Category: films


VCAD-Winter Open House

So Vancouver has a film legacy, some experience, some schools, and some appetite.

Last years grad…

Canada institutions for visuals are comprehensive…

Tiff

Toronto international film festival is a Not-For-Profit forum for film making and presentation in Toronto Canada.

Theater companies

Besides Vancouver area, we also have Toronto and other parts of where there is Visual arts are performed.

Within quick access it to us in Merritt. British Columbia is the western Canada theater company with multiple event use in Kamloops British Columbia.

Successful Films

A concept photo of a very successful Canadian film

What’s playing, see John Candy’s famous Canadian bacon. Go to Tiff.

It’s playing soon.

Tiff Rewind

Lets us know in the comments…

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Vancouver international film festival 170 films starting soon.

That’s a great event to look forward to! The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is a major celebration of cinema here.Based on the current information, VIFF 2025 is scheduled to run from Thursday, October 2nd to Sunday, October 12th.Here are some highlights of what you can expect: * Extensive Program: The festival features a spectacular roster of over 170 feature films and 80 shorts, showcasing exceptional cinema from around the globe. * Film Variety: The lineup includes Canadian and international premieres, documentaries, features from different genres, and a focus on various countries (like a “Spotlight on Korea” this year). * Special Events: Beyond the film screenings, VIFF typically includes: * Galas and Special Presentations: High-profile screenings, sometimes with special guests. For example, the opening film for 2025 is Nouvelle Vague from director Richard Linklater. * VIFF Talks: Conversations and Q&A sessions with filmmakers, writers, and industry professionals. * VIFF Live: Unique events, including live performances and live scores to films. * Industry Events: Like the VIFF Amp Music in Media Summit, which focuses on music in film. * Venues: Screenings take place across various venues in Vancouver, including the VIFF Centre, Vancouver Playhouse, and others.It’s one of Canada’s largest film festivals, so there’s always a huge variety of content to explore! You can check the official VIFF website for the full schedule and ticket information.

October will be great in Vancouver. Yay for the shorts!

Tiff- 50  Lightbox World Premiere

Forever in mind…

Loss of love is interrupted by an engagement of a clinical trial that hooks up a grieving partner to a dead mate through lucid dreams.

” this was supposed to help you overcome emotional dependency.”

It starts July 4th 2025… 118 minutes, Spain, Belgium,2024.

Editor’s Note: grief is something to very much respect and be careful how you deal with it. + Plus be very concerned about other people’s feelings.

Tiff

Saturday daily to June the 25th,

” we must preserve our regional identity”

From Ukraine? no Syrian…

Comedy, Western European, sexual language.

If You catch this film over the weekend do us a service and describe your take on what was presented.

France 2024, 101 minutes…

Tiff lightbox, Caught in the tides…Cannes 2024..

“constructed to break your heart”…

Opinion

In recent years, young boys growing up in China face a unique cultural challenge as they navigate the shift between traditional expectations and modern influences. As families become more urbanized and globalized, boys often feel the pressure to excel academically while adhering to societal notions of masculinity that prioritize strength and stoicism. This clash manifests in experiences at school, where peer dynamics can encourage competitiveness and emotional suppression, contrasting with the softer, nurturing ideas promoted by some contemporary parenting styles. Increasingly, boys are finding themselves at a crossroads, balancing the desire to conform with the freedom to express their individuality, leading to a rich tapestry of boyhood experiences that reflect both the weight of tradition and the possibilities of change.

Sandra, context builder

Adventure romance…

Sandra and Ryan convenience marriage, film 2009
Urban fare will always need partnerships.

The Heat

Partnership is two ways…

We love Sandra Bullock, her vitality personality, and presence is always uplifting and full of life, humor. And good punctuation.

Courage and resilance

Film coming out of a pandemic is inspiring when you consider the context of what people were suffering. Worth watching as context to your life and leisure going on.

Designated as one of the 100 most influential people in 2010.

Bell lightbox Maria

Tiff…

Films are great

Camille, a draft from 2010

Proprietor Review
published – Monthly:By KDG , Communications 

Volume 3, Issue 8

 

August 1 2010 One Dollar and twenty cents and HST No charge online
Review : Camille

David Caridine, Ed Lanther, Scott Glenn.

DVD, Format 2009 PG 13

Kentucky setting for this film, with elected sheriffs with wide-brimmed Stetson Hats makes for a perfect place and stage for a parody on marriage. Camille played by Siemna Milkr is going to get married to her fixation of a boyfriend and not be put off by anything including death. The parody of a person desperate to be married is made real by images such as her taking her own wedding pictures with a Polaroid Camera ,and having to coax an affirmative response to the I do question from her betrothed. An accident intervenes on the way to Niagara Falls and the fun starts. The story line goes from plain parody to fairy tale with images that should incite caution in those planning for a wedding.
Without giving away the ending we can say that with a cowboy circus character played by David Caridine the film takes you to a feeling of satire. Calling into questions the worth of fairy tales making sense of painful issues in life. James Franco playing the groom in a role that a reasonable person would think a lesson for being in control of your life, and with deference to the things that come at you. Misadventure and allowing events that normally would put someone behind bars translates in to comedy, and a fairy tale deliverance .The real tangible value to this film is for those planning or have had a wedding.
A couple could use the story as a frame of reference to say well it was not as bad as that. ( Camille)

For a comedy and distraction from life this films Rates :

Dearly Beloved we are gathered here!

Film Rates, Four Stars****

GOOD

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Review: Nicola Valley Honey

Produced by Nicola Valley Apiaries, just outside Merritt on Coldwater Road by Meg Paulson, proprietor and partner . The product is widely distributed in British Colombia. The honey as sampled by a token sample given out at a local business development societies function (government mandated) is clear and golden. It has a consistency of liquid and a thickness that is not frustrating for use as spread or sweetener for hot drinks.

The honey got, Best All Round Honey in the National Post on Oct 7th 2006.The business is in its 30th year producing this year 60 thousand pounds of honey. A one Kilo Gram jar is 11 dollars at the downtown tourist information booth in Merritt, and is available at the Quilchena Store, Nicola Ranch Store and local super markets Also available in fruit stands in th Similkemeen including Keremeos and in the Okanogan. It is available also in supermarkets in Vancouver at Coopers and others.

For a good all round Honey Nicola Valley Honey (gold lettering ):

Gold lettered , Nicola Valley Honey

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TGIF- Baskets and Bowls

Annual general meeting:

The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is having it’s AGM on November 8th at the next door Kekuli Café. Start time is seven pm.

On this Day: October 15th 1957

Mira Nair born.

Healing bowls

Art center came in part from the
interest of the Valley Visual Artists

Japan a sea going seafood nation.

Japan is a seafood loving , long life expectancy, going to sea nation. Claiming poverty for living space because of a lage population on 5 main islands, there are thousands of small islands under their control .

Dolphins range about and have individual characters

Dolphins are distinct from Porpoise ( not by being aimless and without porpoise) but by their teeth Dolphin teeth are conical Porpoise teeth are Flattened.

Japanese History as Seamen

The Japanese have a tradition of seamanship and vessels. They are not to be mistaken for the Chinese and their junks. Both have a long trading history with the middle east and the sill road when it was mostly navigated by following the long coastline. Their craft resembles the Arabic sloops of that time.

On this Day: September 1st 1969

Yesterday is released by the Beatles.

Art and stuff, hello Hollywood…

Golden age of Hollywood

The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council has Judy Young at their gallery , corner of Nicola and Voght in Merritt BC. The Show will go on until June 17th at regular gallery hours.

Her show includes a black and white pencil pastel of screen actress Marlene Dietrich. One of Judy’s favorite classical actors. Marlene was a driven force in eight decades of screen. Playing with greats like Spencer Tracy and Jimmie Stewart, Marlene had a big input to what was called the Golden age of Hollywood. The painting ” one of my babies” according to Judy has a powerful effect in the demonstration of the show.

Classical movie buff come and see.

Judies show is a mixed image show about her interests and includes besides Dietrich’s some from Vancouver streets in the 50’s and old rural barns from the Nicola and much more.

On this Day June 8th 1912

Universal Studios is incorporated.