Vancouver will be holding it’s 13th annual Crazy8s short film competition on March 16th, 2012. 6 competitors have been chosen from a pool of 118 to create a short film within 8 days. The 6 finished films will be shown at a gala screening on March 30th at the center for the performing arts.

Source: The Province.

At Raingeek, we go on and on about the great things happening in the Vancouver Film Industry, but what if you want to be part of this here dream factory? The Tyee has posted an article on the adventures of FX tech Chris Clark as he fulfills his zombie-building ambitions from playing around with fake wounds at St. John’s Ambulance to his apprenticeship while working on the X-files.

Source:The Tyee.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, film and television production in Canada was at a record high in 2011 for a total of $5.49 billion across the country. BC’s production volume was up by 20% to 1.7 billion, but it was edged out by Ontario, where production values surpassed the 2 billion mark. Vancouver still holds the crown for foreign service location productions. Over 73% of all foreign-based productions shot in Canada were filmed in BC.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Vancouver City Council voted on Tuesday to petition the BC government to allow the Rio to keep its liquor license and stay open. The venue has not been able to show any films because although its liquor license allows for alcohol at live events, it doesn’t cover the screening of movies. It’s so insane its almost not worth getting enraged about. It’s as if the government needs to do this kind of thing because they can’t just come out and ask for bribes outright in the first place. Oh well. If City Hall can see the light, maybe Victoria can too.

Source: The Straight