VFA hosts authors from across Canada, and welcomes the audience to join them for a celebration of reading and writing. The eighth annual festival, from October 11-15, 2023, will be much the same. As with 2022, the 2023 festival will be a hybrid, offering some in-person programming of regional authors offered by livestream for those […]
About this event Reel Green™’s Sustainable Production Training offers free online training for the motion picture industry. Learn how motion picture production contributes to climate change and how to adopt best practices to reduce the environmental impact of production. This course offers a unique, engaging and solutions-based training session offering attendees the information and inspiration […]
Trickfilm Entertainment Inc. has launched a real-time animation festival, a celebration of animated films created and broadcast using EPIC Games’ Unreal Engine. Submissions for the festival open on February 24th, 2023, and the festival itself will run from October 13th to October 22nd, 2023. The Trickfilm Real-Time Animation Festival is a great opportunity for filmmakers […]
The BC Music Festival Collective and BC Touring Council are joining together to offer the inaugural BC Festival Symposium as part of BreakOut West in Kelowna later this year. The Symposium is a gathering of festivals from across BC, and an opportunity to meet other festival organizers, artistic directors, and producers from across the province in-person. The […]
The Western Canadian Music Awards and Industry Awards, happening during BreakOut West, celebrate the best of artistic and music industry talent in western Canada. Learn more
During the Vancouver Writer’s Festival, join the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists on the Between the Pages tour, which will take you inside the minds and creative lives of the writers on the 2023 shortlist. Moderated by Leslie Hurtig. Learn more
MIPCOM CANNES is the world’s greatest gathering of television entertainment professionals from 100 countries. Celebrated as ‘the mother of all entertainment content markets’, and happening every October, MIPCOM is the most anticipated week for global decision makers to compete for new series, source international production partners and to set the development agenda for the coming year and beyond. MIPCOM […]
At the Vancouver Writers Fest we encourage readers of all ages to explore the power of storytelling, and books, through our dozens of events with local and international writers. Our activities include both year-round programming and our flagship, annual literary festival: one of the largest and most prestigious in North America. Tens of thousands of […]
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will take place October 17-22, 2023 (Toronto) and October 23-29, 2023 (online). Learn more
Established in 2016 the Sustainable Production Forum was born to provide a setting and environment for leaders and advocates in the motion picture industry, to connect and share sustainability stories. The Sustainable Entertainment Society, is a Canadian non-profit organization with the mission to accelerate sustainable development through culture, arts, and entertainment. The SES has a […]
SXSW Sydney’s inaugural event will take place October 15-22, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Canada House will host activities over three days, October 18-20, 2023. A full-day program on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at the Canada House will be dedicated to an audiovisual/interactive digital media delegation.
The Jade Music Fest & Awards is taking place October 18-20 and is an annual music event that aims to make Vancouver the North American hub for Chinese-language music through the elevation of underrepresented Sinophone artists in BC. LEARN MORE