FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
Enter to WIN one of several prizes including coffee, gift baskets, movies, CineVic merch and free equipment rental!
Only $5 per ticket.
Winners will be drawn and announced at Film Festivus on Sunday December 1st.
Play the famous Benji’s Pub Quiz, watch some Holiday Home Movies, mingle with local filmmakers and the arts community, and enjoy some quality food and drink.
Learn the entire filmmaking process in 10 workshops over 8 months!
Get hands-on mentorship from experts in every field, from screenwriting to production design to video editing!
Incubate your film project and get free equipment to shoot it!
MAY 1+2, 2020
The only Pacific Rim film festival in the world!
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
Submit your short screenplay for a chance to pitch your project and earn $17,500 worth of equipment, services, and cash to make the film!
Open to writers and filmmakers from the Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands region.
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
Great films start here.
CineVic is an artist-run society which supports independent filmmakers and media artists with accessible programming, affordable equipment, professional development resources, and cinematic exhibition opportunities.
What We Offer
Membership
CineVic Membership is open to anyone who demonstrates filmmaking or videography ability, or interest in developing this ability in the art and craft of filmmaking and videography.
Equipment
CineVic has the gear for your
🎥 indie film
🎨 media art
🎬 web series
🖼️ documentary
▶ viral video
Join up to get member rates!
Workshops & Programming
Attend workshops and training sessions. Apply for professional development and film production opportunities. Participate in screenings, artist talks, collaborations and networking events.
Upcoming Events
CineVic Fundraising Raffle 2019
16 November 2019 – 1 December 2019
Enter to win one of several prizes including coffee, gift baskets, movies, CineVic merch and equipment rental! Only $5 per ticket. Tickets are on sale NOW. Winners will be drawn and announced at Film Festivus on Sunday December 1st.
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Joyce Kline – Artist Talk
22 November 2019
Join us for an artist talk by local Production Designer Joyce Kline. CineVic is happy to have Joyce as the fourth mentor in our new film training program The Incubators! This event is free and open to the public.
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Film Festivus – call for submissions
26 November 2019
CineVic Members: Submit your short film for a chance to showcase your work at our upcoming Film Festivus cabaret fundraiser! This year the theme is Holiday Home Movies. No experience necessary. 5:00 minutes maximum. Submit by November 26th!
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That’s a Wrap on Short Circuit 2019
Another banner year for the Short Circuit Film Festival has come and gone. We welcomed more than 20 local and visiting filmmakers attending from near and far, and garnered our largest audiences yet with a capacity crowd of over 200 for the Local Films program. And now (drum roll please) your 2019 Short Circuit and CINE⚡️SPARK…
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Introducing RED Gemini
The latest addition to our roster of professional-grade cinema cameras. In 2012 CineVic was an early adopter of 4K filmmaking with our RED Scarlet camera. In 2019 we’re taking things to the next level, bringing new 5K capability to filmmakers and media artists on Vancouver Island.
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Film Festivus 2018
Thank you to everyone that came out to our SOLD OUT Film Festivus show at The Mint on Dec. 1! We resurrected films from Festivus’ past, while host Jennifer Elle Cannon and comedians Curran Dobbs, Piper Gordon, and Evan Mumford brought the laughs — definitely a night to remember.
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Sit back and enjoy some amazing work by CineVic members, and relive some of our past programming. Go ahead. Binge.
Fire Spell
An apprentice learns that wizards make mistakes that can not be undone by anyone else in the world. Written by Sarah Nicole Faucher.
Pity Party – Teaser Trailer
There’s no worse time to experience a mid-mid life crisis, than during the end of the world. Directed by Ashley Good.
Cascadia (trailer)
In the Pacific Northwest, a lucrative water privatization scheme capsizes on the rocky marriage of a broke hydrologist. Directed by Jim Knox.
Intimate & Interactive w/ Sandy Wilson
CineVic was honoured to partner with the Fairmont Empress to present Canadian film director Sandy Wilson in conversation with a local audience and online viewers.
Intimate & Interactive w/ Atom Egoyan
CineVic was honoured to partner with the Fairmont Empress and Reel Canada to bring Atom Egoyan back to his hometown of Victoria for National Canadian Film Day 150.
CineVic Summer Film Camp 2017: Behind the Scenes
A look back at the CineVic Summer Film Camp held July 17-21, 2017 at St. Ann’s Academy National Historic Site in Victoria, BC.
Twisted Triangle
This film was created over the course of a week during the CineVic Summer Film Camp, July 17-21 2017.
Asylum
This film was created over the course of a week during the CineVic Summer Film Camp, July 17-21 2017.
The Journey
Filmed for CineVic’s 2016 Reel-to-Reel Music+Film competition. Directed by Allen Agopsowicz.
Fire / Grossbuster – Erythronium
Filmed for CineVic’s 2014 Reel-to-Reel Music+Film competition. Directed by Bryan Skinner.
Membership
CineVic Membership is open to anyone who demonstrates filmmaking or videography ability/techniques or interest in developing this ability in the art and craft of filmmaking and videography.