Vancouver Island Short Film Festival

Coverage of our Awards Ceremony in the Nanaimo News Bulletin! Special congratulations to Ron Bonham, recipient of the Film Paragon Award. It’s only the second time it has ever been presented. The award honours Ron’s many years of service to the Nanaimo film community.

Cool! After presenting our Goldie Awards on Saturday, we’re now nominated for a Nanaimo Business Award from the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce for Best Not-For-Profit Organization! What happens now? Well, voting is open from now until February 20th. The top five nominees in each category will become finalists, so we would love you to vote for us! Vote here: http://survey.constantcontact.com//a07egwm27vhk6cpe2/start We’re honoured to be nominated, and we’re grateful to... everyone who submitted films and attended VISFF this year! See more

A highlight of our Awards Ceremony on Saturday was the video acceptance speeches from our international filmmakers who could not attend the festival in person. Deepness of the Fry - Short Film won 3 Goldies, and the videos from Director August Niclasen of Denmark were hilarious. Here's the first one:

Thank you to everyone for supporting the 15th Annual VISFF! We gave away 9 Goldies and the Honorary Paragon award to Ron Bonham for his over 40 years of service and work in Nanaimo's Film community. The award winners are: Best Original Music: La Girl/La Fille Best Editing: Deepness of the Fry Best Technical: Deepness of the Fry Best Writing: Mandatory... Best Performance: Farrah Hart Best Animation: Deepness of the Fry Best Film: Mandatory People's Choice Program 1: Bark People's Choice Program 2: Sonatina Check out film descriptions and information and www.visff.com.