Animating History is an innovative workshop program for youth that connects media literacy and storytelling with building a sense of community through the creative exploration of local history. Students work with a professional animator, learn “hands on” all parts of the animation process, and create a one-minute historical animated film.
This program empowers Aboriginal youth in rural communities to conceive, plan, shoot, edit, and screen short animaited films that speak about their local history, language and culture. Our goal is to preserve and revitalize threatened Aboriginal languages and to provide a safe space to explore oral traditions and storytelling. This is a collaborative project, helping to create new media works from underrepresented voices.
empowers youth to conceive, plan, shoot, edit, and screen short animated films that speak about their lives and their community.
Celebrate the work of talented young filmmakers from British Columbia.
View the most recent animation created at our monthly Family Film Series and during the during the festival at our Films 4 Families screenings.
The Young Filmmakers Showcase brings together the best film and video made by youth in grades five to twelve from across British Columbia. Are you a filmmaker or aspiring filmmaker? This is your chance to show us what you can do with a camera, your imagination and maybe a little help from your friends.
The 2010 winners are....
Best Director: Devyn Brugge for Until the Sun Sets...
Best Lighting and Sound: Robert Zinman for Astronuts: Lunar Mission
Best Screenplay: Miranda Anderson for My Hero
Best Acting: Jacob Goldwitz in Texture for Violincello and Pianoforte No. 2
Audience Choice Award: Astronauts: Lunar Mission
Grand Prize: Until the Sun Sets...
The 2010 YFS Jurors:
Bruce Sweeney - award winning local feature filmmaker
Laara Sadiq - two time Jesse Award winning actor and Leo Award nominee
Harry Killas - filmmaker and instructor at Emily Carr University.
Click here to view all previous year's film submissions