13th Annual
Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival
May 1-3, 2025
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Create your projects in Super 8, 16mm, 4K, and 8K formats. Participate in workshops, mentorships, and production programs. Apply for professional development and exhibition opportunities. Attend screenings, artist talks, and networking events.
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Instagram Takeovers by CineVic Members
Check out some photos from our recent One Take Super 8 screenings in October 2024.
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
Equipment Price Drop
EQUIPMENT PRICE DROP Just in time for your Spring and Summer projects, we are lowering the member rental rates for a few of our cameras and a gimbal: ‼️ RED…
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Equipment & Insurance Pricing Update
Please note the following equipment price increases will take effect on February 1, 2025. Listed below are the new member rates. Contact us for any questions or go ahead…
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Introducing our Short Circuit 2025 Screeners
Introducing the team of screeners for our 13th annual Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival coming up in May 2025 in Victoria / Lək̓ʷəŋən Territory / BC / Canada! These…
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Sit back and enjoy some amazing work by CineVic members, and revisit some of our past programming. Go ahead. Binge.
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…
TWO (Official Music Video)
2024 2:16 minutes Directed by Shiraz Higgins bbno$ – two (official music video)
LOW ALAMODE – TERROR (Official Music Video)
2024 3:20 minutes Directed by Brodie Calis LOW ALAMODE – TERROR (Official Music Video). Created for CineVic’s 2024 One Take Super 8 event.
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.
Worms
2024 3:20 minutes Directed by Alex Skorochid This film is intended as a celebration of the resiliency of the earth and the joy of children shown through the simple…
200 Seconds on Scafe Hill
2024 3:20 minutes Directed by Nick Noble Due to a scheduling mixup, I ended up only having a single evening to plan and shoot my film. I lugged the…
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…
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,…
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…
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.
Nicky MacKenzie – Morals (Official Music Video)
2024 3:00 minutes Directed by Leta Cushing-Woodcock Music video for “Morals” by Nicky MacKenzie.
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…
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…
The Way Back Home
2024 3:20 minutes Directed by My-Le Vu My-Le Vu (she/her) is a second-generation Vietnamese screenwriter. “The Way Back Home” is a love letter to the neighbourhood she grew up…
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…
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…
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