July, 2007

07.07.31

Your very own universe

A new online community came to my attention the other day. It fits so well with the VIDFEST sci-fi theme, I’m beginning to think we’ve tapped deep into some serious zeitgeist here. The site is called Galaxiki (http://www.galaxiki.org). Galaxiki is a fictional galaxy created, maintained and owned by its community. The tagline is “a fictional […]

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07.07.23

Sponsor updates - the latest and greatest!

We want to extend a big welcome to our new partners, Annex Pro - Auto Desk, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vancouver Economic Development Commission, Ministry of Economic Development, the Consulate General of the United Kindom, and the Bell New Media Fund. With your help and contribution, you are going to make VIDFEST 2007 a success! Thank you very […]

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07.07.19

Desert Island sites

It’s raining yet again in Vancouver and thoughts turn very quickly to sunnier climes, even virtual ones. As my friends and I were thinking about tropical getaways it didn’t take long before we got onto that hoary old pastime of making lists of desert island picks. In this round, it was the top ten sites […]

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07.07.12

Selling Sanctuary

We are thrilled to be bringing you the new, online, sci-fi , HD shot, made in Vancouver show, Sanctuary, to the big screen at VIDFEST this year. Our national industry mag, Playback, wrote a story about the series and its creators. Check it out: http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/daily/20070709/sanctuary.html
In addition to screening Sanctuary on Sept. 22 and 23rd, we […]

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07.07.06

What’s going on in the world of speakers for VIDFEST 07?

So far this year we have an interesting array of speakers. Two sectors new to VIDFEST are police and advertising. Do they go together? You’ll have to come to Vidfest to find out!
In no particular order… drum roll please…
Ori Brafman, Co-Author, The Starfish And The Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations (US)
Anastasia Goodstein, Author, Totally […]

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