Live Event
CINE⚡SPARK Pitch Event
Online19 May 2021
CINE⚡SPARK Pitch Event ~ Wednesday May 19th 2021 @ 7pm PDT ~part of the 9th annual Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival ~ Now in its fifth year, CINE⚡SPARK annually awards a production package of cash, equipment, and services worth over $17,500 to an outstanding short screenplay by a filmmaker from the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands region. The winner will have a year to complete the film and premiere it at next year’s Short Circuit Film Festival. The Top 5 have been chosen — now YOU can watch them pitch their projects LIVE!
Film Slam! 48-Hour Filmmaking Challenge
11-13 June 2021
The 48 Film Festival (aka. The 48) is a brand new Canada-wide short filmmaking challenge -- for one weekend, participants will write, shoot, direct, score, edit and finish a short film in 48 hours.
All filmmakers who register and complete their film by the deadline will be screened locally in each participating province and territory, then the top 2 films selected from each province and territory will appear together on the big screen at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto in March 2022.
For filmmakers on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, CineVic is resurrecting the FILM SLAM! name from our time-crunch filmmaking challenges in the early 2000s.
One Take Super 8 Event 2021
Alix Goolden Performance Hall 907 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada23 October 2021
CineVic is SUPER excited to announce Vancouver Island’s second edition of the One Take Super 8 Event — this time in full Kodak colour! A fun, non-competitive, community-driven creation and exhibition opportunity for intrigued newbies, amateur artists, and professional filmmakers alike. Get your advance tickets now and join us in-person or online for the limited-capacity hybrid screening event!
Cinematography w/ Amy Belling *new date*
Online15 November 2021
*new date*
Cinematographer Amy Belling, csc will discuss the Director/Cinematographer relationship from finding the right creative partnership during the interview process to communication and how to discuss visuals during pre-production, production and post. At the end of the day, the cinematographer works to realize the director’s vision through storytelling, creative collaboration, leadership, time management, the marriage of both the creative/technical and inspires each collaborator to bring their best ideas, ethics and talent to the table to create the visual language best suited to tell the story.
Development & Distribution w/ Jason Karman
Online4 December 2021
You have a great story. How do you develop it? And once it's finished, how do you find your audience? Relationship building remains the heart of excellent film producing; one fosters trust and creates opportunity while advancing stories. In Canada, making a film ethically matters, and representation is a goal worth striving for. Social media has become the primary tool for finding information and connecting people. No longer does one need to have a great story, but the question now shifts to why are you the right person to tell this story? This workshop will help emerging writer-directors interested in being auteurs produce their stories and manage future relationships.
CineVic’s Merry Members Mingler
The Fernwood Inn 1302 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada8 December 2021
It's been a while! And you've been busy, with lots of indie film projects on the go -- so there's plenty to chat about. Cap off 2021 with your fellow #yyj filmmakers and friends at the CineVic Merry Members Mingler!