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Check out some photos from our recent One Take Super 8 screenings in October 2024.

Check out the award winners and photos from our 12th Annual Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival in May 2024.

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Did you know that CineVic has a collection of over 200 movie titles on 16mm celluloid film, donated to us over the past 30+ years from the NFB, universities, libraries, and filmmakers?

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Latest News

That’s a wrap on Season 4 of Push In!

October 23, 2024

That’s a wrap on Season 4 of Push In – The CineVic Podcast! Thanks again to our captivating guests from the class of 2024: Connor Gaston, Emanuel Foucault, Ana de…

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🚨 New Equipment Alert 🚨

July 18, 2024

We’ve got a load of new equipment at CineVic including our new RED Komodo-X camera package, Aputure Daylight LED Lighting, and equipment carts! Our newest addition to our collection of…

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Summer Staff 2024

July 8, 2024

CineVic welcomes our first-ever staff hired through the Canada Summer Jobs program! Ava Creed (left) returns as Equipment Assistant, helping our members with equipment rentals and onboarding some new gear…

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Video Gallery

Sit back and enjoy some amazing work by CineVic members, and revisit some of our past programming. Go ahead. Binge.

79 Summers

2021  ­3:15 minutes ­ Directed by Ella Privet This film was shot for CineVic’s One-Take Super 8 event. 79 Summers is a tribute to nature’s poetry and how unexpected friendships…

The Museum of the Abortion Wars

2024  ­17:30 minutes ­ Directed by Joyce Kline A 22nd century audience attends a TED-style presentation on a divisive conflict of the past—the battle over abortion rights.

We Came From The Sea

2021  ­10:30 minutes ­ Directed by Jeremy Lutter Einar is an addict, recently abandoned by his wife and five year-old daughter. As he fights to go clean in their oceanside…

Topaz Skate Park on Super 8

2023  ­3:33 minutes ­ Directed by Tyson Laidler Experimental attempt to mount a super 8 camera onto a DJI Ronin. Shot at the new Topaz Skate Park with an old…

Woo Woo

2021 ­3:20 minutes ­ Directed by Tyson Laidler Woo Woo is a short super 8 film strongly inspired by my childhood love of big classic locomotive trains. As a kid,…

The Dog – A Rapidly Condensed Guide to Treading Water

2024  ­14:20 minutes ­ Directed by Michael Makaroff An underwriter recounts his career in body part insurance sales in an attempt to affirm his life choices.

Tarantinator

2024  4:29 minutes ­ Directed by Ali Tahmasebi Chris, a big Tarantino fan, and his friend Ben, come across a poster promoting a live Q&A with Quentin Tarantino. With the…

Nicky MacKenzie – Morals (Official Music Video)

2024  ­3:00 minutes ­ Directed by Leta Cushing-Woodcock Music video for “Morals” by Nicky MacKenzie.

Babble On

2019  ­10:14 minutes ­ Directed by Robert David Simpson Three male gang members, MICKEY, CHARLIE, ART, are sent from London to Canada to pick up a key and a suitcase…

The Door Between Worlds (Captioned Version)

2020  7:16 minutes ­ Directed by Sarah Nicole Faucher Cast out from one world, Aithne must find another. But before going through the door between worlds, she must face the…

Mystic Beach 4K

2023  ­2:53 minutes ­ Directed by Tyson Laidler Short video highlighting the sights and sounds of Mystic Beach on the Juan De Fuca Trail.  

Wormies

2023  ­19:48 minutes ­ Directed by Octavian Kaul In 1980s suburbia, a distant family is forced to come together when the hottest new toy, a cute aquatic pet, mutates into…

on departure

2023  3:00 minutes ­ Directed by Lee Ingram During a farewell visit to a special spot on the territories of Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay) First Nations, Lee recalls memories of rest…

TWO (Official Music Video)

2024  2:16 minutes ­ Directed by Shiraz Higgins bbno$ – two (official music video)

Ersatz Cats

2021 ­3:20 minutes ­ Directed by Suzanne Moreau Ersatz Cats is about humans acting as cats acting as humans acting as cats. Think “Victor/Victoria” fluidity – but cats. Inspired by…

Ace Venturers

2024  3:26 minutes ­ Directed by Ali Tahmasebi For more than 4 years, I have been part of a group of volleyball players that play every weekend during the summer…

Membership

CineVic Members enjoy benefits such as networking and volunteer opportunities, discounts on workshops, programs, and equipment rental, and more!