Vancouver Short Film Festival - tickets - and International Animation Day

[Jill Pearson]

In case you haven't heard, tickets to the Vancouver Short Film Festival are on sale now!

This year, we celebrate International Animation Day on October 28, BC's best short films, and our fifth anniversary.

When: Thursday-Friday, October 28-29, 2010
Where: Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street & Davie, Vancouver
How: Purchase online at www.vsff.com or at the door (subject to availability). Tickets are $8-10 online, passes $40-45. Door sales will be more expensive so get yours now!

Schedule:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 – INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY

2:45pm – NFB’s New Release Program
(FREE – first come, first served) Featuring Higglety Pigglety Pop! based on Maurice Sendak's book. Co-produced by Spike Jonze, voices by Meryl Streep and Forest Whitaker.

5:30pm – Panel: "Using Animation in your Short Film" featuring Emilie Goulet, Mario Pochat, Martin Rose, and moderator Jeff Chiba Stearns

7:30pm – Emerging Filmmakers Screening sponsored by ICBC
Featuring the top films from BC’s post-secondary students
MC: Marke Driesschen of CTV

Opening Reception and Emerging Filmmakers Awards Ceremony
(free with ticket or pass purchase)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
MC: Greg Kettner

2:30pm – World’s Best Shorts

5:00pm – Best of VSFF’s 5 Years Screening
Including the top two films from the 2010 Emerging Filmmakers and Professional Filmmakers categories

7:30pm – Professional Filmmakers Screening sponsored by Finale Editworks
Featuring the best of BC’s professional artists

Closing Party and Professional Filmmakers Awards Ceremony
(free with ticket or pass purchase)

To download the October newsletter, visit: www.vsff.com/media/press/VSFFenewsoct10.pdf

Highlights include:

- News & articles: Emily Carr goes 3D; Online crowd funding; film festivals keep the indie film world alive
- Upcoming events: Operation Babylift, MDM Open house, and Celluloid Social Club presents BLOODSHOTS CANADA Oct. 27th
- Upcoming submission deadlines and film festivals: Women in Film Festival,  NSI Online Film Festival, & WIDC workshop.

The 2010 VSFF is generously sponsored by CTV, Vancouver 24 Hours, Movieola The Short Film Channel, William F. White, Columbia Academy, and High Deaf Productions.

[Jill Pearson]

From the VSFF Website:

Final Volunteer call: We are looking for a few more volunteers to help with set up and screening shifts between 1-5pm on both Thursday and Friday. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Alana Hittrich at volunteer (at) vsff.com if you are able to volunteer.

A few more teasers:

    * We are expecting a surprise “Special Guest” to be at the festival – this is so top secret, most of our staff do not even know who it is!
    * We are partnering with the National Film Board of Canada to bring you a FREE screening of their New Release Program on October 28th, International Animation Day.
    * Our panel this year is entitled “Using animation in your short film” (also on International Animation Day) and will feature a discussion with some of our top animators: Mario Pochat, Emilie Goulet, Martin Rose, and moderator Jeff Chiba Stearns.
    * We bring back World’s Best Shorts to show you some of the world’s top award-winning shorts from the British Academy Awards, Tribeca Film Festival, CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Palm Springs Short Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival, among others.
    * See the best of BC’s Emerging Filmmakers from film schools across BC, and professional artists right in our backyard.
    * It’s our fifth year – since we started as the Vancouver Student Film Festival in 2005, we’ve overcome some amazing feats and ’student film’ stereotypes. Be sure to join us in celebrating our fifth birthday with a special retrospective screening of our top shorts since 2005, and the best two from 2010 as voted by our judges.

Be sure to book your calendars off for October 28 & 29!

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