Living in HOpe: Talking Mental Health with Melanie Wood
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“Every time I do a film, I come away being a better person myself. We need to accept that we aren’t always so accepting, and try to change that.”
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Vancouver Horror Show: Off to a Spookily Strong Start
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The short film can hone in on one horrific note and carry it until its breaking point.
Read MoreJackson Wai Chung Tse 謝瑋聰: Breaking the Silence, Taking Space
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“It’s all about bridging the gap, about humanizing stories and allowing people to feel connected with people that they feel at odds with, that they feel different from, maybe a little bit afraid of as well.”
Read MoreVIFF Immersed: Biidaaban: First Light
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“A journey through decolonization, and into Indigenous Futurism, where the land’s future is a cyclic return to its past […] The experience was eight minutes long, and yet its imagining of a different future and the poignancy of the message had an effect that many could not have if they took hours.”
Read MoreVIFF 2018: ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch
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The horrors of ANTHROPOCENE are very real, but so are the glimmers of hope. We are, as the filmmakers insist, all implicated, but we are also capable of enacting positive change.
Read MoreVIFF 2018: The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs
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The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs is both sharply specific to the Bosnian experience and universal in its themes, making it impressively versatile and a necessary film to watch. Something in the film will speak to you.
Read MoreHazel Isle: An Interview with Jessica Johnson
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“I got really into the idea of witnessing what landscape can tell us about human history, and how people have utilized, abused, or taken the land they live on for granted.”
Read MoreMeet September's Featured Artist: Sarah Davidson!
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Sarah Davidson works between drawing and painting to investigate the interconnected organisms of the natural world. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr, and is currently earning an MFA from the University of Guelph.
Web Editor Sarah chatted with Sarah Davidson about the conversation between science and art, plant cognition, and some killer book recommendations. Enjoy!
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