The Persistence of Vision (POV) Film Festival is an annual event showcasing the short films made by students in the Department of Theatre and Film, Film Production Program at the University of British Columbia. Runs April 23 & 24, with the festival awards night on April 24. Doors open at 5:30PM, show starts at 6:00PM.
POV 26 // TRAILER from POV Film Festival on Vimeo.
TICKETS: $8.50 in advance, $10 at the door
VENUE: Norm Theatre, 6138 Student Union Blvd #130
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MEDIA CONTACT: pov26management@gmail.com
Florina Beglinger, cell: 604.240.8805
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WEBSITE: www.povfilmfestival.org
POV26’s provocative, edgy short films depict the work of emerging filmmakers entering the Vancouver film industry. These surprisingly candid films brazenly explore delicate topics through the confident gaze of their generation. Past POV films have screened at multiple international film festivals including TIFF, VIFF, Cannes and Berlin. See them here first.
Of the twenty short dramas being shown in this festival, women fill over half of the key roles-director, producer, and cinematographer. Greatly contrasting the controversial gender issues found within the film industry, perhaps these 40 talented students project future gender equalization?
This year’s line-up covers topics as varied as: a minimal and absurd meditation on assisted suicide (I’m Ready); one woman’s journey through a culture that commodifies women (Gimme Some Sugar); an aging architect’s fight against claustrophobia and the mundane (Cement); and a haunting drama about a young woman’s attempt to outrun her mother’s fractured legacy (Pretty Veins).
Interspersed between these darker films are light comedies about soccer moms summoning Satan (Bitchcraft); two gangsters, an ex-marine and his fiery wife (Vanessa); and an endearing young man who befriends his action camera (The Guy Kind of Sucks).
Trailer POV 2016: Trailer: https://vimeo.com/159173873
Running for its 26th year, POV Film Festival is one of the longest running film festivals in Vancouver. POV was founded in 1989 by director Lynne Stopkewich (Kissed, Suspicious Rivier, The L-Word) and Producer Stephen Hegyes (Brightlight pictures). Over the last two decades, POV has served as a launching ground for the careers of many of Canada’s top filmmakers, including Mina Shum (Double Happiness), Bruce Sweeney (Excited), James Liston (Severed), Julian Clarke (District 9), Greg Middleton (Passchendaele), Gwen Haworth (She’s a Boy I Knew), Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall (65_RedRoses).
POV 26 LINE UP:
All Things Wanting
(Written and Directed: Craig Range, Produced: Mintie Pardoe, Cinematographer: Farhad Ghaderi)
Aperture Hour
(Written and Directed: Jackson Runkle, Produced: McKayla Burnstad, Cinematographer: Turner Stewart)
Bangers
(Written and Directed: McKayla Burnstad, Produced: Maddie Kasper, Cinematographer: Brittany Lum-Cho)
Bitchcraft
(Written and Directed: Maddie Kasper, Produced: McKayla Burnstad, Cinematographer: Sharon Lin)
Big Mouth Billy Bass
(Written and Directed: Julian Figueroa, Produced: Maddie Kasper, Cinematographer: Jackson Runkle)
Bon Bon Fire
(Written and Directed: Sharon Lin, Produced: Maddie Kasper, Cinematographer: Jillian Tsai)
Cement
(Written and Directed: Sam Tudor, Produced: Christopher Lorzenz, Cinematographer: Florina Beglinger)
Collages
(Written and Directed: Zoe Arthur, Produced: Noah Cohen, Cinematographer: Florina Beglinger)
Gimme Some Sugar
(Written and Directed: Kaayla Whachell, Produced: Danill Vasilyev, Cinematographer: Diana Parry, Production Design and Edited by: Ben Plante)
I’m Ready
(Written and Directed: Noah Cohen, Produced: Stefanie Bartlett, Cinematographer: Zoe Arthur)
Inferno
(Written and Directed: Dionne Copland, Produced: Tess Paul, Cinematographer and Editor: Turner Stewart)
Missing
(Written and Directed: Brittany Lum-Cho, Produced: Maddie Kasper & McKayla Burnstad, Cinematographer: Zoe Arthur)
Pretty Veins
(Written and Directed: Stefanie Bartlett, Produced: Noah Cohen, Cinematographer: Zoe Arthur)
Roadside Dead Guys
(Written and Directed: Christopher Lorenz, Produced: Ricardo Carneiro, Cinematographer: Joaquin Cardoner)
Runts
(Written and Directed: Martin Calvo, Produced: Jessica Lo, Cinematographer: Justin Hwang)
The Inspection
(Written and Directed: Ricardo Carneiro, Produced: Joaquin Cardoner, Cinematographer: Christopher Lorenz)
The Guy Kind of Sucks
(Written and Directed: Jillian Tsai, Produced: Florina Beglinger, Cinematographer: Nathan Starzynski)
The Last Stop
(Written and Directed: Eric Brunt, Produced: Jillian Tsai, Cinematographer: Nathan Starzynski)
Vanessa
(Written and Directed: Tyler Ritchie, Produced: Ali Ajmeri, Cinematographer: Andy Alvarez)
Victory Falls
(Written and Directed: Mike Johnston, Produced: Zachary Starko, Cinematographer: Bronwyn Davies, Edited by Nolan Guerriero)
