The 17th Annual Eyelens Film & Animation Festival sat. april 21 oak bay secondary theatre 2151 Cranmore Road @ Oak Bay High in Victoria View the nominees here! GIFTS’ Nominees are getting some good press in the Surrey Leader, Victoria News, and Canada.com! KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY BANANAS!* PRODUCER BART SIMPSON and star of Big Boys Go Bananas!* [...]

GIFTS has a limited number of full and half tuition scholarships available, on a first come first served basis, for students who show an interest in media and would benefit from this amazing opportunity! We also have bursaries available for students in financial need. Check out our Scholarship and Bursary page and tell us why [...]

Hey GIFTS, I recently watched On the Waterfront. Although it is an older movie I thought it was great. The chemistry between some of the characters is amazing. It’s also pretty amazing how brave the film crew was at the time considering that it’s and anti-mob film shot at a time when the mob controlled [...]

With March came my first viewing of The Tree of Life. Now, I had heard some seriously amazing things about this film, and maybe that was my first problem. How could it possibly measure up to all of that hype? If I’m going to be honest, I should clarify that it was a PARTIAL viewing. [...]