The TV Fest Short Film Festival: Documentary - "Tales from British Columbia"
The TV Fest is a short film festival showcasing award winning submissions from around the globe, including a selection of films produced by local Okanagan talent. The festival runs September 15-17th with *free* admission! Due to Consumer Protection Ratings, this screening is currently limited to ages 18+. This may change closer to the screening if ratings can be completed on time.
This collection of documentaries entitled "Tales From British Columbia" focuses of the lived experiences of those who call beautiful BC home, including:
A COMMON THREAD directed by Rosalee Yagihara (Canada) - Featuring Vancouver based slow clothes artisans and their reasons for creating clothes in a more mindful way, this film examines Ghandi's key concepts from his powerful Khadi movement which are as vital today facing global issues and climate change as they were in liberating India from British rule in 1947. 12 MINS
BROTHER RICK directed by Elton Hubner (Canada) - How a member of the Quw’utsun First Nation is bringing people of different backgrounds and generations together as brothers and sisters. 15 MINS
NOMOTO - A BC TRAGEDY directed by Chad Townsend (Canada) - How did one of the first Japanese Canadian UBC graduates, Kyuichi Nomoto, until 1942 a successful Steveston church minister, suffer a breakdown deep in the BC Interior and die just two years later back in the Vancouver area from where his community had been displaced? 23 MINS
CROSSING THE DIVIDE directed by Jeremy Williams (Canada) - A photographer and a filmmaker embark on a personal and spiritual quest for 14 days in the mountains. 6 MINS
WHEEL LOVE directed by Ryan Tebbutt (Canada) - Love, babies and wheelchairs! A unique couple struggles with infertility and navigating the ups and downs of becoming an inter-abled family. 22 MINS
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*Screenings are free, but a $2 festival membership (payable at the door) is required for entry at your first screening of the fest.
Max 10 tickets, please don’t reserve more than you need to ensure everyone can enjoy a film!
