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THE OTHER RIO a film by Émilie B. Guérette – TRAILER from Les Films du 3 mars on Vimeo. While the a lavish celebration of the 2016 Summer Olympics was occurring in Rio de Janeiro, a community of people made their home in an abandoned government building only a few blocks away, watching the Olympics […]
I was incredibly excited for this film, because of its unique storyline and the larger significance of it being the first feature length film spoken entirely in the Haida dialects. SGaawaay K’uuna (English translation: Edge of the Knife) is set in 19th century Haida Gwaii. After a tragedy occurs, Adiits’ii retreats from his family into […]
The reason that international films tend to really move me, is their unique ability to provide a window into a part of the world that I’ve never seen before. I feel privileged as a viewer to observe these small moments, these locations, images, and experiences that are otherwise unfamiliar to me. Dogman was certainly no […]
My name is Amy, I’m a movie lover who has attended the Victoria Film Festival for the past three years, and I’m so excited that 2019 will be my first year of covering the festival for CFUV. You’ll hear more from me when the festival is underway. I’ll post reviews of the films I see, […]
Jesse Roper The heavy rain that had plagued the park for the first few bands dissipated just before the set from Jesse Roper. A Victoria native, it was fitting that the weather would fluctuate so rapidly for him. As the sun came out, Jesse’s barefoot antics and dramatically nonchalant guitar solos coaxed a waft of […]
This Rifflandia Festival was a great way to celebrate the end of summer! Sunday rolled around and instead of everyone being tired from the constant activity, Victoria showed up on sunday with the best energy of the whole weekend! HOLLERADO Hollerado from Ontario played their indie rock sound in style. Not only were they all […]