Five B.C. original films to check out at this years VFF February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Christopher Driscoll and Lucas Hung Victoria Film Festival launches with an array of BC Films. Here is a list of five BC originals to check out in this year’s collection.
Inaugural University of Victoria Indigenous Film Festival features three short films created by Indigenous UVic students and alumni November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Kiley Verbowski On Nov. 13, the Native Students Union hosted their first ever Indigenous film festival live at Cinecenta and online. The event featured three short films produced by recent Indigenous UVic
Documenting resilience: Three local filmmakers document the struggles of homelessness and trauma October 23, 2020November 9, 2020 Alec Lazenby Three individuals are telling the stories of Victoria’s street community, as well as their own, in a mutual healing process
Michèle Stephenson’s film Stateless reveals anti-Black sentiments in the Dominican Republic August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Sumbal Sabah The documentary begins by narrating the story of Moraime. Moraime is a young Haitian who found herself displaced amid the 1937 anti-Haitian massacre which was ordered by Dictator Rafael Trujillo
Indigenous stories from UVic featured in The Camp(us) December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Kate Korte Throughout history, education has been used to further and institutionalize colonialism. A newly released film shot at UVic seeks to unpack those dynamics, connecting the experiences of students at UVic
Beautiful music, rich culture at 10th Latin American and Spanish Film Week October 4, 2019October 9, 2019 Glenn Howard Indestructible: The Soul of Salsa Music was shown on September 20th at Cinecenta as part of the 10th Annual Latin American Film Festival. Festival-goers were asked to slide into unused
What is feminist porn? February 10, 2019 Natasha Simpson Despite being a feminist, I have no idea how to define feminist porn. Is it romance-novel sex? Is it women in leather with strap-ons? Can porn even be feminist? Porn...
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ afresh take on the classic January 12, 2019 Blaine Willick With great power comes great responsibility. I think we can all relate to that statement in one way or another. The Spider-Man movies have been a pinnacle of entertainment for the...
Review: Neither Wolf Nor Dog December 9, 2018November 30, 2018 Truly Hunter A haunting and beautiful film Neither Wolf nor Dog follows Kent Nerburn (played by Christopher Sweeney), an author from Minnesota, who is commissioned to write a book about a Native American...
Victoria Film Festival: Adventures in Public School is “comedy done right” March 4, 2018March 3, 2018 Ainsley Dankort Adventures in Public School, co-written by Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein and directed by the former, follows Liam, a lifelong-homeschooled kid played by Daniel Doheny, through his first and final...
