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Cineworks Annual General Meeting
As one of the members of Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, we are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting.
The event will take place on 21 November 2024 at 950 West 41st Avenue in the Dayton Ballroom. The evening will begin at 6:00pm. We will have some refreshments and snacks. The agenda is attached. Members in good standing will be eligible to vote.
We’ve had another exciting year and we’re looking forward to providing an overview of the organisation’s programs, events and initiatives.
In order to help us with planning (member information packages and refreshments), we would be grateful if you could register in advance if you’re able to attend (email: admin@cineworks.ca).
Thank you for your ongoing support for the work of Cineworks.
Click here to download the agenda for this year's AGM.
Cineworks Annual Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is grateful to provide its services in support of independent filmmakers on the unceded and ancestral territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Acknowledging the harmful effects of colonization in its numerous forms helps us to move through cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competency towards cultural humility as a foundation for creating cultural safety. In alignment with United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) and Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act of British Columbia (2019), Cineworks commits to supporting the maintenance, control, protection, and development by Indigenous peoples of their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge through independent filmmaking as a visual art.
We are pleased to provide an annual Cineworks Indigenous Independent Filmmakers Bursary for a local independent filmmaker of Indigenous Ancestry. The bursary has an in-kind value of $1135 in equipment credit that can be used to purchase a one-year production membership (valued at $135) and $1,000 worth of rental of film gear and facilities (for pre-production, production and post-production) through Cineworks. One Cineworks Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary will be awarded each year to support independent Indigenous filmmaking. Interested independent filmmakers of Indigenous ancestry are encouraged to inquire about the bursary by contacting the Cineworks Executive Director at: director@cineworks.ca.
Finding Cineworks: Watch the Analog Film and We’ll Show You the Way!
Check out our new video guide on how to find the Cineworks entrance!
Professional Analog Film Digitization Arrives At Cineworks!
Cineworks is pleased to announce that we now have a professional film scanner that gives us the capacity to offer professional scanning of 8mm and 16mm analog film (up to 5K) thanks an investment in funding from the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund (CSRF).
This investment from the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recover Fund in Cineworks analog stream of services allows us to offer professional film scanning services to independent filmmakers which offers a number of value added components: affordability, local filmmakers do not have to ship their film out of province (saving time and money), filmmakers can be present during scanning (learn opportunity) and filmmakers scanning through Cineworks help to sustain the analog arm of our services which are important part of BC arts ecosystem.
This film was created to thank the Government of Canada and United Way of British Columbia for support through the Community Services Recovery Fund.
Other Cineworks Updates
Cineworks would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts for a grant through the Media Arts Equipment Acquisition Fund. The grant allowed us to make investments in sound, lighting, analog, and film processing, and will allow our artists to continue making independent non-commercial films. We are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for their ongoing investment in the artistic community, filmmakers, and non-profit organisations. This grant strengthens our equipment infrastructure and builds capacity for independent filmmakers to experiment with the moving image. Check out the new equipment!
Take a look at our new Cineworks Analog Centre, a renovation funded by the BC Arts Council
Click below for a look at Cineworks' new universal, fully accessible, all-gender washroom! Funded by the City of Vancouver at our 1131 Howe Street location.
