A wrap-up with pictures of a yearly festival that features independent filmmakers---and brings out their fans. Welcome to Crazy8s at the Vogue Theatre, Saturday night, on Granville Street where the films were short (only eight minutes) and the inspiration was large. Later that night, the audience and filmmakers mixed it up on the dance floor at Club 560. Story inside...

I went to the annual Women in Film Festival ( WIFF at womeninfilm.ca ) this weekend at the Vancity Theatre. WIFF Director and Film Producer Robyn Wiener suggested I come out and see what WIFF 2010 is about this year. Women are making strides in the film industry as most visibly seen by Kathryn Bigelow’s Academy Award for Best Director at the Oscars. The Festival showcases and promotes the great work being done by women in writing, producing, directing, lead acting, or editing roles.

Check out the Projecting Change Film Festival 2010 running at the Fifth Avenue cinema, which opened on Earth Day and runs until Sunday evening.

Another amazing night at the Vogue Theatre. Over 1050 people sold out the venue for Pecha Kucha 10. Pecha Kucha is a global event...

It was another rainy day in Vancouver, so I sought out a local neighborhood place to watch the Slovakia-Canada game. It turns out that the RIO movie theatre on Broadway Commercial Drive was showing the hockey game for FREE!