
Vancouver International Film Festival launches Institute for the Moving Image
By shifting from festival-centric development to the creative Institute model, VIFF aims to become a more valuable resource to filmmakers.

By shifting from festival-centric development to the creative Institute model, VIFF aims to become a more valuable resource to filmmakers.

Airstrikes near historic districts in Tehran and Isfahan have damaged cultural monuments that have survived for centuries.

The author of Women Without Men, Shahrnunsh Parsipur, was jailed for her frank depiction of female sexuality.

Paintings by Nyahunzvi retain Zimbabwe’s art traditions, often in original ways.

According to the Vancouver-based performing arts company Raga Echoes, OSTād’s is designed for mainstream audiences who love film music.

Weeks later, a single word from the Super Bowl half-time show continues to reverberate across social media: “Canadá”.

Artist Mustaali Raj’s composition draws from textile traditions and digital architectures as it reimagines the spirit of the horse.

Rafiki is a charming urban Kenyan love story in which two teenage girls’ close friendship slowly turns into first love.

A Vancouver-based Iranian visual arts group, the VIVA Alliance, has teamed up with the Asian-Canadian Special Events Association.

Seven artists will be at Performance Works on Saturday (February 28) to celebrate the creativity of the Asian-Canadian drag community.










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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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