June 15, 2012 Julie MacLellan Three up-and-coming Burnaby filmmakers are among those who received awards at the 17th annual EyeLens Film, Video and Animation Festival. The festival attracted more than 140 entries from work produced at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) during 2011. Twenty-one films were honoured in 23 categories, including three […]
It’s fitting for Oak Bay High to host Saturday’s film festival. Most GIFTS grads went there April 20, 2012 Michael D. Reid It seems only natural that George Harris would share the same fate as a classic film character. “Just when I thought I was out - they pull me back in,” says Al […]
May 17, 2012 Staff writer Two Nanaimo area filmmakers took awards at the 17th Annual EyeLens Film, Video and Animation Festival from the The Gulf Islands Film and Television School. Caleb Harding won the Youth Documentary Filmmaker award for the film Me, and judges made comments such as “Nice framing with good visual texture and […]
May 09, 2012 Cara Brady A Grade 7 school trip turned into a winning video for a group of Beairsto students. The students, now in Grade 8 at W.L. Seaton Secondary School, attended the Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) on Galiano Island to learn all aspects of short film making. Their five-minute film, […]
