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In honour of #AsianHeritageMonth, we're showcasing a special collection of films from Asian-Canadian filmmakers. Celebrate local talent and beyond this month on #VIFFConnect. #TrueNorth Explore the full lineup at http://goviff.org/2021-asian-heritage-month.

We recently coordinated a Stir Vancouver interview with the creators of the new documentary, Food for the Rest of Us. Learn more about the film, the lives involved, and the activism and liberation within the food movement! https://www.createastir.ca/art/food-for-the-rest-of-us-doxa

We have another WIFT Canada Coalition Webinar coming your way this February 11th at 1pm ET! This next webinar is a Cross Canada Check-In featuring award-winning journalist and CTV Your Morning's Anne-Marie Mediwake along with award-winning radio personality and self-made internet sensation, Sabine Daniels! Join us for an interactive conversation about how we are all doing mid-COVID. We will touch on issues such as family care, job loss, working from home, and mental health.... Registration is free, more details below: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cross-canada-check-infaire-le-p Hope to see you there!

We are thrilled to announce that Mad Samurai Productions and Lynne Kamm have teamed up to bring the best-selling author Eric Walters' YA book series, The Rule of Three, to life on the small screen! Check out the link below to learn more about this exciting news from The Hollywood Reporter #theruleofthree #ericwalters #postapocalyptic

Did you catch Director, Loretta Todd on The Marilyn Denis Show on CTV recently? If not, be sure to check out the link below! The two chatted about the beautiful filming locations, local musicians that featured in the film, and the talented indigenous cast and crew that helped bring Eden Robinson's iconic Canadian novel, Monkey Beach, to life!

What a pleasure it has been to work on this amazing film. MONKEY BEACH is a film about heart, love and resilience with beautiful performances by the cast and direction by Loretta S. Todd. It’s been such an honor to work with this team. Check out the amazing star of Monkey Beach the Movie Grace Dove talking about the film and her career with Lainey Lui on etalk. If you haven’t seen #MonkeyBeach yet, the film is now playing at Cineplex theatres across the country and will debut on Crave soon. #CdnFilmLove

BROTHER, I CRY is the feature directorial debut of writer/director Jessie Anthony. Not only is this her first feature, but it was selected to screen at VIFF both virtually and in-theatre (tonight). We have only been working with Jessie for a short time, but have seen her talent shine on the screen, in the interviews we’ve coordinated for her and we know she’s absolutely a star to watch. Jessie just won the BC Emerging Filmmaker Award at VIFF and it’s no surprise to us. ... "Pain, insecurities, trauma, doubt" Jon (Justin Rain), a young First Nations man, is struggling to overcome addiction. But he has several strong women in his corner: his girlfriend, his sister, his mother, and his unborn daughter, they are all hoping he can master his demons and find peace. Made under Telefilm’s Talent to Watch program, the debut feature from Capilano graduate Jessie Anthony is a social realist drama edged with dark dreams and visions. - @viff The film features brilliant performances by Justin Rain, Lauren Hill, Violet Cameron, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve & more. See more

THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG written & directed by Karen Lam is streaming now as a part of The Vancouver International Film Festival. We are so thrilled to be working alongside Karen and the team to coordinate interviews & promotion for this dark and beautiful film. Listening to Karen speak about her film in interviews has been an inspiring experience in itself. The film was just awarded the Best BC Film today and we are not surprised, here’s what the jury had to sa...y... The Curse of Willow Song stood out for its memorable protagonist, its specificity in world building and, above all, its spirit of risk in storytelling. Lead actor Valerie Tian portrays the role of Willow with subtlety and strength and director Karen Lam effectively creates a noir-inspired mood that is simultaneously familiar and foreboding. Both funny and darkly serious, The Curse of Willow Song manages to captivate the viewer through stylized storytelling while tackling systemic racism and socioeconomic divides in Vancouver. Catch #thecurseofwillowsong online @viff throughout the festival or in person on Oct. 3rd. The film will also be screening at the @reelworld this October. Congrats to the entire team including Valerie Tian, Elfina Luk, Ingrid Nilson, Adam Lolacher, Johannah Newmarch, Simon Chin, Nelson Leis, Amanda Burke, David Lewis, Karen Wong & more. See more

MONKEY BEACH directed by Loretta S. Todd premieres tomorrow at The Vancouver International Film Festival. It is the festival opener and a truly beautiful and important film that Pender PR has had the pleasure of working to promote. We couldn’t be more excited for audiences to see this stellar cast and story on the big screen. The talented artists in front of and behind the camera include Grace Dove, Adam Beach, Joel Oulette, Nathaniel Arcand, Stefany Mathias, Sera-Lys McArthu...r, Glen Gould, Nick Dangeli, Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Stirling Bancroft & so many more. We’ve been able to secure some phenomenal press for the world premiere including @etcanada, @globeandmail, @thetyee, @cbcq, @etalkctv, @thehollywood_reporter, @playbackinstagram & a lot more to come. We were able to do this because of the phenomenal talent that brought this story to life. We work hard, love what we do & couldn’t be more proud of this team. VIFF goes B.C. big and opens festival with stunning Monkey Beach. Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations member Eden Robinson's beloved novel Monkey Beach is adapted to the big screen by Métis Cree director Loretta Sarah Todd - @thevancouversun See more

Working with Sound Recordist & Producer John Diemer has been a lot of fun. Not only is he the sound supervisor on Canada's Drag Race with his team from The Farmhouse Creative Labs, but he has worked on series like MasterChef Canada, The Amazing Race Canada, Survivor and many more. In this interview we coordinated with Reality Titbit, John talks about his career in sound and his new title on #CanadasDragRace